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Matthew Taylor: Hearing the call of Orioles Magic

Matthew Taylor: Hearing the call of Orioles Magic
Baseball in Baltimore doesn't involve near the level of mythology that it does in bigger cities. We don't have ghosts in our stadium and the only curses fans express involve neither the Bambino nor goats. If there's any bit of enduring mystical lore around this team, it's Orioles Magic, which has taken on different forms the past few seasons to be about something other than miraculous victories. Earlier this week, I wrote about Orioles Magic in terms of comeback wins and walk-offs. Those...
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Zach Wilt: A well-rounded approach at the plate

Zach Wilt: A well-rounded approach at the plate
I'm no meteorologist, but it's getting hot in Baltimore. I don't need my car thermometer, which hit triple digits on Wednesday afternoon, to convince me. All I have to do is look at the balls flying out of Camden Yards. After a slow start to the season, the Orioles' power bats have started producing in a big way. In April, the O's hit just 16 home runs, ranking 25th in Major League Baseball. Last April, they belted twice that total. The Orioles offense just finished June with a major...
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Jon Shepherd: Do minor league players deserve minimum wage salaries?

Jon Shepherd: Do minor league players deserve minimum wage salaries?
Professional baseball players are pretty lucky. They have been granted amazing talent from genetics and probability. They have taken that talent and applied considerable amounts of hard work. The recent draft will result in about 750 new professional baseball players. Roughly a third of those new hires will have received a signing bonus greater than $100,000 before taxes. The remaining two thirds have a mean signing bonus of $1,000 before taxes. For their three-month first season, the most they...
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Daniel Clark: Inconsistency and missed opportunities marked O's month of June

Daniel Clark: Inconsistency and missed opportunities marked O's month of June
The month of June has flown on by and the Orioles walked away with a winning record of 16-12. Despite the wins though, the final week of the month may come back to haunt them later in the season as the Birds missed numerous opportunities against sub-.500 opponents in the White Sox and Rays. This failure to seize the opportunity cost them the chance to overtake the struggling Blue Jays for first in the American League East. The month produced many talking points, with some players dominating...
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All-Star voting: Adam Jones within reach of final outfield spot

All-Star voting: Adam Jones within reach of final outfield spot
Adam Jones is close. He's real close. With three days left in online All-Star voting, Jones is one of three players vying for the final American League outfield starting spot on July 15. The Orioles outfielder trails the A's Yoenis Cespedes (1,941,553 votes) and the Blue Jays' Melky Cabrera (1,929,506), but currently sits in fifth with 1,853,268 votes. Jones has continued to produce in June, hitting .339/.371/.615 with 37 hits, eight home runs and 19 RBIs. In the most recent balloting, Jones...
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Cake competition on July 13 will honor Yankees-Orioles rivalry

Cake competition on July 13 will honor Yankees-Orioles rivalry
You already know what the rivalry between the Yankees and Orioles looks like on the baseball diamond. But what shape will this heated battle take in the kitchen? Mary Smith from Charm City Cakes and TV's "Ace of Cakes" will host a cake class and competition on Sunday, July 13 at 11 a.m. at its Baltimore headquarters, 2936 Remington Ave. After Smith demonstrates how to properly fondant a cake and shows the different decorating methods she utilizes, student competitiors will use those tips to...
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Shedding some daylight on "Moonlight" Graham's Baltimore connections

Shedding some daylight on "Moonlight" Graham's Baltimore connections
Yesterday marked the anniversary of Archibald "Moonlight" Graham's one-game major league career. Back in 1905, he played a half-inning in the outfield for the New York Giants, faded into the obscurity of pre-Internet agate and didn't reappear to a wide audience again until 1989, when "Field of Dreams" introduced him as a baseball-playing spectre who helped save Ray Kinsella's daughter from choking on a hot dog only to lose his ability to take part in the ghostly games on an converted...
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Andrew Stetka: Cruz's Home Run Derby decision not a bad thing

Andrew Stetka: Cruz's Home Run Derby decision not a bad thing
It looks more and more like Nelson Cruz won't be taking part in this year's Home Run Derby at Target Field. Despite an invite from American League team captain Jose Bautista, Cruz said he'd rather not risk taking part in the event and having it alter his swing going into the second half of the season. Despite being tied for the major league lead of 25 homers with Edwin Encarnacion and Jose Abreu, Cruz's decision is a logical one. He participated in the derby in 2009 while with the Texas...
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Zach Wilt: Digging inside Chris Davis' numbers

Zach Wilt: Digging inside Chris Davis' numbers
Chris Davis was the hero on Monday night after crushing a three-run walk-off home run against the Chicago White Sox. The moment was so great that Davis decided to rejoin Twitter the next morning. Talk about a win-win for Orioles fans. Prior to that longball, however, Davis had been scuffling at the plate. Coming into that game, he had hit just .130 over his previous 54 at-bats. You know the rest of the story: Orioles manager Buck Showalter gave Davis the night off against White Sox ace Chris...
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Daniel Clark: Managing the workload of a heavily relied-upon bullpen

Daniel Clark: Managing the workload of a heavily relied-upon bullpen
The long major league season is nearing its halfway point and the Orioles have yet again been heavily reliant upon the bullpen. Since the return to winning ways in 2012, the bullpen has been impressive despite being over-worked - in particular in 2012. The 545 1/3 innings pitched by relievers in 2012 were fourth-highest in the majors, while the 514 innings pitched in 2013 were the 11th-highest. With respect to ERA, the mark of 3.00 in 2012 was the fifth-best in the majors, compared to 3.52 in...
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Jonathan Shepherd: Solving the problem that is Manny Machado

Jonathan Shepherd: Solving the problem that is Manny Machado
Some say Manny Machado is in the midst of a slump. That he missed spring training, came into the season cold and proceeded to be off his mark. Before last night's came, that slump has been going on for 199 plate appearances this season with a slash line of .224/.274/.322. If you prefer using a more holistic metric that takes run expectancy for each of his at bats and compares it to the league average, his wRC+ is 66. That is well below league average (100 wRC+), average for a third baseman (97...
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Andrew Stetka: Pearce providing pop for O's

Andrew Stetka: Pearce providing pop for O's
The Orioles are finding some of their best offensive production from the unlikeliest of places through the first three months of the season. Steve Pearce has given the Birds a surprising boost and is forcing Buck Showalter to pencil his name into the lineup more often lately. It's a bit funny to look at the 31-year-old's career numbers and realize that some of the game's best players enjoy those types of spoils in one season. Pearce has 23 home runs and 110 RBIs in his seven big league...
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All-Star voting: Jones a long shot for starting lineup

All-Star voting: Jones a long shot for starting lineup
Two Orioles players have consistently led at their respective positions in the 2014 All-Star voting. As for the rest, well, they are running out of time. With less than two weeks remaining in online All-Star voting, Nelson Cruz is still leading at designated hitter, and Matt Wieters stands atop the leaderboard among American League catchers. Cruz is tied for first in the majors with 23 home runs, and has collected 2,457,349 votes. He holds about an 800,000-vote lead over the Red Sox's David...
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Matthew Taylor: Reunited, and it feels so good

Matthew Taylor: Reunited, and it feels so good
I reunited with two longtime friends last weekend. We grew up in Baltimore and share a common love for the Orioles. Life has taken us in different directions, but baseball brings us back together. Our summertime reunions have occurred in ballparks across the country. We had one in Cooperstown when Cal Ripken Jr. entered the Hall of Fame. This year, with one of my friends preparing for a cross-country move, we returned home. The trip provided me the opportunity to spend time with another old...
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Zach Wilt: Zach Britton is following the Jim Johnson blueprint in the ninth

Zach Wilt: Zach Britton is following the Jim Johnson blueprint in the ninth
Zach Britton entered Wednesday's game in the ninth inning, attempting to hold a 2-0 lead over the Rays and secure a series win for Orioles. Tampa Bay's 3-4-5 hitters (Evan Longoria, James Loney and Ben Zobrist) were due up. It's never easy in the American League East, even against the lowly Rays. In the blink of an eye, Joe Angel had pronounced that the Orioles were indeed in the win column after Britton struck out Longoria and Zobrist, and forced Loney to ground out to first base. Twelve...
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Daniel Clark: Reassessing the O's active roster

Daniel Clark: Reassessing the O's active roster
Worn fingernails, mood swings and high blood pressure - Welcome to the life of an Orioles fan. A frustrating season has continued to fray the nerves of us fans this past week or so, after our team failed to take advantage of eight consecutive quality starts by winning just four games. Those that follow me on Twitter (@DC_TBLDaily) will know I speak my mind and immediately after Monday night's painful loss to the Rays, I said there won't be any holding back in this week's blog post. I'm...
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Little movement for Orioles in All-Star voting

Little movement for Orioles in All-Star voting
It was more of the same for the Orioles in the most recent All-Star balloting figures. Despite hitting .264/.339/.340 in June, Nelson Cruz is still the leader at designated hitter, following a May where he had a batting average of .339 with 13 home runs and 27 RBIs. Matt Wieters is also still the leader among American League catchers with 1,488,884 votes. However, the O's catcher was ruled out for the rest of the 2014 season on Tuesday following a succesful ligament-reconstructive surgery. The...
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Jon Shepherd: Looking back on this year's draft

Jon Shepherd: Looking back on this year's draft
When the Orioles chose to sign what Ubaldo Jimenez and Nelson Cruz, two free-agent stragglers with free-agent compensation attached to them, it was a blessing and a curse for the amateur scouts in the organization. Bad news first - the curse was the continual loss of top selections in the draft. Add in the loss of a competitive pick, which the team dealt in the Bud Norris trade last year, and the Orioles handed over three picks over the first two rounds. The major league draft is one where...
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Andrew Stetka: O's indecision with rotation is a good thing

Andrew Stetka: O's indecision with rotation is a good thing
Depth at any position in any sport is always crucial, but it seems starting pitching in baseball always provides one of the toughest tests for a team in this department. It's clear that having a top-notch pitcher always gives an organization a chance to win every fifth day, but one injury (or sore elbow leading to Tommy John surgery, it seems this season), can derail the best of rotations and teams. The Orioles are clearly going about things differently this season, and have been for some...
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If you've got the tarp and downpour, we've got the ex-O's catcher ...

If you've got the tarp and downpour, we've got the ex-O's catcher ...
It's pouring right now at Camden Yards. No, pouring may be too tame a word. The rain is coming down so hard that I can barely see the tour group stuck in the visitors dugout from my fifth-floor Warehouse window. I don't know about you, but I can't see the tarp on the field in the middle of a rainstorm and not think of ex-Orioles catcher and current MASN broadcaster Rick Dempsey, who turned rain delay boredom into laugh-inducing pantomime on many a major league diamond. Sometimes Dempsey...
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