Spring Training
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March 27, 2020 at 7:00 am
Possible answers to what a 2020 season might look like
As the coronavirus pandemic puts everything on hold, Major League Baseball and the Players Association continue to discuss the format of a possible season. We’ll keep you updated as things change, but let’s surmise that we will have some sort of a season, and what it might mean for the Orioles. Question:...
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March 25, 2020 at 7:00 am
Five Oriole questions from four weeks of spring training
Opening Day would have been just one day away. It’s uncertain when the real opener will be played because we don’t know when, or even if, baseball will be given the all-clear to return in 2020. Let’s assume the game will be back. Here are five Oriole questions to ponder. Can Chris...
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5.7K5March 24, 2020 at 7:00 amBroadcaster Geoff Arnold is eager to bring his voice to the Orioles’ 2020 season
On Monday, Geoff Arnold would have boarded his first Orioles’ team flight, bound for Baltimore and his initial regular-season game on Thursday....
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March 23, 2020 at 7:00 am
Oriole fans continue to wait and wonder when the season will begin
Last week’s conference calls with Oriole’ executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias and manager Brandon Hyde were full of generalities and short on specifics. That’s understandable because so little is known about what the 2020 season will look like. The coronavirus-shortened season won’t be fun, not for players, nor for fans. Elias...
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March 20, 2020 at 3:29 pm
Orioles’ Hyde tries to adjust to uncertainty: ‘It’s such a strange time’
Manager Brandon Hyde was going through his second spring training with the Orioles eight days ago, preparing for the 2020 season. Now, he wonders when the season will begin. “There are just so many things that are not clear right now, and we’re in just a waiting game of what it’s going...
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Elias on player development delays during stoppage; Grondahl on Orioles’ economics; Mullins gets optioned
Usually, Orioles general manager Mike Elias has easy answers for questions he gets during conferences with the media. In Thursday’s conference call, he couldn’t give specifics because, like everyone else in this country, Elias doesn’t know when the coronavirus emergency will abate. He said no one in the Orioles’ organization has tested...
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March 19, 2020 at 7:12 pm
Elias unsure when baseball will resume; Mancini update; Orioles make cuts
Mike Elias is waiting and wondering when the 2020 baseball season will resume, just like everyone else. The Orioles’ executive vice president/general manager is doing his best to prepare for the restart nontheless. It’s been a week since spring training was halted because of the coronavirus outbreak and the start of the...
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Five things that stood out in Orioles’ spring training
A week ago, I was in Sarasota preparing for the Orioles’ game in Fort Myers that never happened. Seven days later, the impressions of the truncated spring training are still fresh, and here are five that stood out. Overall, the team just seemed better In 2019, the Orioles were getting to know...
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March 18, 2020 at 7:00 am
Delay in start of 2020 season could hurt Orioles badly
The pandemic that’s about to shorten the 2020 season won’t help anyone. It might hurt the Orioles more than any other team. Every team is used to judging its players on a 162-game season, but that possibility ended this week when the Center for Disease Control and Prevention cautioned against crowds of...
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March 16, 2020 at 7:00 am
What happens next for the Orioles?
Spring training is over, and the 2020 season is on hold until at least mid-May because of the coronavirus. Here are some things we know, and what could happen next. What are the Oriole players doing? According to the agreement between Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association, players...