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Who’s Blocked Part 2: The Future of the Orioles’ Infield

If you thought finding room in the outfield for Colton Cowser and Heston Kjerstad was difficult then get ready for the even bigger challenge of finding room for Coby Mayo and Connor Norby in the infield. The reason that it is so much more difficult to find spots for Mayo and Norby is because for…
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Who’s Blocked Part 1: The Future of the Orioles’ OF/1B/DH

The thought for this came up as I tried to theorize what the Marlins might want in a trade for Jesus Luzardo and what the Orioles would prefer to give up in a deal for Jesus Luzardo or any other really good pitcher that might become available via trade. Over the past few seasons as…
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It’s Over – How Do We Get Back?

When the Orioles traded for Corbin Burnes it seemed like they had put the finishing touches on an excellent rotation with 2 of the best pitchers by ERA last season in Burnes and Bradish at the top, a rising star in Grayson Rodriguez, a former All Star now almost 2 years off his Tommy John…
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We Are So Back

Between the announcement of the team selling and the Corbin Burnes trade this past week was one of the best weeks to be an Orioles fan in many years. So I wanted to take a quick break from all the NBA blogs to dive into what the sale means for the O’s and why the…
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The Arms Dealer of the NBA

Last year’s trade deadline was perhaps the craziest ever with the Brooklyn Nets detonating what was left of their super team, the Lakers saving their season by bringing in some real role players and most importantly of all the Nuggets got 2 second round picks for Bones Hyland. This year the Nets are currently poised…
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The Bucks Eliminate Themselves from Contention

After a tumultuous first half of the season the Bucks fired their first year head coach Adrian Griffin. The year got off to a weird start when assistant coach, and long time friend of Damian Lillard, Terry Stotts stepped down after Adrian Griffin verbally undressed him in a practice. When this news came most people…
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100% Correct All Star Picks

This year the NBA is going back to the traditional East VS West format for the all star team which is interesting because the all star draft was very popular and the way that the NBA was evolving the draft (originally doing it in secret then televising it then doing it live at the game)…
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NBA Stars That People Don’t Realize They Are About To Start Hating On

In the social media and first take era of the NBA the way that players are perceived by fans and media feels like it follows a rather predictable pattern where players get built up when they first get in the league to be these great superstars but then when they don’t reward their supporters with…
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Was The Nuggets Title Run Too Easy?

One of the most common coping mechanisms that fans on the internet will deploy when they are upset that a certain team is getting too much good press is to find a way to put an asterisk on that team’s biggest accomplishments (which are usually championships). If you look back through the years people have…
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Can Bill Simmons Fight?

I’ve been listening to Bill Simmons pods for years and I generally enjoy them but this latest NBA pod felt like I was being assaulted by insane takes and it made me want to scream so I decided to write out my arguments to try to achieve some closure. “You can always count on the…