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Baltimore Sun columnist Peter Schmuck's keys for the American League Championship Series between the Orioles and Kansas City Royals.

With Baltimore advancing to its first American League Championship Series since 1997, Washington regards the Orioles' success with a mix of admiration and nostalgia

He grew up not far from Baltimore, wore No. 8 in Little League to emulate Cal Ripken Jr., and has many fond memories of his days as a die-hard Orioles fan.

Former Orioles pitcher Jeremy Guthrie, now with Royals, looks forward to facing his former team in the American League Championship Series.

Races in the Baltimore Running Festival will begin an hour earlier than originally scheduled because of the Orioles' deep run into the baseball postseason.

Major League Baseball has released the remaining game times for the American League Championship Series and the Orioles will play all but two games in the series at night.

Baltimore Orioles help support Ben Barlow, of Ellicott City, as he honors the memory of his wife, former Orioles public relations director Monica Pence Barlow

Zach Britton will return to the Orioles on Thursday as a new dad. Britton and his wife Courtney became parents to a baby boy, named Zander Lee Britton.

It's been 17 years since followers of the Baltimore Orioles had to worry about altering their plans for mid-October, but local fans are happy to do it this season after the ballclub swept Detroit and advanced to the American League Championship Series.

As the Orioles get ready to play in the ACLS, orange fever permeates Baltimore County offices. Among die-hard fans are Anne Marie Humphries, who work's in the county executive's office, has decorated portraits of past county executives with O's garb.

It has been 17 years since the American League Championship Series came to Baltimore, and based on the weather forecast, there's a chance fans could have to wait an extra day for its return.

The Orioles open the American League Championship Series on Friday night at Camden Yards against the Kansas City Royals.

As of 2013, 23.3 percent of Harford County's population of nearly 250,000 is 18 years old or younger, according to U.S. Census data, meaning almost a quarter of Harford's population has little to no memory of when the Baltimore Orioles made their last appearance in the American League Championship Series.

Capitalizing on the expected demand for postseason tickets, the team offered 2015 season ticket plans in exchange for the opportunity to buy seats at Camden Yards for October baseball.

It's possible that the Kansas City Royals will go into the American League Championship Series against the Orioles with the same 25-man roster, including 11 pitchers, they used to sweep the Los Angeles Angels in the Division Series.

Call it karma or mojo or the most overused word in the sports lexicon -- destiny. There's going to be at least one team in the World Series this year that will have no logical explanation for its presence on baseball's biggest stage.

Network broadcast of ALDS was tilted against the Orioles

Who do you think is executive vice president Dan Duquette's best acquisition as an Orioles executive so far?

No surprise here. James Shields is expected to start the first game of the American League Championship Series for the Kansas City Royals against the Orioles on Friday at Camden Yards.

By now, you have probably heard about Eric Hosmer and a bunch of his teammates using social media to invite friends to a bar downtown. You probably heard about the champagne being sprayed and that Hosmer -- how cool is this? -- bought drinks for everyone there.

Hundreds of fans turned out to Oriole Park at Camden Yards Monday afternoon to welcome the Orioles back to Baltimore, a day after the team finished a sweep of the Tigers in Detroit to clinch a spot in the American League Championship Series.

Zach Britton left the team today and should be back Wednesday. ALCS game times announced

Oriole Park executive chef competes on a special ballpark edition the popular cooking show

After polishing off a sweep of the Detroit Tigers in the American League Division Series, the Orioles are in flight back to Baltimore.

The Orioles will play the Kansas City Royals in the American League Championship Series for a berth in the World Series.

Sunday night, when the Orioles finally locked up a spot in the American League Championship Series for the first time in nearly a generation, it was the true fans who said they felt the greatest joy.

Orioles right-hander Bud Norris finally received the chance Sunday on a blistery afternoon at Comerica Park against the celebrated Detroit Tigers offense. He seized it, throwing 6 1/3 scoreless innings in a 2-1 victory, catapulting the Orioles into a second postseason round.

Three different times Buck Showalter made it to the American League Division Series ¿ with three different clubs ¿ and each time he lost: the 1995 New York Yankees, the 1999 Arizona Diamondbacks and the 2012 Orioles.

When the American League Division Series started, I definitely felt like we were getting the second string team from TBS for the Orioles and Detroit Tigers.

The Orioles are one win away from advancing to the American League Championship Series as they prepare to face the Detroit Tigers in Game 3 of the AL Division Series on Sunday afternoon at Comerica Park.

I just think the Tigers get at least one in this series. What about you?

The Orioles just toppled two Cy Young Award winners to move to the threshold of the American League Championship Series and the Wild-Card Kansas City Royals have turned baseball convention on its head to win three straight extra-inning games, the last two to push the winningest team in baseball, the Los Angeles Angels, to the brink of elimination.

Because he has spent most of his six-season career with the Houston Astros, Orioles right-hander Bud Norris has never had the opportunity to pitch in the postseason. That changes Sunday, when Norris will start Game 3 of the American League Division Series against the Detroit Tigers.

The Orioles wouldn't want to be down a player for four or five games in the ALCS

The Orioles are a win away from the American League Championship Series, and Saturday morning the team announced two options for fans to purchase tickets for that series.

Delmon Young's three-run double in the eighth inning put the Orioles ahead 2-0 over the Detroit Tigers in the ALDS.

Baltimore Sun reporters, columnists and editors share their immediate reaction to Game 2 of the American League Division Series between the Orioles and the Detroit Tigers at Camden Yards.

The Orioles did everything in Game 1 that they had been doing during the season, resulting in another win

Tigers Hall of Famer players Al Kaline was in Baltimore for the American League Division Series against the Orioles

The Orioles released their roster for the American League Division Series on Thursday morning and a couple of the team's left-handed mainstays are going to spend the next several days in a cheerleading role.

Brandon Crawford's fourth-inning grand slam for the San Francisco Giants was the first four-run homer hit by a shorstop in the postseason. Not even Cal Ripken Jr. or Derek Jeter ever hit one.

When the Orioles signed Nelson Cruz to a club-friendly one-year, $8 million deal in February, executive vice president Dan Duquette was quick to point out Cruz's postseason accomplishments.

Fans of Baltimore-area sports are feeling an excitement they have not felt for years – they can cheer on two teams at the same time in late September and early October.

The Orioles have hit at least 200 home runs in three straight seasons for the first time in franchise history. But as the club embarks on its second playoff run in three years, there is a question whether their biggest offensive weapon will work in the postseason.

When Orioles executive vice president introduced Nelson Cruz to the media back in February, he was quick to point out the slugger¿s postseason accolades.

Orioles playoff tickets are already a scarce commodity, with only a smattering going on sale to the general public Monday morning.