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This Week in Baltimore Sports History for July 7-13

Peter Schmuck's takes on the news items of the week. Thoughts on Peyton Manning, Joey Chestnut, Trey Mancini, Colin Kaepernick and more.

There are All-Star snubs every year, but Trey Mancini's absence from the American League team is particularly galling.

This year's July 2 signing period is expected to yield 30 new amateurs for the Orioles and herald a new beginning for a department that was left behind.

Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said he's "disappointed a lot" that star outfielder Trey Mancini was left off the American League All-Star roster.

John Means is the first homegrown Orioles starter to make the All-Star team since Mike Mussina and the club's only representative July 9 in Cleveland.

In the fourth inning against the Cleveland Indians on June 29, Anthony Santander hit the 100th home run to Eutaw Street.

MLB scraps plans to open 2020 season in Asia, hopes to add games in Europe

With Friday's game representing the halfway point of the Orioles' season, manager Brandon Hyde assessed how difficult all the losing has gotten.

Baseball has never been as big as soccer or cricket in Britain, but it has deep roots

LaMonte Wade Jr., an Owings Mills native who played at St. Paul’s, was called up to the Minnesota Twins from Triple-A Rochester on Thursday.

The Orioles pulled Dwight Smith Jr. off the injured list, designated Dan Straily for assignment, placed John Means on the IL and recalled Evan Phillips.

John Means was a surprise addition to the 10-day injured list, but said he has had this problem before and it'll clear up soon.

The young Orioles were prepared for a losing season, but they are starting to feel the weight of an embarrassing one.

Orioles pitching prospect Josh Rogers says he was too focused on getting called up to the majors and forgot how to pitch.

The Orioles hung tough with the Oakland A's for three innings and then the roof fell in.

Orioles first baseman Chris Davis is shocked that Trey Mancini is ranked so low among American League outfielders in the All-Star voting.

Chance Sisco is feeling comfortable with the Orioles, even though his status as their catcher of the future is up in the air thanks to Adley Rutschman.

After the Orioles took a 3-2 lead in the ninth inning, closer Mychal Givens allowed home runs in the ninth and 10th innings and Boston secured a series sweep.

Pitching matchup and how to watch Sunday's game vs. Red Sox

“It’s been a great run,” Cal Ripken Jr. said at a June 19, 2001, news conference announcing his retirement at season’s end.

Orioles manager Brandon Hyde had his father's full attention, but has to split his between his family and his team.

Dylan Bundy traded shutout innings with Chris Sale until the Red Sox caught up to him in the sixth inning. Red Sox defeated the Orioles, 7-2, at Camden Yards.

Orioles manager Brandon Hyde let his team have it after losses he said were embarrassing and sloppy on successive days against the Boston Red Sox.

Pitching matchup and how to watch Saturday's Orioles game vs. Red Sox

The Red Sox hit six home runs in cruising to a 13-2 series-opening victory over the Orioles.

The Orioles called up trade products Luis Ortiz and Josh Rogers ahead of Friday's series opener with the Boston Red Sox.

Here's what you need to know before the Orioles' home game Friday night against the Boston Red Sox.

With a blister on Andrew Cashner’s right middle finger forcing the Orioles to postpone his upcoming start, they will have a spot starter Friday.

The Orioles' Mark Trumbo felt soreness in his surgically repaired right knee Wednesday and received a platelet-rich plasma injection Thursday.

The Orioles are 20-45, tied for the majors' worst record. Are enough of those losses close that switching half to wins would put them "right in the mix"?

On Oct. 17, 1914, George Herman Ruth and Helen Woodford climbed the steep hill to St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Ellicott City and tied the knot.

The Orioles' first draft under their new front-office regime wrapped up Wednesday with rounds 11-40.

Mike Elias and the Orioles selected first in rounds 3-10 on Tuesday, adding more talent following their first-day crop.

Orioles draftees Trey Mancini and Mike Yastrzemski, now with the Giants, came up through the minors dreaming of someday playing together at Camden Yards.

Northwest Middle School will host a family-friendly magic show, Fool of Illusions, starring comedy illusionist Reggie Rice, at Francis Scott Key High School.

The Orioles got back on the waiver wire in a big way last week, and Mike Elias explained the club's decision-making process when players become available.

Peter Schmuck's weighs in on Rich Hill, Ezekiel Elliott, Koji Uehara, Jim Kelly, Gleyber Torres and more.

Orioles manager Brandon Hyde maintained Thursday that there aren't readily available options to make a change in the near future.

The Orioles have allowed at least five home runs seven times, an AL record, and have done so in 49 games.

After a career-low 89.8 mph average fastball velocity in his last start, analyzing how Orioles starter Dylan Bundy typically bounces back from that.

avy pitcher Noah Song is one of 25 players throughout out the country selected as a USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award semifinalist.

Left-hander John Means pitched six strong innings and the Orioles hit four home runs to beat the Los Angeles Angels and avert a three-game sweep.

The Angels defeated the Orioles in the rain-interrupted opener of a three-game series at Camden Yards. Mike Trout hit a two-run home run in the third inning.

Starting with Friday night's scheduled game against the Angels, the Orioles are going to play for 20 consecutive days, which could put a big strain on the pen.

"You tip your hat to the guy making a play like that," Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said. "I can't remember the last time I saw a catch like that — in that spot, game-saving. That was phenomenal."

An inning after Red Sox center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. climbed the wall and reached into the Orioles' bullpen to take a walk-off home run away from Trey Mancini, Andrew Benintendi hit a go-ahead home run to right field to give Boston a 2-1 win Wednesday night.

Although Mychal Givens’ past four outings have ended in saves, three of them of at least four outs, Orioles manager Brandon Hyde has emphasized this week that Givens’ responsibility is not the ninth inning, but the game’s biggest outs.

The Boston Red Sox hit three home runs and defeated the Orioles, 8-5, to even the three-game series at Camden Yards at a game apiece.

Center field wasn't in utility man Stevie Wilkerson's repertoire before this year, but the position has allowed him to play regularly since he rejoined the Orioles late last month, a stretch in which he's enjoyed plenty of success at the plate.