Rich Dubroff
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1.1KMarch 4, 2022 at 7:00 amBaseball is suffering, and Manfred seems incapable of fixing it
There’s a funny thing about baseball fans and baseball writers. In times of crisis, we feel protective toward the game, as if...
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706March 2, 2022 at 7:00 amWhat’s next for the Orioles and Major League Baseball; Call for questions
Baseball struck out in its attempt to reach a new collective bargaining agreement by Tuesday’s 5 p.m. deadline set by MLB commissioner...
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892March 1, 2022 at 5:47 pm
Orioles’ 1st two series canceled after players and owners fail to reach deal
Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred announced that he was canceling clubs’ first two series of the season on Tuesday. MLB and...
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949at 12:00 pmCorrea-to-Orioles’ rumor brightens dreary labor talks
During the three-plus years that Mike Elias has been general manager, the Orioles have not only been absent from the free-agent market...
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869at 7:00 amBaseball makes progress on new labor deal; deadline extended to 5 p.m.
After a 16-hour negotiation session on Monday, Major League Baseball extended the deadline for reaching a collective bargaining agreement to 5 p.m....
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712at 1:00 amNegotiations on new labor deal continued early Tuesday
Negotiators for Major League Baseball and the Players’ Association worked deep into the night in an effort to finally end the lockout...
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February 28, 2022 at 7:00 am
Orioles might give Stewart his final chance in 2022
If Major League Baseball finally comes to its senses, Oriole fans can shift their focus to who will be on the team rather than if there will be a season. One player whose place on the team is most tenuous is DJ Stewart, the 28-year-old left-handed hitting outfielder who was the team’s...
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February 24, 2022 at 7:00 am
Waiting for positive news on the MLB labor front
Baseball likes to pride itself as the only major team sport without a clock. It does have something more important than a clock, and that’s a calendar. To baseball fans, 162 games is a special number. From 1996, the year after the last work stoppage ended, until 2019, baseball played full 162-game...
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784February 23, 2022 at 7:00 amJordan Lyles could be the right choice for the Orioles’ rotation; Another look at the utility competition
When the Orioles agreed to a contract with pitcher Jordan Lyles just before the lockout began, it was signficant news. Not just...
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February 22, 2022 at 7:00 am
7 Oriole spring training storylines
When Major League Baseball finally ends its lockout, spring training will begin. And so will the storylines for the Orioles. Cedric Mullins’ 30-30 season and Crohn’s disease We enjoyed watching the breakout season for Mullins, how he abandoned switch-hitting to become a full-time left-handed hitter and became the first Oriole to hit...