Baseball Historians

AL MVP-
Dustin Pedroia-Had a huge year with several Boston stars injured or quitting(yes, u Manny!!!)… excellent defensive player and a complete pain in the butt to pitch 2… surprising power numbers for his small stature
AL CY YOUNG-
Francisco Rodriquez- Record setting season and in a contract year…. pitched a ton for a closer…..can be effective for [...]

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The Orioles might have had a tough season in the minors from a record prospective, but they still have some blue chips minor league players.  Matt Wieters lived up the hype and he was the top hitter in the system.  Just looking at .355/.454/.600 makes you salivate to see him behind the plate.  David Hernandez [...]

Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays-
Series Keys-
1- Boston Health- I picked against Boston in the 1st rd mainly over health concerns. Mike Lowell is out, Josh Beckett looks about 50% and JD Drew looks about 75%. Is that enough to defeat the best team in the AL East? 
2- Set-up vs Closer- Tampa [...]

Boston Red Sox vs Los Angeles Angels-
Boston Red Sox
Strengths-Balanced team, good all around with a good mix of youth and veterans…. Best right side of the infield in the AL in 2b Dustin Pedroia and 1b Kevin Youkilis…Great manager for this club in Tito Francona… Premier top 3 of the rotation as well as excellent [...]

Game 162 Recap-
CF Vernon Wells went 4 for 4 with 2 home runs and 5 rbi to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a 10-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles Sunday at Camden Yards.Promising Jays RH Jesse Litsch(13-9,3.58) was outstanding, going 7 innings while allowing 3 hits and 1 run. He K-ed 5 and walked [...]

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Game 155 Recap-
The playoff bound Tampa Rays needed only 3 hits to defeat the Baltimore Orioles 4-2 Monday night at Camden Yards.  The opportunistic Rays bats managed to drive in 3 runs with 2 of those hits and got strong pitching all around. The win,combined with a Boston loss, reduced the Rays AL East magic [...]

Game 154 Recap-
The New York Yankees won the last game ever at Yankee Stadium, 7-3 over the Baltimore Orioles Sunday night in the Bronx. Veteran lh Andy Pettitte(14-14,4.54) pitched 5 innings for the win while CF Johnny Damon hit a 3 run homer and C Jose Molina added a 2 run shot.
Rookie lh Chris Waters(3-4,5.06) [...]

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Game 145 Recap-
The Baltimore Orioles got strong pitching from youngsters Brian Bass and Jim Miller, helping them defeat the Cleveland Indians 6-3 Thursday night at Camden Yards. This was the first game in a long time that the club won without scoring double figures.”I think it’s more the style we need to play in order [...]

Game 144 Recap-
Scott Lewis(1-0) pitched 8 shut out innings in his ML debut, helping the Cleveland Indians defeat the Baltimore Orioles,7-1 Wednesday at Camden Yards.  Lewis used 96 pitches(67 strikes) to get the win, he struck out 3 and walked no one. The rookie did not seem to mind being yanked, “I can’t be disappointed [...]

Game 143 Recap-
LH Jeremy Sowers(3-8,5.60) pitched 8 innings of 4 hit ball while he backed by 12 hits, helping the Cleveland Indians defeat the Baltimore Orioles, 6-1 Tuesday night at Camden Yards. The Tribe scored single runs in the 1st,3rd,4th,5th,7th and 8th innings and never allowed the comeback kids from Baltimore to get back in [...]

Game 142 Recap-
The Baltimore Orioles used an seven-run sixth inning to  end a eight-game losing streak ,defeating the Cleveland Indians 14-3 Monday night at Camden Yards. DH Aubrey Huff,back from seeing his son born, hit a grand slam while CF Adam Jones added 4 rbi. LF Luke Scott and C Ramon Hernandez homered as well [...]

Game 141 Recap-
Oakland A’s used 3 home runs and got 7 shutout innings from  rookie LH Greg Smith helping them defeat the Baltimore Orioles,5-1 Saturday at Camden Yards. The game was supposed to be part of a day-night doubleheader but Hurricane Hanna cost them the day session. “I’m just happy that we got the game [...]

Game 140 Recap-
The Oakland A’s punished the Baltimore Orioles bullpen for 8 runs in the decisive 8th, leading the way to a 11-2 victory Friday night at Mcafee stadium in Oakland. DH Rajai Davis’  grand slam highlighted the inning, while 1b Daric Barton had 3 walks and 2 runs. 3b Jack Hannahan added a hit, [...]

Game 139 Recap-
The Boston Red Sox rallied from a 4-0 7th inning deficit to beat the Baltimore Orioles, 5-4 Wednesday afternoon at Fenway Park in Boston. CF Jacoby Ellsbury’s sacrifice bunt was thrown away by RH Jim Miller for the decisive run in the 9th. MVP candidate 2b Dustin Pedroia(3 for 4) started the comeback [...]

Game 138 Recap-
The Baltimore Orioles ran into one of the hottest hitters in the game and paid, losing 14-2 to the Boston Red Sox Tuesday night at Fenway Park. Dustin Pedroia, the new cleanup hitter for Boston, had a double, homer(#16) and single with 5 rbis. He is hitting .600 over his past 7 [...]

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Game 122 Recap-
Tigers RH Justin Verlander(9-13,4.60) pitched his 2nd consecutive strong start vs his local home team, leading the Detroit Tigers to a 5-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles Saturday night at Comerica Park in  Michigan.  They 3rd year pitcher went 6 and allowed 4 hits and 2 earned runs while striking out 6 and [...]

Game 121 Recap-
Red hot 3b Melvin Mora was a double short of a cycle and had 4 rbi, leading a 14 hit attack and the Orioles to a 11-2 win Friday night over the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in Michigan. Baltimore got 4 runs in the 1st 3 innings and broke open a close [...]

Game 120 Recap-
In a game that featured 30 hits, Orioles rookie LF Lou Montanez might have had the biggest, as the Baltimore Orioles staged another comeback in their  season of never  giving up, beating the Cleveland Indians, 11-6 Thursday at Progressive Field in Ohio. The rookie call up had 2 seperate rbi hits over the [...]

Game 119 Recap-
RHP Jeremy Guthrie(10-8, 3.18) pitched great vs the his former team and the bats errupted for 4 runs in the 9th,  helping the Baltimore Orioles defeat the Cleveland Indians, 6-1 Wednesday at Progressive Field in Ohio.   DH Aubrey Huff had a homer and drove in 2 , while RF Nick Markakis added [...]

Game 118 Recap-
In a game that featured 6 first inning runs, 2 late hits by the Cleveland Indians helped them defeat the Baltimore Orioles Tuesday in Ohio. SS  Asdrubal Cabrera’s  rbi single in the 8th was the decisive run, capping his big night with 3 hits and two runs. LF Ben Francisco and RF Franklin [...]

Game 117 Recap-
In  a wild game that featured ineffective pitching, numerous lead changes and 22 hits, the Cleveland Indians defeated the Baltimore Orioles, 13-8 Monday at Progressive Field in Ohio. Cleveland jumped out to a 5-0 lead, lost it to trail 8-7 but rallied and made the Orioles pay for mistakes.   “We didn’t pitch [...]

Game 116 Recap-
The Texas Rangers posted 20 hits as a team, led by 2b Ian Kinsler’s 5 hits, beating the Baltimore Orioles 15-7 Sunday at Camden Yards. The Rangers boast one of the better offenses in MLB but had been held to 1 run in the previous three games. Kinsler had a homer, 3 runs [...]

Game 115 Recap-
Veteran RH Daniel Cabrera(8-7,4.78) allowed 3 of the 1st 4 hitters to reach base but recovered to go 6 strong, helping the Baltimore Orioles punish the Texas Rangers, 9-0 Saturday night at Camden Yards. After 2 singles and an intentional walk , Cabrera answered the call with a huge pop up and strike [...]

Game 114 Recap-
LH SP Jeremy Guthrie(9-8,3.26) continued his strong season and veteran 1b Kevin Millar homered twice to lead the Baltimore Orioles to a decisive 9-1 victory over the Texas Rangers Friday night at Camden Yards. Baltimore had 15 hits and every starter had a hit with 6 getting 2, while the team has [...]