dan haren
- With Major League Baseball's trade deadline Wednesday at 4 p.m., Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo does not see the next two days as an opportunity to blow up a struggling team or a chance to spark a late-season push.
- Freddy Garcia's start wasn't just impressive; it was an important lesson for the O's young starters.
- Anchored by eight scoreless innings from 36-year-old Freddy Garcia, the Orioles beat the Nationals 2-0 in front of an announced 30,655 at Camden Yards.
- When the Orioles brought in Freddy Garcia in late March, he seemed destined to be depth as a fifth or spot starter in the back end of the rotation.
- Through the first two months of the Orioles' season, second baseman Ryan Flaherty's reputation hinged much more on his glove than his bat.
- Dan Haren, one of baseball's best right-handed starting pitchers for a half-decade, needed to choose this winter where to continue his career. He used a rationale that, while sound, for generations would have constituted pure fantasy.
- Orioles third baseman Manny Machado suffered a bout of meningitis a month ago, but has recovered and will be ready for spring training.
- Nick Markakis drove in all of the Orioles runs in their 3-2, 10th inning victory.
- Of course, there's no such thing as a must-win game in April, and -- for that matter -- there hasn't been a must-win game involving the Orioles in a long time, but today's series finale against the Los Angeles Angels is one of those games that make a difference in a team's self-esteem.
- Blake Griffin's jaw-dropping one-handed jam over Kendrick Perkins sent Los Angeles Clippers fans into a frenzy, fired up his teammates, lit up the Twitterverse and burned the Oklahoma City Thunder.
- Orioles knock off Angels 8-3 behind Tommy Hunter's seven shutout innings
- Orioles: Brian Matusz ready to make big league return. Lefty to start Tuesday in first outing in majors since June 30; reliever Dan Klein to have season-ending surgery.
- Orioles: Orioles playing waiting game with unsigned draft picks. Club has had talks with top choice Dylan Bundy; things not progressing well with second-round selection Jason Esposito.
- Long a solid center fielder and one of baseball's best baserunners, Curtis Granderson has turned into a beast at the plate since working with New York Yankees hitting coach Kevin Long to rework his swing.