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Archive for September 2010

JOSH BELL HACKS INTO THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES RECORD BOOK

September 19, 2010

Baltimore Orioles 3B Josh Bell is setting a record pace in this, his rookie season. With just 14 games remaining, Bell appears to be posting the worst strikeout-to-walk ratio in Orioles history. With 50 strikeouts against just two walks in his first 144 official at bats, the 23-year-old Rockford, Illinois-native is all alone in franchise […]

MIGUEL TEJADA JUMPS ATOP DOMINICAN REPUBLIC’S ALL TIME GAMES PLAYED AT SHORTSTOP LIST

September 1, 2010

More than 100 players from the Dominican Republic have played shortstop in a major league game, but none have done so more frequently than Miguel Tejada. On August 17 at Wrigley Field, Tejada logged his 1,862nd game at a shortstop in the big leagues, nudging ahead of his boyhood idol, Alfredo Griffin. Tejada tied Griffin’s […]

Don’t Go To WAR With These Guys In Your Foxhole Miss Agnes: Worst Baltimore Orioles Seasons By WAR

September 1, 2010

First things first. If you’re not familiar with the WAR (Wins Above Replacement Player) statistic, there’s a definition of it here: http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Wins_Above_Replacement_Player If you’re not inclined to click the link, the stat “attempts to express the total number of wins that a given player adds to his team over the course of a season by […]