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Buck Showalter on Orioles being a contender: “It’s about the pitching. It’s no secret.”

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

The Baltimore Orioles have had a great start to the 2012 campaign. After a month the O's are still going strong as they are tired with the Tampa Bay Rays for 1st place in the American League East with a record of 23-14. Let's give Buck Showalter some credit here. The ...

Baltimore First Baseman Chris Davis Pitches Orioles to Victory in Wacky Day

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

Chris Davis strolled to the pitcher's mound simply hoping not to get hurt. In the end, the Baltimore Orioles' first baseman found himself with a victory. Davis -- who pitched in high school and college -- was called on when the Orioles and Boston Red Sox went 17 innings on ...

Buck Showalter Comments Were Just “Envy And Jealousy,” Wants Orioles To Get To The Yankees And Red Sox Level

Monday, March 28th, 2011

There is no question regarding Buck Showalter's managing abilities. He's generally been perceived as the guy who builds up organizations long enough that he never sticks around to see the end results come to fruition. If you look at Buck Showalter's time spent in the Bronx (1992-95), he helped build ...

Juan Samuel Has His Hands Full In Baltimore

Monday, June 7th, 2010

Is interim manager Juan Samuel going to jump-start a resurgence by the Baltimore Orioles? No, no he's not. Sorry Mr. Samuel. The talent's simply not there in Baltimore for the Orioles to contend in the rugged AL East. Former skipper Dave Trembley was fired after Baltimore's 15-39 start to the ...

Miguel Tejada Is Making The Same Transition as Cal Ripken Jr.

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Miguel Tejada is entering his fourteenth season in the MLB and is back with his former ball club, the Baltimore Orioles.  Baltimore is where he firmly established himself as one of baseball’s premier shortstops, but this time he is trying to play third base.  Tejada is trying to make the ...

Did the Spitting Incident Cost Roberto Alomar the Hall of Fame?

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

There are nineteen second baseman enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame and Roberto Alomar is not one of them, yet. Alomar was snubbed of being elected to the Hall of Fame in 2010 with the only entrant being Andre Dawson. Some argue that Alomar is the best second baseman ...

Joe Mauer Talks Power Hitting and Matt Wieters

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

Joe Mauer came out gangbusters to start the 2009 season after an extended stint on the DL; it's an odd level of performance for a guy who's mostly noted for having a spectacular batting average and not as much power. But it's served the Twins well, especially with the poor level ...

SRIs 1st Annual MLB Spring Training Round-Up: American League East Edition

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

SRI continues our Spring Training Roundups with the American League East.  When most people think about the American League East it's always the Yankees and Red Sox.  Last year, perennial doormat Tampa Bay Rays and all their young talent finally put it all together and won the division and represented the American ...

The Ironman on the Recent Hall of Fame Additions

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

Cal Ripken Jr. joined WFAN on Friday to talk about the selection of Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice to the Pro Baseball Hall of Fame. In addition to talking about them, Ripken talks about the baseball camps he's involved with, and even finds time to talk a bit about the ...