Posts By Peter Schmuck
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386Peter 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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4082023 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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3582023 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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2742023 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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3052023 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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2822023 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...
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393OriolesPeter Schmuck’s Short Take: O’s tiptoe into October
[tps_footer][/tps_footer] BALTIMORE – Clearly, the Orioles did not want to waste any hits or runs that might come in handy when they...
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888OriolesPeter Schmuck: Pay up Vegas, the Orioles beat all the odds
In the weeks before the start of the 2023 baseball season, the wise guys in Vegas applied all of their massive computing...
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284OriolesPeter Schmuck: This year’s Most Valuable Oriole ballot is stressing me out
[tps_header][/tps_header] Pardon the irritating first-person narrative, but I’ve got a few more hours before I have to submit my Most Valuable Oriole...
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295Peter SchmuckPeter Schmuck: “Brooksie” was a great player and a better guy
A gloomy veil of mist hung over Oriole Park through the early innings of Tuesday night’s game between the Orioles and the...