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Cat's already out of the bag there. If the tech exists to get an edge, teams will use it.

Toto - Africa

So, theoretically the Orioles could add about 90 million in player salaries and still be in the black on paper (this is not including any MASN profits). Interesting.

This was the best of the 90's bird logos. The 1998-2008 logo was not as awesome.

I've been without cable for almost a decade now. In 2014 I did MLB.TV with a VPN. I haven't felt compelled to do that since, and mainly just catch the games on the radio. VPN is likely the best way to do it these days. It still stinks that they don't air a weekly game on local TV like they did up until 2018.

I was at game 1 in 2012. My first playoff game. Back then, we could get SRO for $30ish bucks. It was an absolutely electric atmosphere, despite the loss. Baltimore sports fans show up BIG TIME for the playoffs, and it's like a college football atmosphere.

At least he's continued pitching overseas, and hasn't been totally out of baseball. If the price is right, the Orioles should make an offer. Bauer is an incredible talent, and an ace pitcher would really reinforce the rotation going into this window of competition. Bauer was smart to sue her and get access to this evidence in the discovery process. It's unfortunate that he was unable to make that happen 2 years ago before this thing got blown up by the media. That girl needs to be prosecuted.

Irvin has looked good lately. Flaherty has been meh.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/2023.shtml

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Option 2. Mussina was one of the best pitchers of the steroid-era, and the best Oriole's pitcher not named Jim Palmer. He had more bWAR as an Oriole than a Yankee. Other HOF players who split between other teams have their numbers retired by multiple organizations. Frank Robinson, Nolan Ryan, Greg Maddux to name a few. I think the O's should retire it, but continue to let Adley wear it as long as he's an Oriole (similar to Mariano Rivera wearing 42 after it was retired throughout baseball). If Adley puts up a HOF career, then two #35's can be hanging over the left field seats. But, it's ultimately the O's decision, and it doesn't matter to me if they decide to not retire it.

Lots of people driving in, not enough parking. It wasn't like this when the Orioles sucked, but it's been the case this year.

We'll see the Dodgers in the World Series.

I think they look awesome. Their record in them leaves a lot to be desired, though.

MacPhail made some great trades.

While the Yankee tears taste great, the bigger takeaway from this is the synergy between scouting, analytics, and coaching. See problems, see potential, acquire player, suggest fix, implement fix.

Really unfortunate about Vavra. Dude has a great batting eye, but absolutely no pop.

A win tonight would be great. Win a series after losing a series that they should have won. Ride that momentum into the New York series at home.

The Orioles are going to be in the difficult spot of defending the World Series title. It will be interesting to see what moves they make to try for a repeat.

This is why I could see them keeping him down for a few months. Service time + innings control.

I'd keep my head down and have my resume ready for a job elsewhere. Perhaps in Baltimore, Maryland.

I met Allie before I met Mike. There didn't seem to be any smoke there, let alone fire.

Every encounter I've had with Mike Elias and his wife have been great. Really nice, respectful people. Granted, people can be different than they present, but the allegations of personal misconduct would be quite shocking to me. Regardless: things like politics and personal life are just noise. I care about the Orioles and their progress on the field, and I've been very impressed with the turnaround the franchise has had thus far under Mike Elias. By that metric, I don't think his job is in jeopardy.

They will be in the hunt unless every starting pitcher regresses or gets injured.