Rich Dubroff
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April 13, 2020 at 7:00 am
Another proposal to start the season has issues
Fantasy baseball isn’t for me. I haven’t been simulating the first weeks of what would have been the Orioles’ season. I have been closely following another kind of fantasy baseball — the proposals that have been floated for beginning the 2020 season. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidelines limiting gatherings...
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4.9KApril 10, 2020 at 7:00 amBallparks of the past remembered fondly, and some just remembered
I’ve been fortunate to visit 54 major league ballparks, 29 current ones—no one has yet seen a game in the Texas Rangers’...
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April 9, 2020 at 7:00 am
My ballpark journey revisited: Camden Yards is still the best
Wednesday was a beautiful day in Baltimore, the nicest of the spring, and for the first time since I returned from spring training, I took the short drive from my house to the ballpark. I was curious to see it. Since I don’t live very far, and visit it for games, there’s...
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April 8, 2020 at 7:00 am
Empty stadiums in Arizona one of many ideas for starting 2020 season
As hard as it may be to comprehend, the canceled Opening Day was just 13 days ago. So much has changed since then, and baseball is trying to prevent a full season from being lost to the coronavirus pandemic. When fans woke up on Tuesday, many read a report from ESPN.com that...
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4.7KApril 7, 2020 at 7:00 amNative Baltimorean, Hall of Famer Al Kaline ‘was a special guy’
On September 8, 1963, Al Kaline had a double in four at-bats in the Detroit Tigers’ 5-2 loss to the New York...
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April 6, 2020 at 7:00 am
The great Orioles quiz — pandemic edition
While we wait for Orioles news, here’s a challenging 30-question quiz. The answers will be published on Tuesday. Good luck! In the win and loss column 1. How many times has an Orioles pitcher won 20 or more games in a season? A) 28 B) 19 C) 24 D) 15 2. Which...
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March 30, 2020 at 7:00 am
2012 was the year everything worked for the Orioles
People often ask me what is the most unforgettable game I’ve ever seen. I have a few contenders, but there’s something they never ask me that I have an easy answer for. The 2012 Orioles were my favorite team. In September 2011, ComcastSportsNet, now NBCSportsWashington, decided that it should begin coverage of...
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March 17, 2020 at 7:00 am
Waiting for that good Oriole news
We love sports because of the uncertainty. We never know for sure what will happen. What kind of a player will Adley Rutschman be? Can Lamar Jackson reach another level? What we’re experiencing now is the worst kind of uncertainty, the unsettling kind. What’s familiar to us we can’t have. No sports....
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February 25, 2020 at 7:00 am
Orioles line up split-squad games; Infielders Urena, Velazquez expected to play; Bannon’s journey
CLEARWATER, Florida.-What’s happening? The Orioles will play split-squad games with the Tampa Bay Rays in Sarasota and the Boston Red Sox at Fort Myers on Tuesday. John Means will face Charlie Morton at home. Tom Eshelman will pitch against Boston’s Ryan Weber. Infielders Richard Urena and Andrew Velazquez could both see their...
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February 11, 2020 at 7:00 am
Five storylines to watch in Orioles’ spring training
SARASOTA, Florida—The Orioles begin spring training on Tuesday with many questions to be answered. Between now and March 23, when their time in Florida ends, much more will be known. As pitchers and catchers report, let’s look at five storylines that bear watching over the next six weeks. Who will be in...