By this time last year, the Orioles were so far down they couldn't see up, but all the other teams in the East except the Yankees sputtered out of the gate. Somehow, the Orioles are only two games out of second place after this terrible stretch.
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There were myriad plays or even bounces that could have gone just a bit differently in the Orioles' 6-3 loss Sunday, resulting in a satisfying victory over the New York Yankees to take into a day off that will instead be filled with lament.
A homer was the last thing on Mark Reynolds' mind when he strode to the plate in the seventh inning Sunday against New York Yankees reliever Joba Chamberlain.
Orioles manager Buck Showalter confirmed today that injured starter Brian Matusz won't be ready to return to the big league rotation until mid-May at the earliest.
On Opening Day, I made five bold predictions for the 2011 Orioles season. One of them was that starting pitcher Jeremy Guthrie would win a career-high 15 games and finish the season with a winning record for the first time since he went 7-5 in 2007, his first season with the Orioles.
Orioles manager Buck Showalter made it clear in his pre-game comments Thursday that his focus was on the Minnesota Twins, not the challenges that his club has ahead of it over the next seven days.
MIAMI (Reuters) - Anibal Sanchez narrowly missed his second career no-hitter as he drove the Florida Marlins to a 4-1 win over the Colorado Rockies Friday.
When left-hander Brian Matusz first learned he was headed to the disabled list with an intercostal muscle strain in early April, he refused to speculate on a timetable for his return.
Heading into Wednesday night, Orioles reserve infielder Robert Andino had strung together three consecutive multi-hit games and reached base nine times in his past 10 plate appearances.
Orioles left fielder Luke Scott is the subject of an ESPN profile that hit the internet this afternoon, and it's sure to be one that gets Orioles fans talking. Among the things discussed were Scott's love of guns, his unique relationship with teammate Felix Pie and his offseason comments about...
As Frank McCourt's new right-hand man launched a verbal assault on Commissioner Bud Selig's decision to take over the Dodgers, the battle lines for the likely legal showdown between the Dodgers owner and the commissioner became increasingly clear.
If there was a blueprint that Oriole fans hoped that the team would find on many nights during the 2011 season, it would go something like this: Young starter survives some command problems to get reasonably deep in the game. The back-end of the bullpen holds the lead. Young hitters supply big...
Joe Mauer literally went through a growth spurt after winning his first batting title in 2006, climbing from 6-4 to 6-5 at age 23.
When starting shortstop J.J. Hardy went down with an oblique injury a couple of weeks ago, the Orioles turned to Robert Andino and Cesar Izturis to fill the void. Andino has made the most of his opportunity, validating manager Buck Showalter's decision to put him on the Opening Day roster as a...
On a drizzly, breezy night when the Orioles set a season high in hits and runs and threw their second shutout of the season in an 11-0 pounding of the injury-riddled Minnesota Twins, the real story is what didn't happen.
Major League Baseball has moved to seize control of the Dodgers, a famed franchise that fans and much of the baseball world had come to see as crippled by an owner who does not appear to have enough money to operate the team.