We’re now in the final week of high school baseball in the Baltimore area. The MIAA A Conference championship begins Monday night at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen. Archbishop Spalding, which has won the past two conference titles, needs to beat Gilman once, while the Greyhounds – who last won the conference in...
While you’re at Connolly’s Tap Room (or the Preakness) swigging back swill, the Orioles are in Anaheim this weekend playing the Los Angeles Angels. And what that means is two of the best players – young players, position players, all-around players, any-category players – are on display: Angels’ center fielder Mike Trout...
Striking out 79 percent of the batters you face is pretty good for a pitcher, right? Well that’s exactly what Archbishop Spalding’s Tyler Blohm did in his final regular season game Tuesday against Archbishop Curley. No wonder he’s our ‘Prep Ballplayer of the Week’ winner. Blohm faced 19 batters and struck out...
The playoffs have started for both the public schools and the MIAA. Some teams played their first-round matchups Friday, but a lot of the games were moved to Saturday because of the rain that has continued to hit the Baltimore area this spring. The MIAA A and B Conferences are scheduled to...
The old adage for starting pitchers is that it’s always good to “help yourself” on the mound with a few hits at the plate. Westminster’s Brandon Martin certainly did that Saturday in the Carroll County title game. Martin allowed just one run with six strikeouts, and also went 2-for-2 at the plate with...
The comfort of one’s “man cave” and flatscreen are increasingly difficult to compete with, even for a jewel of a ballpark like Camden Yards. But television aside, it’s obvious fan interest isn’t translating into ticket sales, and that’s certainly a concern. Is the fanbase at fault? Even with higher prices this season,...
Back-to-back days hanging out at Connolly’s Tap Room. That’s what happens when a rainout on the road occurs. Besides, this topic seemed, well, topical. Just about every day this season I’ve received an email or tweet from an Orioles fan expressing the same sentiment: The club needs to sign Manny Machado now....
There’s no baseball tonight after the Orioles and Twins were postponed due to rain in Minneapolis, so what better time to announce our first contest winner! Congratulations to Joe Meadows, who — by following us on Facebook — was selected at random to win a BaltimoreBaseball.com T-shirt and a signed copy of...
With the regular season winding down and Mother Nature ravaging the fields around the Baltimore area for much of the week, I thought I would have a hard time finding suitable candidates for the fifth BaltimoreBaseball.com Prep Ballplayer of the Week Award. But that wasn’t the case at all. Two no-hitters and...
I’ve got three words for you today at the Tap Room: Excited, concerned, satisfied. Choose one and then explain your answer. That’s what I want from you today. That’s your barwork, if you will. The Orioles are through the first five weeks of the season. They are 18-12 and in first place...