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Orioles History

Here, you can talk about Orioles of the past, what teams were like way back when, and anything else concerning the team since 1954.

232 topics in this forum

  1. Roy Firestone's Brooks' tributes 1 2 3 4

    By Roy Firestone,
    • 51 replies
    • 5.6k views

  2. Elias Progress Thread 1 2 3 4 15

    By Tony-OH,
    • 214 replies
    • 136k views

  3. Union Park marker dedication

    By DrungoHazewood,
    • 1 reply
    • 97 views

  4. Anniversary article Chris Davis Pitching.

    By Philip,
    • 5 replies
    • 162 views

  5. '79 ALCS Game 4 restored - video quality is as good as I've seen

    By NashLumber,
    • 12 replies
    • 306 views

  6. J.J. Hardy angers neighbors....

    By CP0861,
    • 8 replies
    • 415 views

  7. 1961 and 1962 Orioles videos

    By eddie83,
    • 1 reply
    • 79 views

  8. Boog Powell's hot and cold years

    By Just Regular,
    • 3 replies
    • 686 views

  9. RIP Ken Holtzman

    By SouthRider,
    • 3 replies
    • 338 views

  10. Jim Palmer Speaks

    By Just Regular,
    • 0 replies
    • 274 views

  11. Past their Prime Stars on the O's 1 2 3

    By BRobinsonfan,
    • 40 replies
    • 1.9k views

  12. 50th season for Clancy

    By fansince1988,
    • 0 replies
    • 177 views

  13. 1991 Panoramic Picture of last game at Memorial Stadium

    By Rare Memorial Stadium Pic,
    • 0 replies
    • 148 views

  14. Game 5, 1969 World Series by Jomboy

    By yeoledugger,
    • 1 reply
    • 378 views

  15. 1994 Lee Smith acquisition context

    By Just Regular,
    • 0 replies
    • 310 views

  • Posts

    • Frobby
      David Rubenstein 2024

      By Frobby · Posted

      I looked the other day and it seems the PR type guys from the previous administration are still in their jobs.  At least, they still have their titles.   
    • Frobby
      Leandro Arias 2024

      By Frobby · Posted

      I saw the box score but had forgotten he’d been at Delmarva already this year.  
    • Mooreisbetter27
      David Rubenstein 2024

      By Mooreisbetter27 · Posted

      It’s like a 100% reversal in every way from the previous ownership. 
    • Frobby
      Platoon Splits

      By Frobby · Posted

      It will.  
    • CaptainRedbeard
      Coby Mayo 2024

      By CaptainRedbeard · Posted

      Westburg had 6 starts in the OF in 67 games in AAA in 2023 right before he was called up when there was a big logjam of IF at both the MLB and AAA levels. His OF flexibility was also definitely talked about by Orioles coaches that season. I don’t disagree with your point generally, but it was a bit more of a concerted effort of “does he have flexibility, maybe he can play in the OF too so we can figure out how to make this work now that his bat is MLB ready” than you are giving it credit for.  The Orioles are already splitting Westburg’s attention between 2B and 3B and I think there’s almost a 0% chance they add more than that this season. He’s good at both positions but prior to the season said he’s really only comfortable at 2B. He’s very valuable at both positions. They might have even thought he didn’t take well to the OF in AAA, we don’t know. I think it’s possible that they revisit the OF flexibility once he feels comfortable at 3B if it makes sense with Mayo, but it won’t be midseason 2024 and is still pretty unlikely overall. If somebody is going to the OF, seems more likely that they try Mayo in RF at some point given Mayo’s arm and Westburg being superior to Mayo at 3B (even with Mayo’s improvements there). But I think they still want Mayo working on 3B now and they’ll make more of a decision on the OF this offseason after seeing how he progresses at 3B this year. 
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