MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Barring a last-minute transaction, there will be one rookie on the Baltimore Orioles Opening Day roster, but to the angst and outrage of a significant portion of the Orioles fanbase, that rookie will not be the rookie that all Orioles fans are excited to soon see in Baltimore. Which they…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports The legacy of Peter Angelos is complex to say the least, but it really shouldn’t be. He did so many good things for so many people who needed good things, fueled by his deep love for his hometown of Baltimore and the state of Maryland. As one of the most…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Not lost in the cloak of the Seoul, South Korea darkness with which Major League Baseball opened its 2024 season was the news that the Los Angeles Dodgers fired Ippei Mizuhara, the interpreter and best buddy of international megastar Shohei Ohtani. Ohtani’s representatives have accused Ippei of engaging in “massive…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Look, I watched the baseball game on Tuesday, and I, too, am delighted to say that, yes, it’s a very giddy time for anyone who roots for the Baltimore Orioles. But, please … let’s keep some perspective. Let’s not forget who we are. We see silly things on social…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Came across “Moneyball” on television Sunday morning and it’s just one of those stop-what-you’re-doing movies, so I stopped what I was doing, which was nothing, even though I have seen it at least 10 times. If you like baseball movies, or so-called baseball movies, “Moneyball” is one of the best.…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports What a difference a year makes, huh? For Maryland and West Virginia men’s basketball. At this time last year, both Maryland and West Virginia, while on their way to being bumped from their respective conference tournaments, were still flying sky-high knowing they were sure-fire locks to make it to March…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Don’t look now, but the Baltimore Orioles are currently 14-2 in Grapefruit League play, which is every bit as insignificant as the NFL-record 24-game preseason winning streak of the Baltimore Ravens, yet still seems to make John Harbaugh very proud. Whatever. The Orioles’ preseason success this spring is significant, though,…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports It’s always fun to go back to College Park and particularly to the University of Maryland, even with a bad basketball game sandwiched into the middle of the day. It’s different, of course; the campus has continuously changed since the days when Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan were just down…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Alfred, Lord Tennyson — no relation to Alfred, the Butler — once said, “In the spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of baseball.” Well, actually, he didn’t say that; I say that, but spring is definitely in the air around here, and you can tell just by…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Caitlin Clark became the all-time women’s leading scorer in major college basketball Wednesday night by scoring 33 points to pass Lynette Woodard, posting her 17th career triple-double for sixth-ranked Iowa in a 108-60 victory over Minnesota. Clark now has 3,650 career points, while Woodard had 3,649 points for Kansas in…
