Author Archives: Matthew Taylor

About Matthew Taylor

Roar from 34, a Baltimore Orioles Blog. Humor. History. Homerism. Since 2006.

Talking Orioles Baseball and … Dead Fish

Posted on April 20, 2021 by Matthew Taylor

Cesar Valdez’s Baseball Reference page reads like a menu with two stops in Tabasco and a visit to Margarita. Know what else is on the menu when we’re talking Cesar Valdez? Dead fish. Continue reading →

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Which Baltimore Orioles Batters Have Put The Most Social Distance Between Themselves and the Baseball in the Statcast Era?

Posted on March 27, 2020 by Matthew Taylor

Major League Baseball installed Statcast technology in all 30 ballparks in 2015. Amidst a wealth of advanced data made available by the system rests a simple classic: home run distance. Statcast collected information on more than 1,000 Baltimore Orioles home … Continue reading →

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Which Type of Quarantined Orioles Fan Are You?

Posted on March 26, 2020 by Matthew Taylor

It’s Opening Day. Well, it was supposed to be anyway. Instead, we have #OpeningDayAtHome. Sigh. We each have our own coping methods. Still, I’m thinking there are some general categories of quarantined baseball fans that capture many members of the #Birdland … Continue reading →

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