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Next week’s Winter Meetings are supposed to be different for the Orioles. They’re the first in-person meetings since 2019. In 2020, they were held virtually, and last year they weren’t held at all because of the Major League Baseball lockout. Coincidentally, these meetings will be held in San Diego, the site of the last one three years ago. Back then, Mike Elias had completed … [Read more...] about Looking at Orioles’ possible strategy for Winter Meetings

It’s a great honor to be one of the longtime baseball writers who vote each year to determine who will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and it has been a long time since I last filled in a ballot.You see, the year I was elected national president of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, my employer – the Baltimore Sun – decided to join a group of … [Read more...] about Peter Schmuck: No slam dunks on Baseball Hall of Fame ballot

The first three weeks of the offseason haven’t produced any huge additions to the Orioles. With the start of the Winter Meetings less than a week away, that could change. The free-agent market has been slow and while the Orioles will make some moves, they haven’t yet. Let’s look at what they need and how those needs have changed since the end of the 2022 season. Starting … [Read more...] about A pre-Winter Meetings look at the Orioles’ needs

It’s Black Friday, the unofficial start to the holiday shopping season. Let’s look at some gift ideas for the Orioles’ fan in your life. Take them on a trip: Baseball will be very different in 2023. The pitch clock arrives, the shift leaves, and larger bases will be installed. The there’s  the new schedule, which features the Orioles playing 13 games against their four American … [Read more...] about Gift ideas for the Orioles’ fan in your life

The end of baseball season was just 19 days before Thanksgiving, though the Orioles’ season has been over for seven weeks. The Winter Meetings are just 10 days away, and the revival of the Orioles allows them to be bigger players in the free-agent market. For many Oriole fans, that enough is reason to be thankful. There are so many more reasons. The 2022 season was entertaining … [Read more...] about Orioles gave fans a season and a reason to be thankful