The high school regular season has just about wrapped up. Here’s what we know as the playoffs loom. Champions: Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference, Chesapeake Division: Patterson Mill Carroll County Athletic League: Century Anne Arundel County: Severna Park has clinched a spot in Tuesday’s county championship game. The Falcons will face either...
The Orioles finished their first three-game sweep of the season Sunday with a 4-0 shutout of the Chicago White Sox, and a returning veteran was right in the middle of it. Chris Tillman came off the disabled list to make his 2017 debut after right shoulder bursitis sidelined him since spring. It...
Arundel’s Michael Prosperi had a tough assignment last week. The junior left-hander needed to shut down North County while his offense struggled to score. Prosperi did his part, pitching a complete-game shutout in the 1-0 victory. He allowed three hits and struck out nine. And that performance helped land him BaltimoreBaseball.com’s “Prep...
During the Orioles’ five-game homestand that starts Friday, they’ll come face-to-face with two former teammates who are off to hot starts in 2017. Tonight, right-hander Miguel Gonzalez is scheduled to start for the White Sox against the Orioles’ Wade Miley. Gonzalez, of course, broke into the majors with the Orioles in 2012...
Johns Hopkins University head coach Bob Babb grew up in a baseball household. Not only did he play, but his father, John, was the head coach at Bloomsburg High School and later Bloomsburg (Pa.) University. When Babb decided to attend Johns Hopkins University, however, it was as a basketball player, a point...
I’m not one to get political in here. It’s a fake bar filled with good people talking sports. That works for me. I’d probably be better off discussing the Orioles decision to place catcher Welington Castillo on the 10-day DL with right shoulder tendinitis (which also included the recall of catcher Francisco...
This week had it all. There were blowouts and walk-off wins throughout the six days of action. Three new players are up for the “Prep Ballplayer of the Week” vote. Who will get the latest crown? THIS WEEK’S FINALISTS Josh Olsufka, So., INF, Marriotts Ridge The sophomore showcased his power in two...
With the return of outfielder Joey Rickard from the disabled list, the Orioles now have a five-man bench. That could change with the impending returns of closer Zach Britton and starter Chris Tillman, but it’s possible the Orioles still will go with a revolving sixth man in the bullpen and keep five...
We had another excellent competition for our “Prep Ballplayer of the Week,” honor, with it ultimately going to Annapolis Area Christian’s Andrew Sowinski. The sophomore left-hander stuck out 12 batters and allowed three hits in six innings as part of a 14-0 victory over Friends School of Baltimore last week. It’s Sowinski’s...
Curt Casali fits the role of big brother perfectly. First, there’s the size difference: He’s 6-foot-2, 230 pounds, while his younger brother, Andrew, is 6-foot, 185. Then the age: Curt, 28, is seven years older than Andrew. And the field positions: Curt Casali plays the ultimate, big-brother baseball part, catcher, while Andrew,...