Dan Connolly
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May 7, 2016 at 11:14 pm
Myriad O’s thoughts: Ubaldo, Wright, Janish, McFarland
This is probably the most obvious, pseudo-analysis I’ve had since this website started. If Ubaldo Jimenez can repeat his deceptive delivery and throw strikes, he’s going to have real success this year. This is not a revelation. It’s what has been said about Jimenez for years, certainly since he has been with...
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7.1Kat 7:00 amThe passing of an Orioles’ ‘Moonlight Graham’
The Orioles and A’s were rained out, so it’s kind of hard to give you analysis of something that didn’t happen. So...
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May 6, 2016 at 7:09 pm
Friday’s game postponed; day-night doubleheader slated for Saturday
The Orioles were hoping to avoid their third rainout of the early season and second at Camden Yards. They didn’t. Friday night’s game against the A’s was postponed around 6:30 p.m. – and it has been rescheduled as part of a Saturday, day-night doubleheader. The first game is scheduled for 1:05 pm....
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A’s beat writer Slusser discusses O’s killer Reddick, shortstop Semien and a pitcher who couldn’t fly
A new “Around The Beat” podcast is up and – back-patting alert – it’s a pretty darn good one. It’s good because of my guest, Susan Slusser, the Oakland A’s beat writer for the San Francisco Chronicle. As I gush in the podcast, she is arguably the best in our business when...
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Myriad O’s thoughts: Gausman-Tanaka duel; Wieters’ arm; Kim’s legs, Girardi’s decision
There are times when watching Orioles’ baseball can be tedious. Over the years, many of those evening-dragging, let-it-end contests have been against the New York Yankees. But not Thursday night at Camden Yards, not with Orioles’ right-hander Kevin Gausman and Yankees’ righty Masahiro Tanaka dueling. The two pitchers each threw eight scoreless...
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May 5, 2016 at 11:21 pm
A sigh of relief for Orioles: Britton returns
Beating the reeling New York Yankees in two out of three games and watching Kevin Gausman excel were two obvious storylines from Thursday night at Camden Yards. But the moment that allowed the Orioles and their fan base to sigh a breath of relief came in the ninth, when closer Zach Britton...
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Myriad O’s thoughts: Wilson, Jones, Machado, Wright
Tyler Wilson pitched well for five innings Wednesday, then he ran into trouble in a three-run sixth that ultimately cost the Orioles in a 7-0 loss to the New York Yankees. The kid is still learning. But the fact that he completed six innings is a step in the right direction –...
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May 4, 2016 at 6:06 pm
A Yankees-Os’ Tarpgate? ‘No,’ says Showalter
We’ll start by saying this may all be contrived. But the response from Orioles manager Buck Showalter was pretty interesting. And it is about the New York Yankees and Showalter, and that’s always good theater. (Remember, these are the two teams that never seem to exchange pitching probables with each other until...
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Norfolk writer David Hall joins episode 2 of Adam Pohl’s ‘Minor League Podcast’
Welcome to the second week of our “Minor League Podcast with Adam Pohl.” As we told you last week, Pohl is the voice of the Bowie Baysox and, arguably, the foremost expert on the organization’s minor league system. Well, today, we’re gonna provide a 1-2-3 punch of experts on the Orioles’ minors....
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May 3, 2016 at 7:00 am
Move Manny to short and find a plug-in at third, but leave Chris Davis at first
With news that shortstop J.J. Hardy will be out roughly six weeks with a small fracture in his left foot, the questions came pouring in about what the Orioles are going to do to fill his spot defensively. The most obvious move, and one that we’ll probably see plenty of in the...
