Let’s face it: 2017 has been a pretty uninspiring year for the Orioles. Between shoddy starting pitching and a slump-prone offense, the club clinched its first losing season since 2011. But there’s one thing the 2017 Orioles did very well: Win games in walkoff fashion. The Orioles notched 12 walkoff victories this...
A friend of mine told me about an hour before first pitch Sunday at Camden Yards that he had two really good tickets that he wasn’t going to use. He asked me if I knew anybody that would want them. I made a couple phone calls. No one could swing it. I...
So much for playing spoiler. The Orioles, who have been all but eliminated from postseason contention, aren’t exactly making life difficult for their playoff-bound opponents. This September, the Orioles have played 12 games against teams that are likely headed to the dance: the New York Yankees (seven), Boston Red Sox (two) and...
It happens every September. Tune in to a press conference with Orioles manager Buck Showalter, and you’ll inevitably hear him grouse about MLB’s expanded-roster rules for the final month of the season. To Showalter, it doesn’t make sense that baseball plays with one set of rules (a 25-man roster) for the first...
Every so often here at BaltimoreBaseball.com, we’ve been checking in on how former Orioles around the majors have fared this season. With the 2017 regular season coming to a close this month, we’re ranking the five best and five worst seasons for ex-Orioles.
I’ll be honest. The barkeep is stumped. And I don’t mean about the Orioles; I’ve given up trying to figure them out. I’m stumped about what to write. It seems that every angle has been covered two or three times. It’s now just following along with the Orioles’ cycle of winning then...
I’ll save you further analysis of Thursday’s beating by the New York Yankees. In one sense, the Orioles needed that win. In another sense, every time I say the Orioles need to win a game, they don’t. And yet they remain in the hunt. Since we can’t figure out this team, let’s...
If there’s one thing that can be said for the unpredictable 2017 Orioles, it’s this: You can never count them out until the last out is in the books. The Orioles proved that again Tuesday night — actually, Wednesday morning — when Manny Machado, with the Orioles down to their final out,...
I’m assuming you are back to work today. Which means, of course, you have time to come to the Tap Room, grab a seat and opine. Gotta love workdays. It’s “Yankees Week” here in Balmer — with the Bronx Bombers in town through Wednesday — and it’s a series that means something...
Let’s play a game. Imagine for a moment that the Orioles are able to advance to the AL Division Series this postseason. I know, I know — I’m seriously jumping the gun there. After the club lost two of its first three games to the last-place Toronto Blue Jays this series, nobody...