Voice Of The Fan: Top Sports Stories Of The Week Of June 16, 2014
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On Friday night, the Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees will begin a three-game series that will have an impact on the AL East standings. Yankee Stadium is the setting for a matchup between two of the top three teams in the division.
Brittany Ghiroli joined Ed and Steve to preview the Orioles weekend series in New York.
With the Orioles, Zach Britton was struggling for a while but seems to find his nitch. Although Kapler was pushing for O'Day, he says that "Britton has stepped up beautifully." The issue with Baltimore right now is that they do not have anyone to really depend on for the top of the rotation. They need some guys to depend on especially in the post season.
Scott talks about what Steve Pearce means to the Orioles and his potential role on the roster moving forward.
Tom Verducci of Sports Illustrated had an interesting piece about parity in baseball, which seems to be following the path of the NFL.
Kevin Gausman pitched six shutout innings, Steve Pearce's opposite-field double snapped a scoreless tie and Nelson Cruz added his major league-leading 22nd home run to help the Baltimore Orioles beat the Tampa Bay Rays 2-0 on Wednesday.
Steve Mewleski joins Scott and Jeremy on 105.7 The Fan to talk Orioles as well as the minor league.
There were a few interesting nuggets that Steve points out from his interview with Orioles manager Buck Showalter.
Kevin Gausman allowed 2 runs and 9 hits over 13 innings winning both his outings and limited Toronto to one run in six innings of a 4-2 victory Thursday.
Buck Showalter joined Ed and Steve to talk about Wieters and the Orioles.
After dropping two games in a row, the Baltimore Orioles needed to get themselves a win against the Tampa Bay Rays.
With the recent announcement that Matt Wieters' elbow would require surgery, we thought back on some other memorable injuries that the Orioles have had to deal with and fans can't forget.
David DeJesus ran out of room and crashed into the wall, resulting in a grand slam for Baltimore's Chris Davis in the Orioles' 7-5 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night.
