The Orioles have an issue. An issue that has persisted since they cobbled together the Cinderella story that was the 2012 season. Starting pitching is a phrase that substitutes as an oxymoron at times when addressing the Orioles throwers. It is strange that the same organization that has produced the likes of Jim Palmer, Mike Mussina, and (for the older crowd) Milt Pappas would have better luck pulling fans from the stands to pitch in 2018. However, there was a point in time where they produced the biggest “What-if” in baseball history.
Steve Louis Dalkowski, “Dalko” or “White Lighning” to some, was a five-foot 10-inch, left-handed pitcher from New Britain, Connecticut who supposedly threw a fastball at 125 miles per hour.