Will Jordan Williams return to College Park?

April 3, 2011

When I first heard that Maryland sophomore center Jordan Williams would be testing the NBA draft waters, it made no sense to me, even if he hadn’t hired an agent yet. I thought that Williams was very obviously not ready for the NBA and was not a solid first round pick by any means. And [...]

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Baseball is back: Predictions for the Orioles and the 29 other teams

March 29, 2011

I cannot wait for Orioles season to begin Friday night in Tampa Bay, and I’m sure most other Orioles fans are exactly the same way. Some fans of other teams might ask why we’re so excited for the season to start – after all, after 13 straight losing seasons, we’re just supposed to be a [...]

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Should Koji Uehara be the fire-stopper in the O’s bullpen?

March 25, 2011

In a post I wrote awhile back which dissected the Orioles’ probable bullpen, I wrote that the Koji Uehara was the best option for the Orioles at the closer spot in the bullpen, given that he was healthy. His insane control was ideal at the end of games, I said, and he can miss bats [...]

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Getting hot at the right time: Is it a myth?

March 24, 2011

The Washington Capitals have won 11 out of their last 12 games, with the latest win coming in Philadelphia against the Flyers on Tuesday night. With the Capitals hot and the regular season winding down — the Capitals have just eight games left before the playoffs — I find myself wondering whether the Capitals’ recent [...]

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Should the Orioles pursue Luis Castillo?

March 19, 2011

UPDATE: Luis Castillo is close to an agreement with the Philadelphia Phillies, tweets Buster Olney. Castillo probably preferred to be on a contender and have a better chance to be an everyday player than the Orioles offered, but I hope the Orioles looked into Castillo as insurance for Brian Roberts. There was no reason not to, [...]

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For Maryland, it once again boils down to recruiting

March 14, 2011

From 1994 to 2004, not once did Selection Sunday pass by without the Maryland men’s basketball team being announced as a being a part of the NCAA Tournament field. In the middle of that 11-year NCAA Tournament run, making the NCAA Tournament was a given and the Final Four was the goal. Just making the [...]

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Does winning your division matter in the NHL?

March 11, 2011

It’s a fairly popular opinion among sports fans that in the NHL and NBA, the season doesn’t really begin until April. The six and a half months of the regular season are simply a distraction until the playoffs begin — and the quality of the regular games in these leagues would sometimes seem to indicate [...]

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Baseball Prospectus on the 2011 Oriole Starting Pitchers

March 5, 2011

I recently did a post on Baseball Prospectus’ PECOTA projections for the Orioles’ expected everyday hitters and my accompanying thoughts here. I was going to do the hitters and starting pitchers in one big post, but the post was already getting pretty lengthy as it was, so I decided to do this in two parts. So [...]

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Baseball Prospectus on the 2011 Oriole Everyday Hitters

March 3, 2011

Relatively recently, I’ve become a weekly listener of Up and In: The Baseball Prospectus Podcast with prospect gurus Kevin Goldstein (who recently was a guest on my show in College Park) and Jason Parks, both of whom work for Baseball Prospectus. It’s must-listen stuff. It’s the best sports podcast that I’ve listened to. They have great guests – but sports isn’t [...]

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The O’s bullpen: As good as advertised?

February 17, 2011

One thing that I’ve heard and read a lot of from Orioles media and fans is the expectation that the club’s bullpen will be a significant strength of the team. Just by looking at the names that should be a part of the projected bullpen, it would appear to be the case. We’ve read about [...]

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Adam Jones primed for an extension?

February 16, 2011

Upon seeing this off-season that Adam Jones was entering his first raise via arbitration this winter, Orioles had to be thinking a couple things in regards to Jones. Perhaps the most obvious one is questioning why Jones hasn’t progressed in his first three years with something of a steady upward curve, with the next line [...]

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