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Nationals had a known quantity in Dusty Baker and now must search for right fit again.

No billy goat or 'Bambino' but Washingtonians wonder if baseball team is jinxed

Orioles need help just about everywhere from this year's draft

Orioles finding out quickly that replacing Zach Britton is no easy task

All week long, the Orioles have found ways to steal victories from the Washington Nationals in increasingly improbable fashion.

Orioles right-hander Logan Verrett comes to the rescue again in extra innings

All seven members of Washington Nationals manager Dusty Baker's major league coaching staff will return to the team for the 2017 season, the team announced on Twitter.

On Sunday, Bowie is honoring one of its most high-profile alumni. He just happens not to play for the Orioles anymore.

Nationals fire Matt Williams, coaching staff

American Pharoah was made the overwhelming 1-5 favorite in a 10-horse field and drew the No. 2 post on Tuesday night.

Baltimore Orioles Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. says of a potential career in managing, "Frankly the juices get flowing when you start to think about the prospects of it."

Two more horses have been added to the mix, raising to 10 the number of rivals American Pharoah winner could face in the Belmont Stakes on June 6.

The first week of the Major League Baseball season didn't go so well for the two local teams, both of whom made the playoffs last year and have fans dreaming of a Beltway World Series again in 2015.

Washington Spirit captain Ali Krieger, a U.S. national team player, was taken off the field on a stretcher Friday night in Houston after suffering a head injury.

Lindisfarne won the $100,000 Marshua Stakes for 3-year-old fillies, the first of two stakes Thursday at Laurel Park.

Seeking outfield depth and a left-handed bat, the Washington Nationals sign Mike Carp to a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training, according to his agent.

Washington Nationals outfielder Jayson Werth will undergo surgery on the acromioclavicular joint in his right shoulder on Friday and will require two to three months of rehabilitation, which could put the veteran's availability for Opening Day in jeopardy.

The Blast earned a weekend sweep of the Wave, beating Milwaukee, 14-10, on Saturday night at Royal Farms Arena after winning, 13-8, on Friday.

The Johns Hopkins women's soccer team fell to the Williams College Ephs, 1-0, in the NCAA Division III semifinal Friday night at Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City, Mo.

The recent hot stretch has Nationals' fans dreaming of a World Series. And if Washington gets that far they could face Orioles.

In the Orioles' 7-3 win against the Washington Nationals on Monday, Delmon Young had a huge pinch-hit single in a three-run seventh inning that gave his club a lead it never relinquished.

Chen is well on track for the best season of his major league career.

The Orioles (50-41) have reached the 50-win mark in their 91st game, the earliest since their wire-to-wire division-winning season of 1997.

On Wednesday, Bud Norris struggled through his shortest outing of the season. He failed to get an out in the fifth inning, and Orioles pitchers gave up three homers in a 6-2 loss in front of an announced 35,575 at Camden Yards.

CHICAGO (AP) ¿ Jeff Samardzija thought he would dominate the way he often does. Instead, he walked away frustrated with another loss. Samardzija struggled in a rare rough outing and the Chicago Cubs lost 7-2 to Washington, completing a day-night doubleheader sweep on a rainy Saturday night.

Nate McLouth, who spent two months of the 2012 season and all of last year with the Orioles, signed a two-year deal last week with the Washington Nationals worth a guaranteed $10.75 million with an option for a third year.

Orioles Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. remains open to the idea of getting back into Major League Baseball in some capacity, but he said Thursday morning in an interview with The Baltimore Sun that he is by no means lobbying for any job, managerial or otherwise.

Orioles first baseman Chris Davis has been named the club's nominee for the annual Hank Aaron Award.

Various members of the Orioles talk about the drafting and development of catchers.

Drafting catchers is a challenge, but the Orioles don't have a sure thing behind All-Star Matt Wieters.

Here's an educated guess: Adam Jones will sign an extension with the Orioles of five or six years in length worth $80 million to $90 million.

This weekend, while the Orioles were in Anaheim, Calif., playing the Los Angeles Angels, executive vice president Dan Duquette met with Jones' agent, Nez Balelo, who is based primarily out of Los Angeles.

Chad Tracy came through again in the Nationals' second comeback win to open the season.

Opening Day offered glimpses of the Nationals' strengths and weaknesses. The pitching shined, as expected, but the offense looks like it could be a problem area.

The Orioles, who can officially avoid the 100-loss plateau with one win in Monday's doubleheader against the Red Sox, haven¿t made a big splash in free agency in recent years -- unless you count overpaying for Zombie Vladimir Guerrero or inking the immortal Garrett Atkins -- but Jon Heyman says this winter could be different.