In what seems like an unusual twist, the Baltimore Orioles have hired Dan Duquette, former GM of the Boston Red Sox.  While hiring a GM that came from a team in your division might in some situations provide a strategic advantage because of their background knowledge, Duquette’s absence from the professional game might not fall [...]

A couple of years ago, during spring training, I had the chance to interview a promising young pitcher in the Orioles organization.  He was going to be their next great thing, just after Erik Bedard.  We spoke at minor league camp for one the LMT player profiles, which I would use when he got called [...]

On this day in 1939, the first ever baseball game was televised.  NBC broadcasted a game at Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field as the Dodgers played host to the Cincinnati Reds in a day-night doubleheader, with the night game being broadcast.  The teams split the games that day, according to www.nationalpastime.com.
Now moving on to tonight’s matchups.
Yankees @ [...]

I met Mike Fanagan back in 2002, when I was traveling to each baseball stadium.  I ended up seeing the Orioles play a lot that year, and so I became a familiar face as the season progressed.  He was a broadcaster at the time, and always had strong but loving things to say about the [...]

So, who could have expected that Saturday would be such a busy day?  It seems all those GM’s who promised themselves they would start early this year actually kept their word.  Or perhaps, it is just much clearer who needs what, and who has what to spare.
Interestingly, it seems this year that most rumors you [...]