We’ve officially reached the week before baseball’s winter meetings. That doesn’t mean much, I suppose, except that most of the movement during the sport’s offseason will occur within the next month. Usually this week there is a little action – and then it really heats up next week when the industry meets...
One of the great things about being a baseball writer is there is always something to write about or consider, even when there are no games. We just finished last week with baseball’s annual BBWAA awards and the setting of rosters for the Rule 5 draft. Free agency is underway, the...
Let’s get a little historic in the Tap Room today – something we can embrace from both sides of the barstools. The Orioles announced Friday they are going to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the opening of Oriole Park at Camden Yards (April 6, 1992) throughout the 2017 season with a special...
Once the last pitch is thrown and the World Series is over, something besides an on-field celebration occurs. And I’m not talking about free beers at Connolly’s Tap Room, either. Once the October Classic officially ends, the floodgates open for baseball’s free agency, and the hundred-some eligible players come off their team’s...
This World Series features two of the more heralded managers right now in Major League Baseball: Chicago’s Joe Maddon and Cleveland’s Terry Francona. Both are tremendous skippers – and have the statistics to prove it. Maddon is in his 11th season as a full-time manager. Known as a mad genius for his...
Before you get surly, we mainly talk baseball in here. I can’t do much about that other bird team from Baltimore besides shake my head along with you. So, we’re sticking with baseball. With a little history. Take your mind off the present. Although, I’m not gonna conjure happy memories at the...
We have a lot of time to discuss the Orioles’ 2017 rotation – roughly four months before pitchers step on the full mound in Sarasota, Fla. But let’s do some early slotting at the Tap Room today. (What would you rather do, discuss how the Ravens infuriate you or how the Orioles...
Not a festive day in the Tap Room. The O’s are done, and the Ravens lose to the Redskins. We’ll offer a two-for-one drink special today so you can drown your sorrows. I’m only asking one question today. But it’s a weighty one. Last week, Dan Duquette and Buck Showalter discussed, at...
I’ve noticed a lot of people are wearing orange-and-black in here lately, sans the orange over the past day or two. It’s mourning for a season that has perished. We’ll have plenty of time to break down what went right and wrong in 2016. I’ll be writing something nearly every day this...
It’s playoff time. The Orioles made the October Dance, and now have a 1-in-5 chance to get to the World Series for the first time in 33 years. All tabs are $19.83, no matter how much you imbibe today. I have a simple question for you. It’s one of those-second guessing things...