In O’s news: the possibility of a Schoop return Adeiny Hechavarria Jersey , updates on the O’s search for a GM and a grim reality."Morning, rocess of interviewing candidates for a president of baseball operations role. That is literally all we know.Who the actual candidates are is unclear. When the Orioles will hire for the position is a mystery. How much control that person will truly have is up in the air. But they are conducting a search. There is a process in place.We can all exhale a little bit. At least, until we find out the name of the person that is selected. Then we all get to freak out again.LinksInternational cap money; top executive search and pitch; Miley’s NL might - The AthleticNo one knows who the Orioles are interviewing to replace Dan Duquette, but it is said to be a process being handled solely by the Angelos brothers. Brady Anderson is not involved. That’s how it should be, but it will be interesting to see if that dynamic changes once the new GM-type is in place.Whittling down the walks would work wonders for Orioles - MASN SportsRoch’s piece is predominantly about coaching changes and the O’s pitchers walking too many guys. But then he drops an interesting nugget at the end. The Orioles, apparently, want to build a more traditional baseball hierarchy that would have an independent president of baseball operations at the top, and then they would be the one to hire the GM and so forth. Maybe I was in the dark, but this is the first I’ve heard of it. If true, that is a positive development.If Relegation Existed in Baseball - FanGraphsThe Marlins, White Sox Sergio Romo Jersey , Royals and Orioles would be replaced by the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, the Memphis Redbirds, the Fresno Grizzlies and El Paso Chihuahuas. Minor league team names are the best.Could Johnny Baseball have a reunion with the Orioles? - MASN SportsThis post is based on the premise that the Brewers could non-tender Jonathan Schoop based on how poorly he played for them following the July trade that landed the O’s Jonathan Villar, Luis Ortiz and Jean Carmona. It’s possible in the way that anything is possible. But Mike Moustakas may leave after the season, allowing Travis Shaw to move back to third and giving Schoop his spot at second base. For Milwaukee, Schoop becomes a 27-year-old former All-Star on a one-year deal. That seems like someone worth holding onto.Orioles birthdays and historyIs it your birthday? Happy Birthday! Former starting pitcher Hayden Penn celebrates his 34th birthday today. Penn pitched in 14 games for the Orioles between 2005 and 2006, struggling to a 9.31 ERA in that time. In April of 2009, the righty was traded to the then-Florida Marlins for future Red Sox killer Robert Andino.It is also the birthday of the late Ron Moeller, a left-handed pitcher for the O’s in 1956 and then again in 1958. He tossed 13 innings across eight games for the black and orange.1970 - The O’s beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-3 in game three of the World Series. Brooks Robinson makes two great plays. Frank Robinson and Don Buford hit home runs. And Baltimore starting pitcher Dave McNally helps his own cause by hitting a grand slam using a bat lent to him by outfielder Curt Motton. McNally remains the only pitcher to hit a grand slam in World Series history.1971 - The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Orioles 4-3 in game four of the World Series to tie it at two games apiece. The matchup is the first night game in World Series history.1979 - A 9-6 win gives the O’s a 3-1 series advantage over the Pirates in the World Series. We won’t talk about how the remainder of that Fall Classic went down.1996 - The Birds fall 6-4 to the New York Yankees in game five of the ALCS, clinching a World Series berth for the Bombers, their first since 1981. Major League Baseball has informed the Philadelphia Phillies and the Chicago Cubs that pitchers are in fact allowed to have a reference card on the mound with them, according to MLB.com'sCarrie Muskat and Joe Bloss.There was confusion during Saturday night's game at Citizens Bank Park as to whether it was permissible http://www.raysfanproshop.com/authentic-evan-longoria-jersey , when umpire Joe West made Phillies reliever Austin Davis surrender his cheat sheet:West citedRule 6.02(c)(7), which states the pitcher shall not "have on his person, or in his possession, any foreign substance," as his reasoning. However, he acknowledged afterward, via the Associated Press (h/tESPN.com), he wasn't quite sure if it was illegalut he wanted to be safe rather than sorry:"I saw him take it out, and I went, 'What the heck is that?'"I didn't want to throw him out," West said. "I know it's foreign, but he's not trying to cheat. Maybe he's trying to get an advantage because he's reading the scouting report http://www.raysfanproshop.com/authentic-evan-longoria-jersey , but it wasn't pine tar, it wasn't an emery board, it wasn't whatever."In the long run, maybe they'll let him [have the card]. Right now, my hands are tied until they say yes or no. Right now, until the office says it's OK to carry this, he can't do it."Davis, meanwhile, noted that the card helps him prepare for the hitters he is facing, via Muskat and Bloss:"This is something I create. We have our meeting where we go over the hitters. I take that information and put it on a card so I don't have to try and memorize it, and use my mental energy to get ready for the game. Then I just take a glance and go."Our analytics department works really, really hard to come up with this stuff for us http://www.raysfanproshop.com/authentic-evan-longoria-jersey , and I want to use it because they work all day to come up with stuff to help get guys out. And if I have an answer to get a guy out, I want to know what that is."With how much analytics have become a part of today's game, players have a lot to digest when it comes to preparing for opposing hitters. A cheat sheet like the one Davis was carrying can serve as a nice reminder as to how to approach a batter.Position players have used similar cards in order to make sure they are in the right spot for a particular hitter.Phillies manager Gabe Kapler, via the AP, called the cheat sheets "a really good thing for baseball." For what it's worth, Cubs manager Joe Maddon did not take issue with the card. Via MLB.com, he said "it's no big deal" and that he "believe[s] in information."Davis worked two innings against the Cubs on Saturday in a 7-1 loss, allowing two unearned runs on three hits while striking out two.