Let me rant for a bit. Now, let me preface this rant by saying I grew up when the Orioles sucked. I mean, “worse than even this year” sucked. I was born during the tail end of the 1988 season, I had my first kiss when Mike Hargrove was the manager, and I lost my […]
Read moreSOTBSports: Let’s Make A Deal, MLB
We’re about three weeks away from the start of spring training games and many high-ticket MLB players are without a team. Now, I don’t know if there’s some sort of “collusion” in MLB, if players are overstating their worth, if it’s the “evil” Scott Boras rearing his “ugly” head again, or if people are just […]
Read moreSOTBSports: Maybe The Orioles SHOULD Trade Manny Machado
About seven months ago, on this very site, I offered up my two cents about Manny Machado being traded before the 2017 Trade Deadline. My thoughts were, unless they pulled off a Frank Robinson-esque haul, similar to the following gif: However, it’s a new year and shit done changed. The Yankees picked up Giancarlo Stanton […]
Read moreThis Is (Probably) Not Fine, Birdland
I’ll keep this one short-ish and possibly pretty rant-y. Since last week’s possible panic post, the Orioles have played .500 ball, going 4-4 through last night’s 5-1 loss to the Indians. That’s not all that bad. It’s not that great, but it’s not all that bad, either. That is, until you realize that two of those losses came […]
Read moreThe Orioles Shouldn’t Trade Manny Machado…Right?
This is going to be short and sweet, in comparison to some folks’ analysis. GIF Credit: BaltimoreSportsReport.com I may be in the minority here. This is especially true since I spoke on the Orioles doing the opposite not too long ago. But, I’m in the mindset that the Orioles, especially if they’re in a win-now […]
Read moreShould The Orioles Bring Back Matt Wieters
The game of baseball is one that is convoluted, seemingly by design at time. It’s a simple past time, but difficult in fully understanding what makes baseball baseball for those who aren’t playing it (read: executives, FO folks, statisticians, etc). Case in point: Matt Wieters. Now, Wieters isn’t a bad player by any stretch of […]
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