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It Was Over Before It Started
Kyle Gibson (0-1) made his long-awaited start for the Baltimore Orioles Tuesday night and an inauspicious start it was. Actually, DISASTER is a much more fitting adjective. Gibson lasted just 3.2 innings, tossing 73 pitches (44 strikes) to 24 batters, allowing 9 runs on 11 hits (5 homeruns) with 2 walks and 2 strikeouts in a 15-3 loss to the New York Yankees. The cumulative … [Read more...] about It Was Over Before It Started
Gibson allows 4 homers in 1st inning in 2025 debut in Yankees’ 15-3 trouncing of Orioles
BALTIMORE- What happened? The Orioles hoped that Kyle Gibson could give them an effective start in his first appearance. Instead, Gibson allowed three home runs in five pitches, and four home runs to the first five New York Yankees’ hitters. By the time, Gibson’s night was finished, he allowed nine runs on 11 hits in 3 2/3 innings, and the Orioles suffered another humiliating … [Read more...] about Gibson allows 4 homers in 1st inning in 2025 debut in Yankees’ 15-3 trouncing of Orioles
The Orioles’ First Black Player
In 1953, the year before they moved to Baltimore and became the Orioles, the St. Louis Browns had one Black player — the legendary Satchel Paige, who’d pitched for pay since he was a skinny teenager in the Negro leagues in 1927. Working mostly out of the bullpen more than a quarter-century later, he was still effective enough to make the American League All-Star team in 1953 … [Read more...] about The Orioles’ First Black Player
Just another sign of the Apocalypse for the Orioles
My memory is far from perfect, but I’m pretty sure that in 45-plus years covering baseball I’ve never seen a major league game begin with four home runs and two doubles in the first seven plate appearances. Talk about a buzzkill. The Orioles were feeling pretty good about themselves after Monday night’s series-opening victory over the first-place Yankees, but they fell victim … [Read more...] about Just another sign of the Apocalypse for the Orioles