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Mike Boddicker has a World Series ring from the Orioles, whom the right-hander helped win it all in 1983. On Friday, however, he'll wear a Kansas City Royals T-shirt to watch the start of the American League Championship Series.

The power of the Kansas City Royals' bullpen against the versatility of the Orioles' should make for an American League Championship Series that could be decided early in each game since the relievers don't often break.

An advisory group that advocates for MARC riders in Maryland is calling on state officials and local transit operators to plan special rail service between Baltimore and Washington in the event the Orioles make it to the World Series.

Orioles greats Cal Ripken Jr., Mike Bordick, and Brady Anderson swapped stories of their successes in the mid-1990s, reflected on where the franchise went after those boom years, and savored the fact that the roar has finally returned.

Showalter has provided the Orioles and Baltimore with exactly what was needed — a winner's attitude and a bit of baseball magic

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.

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

If you're an Orioles fan and you're concerned about the fact that the two wild-card teams have made it to the League Championship Series round of the postseason, there's no reason to fret about it.

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.

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.

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.

At a time when football of all levels seem to dominate channel-after-channel on our televisions, may I as this? What a week of baseball we witnessed last week?

Havre de Grace continues to swing for the fences in the advertising department, in tune with the Baltimore Orioles' ongoing winning streak.

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.

Whether you're an Orioles fan or you're executive vice president Dan Duquette, it's hard not to be pumped about what left-hander Andrew Miller has done in his two-plus months in Baltimore.

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

In the aftermath of the Orioles' American League Division Series win over the Detroit Tigers, we wanted to share some quotes that may not have made it into print.

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.

Nelson Cruz broke a scoreless tie in the sixth inning with a two-run homer off left-hander David Price, giving the Orioles a 2-1 clinching victory over the Detroit Tigers in Game 3 of the American League Division Series.

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.

Baltimore Sun reporters, columnists and editors share their immediate reaction to Game 3 of the American League Division Series between the Orioles and the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park.

The Orioles struck first in Game 3 of the American League Division Series -- and they did it in a familiar fashion. Designated hitter Nelson Cruz went deep in October. He has done that a bit.

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?

Behind the scenes, the Orioles front office relies on a range of contributors, from old-school scouts who gauge talent by watching players compete to younger executives adept at the statistics-driven approach captured in "Moneyball," the best-selling book and motion picture.

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.

With his team up on the Detroit Tigers two games to none in the American League Division Series, Orioles manager Buck Showalter adjusted his starting rotation, tabbing right-hander Bud Norris to start a possible series clincher in Game 3 on Sunday.

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

Bud Norris will be the Orioles' Game 3 starter on Sunday at Comerica Park, according to a Major League Baseball media schedule release.

Comebacks and eighth innings aside, one of the most pleasing sights in the first two games of the American League Division Series has to be that the Orioles' stellar defense is back.

Kevin Gausman prevented further damage in the fourth inning and provided the perfect bridge to the late innings, allowing the Orioles to rally for a 7-6 comeback win.

The Orioles once again beat the Detroit Tigers bullpen in the eighth inning Friday afternoon at Camden Yards, when Delmon Young delivered a bases-loaded double to cap a four-run eighth and give the club a 7-6 victory.

A day after the Detroit Tigers bullpen imploded in Game 1, the same cast of relievers was again responsible for an eighth-inning meltdown that sent the Orioles on the road with a 7-6 win and a 2-0 lead in the American League Division Series.

This is the sixth straight year that Delmon Young had found himself in the postseason, albeit in a variety of roles. Still, the 29-year-old outfielder is used to the spotlight of the playoffs.

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

This is the sixth straight year that Delmon Young had found himself in the postseason, albeit in a variety of roles. Still, the 29-year-old outfielder is used to the spotlight of the playoffs.

An average audience of 4 million watched the Orioles beat the Detroit Tigers 12-3 on cable channel TBS Thursday night. That was up by 54 percent over the audience for a comparable league division series last year.