Floyd finally finds footing

May 11, 2008

Observations, opinions and musings from the week in Major League Baseball.

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• O's face tough call on Trachsel

  May 6, 2008

  Glance at the important numbers -- the record (1-4), the ERA (7.43) and the age (37) -- and what to do with Orioles starter Steve Trachsel seems obvious.

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  April 20, 2008

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  April 13, 2008

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• Sweet music to Orioles' ears

  April 7, 2008

  If something seemed like it was missing at Camden Yards last week, you deserve points for your observational skills.

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• O's Sherrill plays key role in '08

  March 19, 2008

  The jewel from last month's Erik Bedard trade with the Seattle Mariners is sleek outfielder Adam Jones, and there's no question about that after watching the 22-year-old glide around a diamond.

• Time for O's to move on

  March 10, 2008

  It has been a solid ride, the past 13 seasons here, even in an obsolete ballpark.

• O's playing dangerous game with Markakis

  March 5, 2008

  The Orioles didn't do anything untoward here, certainly nothing other teams haven't done. They took advantage of a system that in most ways benefits the players and not management.

• Two generations of Orioles execs share game

  February 29, 2008

  The father and son enjoyed the most American of moments yesterday, sitting shoulder-to-shoulder at a ballgame, wearing matching Orioles warm-up jackets and basking in the South Florida sun.

• Teixeira loves Baltimore, but would he love Orioles?

  February 28, 2008

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• Tejada mum on specter of steroid investigation

  February 20, 2008

  This is the way baseball works in 2008.

• Hold the applause for Pettitte

  February 19, 2008

  Andy Pettitte didn't have to call a news conference and answer questions for nearly an hour about his use of human growth hormone or his entanglement in the illegal drug controversy surrounding his former teammate, Roger Clemens, and his former personal trainer, Brian McNamee.

• O's catching up in international scouting

  February 18, 2008

  Sometime in April, for the first time in his career, John Stockstill will board a jet in Baltimore and deplane in Tokyo.

• Latest O's blow hardest to accept

  December 18, 2007

  Orioles fans can seemingly take anything and keep coming back for more.

• To even the youngest O's fans, Hagy was part of the magic

  August 21, 2007

  If you went to any youth baseball game in or around Baltimore in the mid-1970s to mid-1980s, there were certain things you were sure to see.

• Connolly: Teixeira can go home again, but that's not to Baltimore

  August 5, 2007

  When it was announced that the Atlanta Braves acquired first baseman Mark Teixeira for a rookie and four prospects, some frustrated Orioles fans spewed venom on Internet message boards and sports talk shows.

• Connolly: Talking Ripken

  July 29, 2007

  Since 2001, my first year covering the Orioles and Cal Ripken Jr.'s final year playing for them, I've probably written tens of thousands of words about Aberdeen's favorite son. Now, as No. 8 officially joins the sport's other immortals in the Baseball Hall of Fame, writing again about Ripken seems unavoidable.