Babe Ruth Is Still Belting Them Out of the Park
During his legendary major league baseball career, Babe Ruth, aka George Herman “Babe” Ruth, one of Baltimore’s greatest sons, hit
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Mickey Mantle: A Baseball Icon With a Serious Flaw (Book Review)
I recall, not fondly, a game the then-mighty New York Yankees played against our Baltimore Orioles way back on April
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Baseball Icon Branch Rickey Gets the Jimmy Breslin Treatment
The late Branch Rickey was a baseball icon. He was former part-owner of a National League team, the fabled Brooklyn
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Don’t Play Ball: Cancel the Season
All of the Oriole players have decided to play this year because their careers are on the line. In fact, their lives are on the line with the threat of the Coronavirus hanging over the season. Major League Baseball is making a terrible mistake trying to force an abbreviated 60 game season.
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Letter to the Editor: Astros cheated baseball; Orioles cheated their fans
Recently, Major League Baseball penalized the Astro’s with a loss of draft picks, with fines, and banned two senior executives
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Nationals give up advantage and head back to Houston
Update: The Nationals won Game 6 in spectacular fashion, 7-2. Juan Soto, Adam Eaton and Anthony Rendon knocked in homeruns,
Read moreBabe Ruth as a Baseball Icon and Cultural Celebrity: The Legacy Thrives
He was one of Baltimore’s greatest sons – George Herman “Babe” Ruth, Jr. Born on February 6, 1895, he was
Read moreJim Bouton’s ‘Ball Four’ changed the game for sports writers
BALTIMORE — In all of the culture wars waged across America over the last half-century, Jim Bouton hurled some of
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Take me out to the ball game and let’s party like it’s 1989 again
BALTIMORE – Around here, four wins in the first week of the brand new Orioles season lets everybody dream a
Read moreBabe Ruth was the twinkle in America’s eye
BALTIMORE – Nearly a quarter-century ago, when this city opened brand new Oriole Park at Camden Yards, a local sports
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