Strong pitching and the long ball. That’s how our candidates made this week’s ‘Prep Ballplayer’ vote. One finalist pitched a gem, another showed consistency on the bump not once, but twice, while our third candidate showcased his power at the plate four times in three consecutive days. Here are the standouts: Grant...
Pitching a complete-game no-hitter is impressive enough. Throwing it against one of the best teams in the area, the Archbishop Curley Friars, is an even loftier accomplishment. Or at least it appears to be after this week’s ‘Prep Ballplayer of the Week’ vote, which was won by John Carroll senior left-hander Nick...
Jack Barry remembers being 4 years old and sitting atop his father’s shoulders at Camden Yards. That little boy, now a standout infielder at Salisbury University, soaked in the big league experience. And then a man, a future Hall-of-Fame shortstop, walked toward him. Nope – not that Hall-of-Fame shortstop. Barry watched as New...
Pitching dominated this past week. Strong outings came with a number of complete games throughout our coverage area. But two of our “Prep Ballplayer of the Week” candidates went above and beyond: collecting more than a dozen strikeouts in wins for their respective teams Our third finalist, however, didn’t let the opposition...
Nick Brown, the senior infielder/outfielder for Archbishop Curley, had a pretty strong week. His team went 5-0 against some tough competition while Brown drove in 12 runs, including seven in one game. That performance landed him a spot in our “Prep Ballplayer of the Week” vote along with Severna Park’s Cameron Clark,...
When a young man decides to play baseball for legendary head coach Bob Babb at Division 3 power Johns Hopkins University, he knows he must be to committed in the classroom and on the field. There’s another essential part of the Hopkins Baseball equation, though, one that Babb stresses. One that can’t...
The Chris Davis leadoff experiment has been put on hold — and could be abandoned altogether — after the first baseman went 1-for-20 with five strikeouts in the Orioles’ first five games. Davis hasn’t seemed comfortable in the leadoff spot, and Buck Showalter’s decision to pencil him into that role to start...
Our “Prep Ballplayer of the Week” feature and vote is back! Teams across the area battled chilly temperatures and in some cases, sloppy field conditions due the mid-March snowfall. But players didn’t let it faze them as some within the Baltimore area posted strong numbers on the mound and at the plate....
We’re gonna make this one simple. It might end up being painful here in the Tap Room today, but it’ll be simple. Painful and simple after this weekend. Insert joke here. Anyway, given what the Orioles’ schedule looks like this week – seven games on the road at the Houston Astros and...
When Adam Jones cranked the first pitch of the bottom of the 11th inning into the left-field seats Thursday, he delivered the Orioles’ third straight Opening Day walkoff win. It was also the 10th home-opener walkoff in the modern organization’s 65-season history. But was it the most significant home opener walkoff? Here’s...