Yardbarker: Nick Markakis

Thanksgiving in Birdland - 2009

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:00:14 -0500

There are a lot of things to be thankful for in Birdland this year. More than any year in recent history, I'd say. After years of futility, years of floundering, the Orioles are almost respectable again. They're not there yet, but it's close. I can feel it. To get there the Orioles need to show marked improvement from the teams over the past decade and they also need to prove they can compete with the rest of the teams in the AL East. Will it ever happen? I'm certain part on...

Blogging the Offseason: Baltimore Orioles

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:33:00 -0500

Blogging the Offseason is a 30 team series in which I ask a blogging representative from each MLB team a series of ten questions about their desires and thoughts surrounding the offseason. Check out all of them here.Today's team is the Baltimore Orioles and our guest is Jeff from the Baltimore Sports Blog Right Off Russell.1. Nick Markakis has been your best young player for the past few years but has seemingly flatlined in power and average in the past three seasons. Do you think Markaki...

Under Armour Event in Annapolis

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:43:00 -0500

On Saturday morning, fans that got up early enough got a chance to meet Oriole outfielder Nick Markakis, Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman and the Marlins Jeremy Heremdia at the Under Armour store at the Annapols-Westfield Mall. The event in Annapolis was a meet-and-greet autograph session, plus to prove that video games and professional athletes indeed go hand-in-hand, both Zimmerman and Heremida participated in a video game Home Run Derby by playing MLB 2K8. Being that the city of An...

Orioles Smash The Tribe

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:38:00 -0500

After losing a heartbreaker on Thursday night, the Orioles regrouped and absolutely smashed the Cleveland Indians, 13-4. Big nights by Felix Pie (three RBI's, and a homer), Nick Markakis (three hits with a homer, with three runs driven in) and Matt Wieters (three hits, four RBI) helped propel the Orioles to their 53rd win.Jason Berken benefitted from the deluge of the Baltimore offense and earned his fourth win of the season. He went five innings, allowed two runs, walked three and struck...

Markakis Helps Orioles Stop Fenway Skid

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:48:21 -0500

Nick Markakis had a home run and 3 RBIs and rookie David Hernandez kept the hits to a minimum as the Baltimore Orioles went on to a 6-2 win over the Boston Red Sox in front of 37,606 on a nice summer Sunday afternoon for baseball at Fenway Park. The win for the Orioles (42-55) snaps [...]

Swept Away in NYC and the New Yankee Stadium

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:15:00 -0500

The Orioles so far have had a rough time of things on the road, and were swept by the New York Yankees in a three game series this week. Despite close games on Monday and Wednesday -- which included a hard fought comeback thanks to back-to-back homers by Adam Jones and Nick Markakis, they've flopped. Baltimore is 1-5 on the current road trip and they'll be heading into yet another tough place -- Boston -- this weekend. Once again, the pitching has been a problem -- with exception of D...

About Last Night, The O's Comeback Against the Evil Empire 1A, The Red Sox...

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:56:00 -0500

I was so busy this morning with car repairs and other stuff, that I didn't even get to the amazing comeback last night against the Red Sox. Pretty much we all know what happened, Nick Markakis had the go-ahead, two-RBI triple in the bottom of the eighth inning, the bullpen delivered, and Jonathan Papelbon blew his first save ever against Baltimore. We won in a crazy game, 11-10, which might as well have been two games in one with a rain delay, Boston taking what was an insurmountable lea...

Zimmerman, Markakis Not The Same Player

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:52:58 -0500

After saying he wouldn’t talk about a contract extension during the season word is the Washington Nationals and third basemen Ryan Zimmerman are closing in on a six year deal in the neighborhood of the $66.1 that Baltimore Orioles outfielder Nick Markakis got over the winter. My first knee jerk reaction was… what? Leave it to the [...]

Eaton Struggles; O's Offense Bails Him Out...

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:40:53 -0500

The Orioles won 10-6 today against the Cardinals in Jupiter; however, a recurring theme once again haunted Baltimore -- obviously, the pitching. Well, the offense bailed starting pitcher AdamEaton out as the Orioles scored twice in the fourth inning, and four times in the fifth. Adam Jones hit a long two run homer to start the rally; thereafter, in the fifth inning, Nick Markakis had a two-run double and then scored on a wild pitch. Aubrey Huff drove in a run in the fifth, Oscar Salazar drove...

The Josh Hamilton Extension

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:09:40 -0500

Josh Hamilton is a special player. We all know that by now. In his first full big league season as a starter, Hamilton wowed the Rangers and baseball fans all over the world by hitting .304 with 32 home runs and 130 RBIs. The sky seems to be the limit for the 27 year old Hamilton, as his power and consistency should only improve with time.So on that thought, the Rangers are wisely trying to sign Hamilton to a long term deal. Even though the Rangers control Hamilton's rights until 2012, hi...

Markakis and the Orioles Halt Extension Talks...

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:49:10 -0500

Take this for what is it worth right now... From the Baltimore Sun: Both club president Andy MacPhail and Markakis' agent, Jamie Murphy, confirmed that the sides exchanged proposals last week for the first time this offseason and that after several discussions, an agreement could not be reached. St... ...

The Contract for Markakis

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:36:37 -0500

In light of trying to get a general news round-up done for later today since things seem to be kind of slow at my desk right now. I don't know if I was so much surprised by reading this, but it did raise my eyebrows a bit... From the Baltimore Sun: Nick Markakis acknowledged that his agent, ...

NHL 94 Dictates An Indians Orioles Do-Over

Tue, 01 May 2007 14:52:15 -0500

The Umpires messed up the call and set a very bad precedent in the process. Plus, my experiences with NHL 94 on Sega Genesis dictate a do-over in real life.