SPORTS WITHOUT CHARM
You knew it was bound to happen sometime. Jim Johnson wasn’t going to be perfect forever. After successfully converting 35 consecutive opportunities, the Orioles closer blew a save for the first time since July 2012. I suppose I should take some of the blame for jinxing Johnson when I boldly proclaimed he was the game’s best…
The wait is almost over for the Baltimore Ravens. Soon, they’ll have Super Bowl rings that will forever link them together as a group in a season of greatness. Jostens, a Minneapolis-based company was selected to be the creator of the special championship ring, the Ravens announced this afternoon. According to a press release from…
Jair Jurrjens come on down. You’re the next contestant in the Baltimore Orioles starting rotation. Jurrjens will replace the injured Wei-Yin Chen and make his O’s debut on Saturday according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports. He’ll become the Orioles’ tenth starter this season after pitching to a 3.14 ERA in eight starts with the…
Colts legend Art Donovan made an appearance at my wedding and my wife managed to work my obsession with the Baltimore Orioles into her vows, but she didn’t let me wear my cartoon bird hat while walking down the aisle. Maybe she would have, I didn’t even try asking. For this couple, the whole day…
Baltimore Ravens tight end Dennis Pitta has signed his second-round tender worth a reported $2.023 million dollars and is now under contract for the 2013 season. Pitta, 27, helped the Ravens win their 2nd Super Bowl Championship and set personal bests for himself in his 3rd season as one of Joe Flacco‘s favorite targets. Pitta…
Bad news for Orioles starter Wei-Yin Chen. The lefty is headed to the disabled list with a right oblique strain according to quotes from GM Dan Duquette per MASNSports.com’s Roch Kubatko. Duquette anticipates that Chen will be on the shelf for “more than a couple weeks,” which means the Birds will be without their most effective…
I’ve been a nervous wreck about game seven all day. Suddenly, I’m feeling much more confident. Orioles centerfielder Adam Jones traveled with the Ravens all postseason and they came back from New Orleans with the Lombardi Trophy. Tonight at 8 PM, the Capitals host the Rangers for game seven of the Eastern Conference quarterfinal series…
The Baltimore Orioles remain atop their division despite their second baseman hitting .174 (worst in the American League) on the season. That’s miraculous, really. Their designated hitters haven’t been much better. O’s DH’s have the worst batting average in the AL at .183. Yowza. So how do the Orioles solve this problem? Should they sign Mark…
Baltimore native and fan favorite Steve Johnson is back in the big leagues. Well, he will be on Saturday at least. O’s skipper Buck Showalter confirmed that Johnson will be recalled from Triple-A Norfolk for the O’s second game of three in Minnesota. Johnson has made three starts with the Tides, he’s 1-1 with a…
Umpires are the talk of the baseball world after a horrific call in Cleveland in Wednesday night’s A’s-Indians game. On Thursday in Baltimore, Orioles skipper Buck Showalter did he best to criticize CB Bucknor’s strikezone by tip toeing around a few answers in his postgame press conference. When asked about second baseman Ryan Flaherty‘s 1-for-3…
