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Peter Schmuck's takes on the news items of the week. Thoughts on Peyton Manning, Joey Chestnut, Trey Mancini, Colin Kaepernick and more.

There are All-Star snubs every year, but Trey Mancini's absence from the American League team is particularly galling.

Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said he's "disappointed a lot" that star outfielder Trey Mancini was left off the American League All-Star roster.

The Red Sox hit six home runs in cruising to a 13-2 series-opening victory over the Orioles.

The Orioles have allowed at least five home runs seven times, an AL record, and have done so in 49 games.

Although Mychal Givens’ past four outings have ended in saves, three of them of at least four outs, Orioles manager Brandon Hyde has emphasized this week that Givens’ responsibility is not the ninth inning, but the game’s biggest outs.

Here's what you need to know before the Orioles' game Wednesday night against the Boston Red Sox.

The Boston Red Sox hit three home runs and defeated the Orioles, 8-5, to even the three-game series at Camden Yards at a game apiece.

Here's what you need to know before the Orioles' game Tuesday night against the Boston Red Sox.

Orioles left-hander John Means continued his upstart beginning to his rookie campaign with seven innings of one-run ball in Monday night’s 4-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox at Camden Yards.

Mike Wright Jr. became the first Orioles pitcher to go three innings Saturday and delivered his third straight scoreless appearance in a lopsided victory over the Red Sox.

Trey Mancini drove in three runs, Adam Jones had three hits and the Orioles' stars helped them best a star-less Red Sox team, 10-3, Wednesday night at Fenway Park.

Orioles reliever Ryan Meisinger had to start and allowed five runs while recording one out Wednesday.

Boston Red Sox left-hander Chris Sale was unhittable Sunday as the Orioles struck out 12 times in his five innings against him.

Before Orioles reliever Sean Gilmartin made his team debut against the Boston Red Sox, he found himself tangled in Uber woes.

Even though Kevin Gausman is no longer an Oriole, the team will still honor their Game of Thrones ticket packages and dole out dragon-riding Gausman bobbleheads.

Red Sox manager Alex Cora was incensed over the handling of Wednesday night's postponement, which resulted in a 5-0 lead and three home runs erased for his players.

Wednesday's Orioles-Red Sox game was a washout that might create headaches later in the schedule, but erased them for Orioles starter Dylan Bundy.

The Orioles and Red Sox won the second game of their three-game series at Camden Yards on Tuesday night while Yankees moved closer to acquiring Zach Britton.

Every time the high-flying Red Sox got a runner on, especially against Orioles starter Kevin Gausman, he came around to score.

Monday's Orioles-Red Sox game went to a rain delay just seven pitches and two minutes after first pitch at Camden Yards.

Everything you need to know about the 2018 MLB All-Star Game, as well as an unfortunate weather forecast.

Manny Machado emerged from a tight fan-balloting race to become the AL's starting shortstop. But will he still be an Oriole when the game is played July 17 at Nationals Park?

Nick Markakis will play in his first All-Star Game at the age of 34.

Manny Machado needs to maintain his 137,000-point lead over the Astros' Carlos Correa to make his fourth All-Star Game appearance.

Current Oriole Manny Machado and former Oriole Nick Markakis should be in the AL and NL starting lineups when the All-Star game comes to Washington in mid-July.

The Orioles’ Manny Machado continues to lead in American League All-Star voting at shortstop and has increased his hold on the top spot from a week ago in voting results released Tuesday by Major League Baseball.

The first results released of American League All-Star voting show the Orioles' Manny Machado leading at shortstop by 110,000 over the Indians' Francisco Lindor. No other Oriole shows up among the leaders.

The Nationals' Bryce Harper and Orioles' Manny Machado each homer in the first inning of Tuesday night's interleague game at Camden Yards.

In his third major league start, David Hess held the Rays scoreless in a 2-0 Orioles win.

Coming off a solid start in his debut, David Hess allowed three homers to the Red Sox in a 5-0 loss Sunday at Fenway Park.

The Orioles recorded 13 hits, but didn't score a single run in a 5-0 loss to the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park to fall to 4-19 on the road this season.

The Orioles received some clutch hitting in their 7-4 win over the Boston Red Sox on Friday night at Fenway Park.

After not allowing a stolen base all season, Orioles starter Kevin Gausman gave up five steals to the Red Sox on Thursday night.

The Orioles lost their 13th straight road game, tying a franchise record.

Dylan Bundy suffered the loss despite allowing just one earned run over 5 2/3 innings Sunday at Fenway Park.

Alex Cobb allowed eight runs (seven earned) in 3 2/3 innings in his first start with the Orioles on Saturday afternoon in Boston.

Chris Tillman failed to get an out in the third inning as the Orioles lost their series opener at Fenway Park.

The bitter rivals tangled in the seventh inning, adding another chapter to a long history that has included some memorable brawls.

Baltimore Sun staff predicts how the Orioles will finish, who will go to the playoffs, win the World Series and take home baseball's top awards during the 2018 MLB season.

Perhaps it was inevitable that the Yankees and Red Sox would re-establish dominance over the rest of the American League East at some point, after the Orioles, Blue Jays and Rays each experienced a rise in recent years.

Season previews of the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays and Toronto Blue Jays.

Chris Davis and Mark Trumbo are working to rebound from frustrating performances last season, and it’s impossible to understate what it would mean for the Orioles if both of them had big bounce-back seasons in 2018.

The baseball players union will open its own spring training camp for the first time since the end of the 1994-95 strike, inviting free agents to work out at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla.

A prominent baseball agent says players should consider boycotting spring training because of the slow free-agent market.

Super agent Scott Boras held his annual winter meetings press scrum on Wednesday.

                 The Orioles had a chance to complete a three-game sweep of the last-place Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday, but Jays right-hander Marco Estrada

The Orioles might have needed more from beleaguered right-hander Ubaldo Jiménez than they got, but at this point in their four-year relationship with him, they

An important distinction is necessary when discussing the Orioles bullpen in its current state, which it’s fair to assume won’t be much longer.

Orioles starter Dylan Bundy was forced to wait 40 minutes between his second and third innings of work in Monday’s 7-2 Grapefruit League win over the Detroit