The New York Times: The Orioles Have Quietly Reloaded

[weams]

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In their three seasons together, Dan Duquette and Buck Showalter have forged a winning formula. Duquette, the Orioles' executive vice president for baseball operations, finds useful roster pieces, and Showalter, the manager, expertly deploys them around center fielder Adam Jones, the team's cornerstone. Names like Steve Pearce, Alejandro De Aza and Delmon Young may not be easy to market, but with Baltimore, they win

[Frobby]

All the news that's fit to print.

[backwardsk]

Orioles vs Nationals World Series? I like it.

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[Scrat1]

Red Sox and Indians 4th within their divisions is a pretty bold prediction.

[Il BuonO]

Oh, come on. You mean we're good? Who knew?

The OH naysayers are not happy.

[CA-ORIOLE]

I hope they are wrong. We need to start losing so we can trade for prospects. Sooner the better.

[BarclaySouthway]

Tyler Kepner picked the O's to win the East last year when very few people picked us.

It's good to see him back on the bandwagon.

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[Three Run Homer]

Yes Sirree Bob!

[El Gordo]

"?We have most of our pitching staff returning, and we had a pretty solid staff last year,? Duquette said. ?Our defense should be solid again. I like the depth to our lineup, and we have power at just about every position.? Who can argue with that? :thumbsup1:

[O's are Legends]

Can't wait for the season to start! Thanks for posting that Weams, a M's and O's ALCS would be very intriguing.

[25 Nuggets]

Red Sox and Indians 4th within their divisions is a pretty bold prediction.

I like it -- it's entirely possible. Although I'm bullish on the Indians.

[weams]

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Back at it.

[25 Nuggets]

This is the girl who

lost the house which

payed to the man who

put up the rent and

threw out the girl to

feather his own sweet home

I actually remember that album :wedge: