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The Orioles suddenly have an offense that is clubbing the ball, a pitching staff that is holding the line and a fan base that is packing the stadium, hooting and hollering throughout the game.

The Orioles introduced 23 club Hall of Famers to the crowd Friday night.

The fireworks started early as the Orioles crushed a season-high six homers in their most dominating performance of the season,

"I've seen the caliber of players on all the other teams. No reason we can't win this division," Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson said.

Russell J. White, a retired trial attorney who won an acquittal in a nationally watched case in 1980 in which his client was accused of shooting boys throwing snowballs at his house, died of dementia complications Wednesday at the Heart Home in Lutherville. The Mays Chapel North resident was 85.

Frank Cashen was ultimate team builder with Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets

Earl Weaver, the Orioles Hall of Fame manager, was famously credited with the timeless baseball addage, "Momentum is the next day's starting pitcher." If the Earl of Baltimore was right, the Reservoir baseball team has put itself in fantastic position to compete for a 3A state championship on Saturday at Ripken Stadium. After the Gators' 12-4 win over Thomas Johnson in the state semifinals Tuesday afternoon, junior ace Cody Morris - the two-time Howard County Pitcher of the Year and a University of South Carolina recruit - is fresh and ready to take the mound on Saturday.

Edward Leo Healy III, the former manager of the Perring Place Restaurant, died of sepsis after hernia surgery May 9 at Good Samaritan Hospital. He was 55 and lived in Northeast Baltimore.

Former Phillies pitcher and MLB Network analyst Mitch Williams was in Maryland this weekend to coach his son¿s under-10 baseball team at a Ripken Baseball tournament in Aberdeen, and according to a report by Deadspin, got ejected for arguing with the umpires

Volunteer in 1969 still calls them as he sees them

Orioles left-hander Brian Matusz was back in uniform Sunday morning and back on the mound later in the day.

Orioles left-hander Brian Matusz is available for today's series finale against the Toronto Blue Jays after being bedridden the past two days with an illness that included a brief stay in a local hospital.

For the Orioles' top two prospects — right-handers Dylan Bundy and Kevin Gausman — it is no different. Both pitchers made it to the major leagues in their first full professional seasons, but each has faced adversity over the past year.

While Jim Johnson always had a business-like mindset, the right-hander projected to replace the former closer often shows his easygoing personality off the mound

Former WBAL WMAR television and radio broadcaster Ted Patterson's entire life has been consumed by sports — and that goes for his Towson residence, too, which is overflowing with baseball, football and boxing memorabilia — some of which that dates back to the 19th century. Patterson will attend his 41st consecutive Orioles Opening Day March 31.

Orioles third baseman Manny Machado said he's still not putting a timetable on his return.

Orioles Rule 5 pick Michael Almanzar is dealing with left knee soreness

Sunday was the one-year anniversary of the death of Orioles Hall of Fame manager Earl Weaver, so it's natural to think about Weaver's impact on the franchise and the game this time of the year.

Hall of Famer Jim Palmer went to great lengths to have Paul Blair in center

In the hours after many began to hear about the passing of former Orioles center fielder Paul Blair, former teammates came to grip with the news.

Everyone knows what Paul Blair could do with a glove in center field and what he meant to some of the greatest teams in Orioles history.

What I really want to know is whether you, Mr. or Mrs. Orioles fan, want Mike Mussina to go into the Baseball Hall of Fame as an Oriole.

Sports Illustrated's "Baseball's Greatest" book lists Cal Ripken Jr's as the second greatest all-time shortstop, while Brooks Robinson is listed as the fifth-best third basemen in history.

Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette said Monday evening that the club has met with numerous teams and agents at this week¿s general manager meetings to lay the groundwork for any trade talk or possible signings in the coming weeks.

Thirty years after he pitched for the Orioles in the World Series, Sammy Stewart is out of prison and free of a drug addiction that ruined his life for nearly two decades.

Earl Weaver called Don Buford "the best leadoff man in the game," and who's to argue? In five years with the Orioles, Buford batted .270, ran the bases with ferocity and helped the club reach three World Series.

Today marks the 30th anniversary of Game 5 of the 1983 World Series, when the Orioles beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-0 to win the franchise's third championship.

Orioles Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. continued to make the point that he is interested in managing, in a radio interview Thursday morning, but it is clear that Ripken won't go so far as to announce any interest in the Washington Nationals' vacancy.

Orioles rookie Henry Urrutia hasn't started a game since Aug. 3, but he was still an important part of the club's eight-game interleague road trip through National League West parks in San Diego, San Francisco and Arizona, as he pinch hit in all but one game.

Longtime Baltimore Sun sports and features columnist Kevin Cowherd says goodbye to the newspaper.

Manny Machado is hoping this isn't his last All-Star Game. But if it is, it's an experience the Orioles' 21-year-old third baseman and his family won't ever forget.

The Orioles have four All-Star representatives, bringing pride to greats Cal Ripken Jr., Brooks Robinson and Jim Palmer.

Mike Mussina, Polly Winde and Eddie Rommel are part of The Sun Remembers This Week in Sports for July 7 to July 13

Baltimore Orioles hosting a Sunday Night Baseball telecast at Camden Yards for the first time since July 2005.