Posted on May 18, 2010 by jackofallsports
First Base in Major League Baseball is defined as the biggest power position of any of the eight fielding positions. Ryan Howard, Albert Pujols, Prince Fielder, Adrian Gonzalez are just of the same of the power bats that define the position. This season, every Major League team except for one, the Baltimore Orioles, has at [...]
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Posted on April 19, 2010 by jackofallsports
Rick Krivda, Rocky Coppinger, Daniel Cabrera, and Matt Riley are just a few of the “can’t miss” pitching products that were supposed to make the Orioles legitimate contenders in the AL East. However, these guys were more known for their inability to pitch at the major league level then for their success. These guys are [...]
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Posted on April 14, 2010 by jackofallsports
When is winning going to be the only thing that matters for the Orioles? During the first couple years of the Andy MacPhail tenure, we heard that wins and losses don’t matter, but rebuilding the team the proper way does. This season however, MacPhail publicly stated that this season, the team, and Dave Trembley would [...]
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Posted on April 12, 2010 by jackofallsports
Masters: Which do you think is the better story: celebrating the victorious return of a golfer that left the PGA tour because he cheated on his wife, or celebrating the 3rd green jacket for a player that left the tour to be with his wife while she battled breast cancer? I think it was divine [...]
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Posted on April 9, 2010 by jackofallsports
I would be remiss if I didn’t write an interactive piece regarding Oriole closer Mike Gonzalez. The new orioles closer seems to be a magnet for 9th inning drama. Oriole fans used to call former closer George Sherrill “Mr. Excitement.” Maybe fans should call Gonzalez “Mr. Heart Attack.” I have seen Melrose Place season ending [...]
Filed under: Baltimore, Baseball, Orioles | Tagged: baltimore orioles, brian matusz, mike gonzalez, nolan reimold | 3 Comments »
Posted on April 7, 2010 by jackofallsports
The anticipation and excitement of Opening Day has been hanging in the air for months. Oriole fans want, need, and expect this year to be different from the last 12; but after watching the game last night, maybe Oriole fans should prepare for more of the same. The Oriole hitters produced 3 solo home runs, [...]
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Posted on February 24, 2010 by jackofallsports
Aside from flogging the same Ravens dead horse day, after day, after day, after day after day…..I love the “let’s hope the Orioles go .500 conversation.” Why does finishing the season at .500 get people excited? I know the Orioles have suffered through 12 straight losing seasons and fans want to put an end to [...]
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Posted on December 1, 2009 by jackofallsports
Oriole fans and their continued frustration with majority owner Peter Angelos has been the #1 hot button topic on Baltimore sports talk radio for the last ten years. Oriole fans have no confidence that Peter Angelos will ever spend the money required to compete with the Yankees and Red Sox in a cash rich AL [...]
Filed under: Baltimore, Baseball, Orioles | Tagged: 2010 mlb free agency, baltimore orioles, brandon snyder, erik bedard, josh bell | 4 Comments »
Posted on September 29, 2009 by jackofallsports
The Good: Nick Markakis – despite playing on a terrible team and receiving very little protection in the line-up, Markakis continues to grind it out and put up solid numbers. He has proven that he is durable and dependable as an every day player. Defensively, Nick has a cannon and is always at the top [...]
Filed under: Baltimore, Baseball, Orioles | Tagged: baltimore orioles, brian matusz, chris tillman, matt weiters, nick markakis, nolan reimold | 6 Comments »
Posted on September 2, 2009 by jackofallsports
Ticket Prices in the AL East: Yankees- $2625 – $14 Redsox- $325-$20 Blue Jays- $210-$9 Rays- $210- $10 O’s- $135- $9 The O’s stack up pretty nicely when it comes to ticket prices in the AL East. We have (mostly) the cheapest tickets around and while 99% of the time that is great news, when [...]
Filed under: Baltimore, Baseball, Orioles | Tagged: AL East, Boston Redsox, New York Yankees, Ticket Prices | 11 Comments »