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Neal Shaffer: A dream of 2005 all over again

Neal Shaffer: A dream of 2005 all over again
The Orioles' hot start here in 2012 should not give rise to indulgent thoughts of a winning season. That much has to be said up front. It's true that there's plenty to enjoy so far, but let's take it game by game. Odds are, this team will still eventually lose more than they win. Let's say for the sake of argument, however, that they keep this up. Let's say that April turns into May and the win total is still in the black. Would then it be wise to dream of 82 wins, or more? Alas, no....
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Heath Bintliff: Nolan Reimold and other delights

Heath Bintliff: Nolan Reimold and other delights
At this time last season, I was keeping vigil for Orioles outfielder Nolan Reimold. Reimold had been exiled to Triple-A Norfolk after a very good spring in Sarasota (.315/.448/.537) and, after a wretched 2010 campaign, finally looked healthy, fully recovered from offseason Achilles tendon surgery that cut his 2009 season short and ready to build upon the .831 OPS he put up during his rookie season. That was not to be. During the 2011 offseason, O's executive Andy MacPhail decided to shore up...
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Pete Kerzel

Flashback: Going batty over giveaway lumber

Flashback: Going batty over giveaway lumber
No doubt about it, Orioles fans love their giveaways. From brandishing T-shirt Tuesday handouts to lining up bobbleheads as part of their office decor to loveable but goofy looking floppy hats on the beaches in Ocean City, Md., and Rehoboth Beach, Del., those premiums distributed at the Camden Yards gates become prized possessions. Over the years, the O's have scheduled some pretty interesting giveaways. Remember seat cushion night at Memorial Stadium, where a debatable umpire's call...
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Josh Land

Olivia Witherite: Andino is more than a utility guy

Olivia Witherite: Andino is more than a utility guy
I'm glad to see Robert Andino at second base. Flash back a year, and I can assure you that the previous sentence would never come out of my mouth. But with injuries and gaps in the roster, the utility infielder has been upgraded to an everyday role. So what can we expect from the almost-28-year-old this year? This 2012 season is Andino's to seize. With the chance to finally play pretty much every day, Andino has the chance to show what he can do not only at second base, but also at the...
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Josh Land

Matthew Taylor: Examining the legend of Dylan Bundy

Matthew Taylor: Examining the legend of Dylan Bundy
It's fitting that the surnames Bundy and Bunyan are so similar. In two brief minor league outings, 19-year-old pitcher Dylan Bundy is burnishing a legend among Orioles fans that's roughly equivalent to Paul Bunyan's place in American folklore. However, there's a distance between the developing Bundy legend and the actual Bundy reality I witnessed firsthand this week in Kannapolis, N.C. (You can see photos and video of Bundy's start on Roar From 34.) Let me be clear from the outset that...
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Anthony Amobi: This season is critical for Adam Jones

Anthony Amobi: This season is critical for Adam Jones
During the offseason, one the biggest names on the Orioles - Adam Jones - was a target of trade rumors, specifically talks with the Atlanta Braves for pitcher Jair Jurrjens and infielder Martin Prado. Baltimore didn't wind up trading Jones, as we all know; however, will he stay with Orioles throughout his career or move to greener pastures and go to a winner? Jones' profile has risen in the game, and he has steadily improved over the past few years. One would think that considering the...
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Pete Kerzel

O's turning back bleacher prices to 1992 for select games

O's turning back bleacher prices to 1992 for select games
How's this for a budget-busting way to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Camden Yards: throwback 1992 pricing for Eutaw Street bleachers for select games during the 2012 campaign. For six games this season, a limited number of bleacher seats will be available for $4, their price in 1992, the ballpark's first season. The selected dates are April 27 against Oakland, May 7 versus Texas, July 24 against Tampa Bay, Aug. 9 versus Kansas City, Aug. 27 against the Chicago White Sox and September 12...
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Neal Shaffer: "No expectations, just baseball" - O's fans' mantra for 2012

Neal Shaffer: "No expectations, just baseball" - O's fans' mantra for 2012
Those of you who follow me at my regular baseball home, The Loss Column, have seen me discuss this at some length. I don't want to repeat myself too much, but I've also never really offered up a dedicated explanation of my thinking. The uniqueness of this forum seems a good place to do that. To wit: I have worked out a way - possibly not the best way, but a way nonetheless - to enjoy the Orioles in 2012 despite their dim prospects for success. No expectations, just baseball. What do I mean...
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Heath Bintliff: Looking back on Brian Roberts

Heath Bintliff: Looking back on Brian Roberts
Nobody will say it. Nobody wants to say it. Nobody wants it to be true. But it's time to face the fact that we may never see Brian Roberts play meaningful time for the Orioles again. He hasn't played even more than 59 games in the last two seasons and his injuries, now concussion-related, have seemed to linger longer as he gets older. The odds of him playing more than half a season for Baltimore again seem slim with only two seasons left on his contract. So as his playing career in...
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Olivia Witherite: No better month than April

Olivia Witherite: No better month than April
I don't even remember a winning season. Ever since I became a fan of the Orioles and of baseball in general, I have watched the team play to a sub-.500 record. The last time they had a winning season, it was 1997, and I was much too young to process or remember it. However, the game is so much more than wins and losses. While obviously I will be completely enthralled when the team makes it into a pennant race, I still am just as loyal today as I will be when that day comes. And to be an...
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Matthew Taylor: It wasn't love at first sight for me and Camden Yards

Matthew Taylor: It wasn't love at first sight for me and Camden Yards
I was among the first paying customers to step inside Camden Yards, and I initially wasn't sold on the place. That's not the sort of thing you expect to read on opening day, particularly at the outset of the 20th anniversary season for "The Ballpark That Forever Changed Baseball," but to state otherwise would be dishonest. A little background is in order. The first game at Oriole Park at Camden Yards took place April 3, 1992, an exhibition contest versus the New York Mets, and the team...
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Pete Kerzel

At first glance, new sightlines are impressive additions to Camden Yards

At first glance, new sightlines are impressive additions to Camden Yards
If first appearances count for anything, I'm predicting that Orioles fans are going to really enjoy some of the renovations and new food offerings at Camden Yards. They'll go on full display Friday, when the O's draw the curtain on the 2012 season against the Minnesota Twins, but I've just returned from a sneak peek. Color me impressed - and eager to sneak down to the flag court or roof deck in the middle of a game this weekend to get the full effect. As we've previously discussed, as...
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Orioles, MVA team up for speciality cartoon bird license plates

Orioles, MVA team up for speciality cartoon bird license plates
Want to change those dull, white license plates on your car? Now you can. The Orioles and Maryland's Motor Vehicle Administration are now giving you that opportunity. Today, the Orioles announced that, in conjunction with the MVA, they have created Orioles-themed license plates. The plates will be $50 apiece, with $25 going to the Baltimore Orioles Charitable Foundation. Also for charity, license plate numbers featuring the uniform jersey numbers of Adam Jones, Nick Markakis and Matt...
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Sutcliffe-Hoiles battery returns for 20th anniversary of Camden Yards

Sutcliffe-Hoiles battery returns for 20th anniversary of Camden Yards
When the Orioles open the 2012 season Friday against the Twins - and begin a season-long celebration of the 20th anniversary of Camden Yards - they'll turn back the clock to 1992 for the ceremonial first pitch. Rick Sutcliffe and Chris Hoiles, who were the pitcher and catcher during the ballpark's debut two decades ago, will reprise their role as battery mates for Friday's festivities. Sutcliffe, you'll remember, threw a five-hit shutout against the Indians on April 6, 1992 in the first...
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Flashback: Spring training, Thomasville, Ga., and the "Oriole Way"

Flashback: Spring training, Thomasville, Ga., and the "Oriole Way"
One of the major benefits to the Orioles' move to Sarasota, Fla., from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., three years ago was the shortening of the distance between the club's major and minor league spring facilities. Even though the O's big league camp had been at Fort Lauderdale Stadium from 1996-2009, the minor leaguers remained at least a three-hour drive away at Twin Lakes Park in Sarasota, making it difficult to get pitchers extra innings against farmhands or for a major league manager to easily...
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A peek at the renovations to be unveiled at Camden Yards

A peek at the renovations to be unveiled at Camden Yards
Opening day is like Christmas morning and New Year's Day rolled into one for baseball fans, filled with eager anticipation and a feeling of renewal. When fans stream into Camden Yards on April 6 for the season opener against the Minnesota Twins, they'll also get to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the groundbreaking ballpark and check out some new additions, the product of an offseason's worth of busy construction activity. This morning, the Orioles released the first artist's rendering...
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Guest bloggers to return to MASNsports.com for 2012

Guest bloggers to return to MASNsports.com for 2012
Last season, MASNsports.com expanded its voice and added different viewpoints by welcoming guest bloggers to our site. The rationale was simple: There were so many dedicated fan sites out there that we wanted to give them a platform to share their thoughts, opinions and observations about the Orioles with the rest of Birdland. The initiative got rave reviews, in cyberspace and beyond. We must have hit on something, because our guest blogger program was quickly mimicked - by our competitors in...
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MASNsports.com's Kubatko on panel at April 11 Sports Legends media roundtable

MASNsports.com's Kubatko on panel at April 11 Sports Legends media roundtable
Think of the things that each year signal the arrival of spring - the first sighting of a robin, the jingling of the Good Humor truck's bells, the long line at the post office to drop off income taxes by the April 15 (or this year, April 16) deadline. Yes, there are certain, undeniable signs that spring has arrived in Charm City. Another comes Wednesday, April 11, from noon-1:30 p.m., when members of Baltimore's baseball media convene at Sports Legends Museum for their annual roundtable and...
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Annual opening day block party continues at Sports Legends Museum

Annual opening day block party continues at Sports Legends Museum
Opening day is always a celebration of sorts in Baltimore, as fans pack Camden Yards and revel in another season getting underway. But as has been the case the last 21 years, you have the opportunity to celebrate opening day with Orioles fans right outside the park even before the party inside Oriole Park begins. The Babe Ruth Birthplace Foundation is hosting their annual "Opening Day Block Party" again this season, complete with food, drink and plenty of O's fun. The event will be held...
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O's set March 4 tryouts for ballgirls, ballboys

O's set March 4 tryouts for ballgirls, ballboys
Ever watch the ballgirls or ballboys stationed along the outfield foul lines at Camden Yards make a nice grab of a foul fly or grounder and think, "Hey, I could do that!"? Well, now's your opportunity. Come Sunday, March 4, the Orioles will conduct an open tryout to field a new group of, er, ballpersons for 2012. The tryouts will occur - where else? - Camden Yards and will be judged by a panel of O's front office members and WBAL Radio sportscaster Keith Mills. Outgoing and athletic men...
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