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June 20, 2016 at 7:00 am
Tap-In Question: You’ve seen all five teams, so who wins the AL East?
The tap room is open; Molson Ice on us today. Although that’s pretty hard to say. So I’ll swap in a Carling’s Orange and Black Label if you prefer. After the Orioles were blown to smithereens on Fireworks Night at Camden Yards Friday by the Toronto Blue Jays, it looked like their...
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June 16, 2016 at 7:00 am
Tap-In Question: What do you do to fix the O’s rotation mess?
Come up to the bar and sit down. You look sullen. Maybe you should look sullen. I’m eager for your opinion today. Because things are a bit disconcerting around here. The Orioles are back in a first-place tie with the Boston Red Sox. And that should be a good thing, a don’t-look-sullen...
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June 7, 2016 at 11:05 pm
Tap-In Question: Are baseball brawls dumb and irresponsible or necessary and bonding?
We’re getting philosophical in the bar today, thanks to Kansas City Royals’ starter Yordano Ventura. By now you know that Ventura, who has a history of throwing at hitters, brushed back Manny Machado in one at-bat Tuesday, the two jawed after a fly out, and then Ventura plunked him in the side...
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June 6, 2016 at 2:00 pm
Spalding’s Smith wins final ‘Prep Ballplayer’ award; Nominate players for our first ‘Diamond Nine’
Three. It’s a number that now means a couple things for the Archbishop Spalding baseball team. On May 25, the Cavaliers beat Gilman to win their third straight MIAA A Conference championship. And now, thanks to Barrett Smith’s runaway victory, they have three BaltimoreBaseball.com Prep Ballplayers of the Week in our inaugural...
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3.7KJune 3, 2016 at 7:00 amAround the Beat: NYDN’s Feinsand talks Teixeira’s struggles and Yankees’ woeful offense
New York Yankees’ slugger Mark Teixeira returns to his hometown of Baltimore this weekend in a strange role: He’s a sub-.200 hitter...
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June 1, 2016 at 4:03 pm
Minor League Podcast: Alan Mills talks pitching prospects, mid-90s O’s and Darryl Strawberry
Alan Mills is one of the most popular relievers in Orioles history. Whether it was because of the success he had in the mid-1990s, his menacing glare and Fu Manchu mustache or the punch he landed to the jaw of New York Yankee slugger Darryl Strawberry in a brawl in the Bronx,...
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Bowers, Sheesley & Smith vie for last ‘Prep Ballplayer’ honor of year
The high school baseball season came to a close Monday night at Ripken Stadium. And it ended with a come-from-behind victory in the last inning of the final game. With two-time, BaltimoreBaseball.com Prep Ballplayer of the Week nominee Joe Seidler on the mound and a two-run lead in the seventh, Chesapeake-Anne Arundel...
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May 28, 2016 at 7:00 am
Tap-In Question: What’s your take on Adam Jones hitting leadoff?
It’s a holiday weekend. I’m not going to get all philosophical at the Tap Room today. We have a simple question, one that you should have an opinion on – even if you’ve really only had a few hours to think about it. The Orioles were in a four-game losing streak. They...
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May 27, 2016 at 4:00 pm
Aberdeen’s Cuellar wins ‘Prep Ballplayer of the Week’
Another week, another ‘Prep Ballplayer’ winner from my home area of Harford County. Just as it was meant to be. Aberdeen’s Anthony Cuellar used a powerful bat to slug his way into the top spot of our voting, leading the Eagles to a state semifinal in the process. He drove in seven runs...
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May 25, 2016 at 7:00 am
Tap-In Question: What’s your take on Chris Tillman in 2016?
Welcome back to the Tap Room. There’s been some late nights around here recently with 10:05 p.m. and 8:10 p.m. starts. That’s OK, we’ll pour for you at night and then give you something to chew on in the morning. Like a question about the Orioles’ top starting pitcher. Earlier this year,...