Last night Chris Davis caught - and then passed - Chris Hoiles for 11th all-time on the Orioles' home run leader board, and he did so ...

As hard as it is for me to believe, yesterday was Chris Hoiles' 50th birthday. To celebrate such a significant milestone for one of my...

April showers, yada yada yada. This is getting ridiculous. The Orioles and Pirates were rained out tonight for the second straight evening...

If this Chris Hoiles card could talk, it would say, "Haw, haw, haw...basebawl."

It's been a very busy weekend, so this will be a quick hit. I've had an authentic gray Orioles road jersey for a few years now, bu...

Questions raised by this photo: -Who taught Matt Nokes how to execute a hard slide? He looks like he's trying to play patty-cake. ...

With Christmas just three weeks away, it's easy to get lost in the hustle and bustle. Buying gifts, cleaning and decorating the house,...

As if I needed another reason to like Chris Hoiles, I found out from his Twitter feed (@c23hoiles) that he was also watching Wrestlemania on...

It's not like I need additional reasons to count Chris Hoiles among my all-time favorite Orioles, but I'll reach for them as they co...

I never really gave it much thought before, but one of my favorite themes in my team collection may be cards picturing Chris Hoiles making a...

It turns out that today is a pretty special day in Orioles history: -Earl Weaver blew out 81 candles on his birthday cake today, or maybe ...

 Come one, come all for Play At the Plate Detective. Today's suspect is a prime action shot of Chris Hoiles awaiting a throw home whil...

Nothing beats a great play-at-the-plate photo. Here we have Chris Hoiles lunging and laying the tag down with authority on Bernard Gilkey of...

Well, it was nice while it lasted. From Thursday through Sunday, the Orioles crafted their longest winning streak yet this season, a whoppin...

Chris Hoiles wore four different uniform numbers during his time with the Orioles. Two of those were #23 and #42, which happen to be a coupl...

Earlier this week I heard the unwelcome news that Chris Hoiles had resigned as the manager of the York Revolution, a nearby team in the ind...

Then and there, in the commotion at home plate, Chris Hoiles made a terrible snap decision. He would have to reach over and gouge out the e...

Since I spent all day wrapped up in the tension of NFL playoff cliffhangers (the results of which were most pleasing to me, of course), now ...

I just finished reading "It's Gone!...No, Wait a Minute" by Ken Levine. It's the memoir of a Hollywood screenwriter who r...

It might be somewhat unbecoming of me to kick the Yankees while they're down (sorry, Eric), but I'm still stinging from the weekend ...