January 7, 2009
Dan Connolly
On Baseball
The worst and the best
January 1, 2009
Of all the baseball moments I covered in 2008, two stand out the most.
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Orioles need to treat Teixeira like real blue-chip recruit
November 18, 2008
The Orioles have taken the first step in their pursuit of Maryland-born first baseman Mark Teixeira.
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Years after flying the O's coop, Phillies GM still delivering
October 31, 2008
In the midst of the World Series fiesta on the Citizens Bank Park field late Wednesday night stood a calm man wearing a sport jacket, dress slacks and a toothy grin.
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Philly fans accustomed to having rain on their parade
October 29, 2008
Curses are made for cities like Chicago and Boston.
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O's should follow Series' leaders
October 28, 2008
On one end of the major league baseball managerial spectrum sits the Philadelphia Phillies' Charlie Manuel, baseball's folksy uncle with the country drawl and the zany stories.
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Celebration of 1983 team brings memories of magic
July 23, 2008
The one-line bio on Wikipedia reads as such: "Terry Lee Landrum is a former professional baseball player who played in the major leagues primarily as an outfielder from 1980-1988."
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Latest O's blow hardest to accept
December 18, 2007
Orioles fans can seemingly take anything and keep coming back for more.
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To even the youngest O's fans, Hagy was part of the magic
August 21, 2007
If you went to any youth baseball game in or around Baltimore in the mid-1970s to mid-1980s, there were certain things you were sure to see.
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Connolly: Teixeira can go home again, but that's not to Baltimore
August 5, 2007
When it was announced that the Atlanta Braves acquired first baseman Mark Teixeira for a rookie and four prospects, some frustrated Orioles fans spewed venom on Internet message boards and sports talk shows.
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Connolly: Talking Ripken
July 29, 2007
Since 2001, my first year covering the Orioles and Cal Ripken Jr.'s final year playing for them, I've probably written tens of thousands of words about Aberdeen's favorite son. Now, as No. 8 officially joins the sport's other immortals in the Baseball Hall of Fame, writing again about Ripken seems unavoidable.
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