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The Year the Orioles Outspent the Yankees
The Hot Stove season is likely to be a fairly tepid affair for the Orioles this year. Rather than comb the current class of free-agents and potential trade targets I revisited the team's moves headed into the 1998 season, when the the O's became the first team in baseball to post a $70 million...
4/18/1981 - The longest baseball game
(Marty Barrett scores the winning run in the 33rd inning. Photo courtesy of AP Photos) It was an April day in 1981 when the Pawtucket Red Sox and Rochester Red Wings (the AAA affiliates of the Red Sox and Orioles) met at McCoy Stadium in Rhode Island. The initial 1,740 fans in attendance had to...
Today in Sports History: April 15th
(Jackie Robinson. Photo courtesy of the Associated Press) 4/15/1947 - Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrierJackie Robinson fielded first base when he played in the Brooklyn Dodgers' first game of the 1947 season. In doing so, he was the first African American in over half a century to play in a...
Today in Sports History: July 10th
(Brandi Chastain. Photo by Associated Press) 7/10/1989 - Bulls hire Phil Jackson The Chicago Bulls promote Phil Jackson to the head coaching position four days after they fired Doug Collins. Jackson, known as the "Zen Master" for his spiritual style of coaching, led the Bulls to unprecedented...
Monday Open Thread
Back injury sidelines O's Jones -- baltimoresun.com Adam Jones' tight back isn't expected to be serious, but will probably keep the center fielder out of the lineup for a few days. Trembley singles out Pie — in a good way -- baltimoresun.comFelix Pie's recent success hasn't gone unnoticed in...
Graph of the Day: Boggs vs. Gwynn vs. Ripken
Today's GotD is also a link to four more graphs, as part of my article that appeared on The Hardball Times yesterday. I took a look at the careers of Wade Boggs, Tony Gwynn, and Cal Ripken, Jr. using Sean's WAR database. The short story is that Boggs and Gwynn were equally awesome hitters,...
Cal pulls a Favre
Tip of the cap to our friends at Rays Index for this horrible photo. Cal and Ripken Baseball joined forces with the Rays to purchase a minor league team in Vero Beach that they'll be moving to Port Charlotte. And he put on that uniform. Disgusting.
The Six-Hole: Great futility by O's shortstops
via www.qualitycards.com There has been much (very deserved) talk this season about the totally inept players the O's have run out to the shortstop position. Currently, veteran Alex Cintron is occupying the spot, with Trembley and Co. threatening to recall Brandon Fahey from Norfolk, which is just...
Welcome to Wrigley Field
Most of you know that I grew up and still live in southwest Michigan, about an hour and a half from Chicago. I had no family connections with baseball, really, and it was a sport that I got into on my own. Baseball cards and Little League were my introductions. The box scores in the local...
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