Brian Roberts hit his third double in his last four games to push his season total to 55. He’ll need to double every other game to become the first player to reach 60 doubles since 1936. The bad news for Roberts was that the Orioles fell to the Blue Jays 6-5 in eleven [...]
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September 23, 2009
I am finishing up at Rogers Centre – I can call it Skydome in a blog, thankfully -- after the Orioles were swept by the Toronto Blue Jays in an amazingly forgettable three-game series.
There is truly only one highlight from this series.
Matt Wieters hit an absolute bomb against Scott Richmond that hit the façade just...
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September 23, 2009
Orioles outfielder Nolan Reimold has undergone surgery to repair a partially torn left Achilles' tendon and is expected to be healthy in time for spring training.
Reimold hit .279 with 15 homers and 45 RBIs in 104 games. The rookie had been battling the injury for much of the season and was placed on the disabled list Sept. 18 when the pain worsened.
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September 22, 2009
Curt Schilling won't run for Edward M. Kennedy's seat in the U.S. Senate.
The former Boston Red Sox pitcher made the announcement on "Joe Buck Live" on HBO on Tuesday night. Earlier this month, the 42-year-old Schilling expressed interest in running for the seat held by the Massachusetts Democrat for almost 50 years before he died in August.
"Regardless of the...
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September 21, 2009
The good people at Consumerist love three things: protecting the interests of the American consumer, baseball, and nitrate-filled meaty concessions wrapped in doughy buns. But when writer Alex Chasick drove up to Camden Yards on Sunday for the Orioles-Red Sox tilt, he was sold a less-than-stellar hot dog and decided to complain. First, the sad excuse for a wiener:
That is HORRENDOUS...
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September 21, 2009
Back in late April, when we were all still young and before the stink of 13 lost seasons hung around the Orioles like a dead man’s gym socks, the O’s looked to their triple-A team for an outfielder.
That's not Albert Pujols. It's Lou Montanez.
Two players from the Norfolk Tides stood out, sporting smoking-hot batting averages and solid power numbers. Nolan Reimold...
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September 21, 2009
Games 145 through 148 - Red SoxAngels 4, Red Sox 3Red Sox 3, Orioles 1Red Sox 11, Orioles 5Red Sox 9, Orioles 3Record: 89-59In the early years of this blog, we spent a good deal of pixels and more than a little angst whining about the Baltimore Orioles and their (perceived, almost certainly, as we were rarely inclined then as now towards actual 'research') prediliction for...
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September 22, 2009
Curt Schilling won't run for Edward M. Kennedy's seat in the U.S. Senate.
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September 23, 2009
University of Iowa Head Baseball Coach Jack Dahm announced that Zach Dillon will serve as the team's volunteer coach. Dillon, a native of Urbandale, IA, attended Baylor University and was subsequently selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 20th Round (595th overall) of the 2006 amateur entry draft as a catcher. His honors include 2005 ABCA second team all-Midwest Region selection...
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September 21, 2009
One of the most impressive things about rookie phenom Chris Tillman, something that has set him apart from other heralded young Oriole hurlers in the past, is that he generally throws strikes.
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