by chipbuck | Mar 26, 2012 | Adam Jones, Alfredo Simon, Baltimore Orioles, Brad Bergesen, Brian Matusz, Brian Roberts, Chris Davis, Darren O'Day, Endy Chavez, J.J. Hardy, Jason Berken, Jason Hammel, Jim Johnson, Kevin Gregg, Mark Reynolds, Matt Lindstrom, Matt Wieters, Nick Johnson, Nick Markakis, Nolan Reimold, Robert Andino, Taylor Teagarden, Tommy Hunter, Wei-Yin Chen, Wilson Betemit
Come on. Who else were you expecting for us to pick to finish last in the American League East? Once a proud franchise, the Baltimore Orioles have fallen on hard times producing fourteen consecutive losing seasons dating back to 1998. While most Oriole fans solely...
by scandage | Sep 27, 2011 | Adam Jones, Bill Dineen, Boston Red Sox, Cy Young, Erik Bedard, Game Threads, Robert Andino, Zach Britton
Boston Red Sox (89-71) @ Baltimore Orioles (68-92) Erik Bedard (5-9, 3.50) @ Zach Britton (11-11, 4.44) 7:05 PM EDT | Oriole Park at Camden Yards (Baltimore, MD) TV: NESN, MLB Network RADIO: WEEI 850, WWZN 1510 GAME NOTES The Red Sox are losing their way into history....
by mike silver | Feb 8, 2010 | Adam Jones, Baltimore Orioles, Brian Matusz, Chris Tillman, Felix Pie, Koji Uehara, Matt Wieters
Starting this season, the Orioles will be one of the more interesting teams in the division for what should be the better part of the decade. The top of the minors are awash with upper echelon pitching prospects (Brian Matusz, Chris Tillman, Jake Arrieta) to go along...
by evan brunell | Mar 30, 2009 | Adam Eaton, Adam Jones, Aubrey Huff, Baltimore Orioles, Brian Roberts, Cesar Izturis, Chris Ray, Danys Baez, Dennis Sarfate, Felix Pie, George Sherrill, Gregg Zaun, Hayden Penn, Jamie Walker, Jeremy Guthrie, Jim Johnson, Koji Uehara, Luke Scott, Mark Hendrickson, Matt Albers, Matt Wieters, Melvin Mora, Nick Markakis, Rich Hill, Ryan Freel, Ty Wigginton
It’s time for Fire Brand’s annual Know Thy Enemy series, one where we reveal our division standing predictions over the course of the week by taking you into each division rival and examining what we will have to deal with. In most seasons, the predictions...
by sean o | Feb 21, 2009 | Adam Jones, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Edgar Renteria, J.D. Drew, John Henry, Julio Lugo, Larry Lucchino, Theo Epstein
John Henry has made his opinion clear… Henry believes that Major League Baseball should implement a salary cap. Or at least seriously explore it. Larry Lucchino shares Henry’s belief on the matter. Do I? I wouldn’t mind it. But when followers of the...
by evan brunell | Mar 18, 2008 | Adam Jones, Adam Loewen, Andy McPhail, Aubrey Huff, Baltimore Orioles, Brian Burres, Brian Roberts, Chad Bradford, Daniel Cabrera, Dave Trembley, Dennis Sarfate, Freddy Bynum, George Sherrill, Greg Aquino, Guillermo Quiroz, James Hoey, Jamie Walker, Jay Gibbons, Jay Payton, Jeremy Guthrie, Kevin Millar, Lance Cormier, Luis Hernandez, Luke Scott, Matt Albers, Melvin Mora, Mike Flanagan, Nick Markakis, Ramon Hernandez, Steve Trachsel
Welcome to the 2008 Know Thy Enemy series. A staple of Fire Brand that covers all AL East foes plus itself, it starts early this year because the Red Sox are headed to Japan to open the 2008 season against the Oakland Athletics. What follows is Fire Brand’s...
by shawn medeiros | Aug 6, 2007 | Adam Jones, Ben Broussard, Coco Crisp, David Ortiz, J.D. Drew, Jason Varitek, Jose Vidro, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Ramirez, Seattle Mariners
Josh Beckett struck out nine Seattle Mariners (60-49) and Manny Ramirez hit his 19th homerun of the season in the 9-2 win. On a 107 pitches, Josh Beckett went 6 1/3 innings giving up eight hits, one run, walked two, and struck out nine hitters including striking out...
by shawn medeiros | Aug 5, 2007 | Adam Jones, Adrian Beltre, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, Eric Gagne, Ichiro Suzuki, Jarrod Washburn, Jason Varitek, Jonathan Papelbon, Jose Guillen, Manny Ramirez, Seattle Mariners
Facing the hardest team in either league to strikeout entering the game Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka (13-8) struckout 10 to earn his 13th win despite a rocky relief effort from Eric Gagne in the 4-3 victory. Kenhji Johjima singled to deep left field off of Gagne...
by evan brunell | Dec 6, 2006 | Adam Jones, Adrian Beltre, Amborix Burgos, Brian Bannister, David Dellucci, Derrick Turnbow, Doug Mirabelli, Freddy Garcia, Gavin Floyd, J.D. Drew, J.J. Putz, Jason Schmidt, Joe Borowski, Jon Lieber, Jonathan Broxton, Kansas City Royals, Kevin Mench, Ted Lilly, Terry Francona, Trading Manny Saga
We’re going to keep an updated Winter Meetings column going today because there’s way too many news going on. 8:22 PM: The Yankees lost out on Ted Lilly, who is heading to the Chicago Cubs for four years and $40 million, but still have a one year pact out...
by evan brunell | Dec 5, 2006 | Adam Jones, Andy LaRoche, Andy Pettitte, Baltimore Orioles, Brian Wilson, Chad Cordero, Hayden Penn, J.D. Drew, J.J. Putz, Jason Jennings, Jon Lieber, Jonathan Broxton, Jonathan Sanchez, Jose Capellan, Kevin Mench, Marcus Giles, Mark Loretta, Mike Gonzalez, Noah Lowry, Salomon Torres, Trading Manny Saga, Trot Nixon, Washington Nationals
There’s way too much stuff going on at the winter meetings for me to post any comprehensive article today. It’s about Manny today, as there were a blizzard of news. First, as we all probably know by now, Sunday at midnight (so technically Monday) the Red...
