Orioles’ 2014 Offseason Planted the Seeds for Team’s Downward Turn
Not only did Orioles management make bad calls on Cruz, Miller and Markakis, but they doubled down in various other transactions along the way.
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Short on Wins, Orioles Seem to be Shooting for a Minyan
Altogether, more than a dozen Jews have donned the Orioles uniform over the club’s 64-year history.
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Israeli Dean Kremer, who played for Israel's national baseball team for three years, was traded to the Orioles on July 18 as part of the deal for Manny Machado. (Facebook)
Orioles Receive Major League Baseball’s 1st Israeli Player in Trade
The Orioles now have an Israeli ballplayer in their organization.
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Alex Bregman posing with the MVP trophy after his home run helped the American League defeat the National League during the 89th MLB All-Star Game at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., July 17, 2018. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
Alex Bregman Wins Baseball All-Star Game MVP with Tie-Breaking Home Run
Playing in his first All-Star game, the third-year major leaguer was named the game’s Most Valuable Player. He is the first Jewish player to win the award since it was instituted in 1962.
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The view of several empty seats at Oriole Park at Camden Yards during a July, 2018, home game. (Photo by Amanda Krotki, Jmore)
Losses Beyond the Mere Playing of Baseball Games
The Orioles now rank 23rd in attendance among all Major League Baseball teams. In their first 42 home games, they’ve drawn 874,218 living souls – at least, according to “official” count.
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Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers connecting for his second home run of the game against the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, June 8, 2018. (Corey Perrine/Getty Images)
5 Jewish Baseball Players Hit Home Runs on the Same Day
June 8 was the most productive day for Jewish batters in Major League Baseball history.
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Back in his Orioles days, Danny Valencia (right) is shown here with Richard Bleier. (Photo by Ira Gewanter)
Seven Questions for a Pair of Jewish Birds
“Everywhere I go, Jews know other Jews in baseball, because there’s not many of us, and we’re embraced pretty much everywhere we find each other. I love that.”–Danny Valencia
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The Orioles’ 2018 Season Appears to be Prematurely Over
Are we all agreed that the Baltimore Orioles’ 2018 season seems to be over when it’s barely even begun?
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Selling Home is no Breeze for Baseball’s ‘Iron Man’
All of this is a reminder on multiple levels to Baltimoreans. It’s a reminder that Cal Ripken Jr., for two decades a nightly fixture of our summers on the left side of the Orioles infield, is no longer our icon of endless youth.
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Alex Bregman swings against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 2 of the World Series at Dodger Stadium, Oct. 25, 2017. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
Alex Bregman is Baseball’s Next Jewish Star
During the 2017 season, the former No. 2 overall draft pick out of Louisiana State averaged .284, pounded 39 doubles and 19 home runs, and stole 17 bases.
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Need to Know for March 29
Need to Know for March 29: Chametz check, more White House changes and #OpeningDay2018!
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