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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…
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Orioles Projected to Sign 3 Big Names
In a recent article by Tim Dierkes of MLB Trade Rumors he projects the top 50 free agents and which teams they will sign…
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On My Christmas List: Playoff Baseball in Baltimore
The MLB postseason is absolutely wonderful. I don’t know what it is in particular about October, but for one month, the postseason captures everything…
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Free Agents The Orioles Should Target
It’s been a disappointing season for the O’s. It was supposed to be a year where they made huge strides towards the future and…
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O’s By the Numbers: What happened to the offense in 2010?
Regular By the Numbers reader, spy, had an interesting question for me several weeks ago: “What effect have steroids had on offensive statistics in…
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Introducing the Baltimore-D.C. Top XXV
Every once in a while I like to do something very fun and very unscientific. This is one of those instances. I give you…
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Is There Any Hope For Caleb Joseph and Brandon Waring?
While major league organizations never truly acknowledge the fact, there are two types of prospects. One of those types is the prospect we discuss…
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O’s By the Numbers: Stolen Bases
On May 1st, the Orioles had attempted only 6 stolen bases. At that point they were on pace for ~40 attempts for a full…
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MLB Advanced Metric Primer Series: FIP
Leading up to opening day we will be running an advanced metric primer series. The goal of the series is to introduce readers to…