It took until mid-June. It took 18-48 and Dave Trembley losing his job. It took a lot of hard times, but Nick Markakis has stepped up and delivered. I suspect you’ve all read the article already, but if you haven’t you need to. He essentially says what we’ve all been thinking — that things are [...]

If there’s one thing the 2010 Orioles have taught us, it is this: things can always get worse. There we were, in ’08 and ’09, tossing around ideas like “Lost” seasons and Meaningful Improvement and The Plan. There we were in spring training, agreeing across the board that we’d see improvement of some sort this [...]

In one sense, I’ve reached a breaking point with the Orioles. The stretch of baseball that began with Saturday’s epic ninth-inning meltdown and culminated with last night’s rain-soaked surrender has been the worst I can recall. It’s possible that this years-long run of losing reached its low ebb last night. I’m convinced now that all [...]

The Orioles come home having won 4 of 9 in their most recent road trip.  To us O’s fans, it’s hard for that to not feel like anything but progress, all things considered.  It just goes to show you that when Jeremy Guthrie pitches well, he can really carry this team.  Two of those four [...]

I’m really sorry for the issues with the site today and lately. I know we’ve lost at least one comment (Dan the Man on the successful season question) today, and maybe more fixed!. It sucks. I’m frustrated as hell about this, in no small part because I recently “upgraded” my hosting. That means that, basically, [...]

I keep starting this post, getting fifty or so words in, and deleting it. I just can’t find the words right now. I’m holding out hope that Garrett Olson will find them for me, at the expense of Paul Byrd. It’s winnable.

The mind boggles: the DC Cab has been sent to the garage for six games, for failing to genuflect at the sight of Yankee pinstripes “throwing at” Alex Rodriguez. Umm…what? Truly ridiculous.

Well it looks like the ’76 Buccaneers can rest easy thanks to Kyle and the gang. Before I get into this, though, I have to say I had a lot of people tell me how mean and harsh I was to the Ravens last week. It was the first thing people said to me when [...]