Jack Gibbons

1 week ago | baltimorebaseball.com | Jack Gibbons

SCROLL DOWN TO READ ARTICLE On Saturday, MASN broadcaster Melanie Newman was working from the camera well close to third base at Boston’s Fenway Park when a foul ball off the bat of Rob Refsnyder came screaming toward her head. She saw the ball and did her best to avoid getting hit, but there wasn’t enough time or space to avoid it. Thankfully, she moved just enough to create a glancing blow and, after a trip to the hospital, was back at work on Sunday in the same camera well.

3 weeks ago | baltimorebaseball.com | Jack Gibbons

SCROLL DOWN TO READ ARTICLE On Friday, after the Minnesota Twins had swept the Orioles and left them with a 15-27 record, I wrote that it was time for the Orioles to make changes. On Saturday, after the team left 15 runners on base in a one-run loss to the Washington Nationals, the Orioles announced that manager Brandon Hyde had been fired. Immediate reaction from fans was varied. Overdue. Good riddance. Mistake. General manager Mike Elias should have been the one to go, and so on.

3 weeks ago | baltimorebaseball.com | Jack Gibbons

SCROLL DOWN TO READ ARTICLE So when does owner David Rubenstein say, enough is enough? When does he acknowledge that whatever process his Orioles say they trust isn’t working? When does he start demanding changes? The 24-2 Easter embarrassment might have come too soon to start making moves. The sweep in Detroit, culminating with a 7-0 loss, was still in April, and starting pitcher Dean Kremer said you can’t lose a season that early.

1 month ago | baltimorebaseball.com | Jack Gibbons

SCROLL DOWN TO READ ARTICLE Starting pitcher Dean Kremer said you can’t lose a season in April after the Tigers swept the Orioles this past weekend in Detroit. Infielder Ramón Urías said the Orioles were still bringing energy in a 7-0 mismatch that completed the sweep and the Orioles’ humiliation. Kremer has math on his side, although the Orioles’ 10-17 record is, at the least, a concern if not a crisis point. Urías can’t support his assertion that the Orioles’ energy is still high.

1 month ago | baltimorebaseball.com | Jack Gibbons

SCROLL DOWN TO READ ARTICLE What happened: Orioles manager Brandon Hyde tried a different approach with struggling starter Charlie Morton on Saturday night. He had left-hander Keegan Akin open the game before bringing in Morton with two outs in the second. Morton struck out Tigers catcher Tomás Nido on a 97-mph fastball. That was a highlight.