This week in Baltimore sports history (May 26-June 1)

Brian Roberts, now 40, played 13 seasons with the Orioles and will enter the Orioles Hall of Fame along with longtime broadcaster Fred Manfra before the second game of Saturday’s day-night doubleheader against the Boston Red Sox at Camden Yards.

The Orioles announced Thursday that two-time All-Star second baseman Brian Roberts has been elected to the Orioles Hall of Fame and longtime radio broadcaster Fred Manfra will be inducted as this year’s Herb Armstrong Award winner.

Even after he was forced from the Orioles¿ 5-3 loss to the Kansas City Royals on Thursday after crashing into an outfield wall, center fielder Adam Jones was hesitant to admit he was injured.

It was easy enough to round up the usual offensive suspects after the Orioles tied their all-time single-game record with 26 hits on Sunday afternoon against the Oakland Athletics, but it was the unusual suspects who carried the day.

Thinking about the historic no-fan day at Camden Yards

It's time to jump in the Hot Tub Time Machine and go back exactly one year for a little spring training perspective.

Gary Neal was traded by the Charlotte Hornets to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday for veteran point guard Mo Williams.

Brian Roberts, a two-time All Star and fan favorite who spent all but one year of his 14-season career with the Orioles, has retired from baseball. He was released by the New York Yankees in August.

New laws open up the field to more brewers

After third baseman Manny Machado injured his right leg during an at-bat in the bottom of the third inning, Chris Davis entered as a defensive replacement at third base to start the top of the fourth.

The Orioles already have signed Joe Saunders to a minor league deal. Could Jim Johnson and Brian Roberts be next?

The Orioles' trade with the Boston Red Sox on Thursday that added left-handed reliever Andrew Miller to the bullpen was received with positive reviews in the clubhouse, both for what he does on the mound and what he won't be doing anymore.

Few pitchers can shut down the Orioles¿ No. 3 through No. 6 hitters for an entire game. But Shane Greene did.

Make no mistake: These aren¿t the Bronx Bombers of old.

Miguel Gonzalez had gone 31 starts between consecutive eight-inning outings until the Orioles¿ 3-2, walk-off win in 10 innings Friday night at Camden Yards.

Former Oriole Brian Roberts didn't waste a moment Friday in punctuating his return to Camden Yards for the first time since signing with the New York Yankees.

Yankees second baseman Brian Roberts has already played against his old team several times this season - including two series at Yankee Stadium and during spring training in Florida - but his first trip back to Baltimore as an opposing player was definitely something different.

The Orioles got Game 1 in a key four game series with the Blue Jays

On Thursday night, against a Toronto Blue Jays team that has one of the most dangerous lineups in baseball, right-hander Kevin Gausman made a strong case to remain in the Orioles starting rotation.

With a single in the first inning and a double in the seventh Thursday, right fielder Nick Markakis tied and then passed former teammate Brian Roberts for seventh on the Orioles' all-time hits list with 1,453.

The Orioles were without first- and second-round draft picks this year, but that didn't stop Gary Rajsich, the club's director of scouting, from being excited about his new crop of players, including the three pitchers he introduced to the media and fans Thursday before the game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Camden Yards.

When Orioles right fielder Nick Markakis slapped a single to left field in his first at bat on Friday night against the Cleveland Indians, he continued his climb up the franchise¿s all-time hit list.

Right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez, whom the Orioles signed to a four-year, $50 million contract in February, couldn't get out of the sixth inning against a free-swinging Toronto Blue Jays lineup in an 11-3 rout Sunday afternoon at Camden Yards in front of an announced 39,281.

Orioles' starting rotation owns a 6.06 ERA heading into Friday, the third-highest ERA in baseball.

The Orioles won their first series of this young season, taking two out of three games with a 5-4 win at Yankee Stadium in front of an announced crowd of 39,412.

With slugger Chris Davis and catcher Matt Wieters eligible for free agency after the 2015 season, are the Orioles' chances to compete nearing an end?

As Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette sat in his office at the Ed Smith Stadium complex on a sunny afternoon earlier this month, overlooking a well-manicured cloverleaf of fields, a bitter winter seemed like an eternity ago in more ways than one.

The way the Orioles' current roster is shaking out, infielder Ryan Flaherty seems assured of starting somewhere in the Opening Day lineup against the Boston Red Sox on March 31.

The results weren¿t particularly impressive, but Orioles left-hander Wei-Yin Chen seemed happy with his performance in his first competitive appearance since undergoing offseason surgery to remove bone spurs from his right knee.

TAMPA -- For the first time in his major league career, Brian Roberts faced the Orioles as an opponent on Tuesday night

Longtime Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts, who signed a one-year, $2-million deal with the rival New York Yankees, met with the New York media for the first time this spring on Monday in Tampa.

Buck Showalter made clear Thursday that he's not going to spend time handicapping players' recoveries from injuries or even position battles in spring training.

While fans are waiting for the high-profile signing that Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette has promised, Jones said he'll leave the negotiating to the club's front office for now while he prepares for spring training to start this month.