Image Credit: Getty Images I don’t know what to make of the Orioles signing Jesus Montero to a minor-league deal. Are they prepping for Mark Trumbo to sign with someone else? Are they trying to lessen the sting of not getting in on Edwin Encarnarcion? Or do they truly see something in the prospect-cum-journeyman that […]
Read moreWhat Could Have Been: Jay Gibbons
Photo Credit: Keith Allison, Flickr.com Tell me where you were about fourteen years ago. It was the spring to summer of 2001. 9/11 was still just a date and Aaliyah was still alive. Michael Jordan was preparing for his final return. The Arizona Diamondbacks proved that Cinderella (even ones with bloated salaries) still existed. And […]
Read moreShould We Panic about the (In)Action of the Orioles?
So, stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A Baltimore Orioles team does meh-to-great in the regular season. If they make it to the playoffs, they get demoralized by a “Cinderella” team that no one expected to be as epic as they were in the post-season. The Orioles team is jacked to the brims […]
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