Posts By Peter Schmuck
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2.4KPeter SchmuckPeter Schmuck: WBC could raise Henderson back to top gun
Don’t need to remind any of you that at this time last year, Gunnar Henderson was rehabbing an intercostal strain and hoping...
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4.6KPeter SchmuckPeter Schmuck: Save the angst for later … Orioles are OK
A very good friend of mine, who happens to be a former Maryland legislator, just got back from a visit to spring...
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5.8KPeter SchmuckPeter Schmuck: Worsening Westburg situation puts Orioles in a fix
Sometimes, you need to read between the lines, even if you wish you didn’t. Like with these quotes from president of baseball...
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3.2KPeter SchmuckPeter Schmuck: Tony Clark fiasco has put the players union in a vulnerable position
I don’t have the time or inclination to fret about the tawdry scandal that led to Major League Baseball Players Association (MLPBA)...
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5.7KPeter SchmuckPeter Schmuck’s Short Take: The Orioles’ surplus at first base might work to their advantage
At first glance the roster that the Orioles will open spring training with appears to be seriously out of balance, and that...
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5.0KPeter SchmuckPeter Schmuck: Missing out on Framber Valdez isn’t the end of the world, but it’s not good
I never thought the Orioles would cough up another $150 million to sign former Astros ace Framber Valdez, but when I heard...
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3.9KPeter SchmuckPeter Schmuck: My Hall of Fame ballot exposed
The veteran journalists who vote in the Baseball Writers’ Association of America Hall of Fame election have the option of keeping their...
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3.2KPeter SchmuckPeter Schmuck: Getting into the head of one Hall of Fame voter
When the results of this year’s Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA) Hall of Fame election are announced later this month, it...
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4.2KPeter SchmuckPeter Schmuck: Hall of Fame voting has become an exercise in moral relativism
Chances are, Carlos Beltrán will be inducted into Baseball’s Hall of Fame this year – or next. Rafael Palmeiro is unlikely to...
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7.1KPeter SchmuckPeter Schmuck: Are the Orioles a strong playoff contender? Not yet.
Now that Orioles president of baseball operations Mike Elias has fleshed out the starting rotation, added significant pop to the lineup and...