behind the dugout

It’s been ages since I’ve writing one of these but I remember the last time I thought about writing one of these it was about former Oriole outfielder Phil Bradley. That was because I found a half sized card of the Indiana native while moving stuff around after our move to Indiana.
Odd I suppose, even [...]

It’s no fun to be playing out the season with no chances of post season play but you do it. It’s a scheduled game, there are some fans who still care, and frankly it’s your job.
The Baltimore Orioles announced yesterday to the amazement of no one that since the organization was going to miss the [...]

So I went to Camden Yards last night. It had been a few years since I last went there but walking back though those gates brought back some memories.
While the game featured the Orioles (a team I grew up sometimes watching) and the White Sox (my wife’s favorite team) the real reason for going to [...]

I turned on the broadcast of the Yankees and Indians game to see that Mike Mussina was pitching out of trouble in the bottom of the fifth inning. Mussina was already over 80 pitches but did manage to escape the inning allowing just two runs despite having the bases loaded with no outs at one [...]

Known as “Mr. Marlin” thoughout the organization it’s no surprise that Jeff Conine wanted to retire as a member of the team he helped to World Series titles in 1997 and 2003.
Conine began playing for the Marlins in 1993 going 4-for-4 in their opening game and later winning All Star Game MVP honors in 1995.
In 1,014 [...]

Major League Baseball has pushed back the suspensions of outfielders Jose Guillen of Kansas City and Jay Gibbons of Baltimore 10 days while negotiations with the MLBPA continue. This could be a precursor to the suspensions being dropped altogether.
Gibbons is owed $11.9 million over the next two years from the Orioles despite offering next to [...]

This is one tough task but I’ve decided to try and fine a reason to like each of the 30 teams in major league baseball. Now some were easier to find then others and while some will disagree for the reasoning I’ve done my best I think.
I hope to continue this series by creating a [...]

Baltimore Orioles manager Dave Trembley today announced the worst kept secret in camp today. George Sherrill has been named the teams closer.
Sherrill came over in the trade that sent ace starting pitcher Erik Bedard to the Seattle Mariners. The left hander spent last season in the Mariners bullpen as a situational lefty appearing in 73 [...]

The battle for playing time at short stop on the Baltimore Orioles is one awful competition that is going to leave everyone dissapointed.
Luis Hernandez, Freddie Bynum and Brandon Fahey all entered camp looking to fill the hole created by the trade of Miguel Tejada.
I’ll be Frank and you can be agreeful and we’ll both admit [...]

After being taken in the first round of the 1990 amatuer draft Mussina was assigned to Dobule-A Hagerstown working 4 scoreless innings in his debut. In total hehad 11 starts that season he allowed more then 2 runs only once.
The following season Mussina was promoted to the big league roster at the end of July [...]

As I take this time to write about Steve Trachsel, the Orioles’ non roster invitee, I remember when I used to live in Maryland and some of my trips to Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
I am probably best served to write about that at another time as the organization seems to be still years away [...]

Birth Name: Javier Torres Lopez
Nick Name:
Teams: Atlanta 1992-2003 (#8)
Baltimore 2004-2006 (#18)
Boston 2006 (#23)
Born: November 5, 1970
Birth Place: Ponce, Puerto Rico
Resides: GA
Height: 6′3″ Weight: 230 lbs.
Position: Catcher
Throws: Right Bats: Right
College: n/a
Drafted: signed as free agent in 1987
Debut: September 18, 1992
Awards: 1996 NLCS MVP
2003 NL Silver Slugger C
All-Star: 1997, 1998, 2003

Personal: Wife: Gina, sons, Javier Alexander (11/6/95) [...]

The Baltimore Orioles have traded away the last member of a trio of players they signed prior to the 2004 season. After off seasons of trade rumors involving him, Miguel Tejada has taken flight to Houston.
Before the 2004 season the Orioles brought in Tejada along with Javy Lopez and a returning Rafael Palmerio. The three [...]

The Baltimore Orioles today announced that 59 year old pitching coach Leo Mazzone would not be back with the team for the 2008 season. Mazzone spent the last two years with the Orioles after helping the Atlanta Braves win 14 division titles in his stay there. Mazzone had been with the Braves since 1979.
The Orioles [...]