Peter Schmuck
Peter Schmuck is a sports columnist for The Baltimore Sun. He has been covering sports, particularly baseball, for decades and has been a beat writer covering three major league teams (Dodgers, Angels and Orioles). He also spent a decade as The Sun's national baseball writer.
Recent Articles
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Schmuck: Maryland falls a point short vs. Ohio State, but Matt Canada has earned a shot to coach this team next season
There’s a pretty good chance that the Maryland Terps football team will finish this difficult season next week with nowhere to go but back to the proverbial drawing board, but that doesn’t mean they need to wipe it clean and start over from scratch. If the Terps have been frustratingly inconsistent...
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Schmuck: Mike Elias is positioned well to take the Orioles in a new direction, but it's going to take a while
The search has finally ended and the Orioles have a new baseball operations chief, which means everyone can stop talking about the unmitigated disaster that was the 2018 season and begin looking forward to what comes next. Mike Elias, 35, is the fresh face that hopes to put a fresh face on a franchise...
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The last Orioles world championship team is wondering how long they'll be known as such
It has been 35 years since Cal Ripken squeezed that last out in Philadelphia and the Orioles became world champions for the third time in the history of the Baltimore franchise, which makes some members of that 1983 team shake their heads in disbelief. “It was Cal’s second year and we won the World...
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Schmuck: Mike Elias has not been officially named Orioles GM, but he's still creating quite a buzz
Though all remains quiet in the B&O Warehouse, unconfirmed reports that the Orioles are soon to name Houston Astros assistant general manager Mike Elias their new director of baseball operations is already giving the team some street cred. The 35-year-old executive has been responsible for the...
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Schmuck: Joe Mauer's retirement brings an emotional end to Ron Shapiro's career as a sports agent
When six-time All-Star and Twin Cities native Joe Mauer announced his retirement Monday, it wasn’t front-page news around here, but it was the end of an era for the Minnesota Twins and the end of an incredible journey for Baltimore-based sports agent Ron Shapiro. Shapiro still wears a lot of hats....
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Schmuck: Too soon to give up on Ravens, but beleaguered fans need to prepare for worst
During my misspent youth, I used to wear a clever button that testified to my indifferent attitude toward the expectations that oppressed me and the innumerable frustrations presented by the world at large. It read: “Since I gave up hope, I feel much better.” The sentiment is absurd, of course,...
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Schmuck: Maryland basketball finally figured it out in second half to glide past Navy in Veterans Classic
Maryland basketball coach Mark Turgeon acknowledged he was starting to wonder. His team arrived at Alumni Hall on Friday night as a prohibitive favorite to defeat the Midshipmen of Navy, but the Terps certainly didn’t look like one until the final 14 minutes of their 78-57 victory in the fifth...
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Instant analysis: Maryland makes it look anything but easy, but pulls away to beat Navy in Veterans Classic
The heavily favored Maryland men’s basketball team looked like it was going to raise the self-esteem of another nonconference opponent Friday night, but the Terps finally put a stubborn Navy team in its place. Anthony Cowan Jr. led all scorers with 24 points and Bruno Fernando grabbed 10 rebounds...