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April 28, 2011

What they're saying about the Orioles: April 28

Here's a look at what other media outlets have said about the Orioles in the past week:

• CSN Baltimore’s John Eisenberg writes that Orioles starter Zach Britton keeps rolling.

The rookie left-hander won again Tuesday night, pitching six strong innings in a 4-1 win over the Boston Red Sox at Camden Yards. The Orioles are now 4-1 in his starts and 5-11 in games started by everyone else.

After the game, no player in the clubhouse was volunteering that they have more faith in Britton, 23, than the other starters, but if this keeps up, it will be so obvious no one has to say it.
In fact, it already is, really.

“You just don’t see a ball with that much movement very often,” said Orioles first baseman Derrek Lee, 35, a veteran who has seen a lot of pitchers. “He’s going to be tough all year.”
The Orioles are onto something here, folks. No rookie pitcher wearing their uniform had ever won four games in April until Britton did it this month. Tuesday night, with his sinking fastball constantly sawing off hitters, he allowed one run on five hits while lowering his ERA to 2.84.

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April 21, 2011

What they're saying about the Orioles: April 21

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• For a profile of Orioles left fielder Luke Scott, ESPN’s Amy K. Nelson spoke with Scott in spring training about his offseason comments about President Barack Obama not being born in the United States.

During a three-hour drive from a spring training game to the home in De Leon Springs, Fla., just north of Orlando, Scott talks about politics, race and religion. His tone is professorial, but the new mandate has had an effect: Scott says he can't talk about anybody by name, that he doesn't want to cause a distraction to his team.

Still, he talks.

"I felt tremendous about what I said, and I was proud of it," Scott says of the Obama comments. "If I could rewind and turn back the clock and go do it again, I'd say the exact same thing. I'd go home and put my head on the pillow and feel wonderful about myself. But certain things were taken and twisted."

Scott says that his overall message about accountability was missed, and it's all quite simple: He lives his life by certain principles, and chief among those is accountability. He believes in people working hard for their lot in life; he was raised very poor with little means. His family worked hard for its money, living off the land and not accepting any government assistance.

"Our forefathers got it; they got it, man," Scott says. "They took godly principles and they put them into action, and they developed our Constitution -- the land of freedom where each man is accountable and responsible for his actions. By the sweat of his brow and the effort he makes he can mark out his future, regardless of opportunity.”

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