With the Orioles in Tampa for a surprisingly important series against the Rays this weekend, let’s step away from the playoff push for just a moment. Today’s entry is the first in a series of three...and it’s just a little bit different. Following the passing of baseball broadcasting legend Vin Scully on August 2, there … Continue reading Meeting Orioles Legends: My Earl Weaver Story →

Today is an important anniversary in Birdland. Yet it’s one that comes with a tinge of bitterness...and a question about the future. You see, it was ten years ago tonight that the Orioles announced they would be promoting top prospect Manny Machado from Double-A Bowie to Baltimore the next day – and handing him the … Continue reading 10 Years Ago Today: The O’s Announced a Surprising Promotion… Should They Do it Again Tonight? →

The 2022 All Star Game has come and gone and now it’s time to look ahead to the second half of the baseball season. Here in Birdland – thanks to a remarkably hot stretch in the weeks leading up to the All Star break – that second half figures to be far more interesting than … Continue reading Burning Questions About What the Orioles Might Look Like One Year from Today →

We’re coming up on yet another anniversary in Birdland. 35 years ago this Monday – on July 11, 1987 – Bill Ripken made his major league debut for the Orioles at Memorial Stadium. In a game that has been regularly featured on MASN’s Orioles Classics rebroadcasts, Bill went 0-for-3 with a walk in four plate … Continue reading 35 Years Ago: The Arrival of Bill Ripken →

Saturday, July 2 marks the six-week anniversary of Adley Rutschman’s major league debut at Camden Yards. In that time, Rutschman has played in 32 games, with the team going 16-16 in those games while Adley has slashed .220/.287/.407. Of course since Rutschman is a highly touted rookie catcher, the comparisons of Rutschman to Matt Wieters … Continue reading How Do Adley Rutschman’s First Six Weeks Compare to Matt Wieters’? →

A pessimist could look at the 2022 Orioles and see just another losing season. This “glass-half-empty” perspective would focus on the team’s low payroll...the lack of true impact players...and the inevitable selling that is still ahead at this year’s trade deadline. But the optimist sees something else. A “glass-half-full” person can see the beginnings of … Continue reading How Big of a Leap Are the 2022 Orioles Really Making? →

Will the injuries to John Means and Grayson Rodriguez – and the innings limits that are sure to come – push back the timeline of the O’s rebuild and make 2023 another lost season? It was never going to be as simple as a cramp. Even though that was the initial word coming from Norfolk … Continue reading The Real Cost of Grayson Rodriguez’s Lat Strain →

15 years later and the question still hovers over Camden Yards like a dark cloud on a rainy summer night. It was the summer of 2007 when Cal Ripken, Jr. was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame after his record-breaking career. And at the time, the roster of Orioles in the Hall of Fame … Continue reading Who Will Be the Next Player to Represent the O’s in Cooperstown? →

No question about it, the 2022 Orioles season has had its share of highlights so far. From the exciting 2-0 win vs. Milwaukee in the home opener...to the more recent stretch of three walk-off wins in a span of four games...and the debut of #1 overall prospect Adley Rutschman, there have certainly been some exciting … Continue reading 14-Game Hot Streak Beginning in Late May ’89 Set the Tone for “Why Not” Orioles →

This is the type of retraction I'm happy to write. Because after writing back on April 22 that the 2022 Orioles had "settled into the basement" on April 12 of this season...the Birds eventually climbed up the stairs -- ever so slightly. On Thursday, May 5 the Orioles moved out of the cellar and into … Continue reading I Spoke Too Soon: The 2022 Orioles Are NOT in the Basement →