Call it complaining because I root for a mid-to-small market team if you want, but I think it is time for Major League Baseball…
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Tidal Waves: Pitching Keeping The Tides Afloat
After the Tides split the first four games of the season, they came back home to Harbor Park for a seven-game homestand starting April…
Small Sample Sizes To Believe In
The return of April baseball has begat the rebirth of By The Numbers. This week we try and weed through the myriad of “on-pace”…
My Twenty At The Yard
There are few structures that mean as much to me as Oriole Park at Camden Yards. I didn’t go there a single time last…
Despite Successful Appeal, Questions Linger Re: Braun’s PED Use
Ryan Braun has been exonerated! Well, not exactly. It’s like a suspected criminal getting a not guilty verdict but losing the civil trial, that…
This Week In Baltimore Sports History: Brady Anderson, Sideburns, Born In Maryland
Okay, I can’t prove that Brady Anderson was born with his trademark ‘burns, but it seems scientifically sound. Anderson was born this week (Jan.…
The Cartoon Bird, Retail Therapy, and Oriole Fandom
I don’t think it shocked anyone this morning when the Orioles announced changes to their 2012 uniform set, which predictably includes prominent placement of…
Anti-Moneyball: The Story Of The 1998 Orioles
Moneyball, without overstating it, is the most important and impressive non-fiction book I’ve ever read. I even read it at a time when I…
Near-Misses Often Skew Perception of Truly Great & Deeply Flawed Teams
It’s Friday, and I feel like I just got to school two hours late and am hoping no one notices. Zach, please don’t kill…
“Weather” or Not to Play Depends on More than the Conditions
Please excuse the pun, I couldn’t help myself. It’s already getting cold here in Ann Arbor as they set up for College Gameday in…