Baltimore Orioles Baseball
Baltimore Sun – Face Off Debating the state of the Orioles
Interesting video link of a discussion between Kevin Van Valkenburg and Childs Walkerhttp://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/thetoydepartment/2009/04/faceoff_debating_orioles_in_09.htmlWith due respect, Mr. Van Valkenburg came across amazingly poor… his almost initial...
Sports Illustrated predicts an 80-82 season for the O’s
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/03/30/scouting.reports/index.html?eref=T1 http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/03/30/orioles/
Guthrie and Confidence
Below I link to a January 2007 Kubatko blog when Roch was still with The Sun.http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/roch/blog/2007/01/jeremy_guthrie.htmlThe interesting comment is at the bottom, talking about what eventually led to Guthrie being designated for...
Schmuck – O’s trade Penn for Robert Andino
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/schmuck/2009/04/orioles_trade_penn.htmlRobert Andino (SS, 2nd)http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/A/Robert-Andino.shtml4/25/84AAA (PCL)181 at-bats, 14 doubles, 6 homers, 26 RBI, 18 walks, 31 k's, 853 OPSBaseball America did...
O’s vs Yankees Apr 6th – 9th Preview (Projected)
April 6th - Guthrie vs SabathiaApril 8th - Uehara vs WangApril 9th - Hendrickson vs BurnettNYY Lineup Jeter SSDamon LFCano 2ndTeixeira 1stMatsui DHNady RFPosada CRansom 3rdGardner CFSwisher, Cabrera, Molina, ?Sabathia, Wang, Burnett, Pettitte,...
The O’s April Schedule and Goals
22 April games for the Orioles, inclusive of 10 games against American League East foes. Of the 22 games, 15 games are at home at Oriole Park. 3 games at home vs New York (April 6th, 8th, 9th)3 games at home vs Tampa (April 10th - 12th)3 games at Texas (April 13th -...
Spring Training is ending… Final Thoughts….
With Penn getting crushed today, Pauley clearing waivers, Liz sent to AAA, and Hill going to the DL… the roster coming North is pretty apparent.Guthrie, Uehara, Hendrickson, Eaton, SimonSherrillRayJohnsonWalkerSarfateAlbersThat is 11… I figure the O's go with 12… they...
Penn crushed yet again
3.2 innings, 8hits, 6er, 0 bb, 1 hit batter, 3 k's, 2 homerunsI have defended Penn as much as anyone, but he needed to show something today.Spring Training numbers only amount to so much, and certainly should carry less weight vs extended Minor League performance and...