Dan Connolly
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August 7, 2017 at 7:00 am
No question, looming West Coast trip is huge
I don’t mean to throw water all over the Orioles’ 5-2 homestand. It got them to one-game under .500 for the season. The sweep of the Kansas City Royals sure helped them gain ground in the American League Wild Card race. And rebounding from two losses against the Detroit Tigers to even...
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August 6, 2017 at 6:25 pm
Myriad O’s Thoughts: Winning with a so-so Ubaldo; powering up; 5,000 homers in Baltimore
Sunday’s 12-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers is exactly the kind of game the Orioles needed to win. They needed to be victorious on a day Ubaldo Jimenez gutted out a start. It wasn’t good Ubaldo. It wasn’t bad Ubaldo. It was both just about every inning. Jimenez allowed two Tigers to...
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Tillman on bullpen demotion: ‘I understand. I’m not mad. I just need to get better.’
The next time right-hander Chris Tillman enters a game for the Orioles it will be his first major league appearance as a reliever after 194 starts in the big leagues. The way he was pitching – an 8.10 ERA in 15 starts – he knew his days in the rotation were likely...
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August 5, 2017 at 5:00 pm
What to do with the struggling Chris Tillman? I say re-sign him right now for 2018 — Seriously
With the anticipated news ultimately announced Saturday that the Orioles are putting struggling right-hander Chris Tillman into the bullpen, I figured I’d freshen the piece I wrote Friday night. Same thoughts, same indignation, just a little more clarity now on his situation. Tillman, once the de facto ace of this staff, is...
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Myriad O’s Thoughts: Beckham’s bashing; Gausman’s cruising; Mancini’s hurting
I’ll let you down quickly and easily. Tim Beckham is not going to hit .688 in his Orioles career. I promise you that. But my goodness is the 27-year-old shortstop on an offensive roll since being acquired from the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday. In four games as an Oriole, Beckham is...
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August 4, 2017 at 11:25 pm
In a blink, O’s miss a homer, deal with a strange check swing, give up a grand slam — and lose
It’s crazy how games can turn on one sequence, one brief moment. The Orioles were up 2-1 against the Detroit Tigers and their ace, Justin Verlander, in the seventh inning. With one out and Tim Beckham, who had three hits, on first, Seth Smith hit a ball that nearly was a home...
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Around The Beat: Tampa’s Topkin talks about why Rays dealt Beckham, and what Beckham and Hellickson could provide for the Orioles
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS HERE iTunes / Google Play When the Orioles acquired shortstop Tim Beckham from the Tampa Bay Rays for Short-A right-hander Tobias Myers at Monday’s trade deadline, there were a whole lot of questions that surfaced. Why would a contending team deal a player off its 25-man roster to...
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August 3, 2017 at 7:00 am
Myriad O’s Thoughts: Burn it like Beckham; Kings of visiting Royals; Harvey to Aberdeen
Maybe it’s because I haven’t seen many Orioles who can flat-out run in the past decade-plus: Michael Bourn, Nate McLouth, Brian Roberts, maybe a few others. But newly acquired shortstop Tim Beckham has impressed me so far with how quickly he gets out of the batter’s box, especially from the right side....
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August 2, 2017 at 11:39 pm
On the seven-year anniversary of his MLB debut, Hellickson throws a debut gem for O’s
So, remember all those experts saying that newly acquired right-hander Jeremy Hellickson was a nominal addition to a poor Orioles’ rotation? Forget ‘em. At least for a night. (Yeah, I was one of those so-called experts, but stay focused, people). Hellickson, whom the Orioles acquired Friday for outfielder Hyun Soo Kim, minor...
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August 1, 2017 at 7:00 am
Myriad O’s Thoughts: Brach’s and Britton’s trade rollercoaster; Beckham at SS?; Trumbo to DL
We get so wrapped up in the non-waiver trade deadline, who may stay and who may go, that I think we forget that the names that are bandied about are actually people. With lives, with families. Orioles relievers Brad Brach and Zach Britton were two of the Orioles’ most coveted commodities. They...
