Rich Dubroff Archives - Page 203 of 267

May 8, 2020 at 7:00 am

Baseball has already lost in many ways because of the pandemic

Major League Baseball owners and players want to do everything possible to play this season, but there might be a reason why they won’t: tests. If tests for the coronavirus aren’t available on a wider scale in a few weeks, it seems unlikely that there will be a season. Players, managers, coaches,...

May 7, 2020 at 7:00 am

Orioles outfielder Dwight Smith Jr. hopes for a 2020 season that is more than virtual

Orioles outfielder Dwight Smith Jr. found a creative way to pass the time during the coronavirus pandemic. He played a video game for everyone to watch. Smith earned manager of the year honors for his team’s fifth-place finish in MLB The Show 20, a video game. He hopes that the 2020 Orioles...

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May 5, 2020 at 7:00 am

Hall of Fame’s postponed induction; Bonds, Clemens’ best shot; Remembering Don Shula

Last week, the Baseball Hall of Fame announced that July’s induction ceremony had been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. Derek Jeter,...

May 4, 2020 at 7:00 am

The Orioles’ all-underrated team

Thanks to the many who’ve reached out, in the comments section, Facebook, Twitter and on email with your suggestions for an all-Orioles underrated team. There are many who could have qualified. First, I’ll tell you who’s not underrated: Mark Belanger, Dave McNally and Boog Powell. Those were common nominations. Belanger, McNally and...

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April 30, 2020 at 7:00 am

Forty years of Baltimore sports memories

Wednesday’s fifth anniversary of the Orioles’ fanless game was widely noted. It was a sad time in Baltimore, and an especially sad...

April 29, 2020 at 6:14 pm

Orioles offer ticket-holders 125 percent credits or refunds for canceled games

The Orioles announced Wednesday that they are offering season-ticket and single-game purchasers a credit for canceled games in March, April and May of 125 percent, or a full refund. The credit can be used for games in 2020, 2021 or 2022. Those who want refunds must submit their request by June 30th....

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Trey Mancini: ‘I have no doubt in my mind I’ll be back playing baseball’

Trey Mancini’s days are full of doing what many others have been during this unusual period. While he’s been binge watching “The Office” and “The Wire,” the Oriole outfielder’s viewing has been taking place during chemotherapy. Mancini, who had colon cancer surgery on March 12, had his first chemotherapy session on April...

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Trey Mancini’s grace; Another schedule idea; MLB OK’s refunds

After Trey Mancini’s disclosed that he’s undergoing chemotherapy for colon cancer that would sideline him for the 2020 season, assuming there is one, the reaction from Orioles fans and teammates was understandably supportive. Mancini’s article in The Players’ Tribune read as if it were Mancini speaking, and the support he’s received was...

April 28, 2020 at 8:45 am

Orioles’ Trey Mancini: ‘If baseball returns in 2020, it will probably be without me’

In his first detailed comments about his March 12 colon cancer surgery, Orioles outfielder Trey Mancini said that he began a six-month chemotherapy regime on April 13, and that if there is baseball this season, it will probably be without him. Mancini’s comments are in an article he wrote for “The Players’...