SPORTS WITHOUT CHARM
Over the past week, ESPN.com has been running a tournament between all thirty MLB teams to find the best uniform in the game. I sort of neglected this tournament, but other local blogs campaigned for the Orioles, a 13 seed, throughout each round. On Monday, the O’s upset the number one seeded St. Louis Cardinals…
With two more stolen bases on Sunday, the Orioles lead the American League with 33 on the season. As discussed last week, the O’s aggression on the bases is new to 2013 as they stole the fewest bases of any Major League team a season ago. With his team facing one of the league’s most…
Chris Tillman‘s fourseam fastball has clocked in at an average velocity of 92.20 MPH this season according to the data on BrooksBaseball.net. Over his five year career, Tillman has averaged just 91.90 MPH. On Sunday in Baltimore, the Orioles righty touched 96.79 MPH with his 88th pitch, a called third strike to Yunel Escobar to…
I refuse to call the Orioles two losses in a two game series to the Padres “a sweep,” but their three losses over the weekend to the Rays certainly qualifies. However you look at it, the Birds have lost a season high five straight games and are now just three games above .500 at 23-20,…
Stat nerds are popping champagne like the ’72 Dolphins do when that final undefeated team takes a loss. The Orioles streak of 109 victories when leading after seven innings was snapped with an ugly 10-6 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. The Birds bullpen kept this miracle streak alive from August 8, 2011 through May…
Jim Johnson is a unique closer. He doesn’t overpower hitters with upper 90s fastballs, instead he makes his fielders work by forcing ground ball outs with a hard sinker. At the end of April, Orioles fans witnessed what happened when a hard throwing relief pitcher lost his command. Pedro Strop went into a tailspin and…
Kevin Spacey was one of several famous people at Pimlico on Saturday for the 133rd running of the Preakness Stakes. After the race, the Academy Award winning actor tweeted a picture of his winning ticket, a fifty dollar bet on Oxbow to win. Winner winner, chicken dinner! I chose Oxbow for Henry Fonda’s film The…
I’m not going to lie. There are typically two weeks a year that I really care about horse racing. After the Kentucky Derby I try to read and soak up as much information as I can before the Preakness. I’ll use these thousands of words to lay down a few bucks on the race and…
“But in this world nothing can be said to be certain, expect death, taxes and Nolan Reimold on the disabled list.” – Benjamin Franklin The Orioles announced the left fielder/designated hitter Nolan Reimold has been placed on the 15 day disabled list with a right hamstring strain. The 29 year old is hitting just .188/.257/.327…
I briefly listened to a couple local sports talk radio personalities glance at the number of complete games Jim Palmer pitched in his career. It’s astounding, 211 in case you were wondering. These two went on to ask why the current Orioles rotation couldn’t pitch as deep into games as the Hall of Famer did…
