Unpaid Water Bills Briefly Put Ravens And Orioles Stadiums In Jeopardy

Baltimore held its annual tax sale earlier this week, where bidders could vie for the right to take on unpaid taxes and water bills from property owners in exchange for the right to charge those owners interest or possibly foreclose on property if the bills remain unpaid. In theory, this allows the city of Baltimore…

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Adam Jones Politely Says Curt Schilling Doesn't Know Shit About Being Black In Boston

Orioles outfielder Adam Jones did an interview with Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports about black players in baseball, racism, former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, and more. It’s a valuable conversation with a lot of hearty answers from Jones. He shared what he thought was the dumbest thing people say (“I don’t see…

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Nonsensical Ejection Caps Off Red Sox-Orioles Beef In Dumbest Way Possible

The Red Sox and Orioles have engaged in quite the skirmish over the past week and change, repeatedly throwing baseballs at each other and glowering just enough to get Rob Manfred to step in and tell them to cool it. By the time the commissioner gets involved in a confrontation like this, it’s usually good sign that…

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Manny Machado Repeatedly Curses Red Sox's "Fucking Bullshit," Says He Has No Respect For Organization

Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale threw behind Orioles third baseman Manny Machado on the first pitch of his at-bat tonight. Sale’s message was the latest slice of beef that started with Machado sliding into Dustin Pedroia over a week ago. Machado crushed a homer off Sale later in tonight’s game to get his revenge, but he…

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Manny Machado Gets Revenge Against Chris Sale For Throwing Behind Him By Smacking A Towering Homer

The Boston Red Sox have been mad at Manny Machado for over a week now, ever since he spiked Dustin Pedroia while sliding into second base. They tried to plunk him in retaliation the day after, but that attempt went sideways and Matt Barnes got tossed without even getting to hit Machado.

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Adam Jones Says Red Sox Fans Taunted Him With Racist Insults

After the Orioles beat the Red Sox in Boston tonight, Orioles center fielder Adam Jones said that some Red Sox fans spent the game pelting him with racist insults. As Jones told USA Today’s Bob Nightengale, he’s dealt with racism from Red Sox fans before, but tonight was the worst such experience of his career:

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Manny Machado Bashes Huge Homer Over The Green Monster, Takes His Time Admiring It

Manny Machado, who just a few days ago crushed the longest homer of the season so far when he sent a ball flying over the restaurant in Yankees’ center field, hit another major tater at Fenway tonight, sending Rick Porcello’s 2-2 pitch well over the Green Monster.

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Parade Of Errors Helps Orioles Score On Little League Inside-The-Park Home Run

Kevin Kiermaier is one of the best defensive center fielders in the game, but tonight, he helped give the Orioles a pair of undeserved runs. Kiermaier’s error was the least decisive of the series of fuck-ups that gifted Seth Smith a little league inside-the-park home run, he just started what became a compounding…

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Orioles Bludgeon Steven Wright For Four Homers In First Two Innings

Red Sox starting pitcher Steven Wright did not have a good night whatsoever. The knuckleballer’s start lasted just 34 pitches, during which he gave up eight runs and four dingers in the first 1.1 innings. In the first inning alone, Wright gave up six runs and two homers.

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Mark Trumbo Does His Thing, Crushes Extra-Inning Walk-Off Homer

The home run factory that is the Baltimore Orioles picked up right where it left off last season in its Opening Day game against the Toronto Blue Jays—the team that beat them in the AL Wild Card game last year. Tied 2-2 in the bottom of the 11th inning with two outs and two strikes, the Orioles’ Mark Trumbo feasted…

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Dan Duquette: Orioles Fans Hate Jose Bautista, Prefer "Working Class" Players

Over the summer, Orioles general manager Dan Duquette told then-free agent outfielder Jose Bautista that the O’s weren’t in a position to sign him because of how despised he is by Baltimore fans. In an interview with MLB.com yesterday, Duquette reiterated that theory and went one step further, explaining specifically…

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