Tim Raines Talks About Tim Raines Jr’s Career

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MLB legend, Tim Raines took the time to speak with me about his son, Tim Raines Jr. Raines spoke about the player that his son could have, and should have become. In this portion of an interview done on Monday, May 14, 2012, Raines explained what his son did wrong, and what ultimately stopped him [...]

Double Play: Are The Baltimore Orioles For Real?

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It’s Monday, so you know what that means! Double Play time between Mark Hock and Bryan Lutz. Today we will debate whether the Baltimore Orioles are one of the best teams in the American League, if the bullpen is key to a team’s success, and the player most likely to rebound after a slow start. [...]

Rant Sports MLB Power Rankings For Week Six

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It is time to continue our MLB Power Rankings for the 2012 season, which will continue to focus on the top 10 teams in the majors. Texas Rangers (This Week: 1, Last Week: 2) - So last week I asked a silly question about whether the Texas Rangers could afford to keep Josh Hamilton. After this week, [...]

Colby Lewis Makes History in Loss Against the Baltimore Orioles

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Texas Rangers’ starting pitching Colby Lewis accomplished a rare feat today. In fact, no one in the history of the game has ever pitched a game like he did today against the Baltimore Orioles. During his seven innings pitched, Colby Lewis allowed only five hits while striking out 12. You would think that would give Colby Lewis [...]

Brent Morel and 10 Other Players Who Are Costing Their Team A Chance at the World Series

The Baltimore Orioles Are The Biggest Surprise Of The Season

Anthony Gruppuso - US Presswire

The biggest surprise this season is the success of the Baltimore Orioles. Expected by virtually everyone but the most hardcore of fans to occupy the cellar of the AL East, the Baltimore Orioles are currently tied for the best record in baseball at 19-11. For a team that hasn’t won 70 games since 2006, this [...]

Orioles’ 1B Chris Davis Defeats Red Sox OF Darnell McDonald in 17 Innings

Mark L. Baer-US PRESSWIRE

One of the beautiful things about baseball is you never know when you will see something that you have never seen before. In the case of Sunday’s game that involved the Baltimore Orioles and Boston Red Sox, we saw a 17 inning marathon before the Orioles won the game. While I’ve seen numerous 17 inning [...]

Rant Sports MLB Power Rankings For Week Five

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It is time to continue our MLB Power Rankings for the 2012 season. For the fifth week, we will try to place a greater emphasis on how teams  have performed over the first month of the season. This week we will continue to focus on the top 10 teams in the majors. Tampa Bay Rays (This [...]

Characters From The Wire and Their Baseball Counterparts

Baltimore Orioles Jake Arrieta Showing How Promising O’s Rotation Can Be

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It was a rather rough game to watch but the Baltimore Orioles were able to defeat the New York Yankees in the rubber game of a three-game series that plunged the Orioles into first place in the American League East division. The Orioles won being the pitching prowess of Jake Arrieta, who completely surprised me. [...]