Baltimore Orioles Baseball
Time to regroup before arriving in Beantown
The Baltimore Orioles have been swept in New York, and started the 2nd-half at 1-5 overall. The 6 games have been marked by a lack of clutch-hits, baserunning mistakes, and poor starts. With the 3 game losing streak, the O's have fallen to twelve-games under .500 at...
Matusz moves to 6-0, ERA under 2
Brian Matusz moved to 6-0 at AA Bowie last-night. In 7 innings of work, Matusz allowed 4 hits, 1 er, 1 homer, 1 bb, with 4 k's. This lowered his era to 1.88.At Bowie, Matusz has now won each of his 6 starts. He has pitched 38.1 innings, allowed 26 hits, 7 walks, with...
O’s reach tentative deal with Sarasota County
The Herald Tribune announced yesterday that the O's reached a tentative deal with Sarasota County. http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090721/BREAKING/907219942/2055/NEWS?Title=Sarasota-County-reaches-tentative-deal-with-OriolesIf approved, the O's would start ST...
You can wallow in the loss or see the positive
The Baltimore Orioles squandered numerous opportunities to win last night, in a 2-1 loss to the New York Yankees. Held scoreless after a 1st-inning homer from Nick Markakis, the O's seemingly had nearly endless chances to breakthrough. You could concentrate on that,...
Berken or Tillman, who do you want starting Wed?
I am quite sure that Tillman will be promoted in-time for the KC series starting 7/27, but I would like to see him Wednesday.Yes, I understand it is on the road against NY, and everything that brings.No matter who, or where Tillman makes his ML debut, there is going...
Baltimore visits The Big Apple for 3
The Baltimore Orioles, start a 3 game series with the New York Yankees tonight at New Yankee Stadium. The Orioles are 41-50 overall, 15-29 on the road. The Yankees are 54-37 overall, and 29-16 at home. Included in those home wins, was a 3 game sweep of Baltimore in...
The O’s made the right move with the Salazar trade
The Baltimore Orioles traded Oscar Salazar yesterday to San Diego for P Cla Meredith. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/07/19/padres.orioles.trade.ap/index.html?eref=si_mlbThis was the right move for the organization. For a team that is building, you...
O’s lose 12-8 to the White Sox
In the first-game after the All-Star break, the Baltimore Orioles lost 12-8 to the Chicago White Sox. Oriole pitchers allowed 7 walks, and 3 homers. Jason Berken was a couple of outs from getting through the 5th, when he allowed a 3 run homer to Thome. This has...