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Welcome to the 3rd day in this wonderful March! As fans of the Tampa Bay Rays, I am sure that you are as excited as I am to see the Rays play much better today than yesterdays loss to the Baltimore Orioles–but try and remember, it is just Spring Training–a.k.a. time to get the bugs [...]
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In part forty-two of my almost 50 part series “Better Known An Oriole” (otherwise known as 2009 Orioles Retrospective), I take a look at reliever Alberto Castillo… THE FIGHTIN’ SIDE-ARMING LEFTY!
Castillo got in a little time at the end of the 2008 season with the O’s, and despite a 3.81 ERA he spent the majority [...]
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In part forty-one of my almost 50 part series “Better Know An Oriole” (otherwise known as 2009 Orioles Retrospective), I take a look at outfielder Lou Montanez… THE FIGHTIN’ MINOR LEAGUE MASHER!
Montanez had a shot of making the O’s as a fourth-outfielder coming into the season, but the addition of Felix Pie made that less [...]
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Whenever I have written about Mike Mussina’s place in history – whether it be ranking the top Orioles or taking an early look at his potential Hall of Fame candidacy – I’ve tended to compare him to Jim Palmer. It made sense, since Palmer is the Gold Standard against which all O’s pitchers are judged. [...]
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In part forty of my almost 50 part series “Better Know An Oriole” (otherwise known as 2009 Orioles Retrospective), I take a look at right-hander Dennis Sarfate… THE FIGHTIN’ WILD FLAMETHROWER!
Sarfate was another one of the pieces that came over from Houston in the Miguel Tejada trade, and with his big arm there was hope that [...]
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In part thirty-nine of my almost 50 part series “Better Know An Oriole” (otherwise known as 2009 Orioles Retrospective), I take a look at right-hander Matt Albers… THE FIGHTIN’ BULLPEN ENIGMA*!
* Credit to Dempsey’s Army – who sponsors the Albers page at Baseball-Reference, for that one.
Albers was one of the pieces that came over from [...]
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In part thirty-eight of my almost 50 part series “Better Know An Oriole” (otherwise known as 2009 Orioles Retrospective), I take a look at right-fielder Nick Markakis… THE FIGHTIN’ FRANCHISE CORNER-STONE!
Before the season, Markakis signed a 6 year, $66 M contract with the Orioles. I thought it was a bargain, and projected Nick to hit .301/.401/.493 with 20 [...]
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Peter – from the very good Atlanta Braves blog Capital Avenue Club – put together a neat tool that allows you to look at a player’s home run landing spots relative to different ballparks, so I thought I’d give it a whirl.
First up, here’s new Oriole Garrett Atkins, from 2006 (29 HR), 2007 (25 HR), [...]
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