A new day has dawned for the Orioles Lance Lynn Jersey , or so O’s fans can only hopeve done better introducing himself."If a press conference can win a World Series title for a team, the Orioles are in good shape with their new general manager, Mike Elias. The fresh hire was as impressive as anyone could have hoped for in his Monday morning introduction to O’s fans and media. It’ll take more than just a good press conference to bring quality baseball back to Baltimore, of course. Elias gave every impression that he is going to be up to the task.The whole thing was choreographed to present the idea that this is a new era in Baltimore. Even the staging of the chairs was more reminiscent of a coffee shop than anything. The sons of Peter Angelos, John and Louis, were on either side of Elias throughout the conference and in a departure from the usual atmosphere, there was no table between the reporters and the people answering the questions. John Angelos, who opened the press conference by talking about the local ownership’s continuing hope that a winning Orioles team can make a positive impact in the community of Baltimore, called it “transparent.” There’s no doubt it was different.Different is music to my ears after the way things have been over the past year, with the team sinking to new lows while stories trickled out of dysfunction in the front office, of backwards thinking Mark McGwire Jersey , of a wide world of new analytics passing the Orioles by. The number one thing you need after losing 115 games is different, because the only way you lose 115 games is if almost everything goes wrong to begin with.Though Elias sounded a note of caution that “it’s a process that doesn’t have a lot of shortcuts,” he laid out a simple plan that’s as exciting as you can get after the year we just watched. In his first remarks he set forth this goal: “We’re going to build an elite talent pipeline from the lowest rung, the Dominican Summer League, through Triple-A and on to the MLB roster here in Baltimore.”As for how to accomplish that, although Elias did not dive very deep into the specifics, he expanded on the structure of his plan in a way that also sounds like music to my ears: “We’re going to embark on a large multi-pronged effort touching on every corner of baseball operations.” This included an increased emphasis on domestic and international scouting, player development, coaching, and analytics, with Elias and the Angeloses both emphasizing that they share that vision for improving the team.Time will tell for how long it takes and how well it goes. It doesn’t take a very deep reading of Elias’s experience in baseball to realize that he’s been a part of this before http://www.stlouiscardinalsteamshop.com/authentic-marcell-ozuna-jersey , first with the Cardinals and then with the Astros, so his confidence that the process works and that he will be able to pull it off is something that’s easy to believe in.Some of the responses to specific topics that came up in the media Q&A portion:On analyticsOn international spendingOn players already hereOn draftingOn Brady AndersonNeither Elias nor the Angelos brothers mentioned Anderson by name. Elias said that he’s talked to “most, if not all” of the remaining high-level executives and praised them collectively with “good work being done.” He noted in particular that he’d be leaning on the existing expertise to decide who to add to the 40-man roster, and who to remove, in order to set the roster before tomorrow’s deadline to protect Rule 5 eligible players from next month’s draft.Asked directly about Anderson, John Angelos deflected somewhat, replying that the family and Elias “discussed all aspects of baseball operations in lengthy meetings we had.” He later noted that this ended up being 25-30 hours of meetings. I think it is safe to guess that a lot of specific topics came up in those meetings before Elias agreed to take the job, including Anderson and what he should and shouldn’t do. As the transition period moves on, Angelos said, Elias will determine how the remaining people will make the best contribution to the franchise. Whether this means Brady is quietly shuffled out of the organization or if he’s placed in a position of more limited influence and reporting directly to Elias remains to be seen.**The entire press conference was about 45 minutes, and if you want to watch it for yourself http://www.stlouiscardinalsteamshop.com/authentic-marcell-ozuna-jersey , it is available on the Orioles YouTube page. (Conference starts at 2:30; h/t to commenter OEutaw) NEW YORK (AP) — Marty Noble, the longtime baseball writer and Hall of Fame voter who was a mainstay on the New York Mets beat for decades, has died. He was 70.He died Sunday in Florida, according to Newsday and MLB.com. Newsday said a family member confirmed his death, but no cause was given.Noble covered the New York Yankees and Mets for Newsday from 1981-2004, the newspaper said. After that he moved to MLB.com, remaining on the Mets beat through 2010 and then working in a general role until he retired in 2016. But he could still be found at the ballpark some days, making a visit to the Mets’ spring training facility as recently as Friday, the website said.A dean among the city’s many experienced baseball writers, Noble was a familiar presence to all in the press box and clubhouse at Shea Stadium and Citi Field, often smiling as he pulled up a chair to strike up a friendly chat with a Mets player sitting at his locker.A skillful writer who enjoyed producing long-form pieces Paul DeJong Jersey , Noble was a go-to source on the history of both New York baseball teams. He established good relationships with generations of Mets stars from Tom Seaver and Keith Hernandez to Dwight Gooden and David Wright.According to Newsday, Noble started his New York-area reporting career at the Herald News in New Jersey in 1970 and was on the baseball beat at the Bergen Record by 1974. He joined Newsday in 1981 and covered both the Mets and Yankees at various times during the 1980s. He stayed solely on the Mets beat from 1990-2004.In recent years, Noble devoted many hours to editing and overseeing the program for the annual New York Baseball Writers’ Association of America dinner, where winners of the MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year awards often receive their prizes. He was one of the longest-tenured BBWAA members in the entire country.Noble is survived by his wife, Yvette, and two daughters, Carolyn and Lindsay, according to MLB.com. There was no immediate information on funeral arrangements.