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With best record in baseball, Oriole Magic is in the air
It's starting to look like there might be some Oriole Magic in the air. How else do you explain what happened Sunday at Fenway Park, which is celebrating its 100th Anniversary this year and seldom over the course of its century of existence has witnessed...
Tags: Buck Showalter, American League East, David Ortiz, Toronto Blue Jays, Major League Baseball
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MLB's top surprise, disappointment?
White Sox and Angels Bill Shaikin Los Angeles Times The White Sox might be the biggest surprise, since management appears to vacillate between keeping an old team together and rebuilding. The Sox won the World Series in 2005, but they have won one...Tags: Baseball Statistics, Major League Baseball, Baltimore Orioles, Tony La Russa, Los Angeles Dodgers
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Schmuck: Don't read too much into spring, but is there hope for Orioles?
Since Orioles fans have been seduced and abandoned more times than anyone would like to count, there probably should be a legal requirement that any preseason analysis that includes even mildly positive forward-looking statements has to come with this...
Tags: Pittsburgh Pirates, Buck Showalter, American League East, Toronto Blue Jays, Jason Hammel
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Which AL teams will reach playoffs, Series?
Angels, Rangers in ALCS Mike DiGiovanna Los Angeles Times The top four teams in the American League are, in no particular order, the Yankees, Tigers, Rangers and Angels, and I would be stunned if all four, under the new five-team playoff format, didn't...Tags: American League East, American League, Kendrys Morales, Prince Fielder, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
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Looking at the AL East prospects
MLB.com and its prospects guru Jonathan Mayo listed the top 100 prospects in the sport this week.
There’s great news and not-so-good news for Orioles fans.
First, the good: The Orioles are the only team in baseball to have two players in the top...Tags: American League East, Minor League Baseball, Toronto Blue Jays, National League West, Brett Wallace
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Has the 'Moneyball' hype been overblown?
Beane changed game Peter Schmuck Baltimore Sun How could it not be? Michael Lewis' book was a best-seller and has been condensed into a movie starring Brad Pitt. The movie's producers and director had no choice but to take some dramatic license to make...Tags: American League, Movies, Tim Hudson, Miguel Tejada, Jonah Hill
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Which MLB changes are best and worst?
Split the difference Phil Rogers Chicago Tribune The realities of making changes are a million miles away from just throwing things down on paper, as fans want to do. You can't move a team without its approval, and the outcry in Houston against...Tags: American League, Chicago Tribune, Major League Baseball, National League Central, Baseball
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Which MLB team can rise to make playoffs?
There will be Giants Phil Rogers Chicago Tribune Seldom has a wild-card era September offered less excitement for baseball fans. About the only real drama lies in whether two of baseball's best pitching staffs — the Giants and Angels —...Tags: Major League Baseball, Torii Hunter, Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves, World Series
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Texas-bound Gonzalez 'wanted to do more' for the Orioles
Two months ago, Michael Gonzalez was trying to regain a late-inning role out of the bullpen for the last-place Orioles. Lately, though, the left-hander has been so dominant that the Texas Rangers had to have him for their playoff run.
On Wednesday, the...Tags: American League, Buck Showalter, Pedro Strop, Toronto Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles
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Atop MLB's most-wanted list
Carlos Beltran is a carpe diem sort of guy. He's on center stage again, and he's soaking it up. No player is being pursued as widely as Beltran with baseball's non-waiver trade deadline a week away. And he's doing his part to make sure the Mets get a...Tags: Baseball Statistics, Felix Hernandez, Carl Crawford, Cliff Lee, Major League Baseball
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Your turn: What's your take on the proposed MLB realignment?
A proposal for realignment in Major League Baseball is reportedly gaining steam with the owners and the players, and though the structural changes might not be what some desperate Orioles fans are hoping for, the subtle switch being considered makes too...Tags: American League, American League East, Toronto Blue Jays, Major League Baseball, National League
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Hunter shuts down Angels, helps former club
For the second consecutive season, Tommy Hunter is helping pitch the Texas Rangers into the playoffs.
On Friday night, he did it as an Oriole.
Hunter threw seven shutout innings -- tying his season-longest outing -- and the Orioles’ offense scored...Tags: Buck Showalter, American League, Baseball Statistics, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Baltimore Orioles
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