It isn’t only young players who make their big league debut on Opening Day. It happens throughout Camden Yards each year. New ushers, new staff members, new concession workers and new media members. On Thursday, Ty Lohr, a staff photographer and writer for The Evening Sun in Hanover, Pa., shot his first...
It’s time for the grand finale of my three-part, AL East position rankings series, where I’m grading how the Orioles compare to their division opponents. Part one covered the infield and part two the outfield. Now, on to the pitchers and managers. You can probably guess where the Orioles’ starting rotation ranks.
Welcome back to my AL East position rankings, where I’m comparing the five division teams at every position on the diamond. Previously, I ranked the infields. Enough small talk. Let’s move right to part two: the outfields, designated hitters and benches. You won’t find an Oriole atop any of these lists.
All 30 major league teams kick off the 2018 regular season Thursday, which means it’s time for my second annual AL East position rankings series. The premise is simple. I’m comparing the Orioles to their four divisional opponents at every position on the field. Today I’m covering the infielders; tomorrow, the outfielders,...
As the Orioles wrapped up spring training in Clearwater, Fla., on Sunday afternoon, the U.S. Naval Academy and the United States Military Academy (Army) kept the nest warm at Camden Yards. The Midshipmen made the 30-mile drive north from Annapolis to play in a big league stadium against their arch-rivals Sunday. They...
Brandon Yu is no stranger to Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Perry Hall native and 2017 Baltimore County Pitcher of the Year at Perry Hall High School grew up within 20 miles of the Orioles’ home park. Although he can’t recall attending his first big league game, Yu remembers spending countless...
We’re back for our third season of high school baseball coverage. We kick it off today with previews of top players and teams to watch in Baltimore and its surrounding counties, as well as the private schools’ MIAA. On Monday, April 2, we will run our first installment of the popular, “Prep...
It’s snowy and cold outside my real door and outside the fake bar door. Picked a bad week not to be in Florida. Not only because of the weather, but because the Orioles made some serious news this week, signing right-hander Alex Cobb to a four-year, $57 million deal with roughly $20...
When it comes to baseball, the Hood College program has barely graduated from toddler status. It’s embarking on its fourth season of existence and has failed to post a winning season in its first three campaigns. So far this season, though, the Blazers are, well, blazing through the competition — winning their...
Family and baseball are interchangeable in the Palacios household. The game’s a tradition – passed down like genes from one generation to the next. Before Towson University shortstop Richie Palacios could walk, he had a glove and ball in his hands. The junior from Brooklyn N.Y., cherishes the little family time he...