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Ball Hawking: Second homestand fan fielding analysis

At the beginning of April, the Orioles played a three-game home stand — their first home games of the season. As happens in the beginning ...
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O’s wrong to change time of Earl Weaver remembrance ceremony

Since last season, the Orioles have done well in recovering their image as one of the worst organizations in professional sports. With the hiring of ...
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Ball Hawking: First homestand fan fielding analysis

Over the offseason, I spent some time looking at every home run hit at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in 2012, formulating a fan fielding ...
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R.I.P. Matt Hersl, who set the standard for OPACY “ball hawks”

Pictured – Matt is on the right in the top row. I do not think I have ever had to write something like this before. ...
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Ball Hawking: Lifelong fan hauls in Davis’ Opening Day grand slam ball

He was feeling it before the ball even left the bat. “Davis hasn’t homered yet tonight,” he texted a friend. “He needs one to keep ...
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Birdland stands behind you, Brian Roberts

Brian Roberts is resilient. You may read that as one of those positive-from-a-negative compliments, the equivalent of “she’s got a great personality.” And it is ...
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Ball Hawking – An introduction

On estimate, a typical Major League Baseball game provides around 35 opportunities for fans in attendance to leave with a game used, officially licensed, Bud ...
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Ryan Lavarnway, the 2011 Red Sox collapse, & the art of the “dupe” ball

The final series of the 2011 Orioles season was characterized by the completion of Boston’s collapse and further iconized by Robert Andino’s walk-off single falling ...
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Ball Hawking: My 2012 season review

Tim Anderson is our resident expert on catching home run balls. From time to time, he’ll provide an analysis of his own fielding performance in ...
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Ball Hawking: OPACY 2012 fan fielding analysis

Introduction: Baseball is a game of numbers. Statistics, both original and cutting-edge, fuel debates, write columns, and provide many with jobs analyzing the sport they ...
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