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  1. McGregor to be O's Draft Rep

    By orangedive,
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  2. I've officially changed my mind- I'd pick Posey if he's there at #4 1 2 3

    By DocJJ,
    • 44 replies
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  3. MLB-Draft.com Mock: 5-20-08

    By Greg Pappas,
    • 14 replies
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  4. Gordon or Tim Beckham? 1 2

    By DocJJ,
    • 16 replies
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  5. BA's first mock draft 1 2

    By rhall,
    • 16 replies
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  6. Scheppers has a stress fracture in is Shoulder

    By laxtonto,
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  7. Looking at last year's draft

    By DennisTheOsFan,
    • 11 replies
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  8. Gordon Beckham on FSN ch262 on Comcast

    By kirkingster,
    • 3 replies
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  9. Which Draft Prospect Would You Not Want? 1 2 3 4 6

    By Greg Pappas,
    • 86 replies
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  10. Deathmatch: Pedro Alvarez v. Tim Beckam 1 2

    By Leitch,
    • 21 replies
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  11. If YOU were Tampa Bay... 1 2 3 4

    By Greg Pappas,
    • 50 replies
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  12. Nightmare Draft Scenario

    By JimPalmerJr,
    • 11 replies
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  13. Keith Law Chat - Thursday PM 1 2

    By Double062,
    • 15 replies
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  14. How can one determine the level of competition these guys are up against?

    By DocJJ,
    • 10 replies
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  15. Positional Focus: 2B

    By Greg Pappas,
    • 4 replies
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  • Posts

    • Just Regular
      Is there a 5th O's #1 Prospect?

      By Just Regular · Posted

      Ethan Holliday hasn't told the other 29 Clubs he wants Baltimore yet?
    • Malike
      Cowser BOMB in the 8th - biggest HR of the season

      By Malike · Posted

      Thanks, and I agree it's a great strategy for PC Richards and Son. They are a pretty large electronics company in the Long Island area.
    • Just Regular
      Alex Anthopoulos' Braves

      By Just Regular · Posted

      ATL-NYM washed out tonight, and I wonder if MLB might need a city to loan the Braves a home field.    It seems like with weather a baseball game in Atlanta may not be suitable for a minute this week.
    • spiritof66
      Umpire Scorecard Thread

      By spiritof66 · Posted

      There have been numerous studies into whether home crowds affect referees' calls in other sports, mostly soccer and basketball. Many, I think most, found that referee calls do tend to favor the home team. There is a 2023 study about ball/strike calls in baseball that appears to be behind a pay wall, but it apparently found that home plate umpires favored home teams by a small, but statistically significant amount. https://www.valpo.edu/stories/2024/03/19/bias-at-the-plate-what-umpires-tell-us-about-evaluators/  Two thoughts. If it's true that umpires calls are affected by a (presumably subconscious) desire to please home crowds, it makes sense that the NYYs would reap the largest benefit (or among the largest benefits) of that bias.  Their home crowds not only are among the largest in MLB, they are among the loudest, "home"-est and most vociferous in MLB. If there were away to combine and assess those elements, I am pretty sure the NYYs would head the list. In addition, I'm sure that the NYYs play their away games before crowds that include more of their fans than any other team in its away games -- including both transplanted New Yorkers and fans with no connection to New York who elect to root for a perennial contender with a rich history of success. Second, one thing I've always wondered about is the identity of MLB's video reviewers. Who are they, how are they chosen, and how does MLB insure that they're not biased? They work in New York. Do they live in New York? Did they live in New York before they were hired? Might some of them be NYY fans, or one-time NYY fans? Or have family members or close friends who are NYY fans? (I may have thought about that because I grew up in the same Philadelphia suburb where longtime NL umpire Shag Crawford resided. I recall thinking about,  and probably talking with other kids about, how Crawford, who spent his entire life in the Philadelphia area, must be affected by that connection when he umpired Phillies games. 
    • SteveA
      What is the O's magic number for home field advantage for the 1st round of the playoffs?

      By SteveA · Posted

      Heck, we could still be the #1 seed in the AL if we win out and the Yankees and Guardians lose out. Dream big!
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