Dan Connolly
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5.2K2October 7, 2016 at 7:00 amDom Chiti on Dave Wallace’s O’s departure: ‘As big of a blow to me as it is to our pitchers’
For the past three years, the Orioles have had a unique and successful two-headed monster in charge of their pitching staff. Pitching...
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October 6, 2016 at 8:18 pm
Pitching coach Dave Wallace’s decision to leave creates interesting call for organization
Orioles pitching coach Dave Wallace, who has been with the club for three full seasons, is retiring as an active major league coach, creating an opening for one of the chief lieutenant spots on manager Buck Showalter’s staff. Who fills that post — there are several intriguing candidates — should be rather interesting. Showalter, speaking...
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October 5, 2016 at 7:00 am
Kim on nearly being hit by a beer can: ‘It was definitely scary’
TORONTO – On Hyun Soo Kim’s first big-league game after years as a star in Korea, he was booed by his home crowd at Camden Yards before he ever saw a pitch. In his last game of that same season, he circled under a fly ball at Rogers Centre and had a...
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No Britton made no sense in season-ender
TORONTO — A whole lot of things happened in Tuesday’s 5-2 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. But there’s one decision that won’t be forgotten, that will linger throughout this offseason and maybe beyond. How do the Orioles lose an 11-inning playoff game without using closer Zach Britton, not...
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October 4, 2016 at 11:41 pm
Season ends in 11th on homer off Jimenez
TORONTO – That was playoff baseball. Say what you want about the Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays and how neither team could seize a playoff spot until the very end of the season. But they engaged in a tremendous battle Tuesday night here, one that ended with Edwin Encarnacion’s walkoff, three-run homer...
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Myriad O’s Thoughts: Open roof; Roster decisions; Stroman’s season; Tillman’s leash; Manfred’s opinions
TORONTO – It’s a beautiful evening in Toronto; the roof is open — the first time ever for a playoff game here. And the stadium – Skydome to Rogers Centre – has been in operation since 1989. We’ll see if there’s an obvious boost to the offenses with more wind circling through....
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October 3, 2016 at 5:11 pm
Starting Chris Tillman on Tuesday is the right call
The mystery is over. And, as mysteries go, it really wasn’t a particularly good one. It’s kind of what I expected, though the conversation was robust. Orioles right-hander Chris Tillman is starting the one-game AL Wild Card playoff Tuesday at Rogers Centre in Toronto. He’ll face right-hander Marcus Stroman, with the first...
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Buck on Wieters: ‘Times like this you realize how much Matt means to this club’
The first homer was blasted, landing in the second deck beyond right field at Yankee Stadium. The second home run, though, that’s the one that caught our attention. Not because of where it landed – a 370-plus foot shot to left – but for the statement it made. Orioles catcher Matt Wieters...
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October 2, 2016 at 8:01 pm
Quotes from the Orioles’ playoff-clinching win
NEW YORK — The Orioles are officially back in the playoffs, going 89-73 and winning the second AL Wild Card spot with a 5-2 victory over the New York Yankees on Sunday afternoon. They’ll now play against the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday for a one-game, winner-take-all AL Wild Card game at...
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Thoughts and scenes from the Orioles’ clinching celebration in New York
NEW YORK — This is the fourth time I’ve covered an Orioles clinching celebration. Each has had a different feel. The first, in Texas in 2012, can only be described as guttural. After 14 losing seasons and not being able to celebrate when they made it into the postseason that year because...