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Brian Roberts

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Brian Roberts

Brian Roberts is a second baseman for the Baltimore Orioles. The Orioles drafted Roberts with the 50th pick of the 1999 Major League Baseball amateur draft, and he made his Baltimore debut in 2001 after playing in just 170 minor league games. After bouncing back and forth between Triple-A Rochester and Baltimore during the 2001 and 2002 seasons, Roberts earned the job as the Orioles second baseman in May during the 2003 season. He stole 23 bases and hit .270 during that year. In 2004, Roberts set a team record with 50 doubles. It was the most doubles by a switch-hitter in American League history. Cal Ripken Jr. previously held the club record for doubles. Roberts' best statistical season to...  Show more »
Brian Roberts is a second baseman for the Baltimore Orioles. The Orioles drafted Roberts with the 50th pick of the 1999 Major League Baseball amateur draft, and he made his Baltimore debut in 2001 after playing in just 170 minor league games. After bouncing back and forth between Triple-A Rochester and Baltimore during the 2001 and 2002 seasons, Roberts earned the job as the Orioles second baseman in May during the 2003 season. He stole 23 bases and hit .270 during that year. In 2004, Roberts set a team record with 50 doubles. It was the most doubles by a switch-hitter in American League history. Cal Ripken Jr. previously held the club record for doubles. Roberts' best statistical season to date was 2005, when he batted .314 with 45 doubles, 18 home runs, 73 RBI and 27 stolen bases. He was named the American League's starting second baseman for the 2005 All-Star Game. In 2007, Roberts set a career high with 50 stolen bases. The 5-foot-9, 180-pound switch-hitter was born in Durham, N.C., on Oct. 9, 1977. Roberts began his collegiate baseball career at North Carolina, where his father, Mike Roberts, was the Tar Heels' coach. After his father was dismissed as UNC's coach, Roberts transferred to South Carolina, where he finished his college career. He was named a second team All-American by Baseball America during his time with the Gamecocks.  « Show less

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    Nov 20, 2009 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  1. O's positioned to be buyers in free agency

    With a down economy, multiple teams crying poor and little money invested in future payrolls, the Orioles are perhaps in a better financial position this offseason than they have been in more than a decade.
    With a down economy, multiple teams crying poor and little money invested in future payrolls, the Orioles are perhaps in a better financial position this offseason than they have been in more than a decade. As free agency begins today, the Orioles have...

    Tags: John Lackey, Arbitration, Major League Baseball, Peter G. Angelos, Miguel Tejada

  2. Nov 16, 2009 |Story| Associated Press
  3. Key dates in the history of Comcast Corp.

    Key events in Comcast Corp.'s history: 1963 — Ralph Roberts buys American Cable Systems, a 1,200-subscriber cable TV operator in Tupelo, Miss., for $500,000. 1969 — Company renamed Comcast — from "communications" and "broadcast." 1972...

    Tags: Adelphia Communications Corporation, Philadelphia Flyers, Telecommunication Service, ABC, Satellite and Cable Service

  4. Oct 14, 2009 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  5. O's to bring back whole coaching staff, except Jauss

    All but one of the Orioles' coaches in 2009 will be back on Dave Trembley's staff next season.
    All but one of the Orioles' coaches in 2009 will be back on Dave Trembley's staff next season. Trembley said Tuesday that Dave Jauss, who has been Trembley's bench coach for the past two seasons, will not return in 2010. The rest of the group will...

    Tags: Major League Baseball, Dining and Drinking, Government, Public Employees, American League

  6. Oct 28, 2009 |Column| Baltimore Sun
  7. O's head to offseason market with quite a list

    While all of you are enjoying the New York Yankees' first appearance in the World Series since 2003, Orioles president of baseball operations Andy MacPhail and his staff will be mapping out the coming offseason and trying to figure out whether they have...

    Tags: John Lackey, Major League Baseball, Aubrey Huff, New York Yankees, Carlos Delgado

  8. Oct 30, 2009 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  9. Orioles decline Mora's 2010 option

    The Orioles announced Thursday that they won't exercise third baseman Melvin Mora's $8 million option for the 2010 season, an expected move that will likely end the tenure of one of their most productive and popular players over the past decade.
    The Orioles announced Thursday that they won't exercise third baseman Melvin Mora's $8 million option for the 2010 season, an expected move that will likely end the tenure of one of their most productive and popular players over the past decade. The team...

    Tags: Family, Jim Miller, Major League Baseball, Toronto Blue Jays, Dining and Drinking

  10. Sep 21, 2009 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  11. Orioles drop fifth in a row

    One thing that has distinguished rookie phenom Chris Tillman from other heralded young Orioles pitchers in the past is that he generally throws strikes.
    Baltimore Sun reporter
    One thing that has distinguished rookie phenom Chris Tillman from other heralded young Orioles pitchers in the past is that he generally throws strikes. He hadn't walked more than three batters in any of his first 10 big league starts. On Monday, in a...

    Tags: Cesar Izturis, Major League Baseball, Felix Pie, Toronto Blue Jays, Nick Markakis

  12. Sep 21, 2009 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  13. Markakis: 'I'm in a funk'

    Orioles right fielder Nick Markakis is adamant that he has had much tougher stretches in the major leagues, regardless of what the numbers suggest.
    Orioles right fielder Nick Markakis is adamant that he has had much tougher stretches in the major leagues, regardless of what the numbers suggest. Markakis went 0-for-4 in Sunday's 9-3 loss to the Boston Red Sox and finished the second-to-last homestand...

    Tags: Major League Baseball, Jeremy Guthrie, Lance Berkman, Houston Astros, George Sherrill

  14. Sep 22, 2009 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  15. Orioles relievers can't hold lead; Jays win in 11

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    Orioles manager Dave Trembley had Tuesday night set up the way he wanted it. His top two relievers were poised to hold a three-run lead in the late innings, allowing the Orioles to end their losing streak and escape their personal dome of horrors with...

    Tags: Cesar Izturis, George Sherrill, Major League Baseball, Felix Pie, Toronto Blue Jays

  16. Sep 23, 2009 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  17. Bullpen collapses again as O's lose to Blue Jays

    Orioles manager Dave Trembley had Tuesday night set up the way he wanted it.
    Orioles manager Dave Trembley had Tuesday night set up the way he wanted it. His top two relievers were poised to hold a three-run lead in the late innings, allowing the Orioles to end their losing streak and escape their personal dome of horrors with...

    Tags: George Sherrill, Major League Baseball, Toronto Blue Jays, Lance Berkman, Houston Astros

  18. Sep 24, 2009 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  19. O's Baez would like to remain in AL East

    Orioles reliever Danys Baez doesn't know where he'll pitch next year, but he would like it to be on the East Coast and wouldn't mind remaining in the American League East. "I'd like to stay in the East. I like pitching [in the division], and the East...

    Tags: Family, Major League Baseball, Melvin Mora, American League, Surgery

  20. Sep 25, 2009 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  21. Mora preparing to leave Orioles 'with my head up'

    When he joined the Orioles in July 2000, Melvin Mora was one of 14 unfamiliar commodities received in the club's now infamous trade-deadline fire sale that sent six high-priced veterans to various contenders.
    When he joined the Orioles in July 2000, Melvin Mora was one of 14 unfamiliar commodities received in the club's now infamous trade-deadline fire sale that sent six high-priced veterans to various contenders. Mora was considered the key to the Mike...

    Tags: Major League Baseball, Melvin Mora, New York Mets, Mike Timlin, George Sherrill

  22. Sep 27, 2009 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  23. O's relievers failing to show they belong in majors

    In the first two weeks of September, the Orioles promoted six relievers and acquired another, left-hander Sean Henn, in a minor league trade.
    In the first two weeks of September, the Orioles promoted six relievers and acquired another, left-hander Sean Henn, in a minor league trade. The hope was that the additions would bolster a tired bullpen and give several pitchers an opportunity to show...

    Tags: Alberto Castillo, Tris Speaker, Major League Baseball, Adam Jones, Pies and Tarts

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