Archives for August 2023

Welcome back, Buck. Sorry about your team. | Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports The most expensive team in baseball has turned out to be one of the worst, prompting a fire sale earlier this week. Welcome back to Baltimore, Buck Showalter. If only it were under better circumstances. The former Orioles manager, forever adored in Birdland for turning a moribund franchise into a … [Read more...] about Orioles-Mets series preview: Meet the (expensive, underachieving) Mets

Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images We’re into August and the Orioles are still the best team in the league. But the Rays are right on their heels and the wild card race is in flux. It was a good week for the Orioles, who gained a half-game on the Rays in the division and continued to make space between themselves and the rest of the division. They took two out of three at … [Read more...] about AL contenders check-in: Astros eye the division, Rays could lose another pitcher

Mitch Stringer-USA TODAY Sports Dean Kremer leads the Orioles in the first of three games against Buck Showalter’s Mets. The Orioles made another statement by taking three out of four in Toronto. They have rose to the occasion against several of the top teams in the American League, but now they must keep their focus against a team down in the dumps. The Mets trade away … [Read more...] about Friday night Orioles game thread: vs Mets, 7:05

Who can? McCann can! | Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images YOU KNOW WHAT MUST BE DONE It is Friday night. And it’s fireworks night! The Orioles defeated Buck Showalter’s Mets by a score of 10-3. James McCann attempted to single-handedly beat his former team with three hits, five RBI, and even a stolen base! Jordan Westburg hit an Earl Weaver special and Big Mike … [Read more...] about Friday Night Orioles Victory GIF Party: A big night for James McCann

Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports James McCann torched his former team with five RBIs, and Jordan Westburg broke the game open with a three-run home run. Buck Showalter returning to Baltimore made for a nice story, but it was a player facing his former team that stole the show. James McCann drove in half the team’s runs, and the Orioles used a pair of crooked numbers to … [Read more...] about McCann, Westburg, and aggressive base running lift Orioles to 10-3 win over Mets