Dan Connolly
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September 23, 2016 at 7:00 am
Reality check: O’s offense, this is now all on you
It’s time for a reality check. Maybe it’s way past due. The Orioles are falling apart at the wrong time. Frankly, they’ve been fracturing for weeks, just not so rapidly and at such a critical juncture as now. I don’t care who they were playing. Losing six of eight at home in...
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at 12:32 am
Myriad O’s thoughts: Wild Card plummet; Tillman’s start; Papi’s phone; Mancini’s boom
Manager Buck Showalter said he doesn’t think being swept by the Boston Red Sox at home this week will snowball, and roll the Orioles directly away from postseason contention – even though Thursday’s loss allowed Detroit to jump over them for the second Wild Card spot. “Not with this group. It is...
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September 22, 2016 at 7:29 pm
Scott Boras met with Duquette; no contract extensions looming
Player agent Scott Boras, who represents pending free agent Matt Wieters and several other current Orioles, met with executive vice president Dan Duquette this week in Baltimore. They talked in general terms about various issues, including Wieters, but it was more an exchange of ideas than anything specific, an industry source said....
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at 6:06 pm
Gausman’s start pushed back due to minor injury (Bundy starts Sunday and other notes)
Orioles right-hander Kevin Gausman will have his next start pushed back due to an intercostal muscle issue, according to manager Buck Showalter. “Gaus has a little … start of an intercostal (strain), and we think we caught it in time. We’ll see how it manages,” Showalter said. “We just don’t think it’s...
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at 7:00 am
Showalter’s sermon: ‘If we can get in, I feel real good about this group’
Buck Showalter’s post-game press conferences are usually pretty similar. A question about the starting pitcher, a pointed inquiry or two about a certain play or decision in the game, and some give-and-take with the Orioles manager, who often veers toward a different course while providing a few solid sound bites. The detailed talk,...
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September 21, 2016 at 11:25 pm
Crunch time turning into desperate times as O’s cling to Wild Card
In a blink, really in one rushed and errant throw Wednesday, the Orioles’ faint division title hopes expired, and their grasp on the American League Wild Card loosened even more. They also officially dropped the season series to the Red Sox, 10-8 with one to go. That stat doesn’t really mean much...
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at 5:57 pm
O’s have rotation health questions; is a Bundy shutdown looming?
Orioles manager Buck Showalter was vague when asked about his rotation for the last home series of the regular season this weekend. He said Yovani Gallardo will start Friday against Arizona and lefty Wade Miley will pitch Saturday. Sunday’s home finale, which would set up as rookie Dylan Bundy’s turn in this...
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at 4:06 pm
Adam Jones on attendance: ‘It’s eerie … To the ones that come every night, Thank You with open arms’
Orioles center fielder Adam Jones was asked Wednesday about the crowds at Camden Yards this year. Attendance has been down all season – 20th in the majors – and had not picked up with the club in a pennant race. The first two games in the key Boston Red Sox series this...
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at 7:00 am
Myriad O’s thoughts: Bashed by Boston; no O’s offense; 0-for-Venezuela; Mancini’s moment
I thought the Orioles had a chance to win three of four against the Boston Red Sox in this crucial four-game series. Now I think they may be lucky if they don’t get swept. To me, the Orioles’ best chance of winning games were Monday and Tuesday. Monday, because I thought there...
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September 19, 2016 at 11:12 pm
The first game of O’s-Red Sox series was lackluster from every Oriole angle
Let’s just agree that Monday’s first game of the showdown between the first-place Boston Red Sox and the second-place Orioles was lackluster at best. There was nothing much to see here, which is disappointing because the Orioles really should have seized the opportunity they were presented. For once, the schedule favored them....
