That Bucky Dent homer and beating Boston this week
That 1978 Boston Red Sox club was loaded. Jim Rice had an incredible year leading the AL in homers (46), RBI’s (139), hits (213), triples (13) and also at-bats and games. Fred Lynn, Dwight Evans...
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Beating Yu Darwish and now the first-place Birds
It’s easy to forget that well-traveled Joe Saunders pitched a big game for Baltimore in 2012. It was the strange one-game playoff game in 2012. Clearly the Orioles were a big underdog in Texas on...
Big comeback in 1964; and the almost sweep in New York
Ah, the 1964 baseball season. The last great hurrah from the Yankees. Just maybe Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris were on their last legs. New York won the most games in the American League (99)...
And Chris Davis was the winning pitcher (Red Sox series)
It was only a few years back. But it’s such a nutty game it’s worth visiting again. It’s a Sunday in early May and the Birds are in Fenway Park. Get this, the starting pitcher...
Orioles still waiting on Davis and Hardy to break out
The Baltimore Orioles are 8 and 8 on the season and still waiting for some power to wake up. Chris Davis and J.J. Hardy are two Orioles that have yet to get on a hot...
Player Profiles: J.J. Hardy
Power hitting, Gold Glove short stop, sounds like Cal Ripken Jr. but this player profile is on J.J. Hardy. The Baltimore Orioles acquired Hardy in 2011 in a trade with the Minnesota Twins. That trade...
Orioles win three Gold Gloves
Three out of the six Baltimore Orioles that were nominated for Gold Gloves took home Gold Gloves. Manny Machado, JJ Hardy and Adam Jones were the Orioles that won. Chris Davis, Nick Markakis and Matt...
