Dempsey's Army

Ever since the Orioles signed Kenji Uehara, I’ve been trying to find out more about him and Japanese baseball in general. I mean, if the Ori...

Lots of new faces in Ft. Lauderdale this year...what should we be watching for when we watch the meager MASN slate of Spring Training games?...

The Orioles have reportedly signed second baseman Brian Roberts to a four year, $40 million extension which will keep him with the club thro...

For the last installment of this year's Crystal Ball, I was going to do some possible projections for the future rookie phenom Matt Wiet...

I had to give a tip of the hat to Desert O at Weaver's Tantrum who did a fair job of arguing that Rich Hill's control problems may h...

What is BHI? Look here... Kevin Millar - 52 Oriole Career Homers Kevin, we hardly knew you. Millar had a somewhat good rep for hitting big h...

I am going to post this so I can refer to it in the future... Another player who played from 1988-2003 has tested positive for steroids. Rea...

Friends, Baltimoreans, O's fans, lend me your ears; I come to bury Melmo, not to praise him; The outs that batters make live after them,...

Trade Monitors have been updated to include the two major trades of the off-season. I suppose if we ever figure out who we're sending to...

Luke Scott came over from Houston last offseason as one of the five players Baltimore received in return for Miguel Tejada . In terms of Win...

Since the signing of Ty Wigginton, the composition of the expected three-man bench has been kicked around, specifically the future of Chris ...

Ty Wigginton has signed a two-year deal to play for the Baltimore Orioles . First, the negatives. Wigginton plays various positions (1B, 2B,...

The Orioles have acquired Cubs LHP Rich Hill for a player to be named later . Hill had some success for the Cubs in '07 but quickly los...

After Jeremy Guthrie and Koji Uehara, the rest of the starting rotation for your 2009 Baltimore Orioles is a mystery. I still expect the Ori...

I have always maintained that Nestor Aparicio is a paranoid raving lunatic (or at least puts on like he is) but this little incident is beyo...

Some transaction news: SS Brandon Fahey has signed a minor league deal with the Toronto Blue Jays . It's the end of the Fahey era... Fah...

Second basemen typically do not age well. Many of them began a decline shortly after their 31st birthday. Brian Roberts…will be 31 this seas...

I've been meaning to get to the recent comments by Leo Mazzone ...so here it is. Leo Mazzone made these comments to the intensely annoy...

Thanks to a tip from Frost King , I have discovered the WAR spreadsheet over at Beyond the Boxscore . This spreadsheet predicts team wins us...

Last year at this time, I was bashing Aubrey Huff for being a slugger who was modestly successful in his prime but well into his decline ...