Dan Connolly
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July 12, 2017 at 7:00 am
Myriad O’s Thoughts: Dickerson and Schoop; Remembering Juan and Monica; Nomo’s no-nos
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS HERE iTunes / Google Play Who is Bobby Dickerson? He’s the coach at third base who just made the bad send that got an Orioles’ runner thrown out at home plate, right? That’s probably the only time you see him, the only time you hear Dickerson’s name. The...
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July 11, 2017 at 7:00 am
The six biggest storylines of the Orioles’ first half — and what happens with each one now
The Orioles started out 22-10 and looked to be one of the best stories of the early season. Then they dropped 36 of the next 56, and have left a fan base muttering about whether the club should be blown up and its best pieces sold for upper-end prospects. It’s been a...
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July 10, 2017 at 7:00 am
My take on the O’s first half: Majorly disappointing, but not quite disastrous
Let’s start by saying 42-46 at the All-Star Break is not acceptable. Not for a team that made the playoffs last season. Not for an organization with MLB’s 10th highest payroll. Not for a club that was 22-10 on May 9, owning the best record in the bigs leagues at the time....
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July 4, 2017 at 7:00 am
Yes, the Miley-Miranda deal hasn’t worked out for O’s, but that’s not the real issue here
Wade Miley turned in a disastrous performance in Milwaukee on Monday afternoon, allowing seven runs and nine baserunners while recording five outs. After a strong beginning to the season, Miley is 3-7 with a 5.20 ERA. He had a 2.32 ERA in five April starts, a 3.97 ERA in five May starts,...
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July 2, 2017 at 7:39 pm
Jonathan Schoop gets AL All-Star nod; the right call for a guy who has unquestionably earned it
Sometimes there are All-Star selections that are ho-hum, that are expected, that are actually kind of boring. And then there are times when a guy makes the All-Star team and you go, ‘Yeah, that’s right. That’s pretty cool.” Sunday was the latter, when 25-year-old second baseman Jonathan Schoop, one of the most...
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The key for the rest of the year happened Sunday — big days from Gausman, Machado
The Orioles played their 81st game Sunday – the statistical midpoint of their 2017 season. They won 7-1, to avoid a sweep by division rival Tampa Bay Rays and to improve to 40-41 on the season. They now have seven games on the road at Milwaukee and Minnesota before the All-Star Break,...
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Machado on potential All-Star Schoop: ‘He’s one of the best second basemen in the game’
On Sunday evening, Major League Baseball will announce its All-Star rosters, and the only certainty for the Orioles is that they’ll get at least one nod. A second would be a surprise, but not unwarranted. The question is whom will it be? And the best guess is that second baseman Jonathan Schoop...
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July 1, 2017 at 9:33 pm
Myriad O’s Thoughts: Bundy’s innings; a Eutaw Street grab; getting healthier; Kolarek’s night
You knew Saturday wasn’t going to be good for the Orioles when right-hander Dylan Bundy gave up three runs in the first inning. He had given up three runs total in the first inning of his previous 16 starts combined. Bundy matched that by the fifth batter of the game – a...
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An underdog story: Catonsville’s Kolarek makes it to the big leagues — and to Camden Yards
If you like underdog stories, never-give-up tales, here’s one for you. With a Baltimore twist. On Thursday night, Tampa Bay Rays’ 28-year-old left-hander Adam Kolarek made his major league debut in Pittsburgh after parts of eight seasons – and 320 appearances — in the minors. He threw 1 1/3 scoreless innings (we’ll...
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Brach, O’Day combine for loss Friday, but Orioles’ bullpen is not a big concern
The Orioles’ bullpen blew it Friday night, giving up one run in the top of the ninth and three more in the 10th in a 6-4 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. The Orioles’ bullpen also preserved the game so it would be close late – surviving a bases-loaded, no-out jam in...
