Roch Kubatko

Memories of Mike Mussina as MASN airs more Orioles moments

Memories of Mike Mussina as MASN airs more Orioles moments
The classic coverage yesterday on the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network included Game 1 of the 1997 American League Division Series between the Orioles and Mariners. A wire-to-wire team staying on its roll, and in unfriendly territory. Delmon Young's three-run double in the 2014 Division Series created the loudest moment at Camden Yards, but the '97 playoff game at the Kingdome, with 59,579 fans cranking up the volume, nearly burst my eardrums. The ringing noise didn't subside until pitchers and...
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Mark Zuckerman

Why the Nats' team Zoom chat captivated us so much

Why the Nats' team Zoom chat captivated us so much
What would you have thought if someone told you a month ago you'd be spending four hours on the night of April 14 watching two dozen players, coaches and others from the 2019 Nationals hold a video conference call with each other while (sort of) re-watching Game 7 of the World Series? Or that it would be the most enjoyable thing you've watched in the last month? In these strangest of times, it's the strangest of entertainment that is captivating us. And, more importantly, bringing us all...
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Steve Melewski

Alex Cobb in radio interview: "I just want to go play"

Alex Cobb in radio interview: "I just want to go play"
Orioles right-hander Alex Cobb made just three starts last year due to injuries, and he's hoping the coronavirus pandemic won't keep him from seeing the mound this year. Cobb was a guest on the "Vinny and Haynie Show" on 105.7 FM The Fan on Tuesday and said he hopes to get back to playing as soon as possible. "As a player, at this point, even though we've been home for probably a month or so, I'm itching just to go play ball," said Cobb. "So, I don't care what it looks like. I don't...
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Roch Kubatko

Memories of Melvin Mora as MASN airs more Orioles moments

Memories of Melvin Mora as MASN airs more Orioles moments
The sports shutdown is depriving us of live broadcasts - arm wrestling, for instance, is impossible at a six-foot distance - and networks are digging into their vaults for classic games to feed starving fans. The Mid-Atlantic Sports Network keeps airing Orioles wins from as far back as the 1970 World Series. You can count on an exciting finish rather than heartache. Nerves won't be frayed. Yesterday's menu included the four-run, eighth-inning rally to defeat the Yankees on Aug. 13, 2014 at...
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Mark Zuckerman

Wednesday morning Nats Q&A

Wednesday morning Nats Q&A
Well, we've completed the re-watch of the entire 2019 postseason. And it was capped off last night not only with the reairing of Game 7 of the World Series on MASN, but a once-in-a-lifetime Zoom chat with about two dozen Nationals players, coaches and broadcasters. If you missed any or all of it, the full four-hour video is still up. Major props to Ryan Zimmerman and Dan Kolko for putting the whole thing together, and for helping to raise more than $200,000 for the just-formed Pros For Heroes,...
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Roch Kubatko

Another series for Orioles that wasn't played

Another series for Orioles that wasn't played
The Orioles would have been finishing a two-game series against the Cubs tonight at Camden Yards if not for the pandemic and slamming of brakes on the baseball season. A screeching halt before it actually got started. Manager Brandon Hyde would have been able to reminisce about his years in the Cubs organization and visit with friends. No social distancing to keep them apart. The whole scene could have played out again on June 2-3 with the teams meeting at Wrigley Field. Only there would have...
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Mark Zuckerman

Home confinement re-watch: 2019 World Series Game 7

Home confinement re-watch: 2019 World Series Game 7
(Note: You can watch Game 7 of the World Series tonight on MASN at 7 p.m.) There's a strange anticipation to Game 7 of the World Series that doesn't exist any other day of the year. It's the ultimate game, and so there's excitement for the prospect of that. But it's also guaranteed to be the final game of the year, so there's a tinge of sadness that comes with that realization. No matter what happens, no matter who wins, there will not be another ballgame to come after this. The Nationals...
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Roch Kubatko

Elias on importance of draft preparation while unsure of length

Elias on importance of draft preparation while unsure of length
The Orioles are stuck in a sports holding pattern during the coronavirus pandemic, unable to play games but staying busy on other fronts. Only the rosters are frozen. Not the members of the organization. Executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias pointed out in yesterday's Zoom video conference with local media that the Orioles are prepping for the First-Year Player Draft while unsure of the total number of rounds. Could be five, could be more. Won't be less. The bonus for players...
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Roch Kubatko

Elias on Mancini, draft preparations and more

Elias on Mancini, draft preparations and more
Mike Elias is preparing as if the 2020 season will begin at some point over the summer. He's preparing as if the First-Year Player Draft will last 40 rounds. He's proceeding as if baseball life will get back to normal while fully aware that it might stay on hold. There might not be a season. The draft might consist of only five rounds. The club's executive vice president and general manager couldn't offer many updates this afternoon in a Zoom video call with the local media. He's hoping...
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Mark Zuckerman

Home confinement re-watch: 2019 World Series Game 6

Home confinement re-watch: 2019 World Series Game 6
(Note: You can watch Game 6 of the World Series tonight on MASN at 7 p.m. Eastern time.) Man, oh, man, did a lot of stuff happen in this game. I mean, this one game alone included Alex Bregman carrying his bat to first base after homering, then Juan Soto responding by doing the exact same thing. It had Stephen Strasburg tipping his pitches in the top of the first, then making a correction and pitching so well he actually took the mound for the bottom of the ninth. It had Adam Eaton hitting a...
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Steve Melewski

Cooking with the Orioles

Cooking with the Orioles
A few days ago in this space, Orioles director of player development Matt Blood explained how players and coaches on the O's farm are keeping active and trying to improve themselves in various ways during the shutdown of baseball. Much of this is happening via video chats on Zoom. "As a group, we've had Zoom calls on just about everything there is to have a call on. Hitting, pitching, defense, strength and conditioning, nutrition, mental skills, research," he said. "We have calls with the...
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Roch Kubatko

Sports memories and many meals made by a loving mother

Sports memories and many meals made by a loving mother
I returned home from spring training 10 days early because of the coronavirus pandemic. I haven't seen my daughter or been able to hug her since I left for Sarasota, with news that I'm going to be a grandfather. And I haven't seen my mother and can't celebrate her 80th birthday today beyond another phone call and promises that we'll be together again. I've written about the many ways that sports influenced my relationship with my father, who passed away in January 2019, five months after...
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Mark Zuckerman

Sunday morning tidbits

Sunday morning tidbits
A random assortment of tidbits for you on this Sunday morning with no baseball ... * We put the World Series re-watch on hold for a couple of days so we could line up the final two games with MASN's rebroadcast schedule. So look for my re-watch article about Game 6 on Monday morning, with MASN showing the game at 7 p.m. Then I'll have my re-watch article about Game 7 on Tuesday morning, in advance of the telecast at 7 p.m. Hope you've been enjoying the entire experience all over again. * As...
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Steve Melewski

Now pondering the Arizona/Florida plan

Now pondering the Arizona/Florida plan
Earlier this week, we discussed the Arizona plan in this entry. Now there is a Arizona/Florida plan, according to a report yesterday by USA Today sports. In spring training there is a so-called Grapefruit League and a Cactus League. This plan calls for each of the states to host the 15 teams they currently host in spring and there would, for one crazy year only, be no American or National League. No fans would be in attendance at these games. It's another option, another possible plan to try...
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Nationals employee tested positive, completed quarantine

Nationals employee tested positive, completed quarantine
A Nationals employee who was with the club during spring training in West Palm Beach tested positive for COVID-19 after returning home, has completed quarantine and is now symptom-free, general manager Mike Rizzo revealed today during his regular, weekly conference call with reporters. The male employee, whose name was not revealed, tested positive "well after we shut down the facilities in West Palm Beach and D.C.," Rizzo said. "And fortunately he's home and resting and doing well. His...
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Roch Kubatko

This, that and the other

This, that and the other
Part of my spring training routine that disappeared after March 11 was receiving and passing along the list of Orioles extras brought over from the minor league complex. Some high draft picks and some minor league free agents. Pitcher Isaac Mattson fell into a different category. The Orioles didn't draft or sign him. They acquired him from the Angels as part of the four-pitcher package for Dylan Bundy. Mattson appeared in two exhibition games and totaled one inning, but he warranted our...
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Memorabilia and memorable moments

Memorabilia and memorable moments
The absence of games during the sports shutdown has made it necessary for me to tap into my many years on the Orioles beat and my memories as a kid rooting for the team to keep the blog humming. There are only so many roster decisions and stalled competitions to dissect. Only so much speculation about the 2020 season to rekindle and douse. Let's find out a little more about you. With a heavy dose of me, of course. What is your most random or bizarre piece of sports memorabilia? I own a hockey...
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Mark Zuckerman

Home confinement re-watch: 2019 World Series Game 5

Home confinement re-watch: 2019 World Series Game 5
As fans began entering Nationals Park for Game 5 of the World Series, a few thoughts probably were foremost on everyone's minds ... * The home team had to win one of these games eventually, right? * The fact that Max Scherzer was starting for the Nationals should help make that happen, right? No. And no. Not even close. The home team would not win on this night, nor on any forthcoming night (though nobody could have realized that at the time). And more troublesome, Scherzer would not start...
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Roch Kubatko

Some unforgettable moments covering the Orioles in New York

Some unforgettable moments covering the Orioles in New York
A regular season allowed to play out as intended would have brought the Orioles back home tonight after a four-game series in the Bronx. Gary Sánchez probably would have hit five or six home runs. And Gleyber Torres would have said, "Hold my protein shake." The Orioles were supposed to host the Pirates in a three-game weekend series and we could have rehashed the 1971 and 1979 World Series. Better to reminisce about the 2017 regular season and a two-game sweep for the Orioles at Camden...
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Home confinement re-watch: 2019 World Series Game 4

Home confinement re-watch: 2019 World Series Game 4
If Game 3 of the World Series was the most frustrating four hours of the Nationals' entire postseason run, what was Game 4? Awfully frustrating in its own right, that's what it was. There weren't as many squandered opportunities at the plate as there were the previous night, but there were more than a few. And though the final score (an 8-1 Astros victory) was lopsided, the game was very much there for the taking in the bottom of the sixth and top of the seventh, perhaps the key stretch of...
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