Baltimore Orioles Analysis

The Orioles were a 61-63 team on August 17th, but lost an unreal 30 out of their final 37 games to finish the season 68-93. This kind of meltdown makes improving their win total by 7-10 wins an incredibly realistic scenario especially if Matt Wieters appears sooner rather than later. Read more »

Felix Pie displayed a very impressive combination of speed and power in the minors that made him one of the most highly touted outfield prospects in baseball but has struggled in the bigs. Read more »

The Orioles scored seven runs and forced Yankees? pitcher Mike Mussina to the bench, and it was only the first inning. Things for the Yanks never improve,d and the Orioles (24-20) flew to a 12-2 victory. Read more »

The Baltimore Orioles fired their manager, Sam Perlozzo, on Monday after the team started the season 29-40. It is also being reported that the Orioles have agreed on a deal with Andy MacPhail to become their chief operating officer. So, what do the Orioles need to do next to get back to their past successes? Read more »

At this most recent trade deadline, it appears that Peter Angelos, owner of the Baltimore Orioles, once again overrode the decisions of his front office executives (men he hired, by the way) and squashed deals that would have finally put the wayward Baltimore franchise back on track to being competitive. Peter the Terrible?s most recent transgressions revolved around Miguel Tejada and his steadfast refusal to trade away the player Angelos thought (wrongly) would resurrect the Orioles. Read more »

After Tuesday?s thorough drubbing of the Chicago White Sox, the Batimore Orioles had every reason to be in good spirits. They came into town, rode the coattails of another stingy outing by streaking Erik Bedard, and coasted to an 8 ? 1 victory. Players were upbeat and confident. Skipper Sam Perlozzo made affirming postgame comments about the virtues of playing one?s best ball against a team of Chicago?s caliber. Read more »

To his retired teammates he was known as ?the Babe Ruth of Mexico.? To his longtime friends like Baltimore Oriole Traveling Secretary Phil Itzoe, former Oriole baseball team manager Ray Miller, and former Oriole slugging first baseman Lee May, he was simply ?dude.? To his children Ryan, Ian, Abigail, Elroy, Berecia, and Elrod Jr., he was simply ?pops.? Elrod Gerome Hendricks, veteran Oriole baseball player and bullpen coach, has passed into the legions of immortality at the age of 65. Read more »

The Baltimore Orioles organization may not yet have solved its team's many roster issues --replacements for 2005 fallouts Rafael Palmeiro, Sammy Sosa and Sidney Ponson, would be a great place to start. But the flurry of activity within both the coaching staff and the front office bodes well for a team hungry to finally return a winning ball club to the Orioles fans everywhere. Read more »

In an expected move, Peter Angelos and Jim Beattie "agreed" that the co-GM should no longer continue his duties in the Orioles organization, while longtime Oriole Mike Flanagan was given sole possession of the title. And today, almost as expected, Angelos dropped the 'interim' tag from Sam Perlozzo's name / neck, deciding to keep him as the Baltimore skipper for the near future. Read more »

Last night --or very early this Thursday morning in Maryland-- Sidney Ponson was pulled over, arrested, then charged with Driving Under The Influence, his second of 2005, and just the latest of what is now a series of ongoing legal blunders by the starting pitcher. Read more »

It may not be the easiest job to walk into: interim manager for a Major League Baseball team. Its title alone says, "Don't unpack your bags just yet", not even remotely a secure future for any man in a career already defined as less than certain. But according to sources cited by The Baltimore Sun today, Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos is pleased with the job done so far by Orioles interim skipper Sam Perlozzo. Read more »

A Baltimore Orioles clubhouse, which for weeks had been trying its hardest to keep its heads from hanging down, had nowhere to look but up yesterday after completing the unlikeliest sweep of AL wild-card leader Oakland. Read more »

With first baseman Rafael Palmeiro serving his tenth and final day of a MLB suspension for steroid use, the rest of the Baltimore Orioles went about their business of trying to resurrect their own season against Tampa Bay last night. And it payed off. Read more »

A.J. Pierzynski connected for a three-run homer in the eighth inning today at Oriole Park at Camden Yards; Jermaine Dye followed with his 21st home run in the four-run frame. Pierzynski's home run proved later to be the game-winner as the Chicago White Sox came from behind to stun the bewildered Baltimore Orioles 9 - 6, handing the home team its 12th loss in 14 games. Read more »

For the Orioles, talk was of Ponson, of course, later diagnosed with a contusion on the thumb of his right hand. He was visibly pained by the impact of the ground ball, which he tried to bare hand as it approached him at the mound. His hand dripped blood as he took himself off the field. The irony of course was that Sir Sidney himself looked to be putting out one of his rare strong outings. Read more »

The Orioles tied their season-high six game losing streak falling to the Texas Rangers, 4-2, last night at Camden Yards. In five innings pitcher Daniel Cabrera gave up three hits and five runs. He was also good for seven walks, a career high. Read more »

Reports surfaced shortly before the game started that Ponson, who is 0 - 5 in his last six starts, had been traded to the San Diego Padres for 1B/OF Phil Nevin. Nothing can be made official, however, unless Nevin waives the no-trade clause worked into his contract. It is believed that the Orioles are one of eight teams to whom he can refuse a trade. Read more »

The Baltimore Orioles moved to within one game of the AL East Division-leading Boston Red Sox with a 5-3 win over the Mariners. Read more »

Rafael Palmerio needs just one more hit to reach the career 3000-hit mark. Read more »

If Palmeiro getting closer to 3,000 was the highlight of the night, everything else was a struggle. In the fifth inning it appeared Miguel Tejada was on his way to tying the game with a home run. But that swing fell short and produced an out. Tejada?s frustration was visibly frustrated throwing his head back and shouting. Read more »