Rick Down, who was the hitting coach when the Orioles set the then-major league record with 257 home runs in 1996, is dead at 68 after a long illness.

There's nothing quite like a full-extension, catch-up-to-the-ball rundown.

Nolan Reimold has been sent down to the minors, waived, injured, yet the Orioles haven't given up on him and he hasn't given up on them.

Triple-A Norfolk's season could end tonight in the International League semifinals and the Orioles are still deciding whether they will add more players to the expanded roster if the Tides are eliminated.