Baltimore Orioles Baseball
74 games left in the O’s season; things to look for
The Baltimore Orioles enter the 2nd-half tonight, with 74 games left in their 2009 season.With Ravens training camp only weeks away at this point, and with the O's in last-place - many say there is nothing to be watching for.Those people could not have things more...
Baltimore visits Chicago to start the 2nd-half
The 40-48 Baltimore Orioles start the 2nd-half tomorrow night in Chicago, against the 45-43 White Sox. The O's enter the last 74 games of 2009, with a dismal road record of 14-27. Chicago is 22-21 at home. The scheduled pitching match-ups are: 7/17 Berken vs...
Jones with the GW sac-fly!
In his first All-Star game, Adam Jones had the Game-winning Sac-fly for the American League. I thought it was pretty exciting as a Baltimore sports fan watching Jones get introduced. Jones turns 24 on August 1st, and this will obviously only be the first of many...
Since June 12th
The O's have played 27 games overall since June 12th, and have gone 14-13 in that span.The O's have won 5 of their 8 series, and can make it 6 out of 9 tomorrow.Looking back even further, the O's are 23-23 in the 46 games since May 22nd. May 22nd - 24th vs DC: 2 of...
If the 2010 O’s looked like the following, what would you expect?
If the 2010 O's looked like the following, what would you expect out of them?Roberts 2ndJones CF/LFMarkakis RFWieters CScott 1stReimold DHSnyder 3rdPie LF/CFIzturis SSWigginton, Zaun, Andino / Salazar, Montanez** If you want rationale of why I have Snyder at 3rd,...
Snyder back to 3rd?
Brandon Snyder is going through an adjustment period at AAA.After 201 at-bats at Bowie, where Snyder had an OPS of 1.018, with a .343 batting average, 30 xbh's, and 45 rbi; Snyder has struggled to a .221 batting average in his first 77 at-bats for Norfolk. However,...
Toronto comes to Baltimore for 3 games to end the 1st-half
After losing 3-2 in Tampa today, the 43-44 Toronto Blue Jays will come to Baltimore for 3 games starting tomorrow. Toronto is 18-26 on the road, and 2-8 in their last 10 games overall. Baltimore is 38-47 overall, and 24-20 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The scheduled...
Tillman strong again, promotion forthcoming?
Chris Tillman took the mound for AAA Norfolk tonight, and for the 6th consecutive outing, went at least 6 innings. Tonight, Tillman pitched 6 innings, allowing 6 hits, 0 er, 0 bb's, with 6 k's. He improved his record to 7-5 overall, with a 2.50 era. The 21 year-old...