Posts By Peter Schmuck
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488Peter SchmuckPeter Schmuck’s Random Thoughts: Will this be another Orioles winter of discontent?
Despite all the exciting regular-season wins and postseason honors the Orioles amassed this year, I can’t help but notice a stubborn undercurrent...
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803Peter SchmuckPeter Schmuck: Brandon Hyde was a slam dunk, and rightfully so
Orioles manager Brandon Hyde was an obvious choice to win the 2023 BBWAA American League Manager of the Year award, what with...
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1.2KPeter SchmuckPeter Schmuck: Why no Orioles struck gold
For all the highlight reel plays and Gunnar Henderson hype, not one of the Orioles’ top defensive players went home with one...
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395Peter SchmuckPeter Schmuck: If only the Orioles had a $251 million payroll
I’m guessing most Oriole fans are pretty happy with the way things went this season, but there still has been a lot...
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337Peter SchmuckPeter Schmuck’s Random Thoughts: Orioles’ future is so bright you’ve got to wear shades
In the aftermath of the Orioles’ disappointing performance in the American League Division Series, there has been a lot of chatter about...
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3732023 PostseasonPeter Schmuck: Baseball’s new playoff format apparently is the great equalizer
It appears that the decision two seasons ago to expand the wild-card round of the playoffs has had an unintended consequence. Just...
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3082023 PostseasonPeter Schmuck: For a variety of reasons, the 101-win O’s weren’t ready for prime time
The first cut was the deepest, even if it was the only one of the three games the Orioles would play in...
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2352023 PostseasonPeter Schmuck: The irony of it all as the Orioles try to avoid a sweep
BALTIMORE – It might have been hard to imagine a couple of days ago, but the team that could not be swept...
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2632023 PostseasonPeter Schmuck: The Orioles have been here before, but playoffs are a whole different ball game
The Orioles won 101 regular-season games and a lot of them looked like Game 1 of their American League Division Series against...
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2152023 PostseasonPeter Schmuck’s Short Take: Plate discipline will be at a premium for O’s, Rangers in ALDS
When the Orioles’ offense is at its best, the hitters work hard to run up pitch counts on opposing pitchers and take...
