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Rich Dubroff
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Baltimore Baseball
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Rylan Bannon is one of the oldest players in the Orioles’ Instructional League in Sarasota, Florida this month. He’s also one of a handful who were also at the Bowie alternate training site. Bannon, a 24-year-old infielder who was obtained from the...
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... ig leagues.” [ INSTALL OUR FREE MOBILE APP HERE ] Bannon wasn’t added to the Orioles’ roster last month, but he knows the team’s plan for him. “They’ve mapped it ...
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Rich Dubroff
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Baltimore Baseball
16 Oct
To mark Jim Palmer’s 75th birthday this week, the great Orioles teams of the past and the wacky 2020 season, and more, it’s time for the first offseason edition of the Great Orioles Quiz. The answers will be revealed on Monday. Jim Palmer hit two...
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... he name of his major league debut. Who was the winning pitcher the night the Orioles won their first game in 1988 after 21 straight losses to begin the season? I ...
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Rich Dubroff
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Baltimore Baseball
15 Oct
When the Orioles gathered for spring training in Sarasota, Florida last February, manager Brandon Hyde was undecided on a closer. Mychal Givens had been ineffective as a closer in 2019 and performed much better in a set-up role. Hyde hoped that...
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... ong, who had a 1.80 ERA in 14 appearances, and Dillon Tate, who came to the Orioles in July 2018 from the New York Yankees in the Zack Britton deal. Tate had a ...
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Rich Dubroff
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Baltimore Baseball
14 Oct
The Orioles have decisions to make on a number of players, and it’s difficult because they had fewer games to watch them. That was known entering the 60-game season. Now that the season has ended, they’ll have to make some educated guesses. It’s one...
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... His average against right-handers increased from .238 to .257. However, the Orioles faced left-handed starters in 40 percent of their games in 2019 (60 in 162). ...
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Rich Dubroff
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Baltimore Baseball
13 Oct
In a year that’s been so unspeakably awful, another Hall of Famer has been taken from us. We were just getting over the news that Bob Gibson had died when Whitey Ford died. Three days later, came word that the great Joe Morgan was gone, too. In just...
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... Morgan hit a three-run home run against Sammy Stewart in a 12-2 win over the Orioles at Memorial Stadium. Oakland had such a big lead in the ninth inning that ma ...
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Rich Dubroff
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Baltimore Baseball
12 Oct
Oriole fans watching the American League Championship Series might not have a strong choice in deciding who to root for. In the National League Championship Series, former Orioles Nick Markakis and Darren O’Day are playing for the Atlanta Braves....
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... brough — were also acquired in trades. Mike Brosseau, who has terrorized the Orioles in his first two seasons in the major leagues, was signed as an undrafted fr ...
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Rich Dubroff
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Baltimore Baseball
9 Oct
A little over two years ago, Dan Duquette departed the Orioles after serving as their executive vice president of baseball operations for seven years. Duquette, who is currently a management consultant in Massachusetts, is proud of the work he did...
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... the investments that our scouting staff made are going to be helpful for the Orioles to be a contending team again, and relatively soon. If you take a look at so ...
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Rich Dubroff
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Baltimore Baseball
8 Oct
When I came to Baltimore in 1980, Vince Bagli was in the middle of his 31-year run as weekday sports anchor at WBAL-TV. At first, I didn’t know what to make of him. I’d come from New York where the local sports anchors were huge figures locally and...
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... Channel 11 in 1995 and was succeeded by Sandusky, but for decades he came to Orioles and Ravens games because he enjoyed the camaraderie, and people enjoyed that ...
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Rich Dubroff
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Baltimore Baseball
7 Oct
Four Orioles played more than 50 games in the 60-game 2020 season. Surprisingly, Pat Valaika was one of them. Hanser Alberto and Rio Ruiz tied for the club lead with 54. Valaika and Renato Núñez each played 52. Valaika started games at five positions,
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... likely hero on July 25, 2019 when he pitched the final inning of a 16-inning Orioles win at the Los Angeles Angels, earning the first save by a position player. ...
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Rich Dubroff
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Baltimore Baseball
6 Oct
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Rich Dubroff
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Baltimore Baseball
6 Oct
Fifty-five Orioles minor leaguers, including last year’s overall No. 1 pick, catcher Adley Rutschman, are reporting to the Ed Smith Stadium complex in Sarasota, Florida on Monday for Instructional League. The Instructional League will run until the...
Baltimore Orioles
... ear with the lack of a minor league season due to the coronavirus pandemic,” Orioles executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias said in a video conferen ...
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Rich Dubroff
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Baltimore Baseball
6 Oct
The lost season for minor league baseball has led to questions about its future. On September 30th, the agreement between Major League Baseball and its minor leagues expired, and no knows what’s next. For nearly a year, there’s been talk that MLB...
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... the restructuring of the minor leagues that’s going on and is not settled,” Orioles executive vice president/ general manager Mike Elias said on Monday in a vid ...
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Rich Dubroff
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Baltimore Baseball
5 Oct
Fifty-five Orioles minor leaguers, including last year’s overall No. 1 pick, catcher Adley Rutschman are reporting to the Ed Smith Stadium complex in Sarasota, Florida on Monday for Instructional League. The Instructional League will run until the...
Baltimore Orioles
... ear with the lack of a minor league season due to the coronavirus pandemic,” Orioles executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias said in a video conferen ...
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Rich Dubroff
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Baltimore Baseball
5 Oct
Ryan Mountcastle might get some votes for the American League Rookie of the Year award. He also might be a favorite for the award next year, too. Mountcastle, who played in 35 of the Orioles’ 60 games this season (60 percent), remains eligible in...
Baltimore Orioles
... uston’s Yordan Álvarez didn’t debut until June 9 when he homered against the Orioles. He was unanimously elected Rookie of the Year, but that was for a 162-game ...
