Happy 64th birthday to Doug DeCinces. Doug's best season with the Orioles was 1978, when he led the club with 37 doubles, 28 home runs...

Here's another of the signed postcards that I picked up at Camden Yards on Monday night. I had noticed that Fred Valentine was wearing...

I hope they used B. J. Surhoff's good side for that profile shot.

I guess the only thing the Orioles needed to awaken their bats from a Wrigley slumber was the calming presence of Larry Sheets. Allow me...

I'm off to the ballpark again tonight, as the Orioles open an 11-game homestand with the first of four games against the Rays. I hope ...

It's Cal Ripken, Jr.'s birthday today. Number 54 to be exact. And the Orioles began playing in Baltimore in 1954. Coincidence? Abs...

It's not been an ideal weekend for the Orioles. Two straight losses to the inhospitable Cubs, and the unwelcome news that Manny Machad...

It's been a while since I posted a vintage card that was good and beat to hell. Someone nibbled on the top right corner, and there...

My recent fascination with 2014 Topps Heritage notwithstanding, I've bought very few current-issue baseball cards over the past four y...

I've been talking up the O's hitters lately, so let's give a little love to Chris Tillman. He's been excellent ever since ...

It's often said that baseball is a team sport, but Nick Markakis sure seemed like he was single-handedly beating the White Sox on Mond...

Hey, just a little bit of Jeff Conine catching a pickoff throw as Alfonso Soriano dives back to the bag for your Monday night. I found eig...

Steve Pearce broke out of his second-half doldrums today, helping the Orioles avoid a sweep at the hands of the Indians. The journeyman le...

This is a momentous day in Orioles history, though really, aren't they all? With 60 years of history to choose from, there's alway...

Last night I shouted myself hoarse at Camden Yards as the Orioles stunned the Yankees with a four-run rally in the bottom of the eighth. Y...

Hahaha, get it? "SI-ber"? Because "cyber" was a goofy buzzword in the 1990s, and "SI" is shorthand for Sport...

It's always satisfying to see the Orioles beat the tar out of the Yankees, and even more so when it pushes New York to a season-high s...

Dear Manny (cc: Manny's Right Knee): Please, please, PLEASE be okay. Pretty please.

Hey, I'm back! I've returned from a birthday/belated honeymoon trip to Ireland. I had a marvelous time, and even kept tabs on the ...

This will be my last new entry on the blog for a short while. But turn that frown upside down, Lee May! I'm taking a bit of a summer b...