Posts By Peter Schmuck
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585Peter SchmuckPeter Schmuck: The Hall of Fame votes are in, and I’ve got some explaining to do
I’ve been a pretty good deadline guy over the course of my career, so it wasn’t hard to get my Hall of...
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422Peter SchmuckPeter Schmuck’s Random Thoughts: What are the odds for the ’24 Orioles?
Oriole pitchers and catchers will report for spring training in less than two months and – as everyone should know by now...
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604Peter SchmuckPeter Schmuck: Impertinent questions about the Orioles’ new stadium lease
Maybe I’m missing something, but the reported terms of the Orioles’ new stadium lease make me wonder if it was negotiated by...
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Peter 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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948Peter 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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1.3KPeter 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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513Peter 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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478Peter 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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5072023 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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4512023 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...