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Holy Shit, Chris Davis Actually Got A Hit
A historic weight was lifted off of Chris Davis’s shoulders on Saturday. After 54 consecutive at bats without a hit—a streak that started in September of last season—Davis did the unthinkable and finally smacked one into the outfield for a single. The unfortunate soul who helped Davis break the stre...
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Chris Davis Is Now Officially Part Of Miserable Baseball History [Update]
Chris Davis has done it, it being a thing he definitely didn’t want to do. The Baltimore Orioles’ slugger—uh, hitter—uh, statue—lined out to left in the bottom of the fifth in tonight’s game against the Oakland Athletics. In doing so, he reached an 0-for-47 mark which began Sept. 14 of last season, ...
Chris Davis Is Closing In On Some Miserable History
How bad are things for Orioles first baseman/futilityman Chris Davis? He’s so lost at the plate right now, he’s losing pitching assignments over it. ...
Chris Davis Is Really Bumming Me Out
In what threatens to become an Orioles home-opener tradition, Chris Davis went 0-for-3 with three strikeouts and was increasingly booed for each....
The Orioles Finally, Mercifully Shelved Chris Davis
It appears the Orioles will not, in fact, let Chris Davis have the worst season in baseball history. Davis hasn’t played this week, and Friday night Orioles manager Buck Showalter reportedly indicated there’s no timetable for his return. This news is less happy than, say, news of Davis breaking out ...
Are The Orioles Going To Let Chris Davis Have The Worst Season Ever?
Orioles first baseman Chris Davis is in real danger of having the worst season in the history of baseball. That’s not a joke or hyperbole. He’s playing unbelievably, historically bad baseball:...
Chris Davis Went Full Bo Jackson
Chris Davis hasn’t had an especially great start to the season; he entered today 3-for-30, and going 0-for-4 with two strikeouts during tonight’s game against the Blue Jays certainly didn’t help matters. But that second strikeout—which came as he led off the sixth inning for Baltimore, down 2-1—was ...
The Orioles Are Done Talking To Chris Davis For Now
Hot stove season is the best because we all get to play. Not just passively hoping for and dreaming of improvements to our favorite teams, but the armchair, semi-informed analysis we get to provide when details of negotiations become public. If something leaks, it leaks for a reason, and when contra...
Chris Davis Is A New Breed Of Mendoza Line Hitter
Hitters at the Mendoza Line are almost definitionally not very good, and players with poor averages usually don't hit a lot of home runs. You have to hit the ball to hit it out of the yard, after all. Lately, though, there have been more exceptions to those rules than ever before. ...
Watch How This Foul Ball Ends Up In Chris Davis's Shirt
The latest cool baseball thing comes from Monday night's Orioles-Yankees game. Chris Davis fouled off a pitch from C.C. Sabathia, and the ball somehow found its way into Davis's jersey. ...
Chris Davis Hits Record-Tying Home Run
Chris Davis hit another home run Sunday, his fourth in as many days. He now has 37 on the season, which leads the league and ties Reggie Jackson's record for most home runs before the All-Star break. ...