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• Sports

The big holes the O's need to fill just got bigger

With the loss of Nick Markakis and Nelson Cruz, the Baltimore Orioles need to find two corner outfielders

By Peter Schmuck

Dec 3, 2014

• Sports

Nick Markakis agrees to four-year deal with Braves

Nick Markakis on Wednesday agreed to terms on a four-year, $44 million deal with the Atlanta Braves, according to industry sources.

• Sports

Nelson Cruz agrees to terms on four-year deal with Seattle Mariners

Nelson Cruz agreed to terms Monday with the Seattle Mariners on a four-year, $57 million deal plus a $1 million signing bonus. The deal is pending a physical, which Cruz is expected to take this week.

By Eduardo A. Encina

Dec 1, 2014

• Sports

Orioles honored late PR director with playoff money, gave full share to Chris Davis

The Orioles made "very significant donations" to the LUNGevity Foundation and the estate of Monica Barlow.

By Dan Connolly

Nov 26, 2014

• Sports

Value of each Orioles full playoff share was just over $125,000

The Orioles postseason drive fell short of the World Series, but players will still be rewarded with hefty playoff shares for advancing to the American League Championship Series.

By Eduardo A. Encina

Nov 24, 2014

• Sports

In radio interview, Orioles' Chris Davis discussed 'moment of weakness'

Orioles first baseman Chris Davis broke his silence about his 25-game suspension for a failed drug test when he touched on the subject in an interview this week with a local Christian radio station.

By Eduardo A. Encina

Nov 20, 2014

• Sports

On MLB Network, Dan Duquette talks about Nick Markakis, Nelson Cruz, more

Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette appeared on MLB Network's "High Heat" with Christopher Russo on Wednesday afternoon from the general managers' meetings in Phoenix and addressed the club's hopes to retain free agents Nick Markakis and Nelson Cruz.

• Sports

Orioles' Tommy Hunter ready to play with team of major leaguers in Japan

When Tommy Hunter received a call about two weeks ago inviting him to play on a team of major leaguers in the All-Star Series exhibition this month in Japan, the Orioles relief pitcher said the choice was easy.

• Sports

Orioles defense is gold-plated, again

No one should be surprised that center fielder Adam Jones, shortstop J.J. Hardy and right fielder Nick Markakis were honored with Rawlings Gold Glove Awards for their defensive excellence during the 2014 season. They all contributed mightily to the strong team defense that helped the Orioles win the American League East title and advance to the American League Championship Series.

By Peter Schmuck

Nov 4, 2014

• Sports

Orioles exercise contract options for 2015 on pitchers Wei-Yin Chen, Darren O'Day

Chen, 29, will make $4.75 million in 2015, an increase from $4.072 million in 2014, when he went 16-6 with a 3.54 ERA in 31 starts for the Orioles.

By Dan Connolly

Oct 30, 2014

• Connolly's Corner Sports Bar

After the ALCS, do you want to see the Royals lose?

The Royals and Giants are tied at 1-1. Who wins?

By Dan Connolly

Oct 23, 2014

• Howard County

Dye to be honored as one of the all-time great sportsmen

Stan Ber's Bits & Pieces column for the week of Oct. 23

• Opinion

Just six months to Opening Day

Just 172 days to Opening Day

• Maryland

Well, it looked like a great night on paper

• Sports

Five things the Orioles can do to win the World Series next year

Here are five things the Orioles can do between now and Opening Day, April 6, to keep the 2015 season alive throughout October.

• Sports

As lockers were cleared out Friday afternoon, Orioles know disappointment won't disappear overnight

Most players has already cleared out of the Orioles clubhouse by Friday afternoon when reporters were allowed inside. The team arrived home from Kansas City ¿ swept by the Royals on four games in the American League Championship Series -- on Thursday evening so most players packed up their lockers then.

• Sports

After abrupt end, Orioles turn attention to tough roster decisions

Manager Buck Showalter and executive vice president Dan Duquette plan to meet, along with team brass, to begin looking to next season. Pitchers and catchers are slated to return for spring training three months from Saturday, and the Orioles face many difficult roster decisions in the meantime.

By Eduardo A. Encina

Oct 17, 2014

• Sports

Notes: Buck Showalter expects Ubaldo Jimenez to 'be one of our best five' Orioles starters in 2015

Despite season-ending injuries to shortstop Manny Machado and catcher Matt Wieters and the late-season suspension of first baseman Chris Davis, this Orioles season's biggest disappointment had to be right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez.

By Eduardo A. Encina

Oct 17, 2014

• Inner Harbor

Organizer would like to move Baltimore marathon finish to Inner Harbor

After the Orioles were swept by the Kansas City Royals this week, Lee Corrigan said he was "relieved" the Baltimore Running Festival finish wouldn't have to be altered. That doesn't mean he wouldn't want to change it in the future.

By Alexander Pyles

Oct 17, 2014

• Sports

After season ends, Orioles' pending free agents set sights on the future

As the Orioles prepared to leave the visitors' clubhouse Wednesday night after being swept in the American League Championship Series, they understood the harsh reality of today's industry: This group, in its entirety, will never again be together as a team.

By Dan Connolly

Oct 16, 2014

• Opinion

Somewhere the sun is shining [Editorial]

Baseball in October can be cruel, as Orioles fans can now attest, and other stuff to think about while crying in our beer

• Sports

Orioles reflect on season and American League Championship Series

As the Orioles' season ended in Kansas City on Wednesday, there was a lot of reflecting on the series and the season in the visiting clubhouse of Kauffman Stadium.

By Eduardo A. Encina

Oct 16, 2014

• Behind Enemy Lines

In ALCS-clinching win, Royals play small ball again

In Anaheim, Calif., and Baltimore, the Royals flexed their muscles knocking the ball over the wall. In Kansas City, they returned to their seasonlong identity of manufacturing runs.

• Sports

After season ends, Buck Showalter reflects on Orioles' accomplishments

After the Orioles' season ended Wednesday, Buck Showalter's words were slow and his eyes were glassy when describing the feeling of coming so close to bringing the World Series to Baltimore for the first time in 31 years.

By Eduardo A. Encina

Oct 15, 2014

• Sports

With 2-1 loss to Royals in Game 4, Orioles swept in AL Championship Series

The Orioles' "We Won't Stop" season finally came to a screeching halt Wednesday at Kauffman Stadium when the won't-be-beat Kansas City Royals won another nailbiter, 2-1, in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series.

By Dan Connolly

Oct 15, 2014

• Sports

Sorrow in Baltimore as team that swept us off our feet is swept by K.C.

Cycling between hope and dread, Orioles fans watch their magical team collapse in the face of an apparently even more magical ones, the Kansas City Royals who now head to the World Series

• Sports

A pending free agent, Nelson Cruz will have to 'wait and see what happens'

After the Orioles' season-ending 2-1 loss to the Kansas City Royals in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series on Wednesday, outfielder Nelson Cruz realized he might have played his final game in an Orioles uniform.

By Eduardo A. Encina

Oct 15, 2014

• Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Orioles' loss means Baltimore marathon course won't be altered

The Orioles' 2-1 loss to the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday ensured Baltimore marathon participants would finish their race with the downhill jaunt down Eutaw Street and through Camden Yards that veteran runners are accustomed to.

By Alexander Pyles

Oct 15, 2014

• Sports

Key moments from Game 4 of the AL Championship Series

Baltimore Sun columnist Peter Schmuck looks at several key moments from Game 4 of the American League Championship Series.

By Peter Schmuck

Oct 15, 2014

• Sports

Instant analysis of Orioles' 2-1 loss to Royals in Game 4 of AL Championship Series

Baltimore Sun reporters, columnists and editors share their immediate thoughts on Game 4 of the American League Championship Series between the Orioles and the Kansas City Royals.

• Sports

Despite Jeremy Guthrie's apology, Orioles focused on winning Game 4

With the Orioles on the brink of elimination, the American League Championship Series took a bizarre turn when a player called a news conference before Wednesday's Game 4 so he could apologize for the T-shirt he wore while talking to the media the night before.

• Sports

Thoughts on Orioles pinch-hitting, Adam Jones' free-swinging, Jeremy Guthrie's wardrobe

The Orioles haven't used Delmon Young to pinch hit in close games recently.

By Dan Connolly

Oct 15, 2014

• Sports

Jeremy Guthrie apologizes after postgame T-shirt sparks outrage from Orioles fans

The shirt Jeremy Guthrie wore to his postgame press conference Tuesday sparked outrage from Orioles' fans.

• Sports

Needing to win four straight, Orioles need to 'just take it one day at a time'

It will come down to Orioles right-hander Miguel Gonzalez against the Kansas City Royals in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series on Wednesday.

By Peter Schmuck

Oct 15, 2014

• Sports

Everything keeps coming up Royal blue

The Royals haven't lost in the postseason, and they take a 3-0 ALCS lead by doing everying right

By Peter Schmuck

Oct 15, 2014

• Sports

After 2-1 loss to Royals in Game 3, Orioles one game away from elimination

It was windy and cool Tuesday night for Game 3 as the Kansas City Royals handed the Orioles a devastating 2-1 loss to take a 3-0 lead in the American League Championship Series.

By Eduardo A. Encina

Oct 15, 2014

• Sports

Wei-Yin Chen was good, but Orioles needed better to beat Royals

With the Orioles' playoff future hanging in the balance, the club could have used just a little more out of the Taiwanese left-hander. And Wei-Yin Chen couldn't deliver in the sixth inning, handing a precarious situation over to rookie Kevin Gausman.

• Sports

Instant analysis of Orioles' 2-1 loss to Royals in Game 3 of ALCS

Baltimore Sun reporters, columnists and editors share their immediate reaction to Game 3 of the American League Championship Series between the Orioles and the Kansas City Royals.

• Sports

Key moments from Game 3 of the American League Championship Series

Baltimore Sun columnist Peter Schmuck shares several key moments from Game 3 of the American League Championship Series.

By Peter Schmuck

Oct 14, 2014

• Sports

Orioles' Miguel Gonzalez to start Game 4 of ALCS against Royals

Orioles manager Buck Showalter said Tuesday that right-hander Miguel Gonzalez would start Game 4 of the American League Championship Series on Wednesday, assuming he isn't needed in relief in Game 3.

By Dan Connolly

Oct 14, 2014

• Sports

While focus is on the field, Orioles can cash in on postseason bonuses

As the Orioles play in the American League Championship Series, players say they're far more focused more on winning than any extra money they'll make for advancing in the postseason. But the share of postseason revenue that players split can be significant.

By Don Markus

Oct 14, 2014

• Baltimore City Paper

It Ain't Over Till It's Over--and It Ain't Over Yet. Wait, Is It Over?

• Sports

Cold and windy for Orioles-Royals, but no rain expected

Unless things change dramatically, there will be a Game 3 of the American League Championship Series at Kauffman Stadium tonight after a rain out Monday.

By Dan Connolly

Oct 14, 2014

• Sports

Three rookies playing signficant roles for Orioles in the playoffs

Even if the Orioles end up losing to the Kansas City Royals in the American League Championship Series this week, there's a sense that the experience itself will help the club going forward -- especially for the younger players who didn't participate in the 2012 postseason.

• Sports

Unlike Orioles so far, maybe Mother Nature can slow Royals

The steady rain that postponed Game 3 of the American League Championship Series was just what the doctor ordered for an Orioles team that could use a little celestial intervention to cool off the sizzling Kansas City Royals.

By Peter Schmuck

Oct 13, 2014

• Sports

Rain forces Game 3 between Orioles and Royals to be postponed until Tuesday

The Orioles will have to wait another day to attempt to cut into the Kansas City Royals' 2-0 lead in the American League Championship Series.

By Eduardo A. Encina

Oct 13, 2014

• Sports

Terp coaches visit Baltimore, but Maryland men don't have a return trip booked

Maryland men's basketball coach Mark Turgeon and women's basketball coach Brenda Frese were in Baltimore on Monday, having breakfast with boosters and talking about their teams' upcoming first season in the Big Ten.

By Don Markus

Oct 13, 2014

• Weather

Rain postpones Orioles/Royals Game 3 in Kansas City

Heavy rain forecast through the night in Kansas City prompted Major League Baseball to postpone American League Championship Series Game 3 between the Orioles and Royals.

By Scott Dance

Oct 13, 2014

• Maryland

Good Morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Monday

• Weather

Rain postpones Orioles/Royals Game 3 in Kansas City