Reflections on the 2012 Baltimore Orioles
The true impact of the 2012 Baltimore Orioles won’t be known for several years. What felt like the return of Major League Baseball to Charm City could turn out to be a remarkable run of good fortune. Whether the Orioles simply got lucky, as suggested by Bobby Valentine and Keith Law, or have evolved into […]
Baltimore Orioles December Reflections: The Dan Duquette Era
The Dan Duquette era in Baltimore has started with a collective yawn among the orange and black clad faithful. Duquette said all the right things in his introductory press conference about building the farm system, increasing the team’s International scouting presence, and generally upgrading the talent level across the organization. Perhaps it’s unfair to judge […]
Reflecting on the Orioles: November Brings Duquette Into Fold
November was an eventful month for the Baltimore Orioles. The team’s clumsy, haphazard search for a new General Manager concluded with Baltimore taking former Red Sox front man Dan Duquette out of mothballs. Duquette built half a championship team in Boston before he was kicked to the curb to make way for whiz kid Theo […]
