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10 American Jewish Baseball Players to Become Dual Israeli Citizens to Boost Olympics Bid

by JTA | Oct 10, 2018 | Baseball, News, Orioles, Sports

(JTA) — Ten Jewish-American baseball players will become dual Israeli citizens partly to help the country’s team make the 2020 Olympics. Some of the players, who will visit Israel’s Interior Ministry next week to begin the process, also represented Israel in last...

Adam Jones — Should He Stay or Should He Go?

by Stan "The Fan" Charles | Aug 24, 2018 | Baseball, News, Orioles, Sports

An Adam Jones conversation devoid of numbers might be a good idea for the O’s. If you think the 2018 baseball season in Baltimore has been horrific, well, that’s certainly no news flash. At last, Orioles ownership and management has gone all in for a much-needed...

Catching Up with Dean Kremer, Baseball’s 1st Israeli Player

by Ira Gewanter | Aug 14, 2018 | Baseball, News, Orioles, Sports

Don’t let Dean Kremer’s polite, soft-spoken manner fool you. When the 22-year-old, California-born pitcher toes the rubber like a praying mantis, you’d best watch out. Blink and you’ll miss a fastball searing the corners of the strike zone. Or a curveball...

Orioles Prospect Kremer Wants to ‘Lead The Way’ as Israeli Baseball Player — PressBox

by PressBox | Aug 7, 2018 | Baseball, FROM OUR PARTNERS, Orioles, Sports

By Brooks DuBose Before new Orioles pitching prospect Dean Kremer made headlines for being one of the five players the Los Angeles Dodgers shipped to the Orioles for infielder Manny Machado July 18, he made history two years earlier for a different reason. Kremer, who...

Orioles’ 2014 Offseason Planted the Seeds for Team’s Downward Turn

by Stan "The Fan" Charles | Jul 31, 2018 | Baseball, News, Orioles, Sports

After 14 years in baseball hell, the 2012 Baltimore Orioles got back into the business of winning ballgames. In fact, the Orioles won enough to make the playoffs in that magical return to baseball relevance. After a slight downturn in 2013 — with a record of...

Orioles Receive Major League Baseball’s 1st Israeli Player in Trade

by Jeff Seidel | Jul 19, 2018 | Baltimore, Baseball, Israel, Maryland, News, Orioles, Sports

Most Orioles fans know about the trade that sent Manny Machado to the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 18. But they may not realize that the Birds received a player in the deal who is the first Israeli to sign a contract with a Major League Baseball team. The Orioles...

Seven Questions for a Pair of Jewish Birds

by Ira Gewanter | May 16, 2018 | Baseball, News, Orioles, Sports

Here in Charm City, the Orioles are more than simply a local baseball team – they’re mishpachah. And for Jewish fans, that familial relationship runs especially deep, most visibly at Oriole Park’s kosher stand, the first and longest-running of its kind in Major League...

A Way to Rope in Schoop

by Stan "The Fan" Charles | Apr 27, 2018 | Baseball, News, Orioles, Sports

Is second baseman Jonathan Schoop’s cold start and injury an opportunity for the O’s? Some friends of mine who do a really cool podcast at pressboxonline.com — brothers Matt and Josh Sroka and their best buddy (and now brother-in-law) Bert Rode — came out...

Scooping Up Schoop

by Stan "The Fan" Charles | Jan 26, 2018 | Baseball, News, Orioles, Sports

It’s time for the Orioles to sign star second baseman Jonathan Schoop to a long-term contract. With the Orioles seeming to have lost all leverage when it comes to getting any sort of positive outcome with Manny Machado, there is an old expression that seems...

PressBox’s Best Of Baltimore Sports

by PressBox | Jan 19, 2018 | Baseball, Football, FROM OUR PARTNERS, News, Orioles, Ravens, Sports

PressBox’s inaugural Best Of Baltimore Sports highlights the Sportsperson of the Year and more than 50 honorees celebrating the top sports people, performances and moments of the past 12 months. Who made the cut as the best newcomer, unsung hero, stadium...