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Matthew Taylor: Baseball as a family bond
I had the pleasure of visiting Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tenn., this week. With Father’s Day approaching, the wonderful independent...
Matthew Taylor: Orioles history flush with Yankees ties
It may seem a strange choice for an Orioles blogger to write about a former Yankees manager and a former...
Matthew Taylor: Mining major league talent from Maryland
Residents of the great state of Maryland can claim seven Hall of Famers as their own: Lefty Grove, Jimmie Foxx,...
Matthew Taylor: Measuring historical dominance by Orioles pitchers
Which Orioles pitchers have had the most dominant individual outings by modern statistical measures? That’s one of the questions that...
Matthew Taylor: When wooden foul lines factored into a wager between pitchers
Orioles pitchers Hoyt Wilhelm and Billy O’Dell each entered the 1959 season with one career home run. Wilhelm’s homer came...
Matthew Taylor: Taking aim at Eutaw Street
I have long home runs on the mind. First, there was the anniversary last Friday of Frank Robinson becoming the...
Matthew Taylor: Going deep to find members of exclusive Orioles club
Minnesota Twins rookie Eddie Rosario homered on the first big league pitch he ever saw on Wednesday. Rosario became the...
Matthew Taylor: Digging deeper for hope and inspiration
I started blogging about the Orioles in 2006. I chronicled six of the final 14 losing seasons in Baltimore; to...
Matthew Taylor: Revisiting a date ripe with significance
Thursday night’s Orioles game, a 7-6 loss to Toronto that extended the team’s losing streak to four games, isn’t much...
Matthew Taylor: On 40th birthday, a surprise return to innocence
I celebrated my birthday in the Frank Robinson Suite at Camden Yards last weekend. It was an atypical setting for...