Posts By Peter Schmuck
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3.6KPeter SchmuckPeter Schmuck: Two days that may have saved the Orioles’ season
I’m guessing that January 27th and February 4th do not stand out in the collective memory of Baltimore sports fans, who were...
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2.1KPeter SchmuckAnd the hits just keep not coming for Orioles
The mood before Tuesday night’s game against the high-flying Detroit Tigers was decidedly hopeful. In the Orioles’ clubhouse, Jordan Westburg waxed positive...
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1.5KPeter SchmuckPeter Schmuck: “So you’re telling me there’s a chance”
Pardon the “Dumb and Dumber” reference, but that hilarious line keeps popping into my head as people ask me if there really...
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3.2KPeter SchmuckPeter Schmuck: The column I never wanted to write
Beloved baseball writer Jim Henneman passed away on Thursday night, surrounded by a large loving family and immediately missed by all of...
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5.0KPeter SchmuckPeter Schmuck: Someone always has to pay, and it’s usually the wrong guy
The Orioles had to do something, because it had all become too embarrassing. The performance of the team in the loss to...
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4.2KPeter Schmuck
Peter Schmuck: Fire the manager? The general manager? And what then?
It’s that time of a bad year again. The Orioles are in a tailspin and the natives are understandably restless. Trouble is,...
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1.1KPeter SchmuckPeter Schmuck: Orioles suffer a familiar fate in first game of twinbill
BALTIMORE-In a game that shined with the promise of a three-run third inning, the Orioles instead reverted to a script that has...
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2.5KPeter SchmuckPeter Schmuck: Reinstatement of Pete Rose was too long in coming
I know this won’t be a very popular position, but I was against Pete Rose being declared ineligible for the Hall of...
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2.7KPeter SchmuckPeter Schmuck: For Orioles, it was a Sunday only Han Solo could have loved
On the final day of a weekend-long Star Wars promotion, the Orioles and Kansas City Royals put on a laser show that...
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4.8KPeter SchmuckJust another sign of the Apocalypse for the Orioles
My memory is far from perfect, but I’m pretty sure that in 45-plus years covering baseball I’ve never seen a major league...