The “Heel Of The Game” For The Orioles

Geronimo Gil gets my vote for the “Heel of the Game” in tonight’s Orioles 3-2 late inning victory over Seattle. In the bottom of the seventh the Birds had the perfect opportunity to payback the Mariner pitching staff for maliciously plunking both Roberts and Palmeiro earlier in the inning. Roberts was drilled in the knee and had to leave the game in pain; Palmeiro could not...
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Take Me Out To The Ballgame… My Two Girls Judged “Fan of the Game”

The Baltimore Orioles continued their blazing hot start to the season with a 3-0 shutout of Minnesota last night (the only time this year the hot-hitting Twins have been shut out). But the best action occurred in the stands as my two daughters won the competition for “Fan of the Game“. Jenny had obtained choice seats from her financial planner (I don’t even have a financial...
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Closer Jorge Julio Disappoints Again

Boston: 3 / Orioles: 2 It should be a crime to throw away a game the way the Orioles did tonight at Boston. After a truly heroic pitching effort from Rodrigo Lopez and a stunning two-out last ditch two run homerun in the top of the ninth by Javy Lopez with the count at 3-2 to seemingly grasp victory from the jaws of defeat, Manager Lee Mazilli had to ruin the whole affair by inserting Jorge...
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