Dan Connolly
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July 17, 2018 at 12:28 pm
Connolly has landed — at The Athletic Baltimore
So, I’ve landed. Sorry to be vague about my announcement Monday, but it is now official. I have left BaltimoreBaseball.com to join The Athletic Baltimore as its Orioles writer. If you are a sports fan and aren’t familiar with The Athletic, well, you should be. It is one-stop shopping for the sports...
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July 16, 2018 at 7:00 am
Site news: Dan Connolly leaving BaltimoreBaseball.com; Rich Dubroff taking over as lead Orioles writer
Apparently, Oriole players aren’t the only ones changing employers this month. It’s happening in the press box, too. Effective today, I’m leaving BaltimoreBaseball.com, the website I co-created with internet advertising executive Steve Cockey in March 2016. That’s the most bittersweet sentence I’ve written in my career. Walking away from this site is...
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4.1K7July 14, 2018 at 9:01 pmOrioles bringing back Brooks Robinson as special adviser and community liaison
In what could be their worst season in franchise history, the Orioles have turned to their most revered icon to help spread...
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July 10, 2018 at 7:00 am
Myriad O’s Thoughts: Schoop and Machado share birthday wish; Machado on trade rumors; Britton’s outing
While the Orioles were in Minnesota last week, a birthday cake was brought out to Orioles shortstop Manny Machado, who turned 26 on Friday. He was about to blow out the candles, when he stopped and said something to his best buddy on the team, second baseman Jonathan Schoop. “He told me...
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July 9, 2018 at 11:51 pm
Monday’s nightcap was an immediate return to bad baseball for the Orioles
Well, the Orioles had a one-game respite from their losing ways. By Monday evening, though, they were back in the loss column – with authority. The Orioles (25-66) dropped the nightcap of a one-admission doubleheader, 10-2, to the New York Yankees after snapping their six-game losing streak earlier in the day. In...
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Orioles snap six-game losing streak with a win over Yankees in first game of Monday’s doubleheader
Here’s a statistic to make you shake your head a little: After the Orioles won in 5-4 in the first game of Monday’s doubleheader, they improved to 4-3 against the New York Yankees so far this year. They are 21-62 against everyone else – including 6-20 against the remainder of the AL...
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July 8, 2018 at 8:53 pm
Machado is starting AL shortstop for All-Star Game as lone Oriole rep; Markakis, Cruz and Hader all get All-Star nods
I guess technically we could make this All-Star story about the Orioles and what they didn’t do in 2014. We’ll get to that in a moment. First to the good news for the team: Shortstop Manny Machado received the highest number of votes at his position and will start in the All-Star...
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July 4, 2018 at 7:00 am
Making Rasmus ‘Plan A’ in right field was foolish from the beginning
Here’s the deal with the Orioles’ signing of outfielder Colby Rasmus in February: It was fine in the club’s typical, throw-it-against-the-wall manner. A minor league pact for a former everyday outfielder who had dealt with injury and a self-inflicted exile from the game in 2017. Fine. Take a chance. Whatever. But it...
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July 1, 2018 at 7:00 am
Schoop is getting a mini-Davis-reset treatment — it’s worth the attempt
The most interesting thing that came out of Saturday in the park with the Orioles is that manager Buck Showalter is giving Jonathan Schoop a mini-dose of the Chris Davis Treatment. It won’t be for eight games, like it was with Davis. But Showalter said he plans to give Schoop some rest...
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June 30, 2018 at 3:09 pm
O’Day to have surgery; miss rest of year
The Orioles received the news they expected – and were hoping could be avoided – Saturday. Veteran reliever Darren O’Day’s left hamstring injury will require surgery, and he will be out for the rest of the season. The recovery time for similar surgeries is roughly six months, Orioles manager Buck Showalter said....