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- John Means so strongly considered quitting baseball last year that he made a LinkedIn profile. Even he can't believe he's now the Orioles' All-Star.
- The Orioles' path to success is simple: if they don't make mistakes, no matter how wide the talent gap is against the opposing team, they have a chance.
- Los Angeles Angels second baseman Tommy La Stella has been replaced on the American League All-Star team, a day after fouling a 97 mph fastball off his right
- Trey Mancini had to make some tough phone calls Sunday to tell family he didn't make the All-Star team, but he's thankful for the support he's gotten.
- Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said he's "disappointed a lot" that star outfielder Trey Mancini was left off the American League All-Star roster.
- John Means is the first homegrown Orioles starter to make the All-Star team since Mike Mussina and the club's only representative July 9 in Cleveland.
- Orioles prospects Ryan Mountcastle and Keegan Akin have been selected to represent the Norfolk Tides in the Triple-A All-Star Game.
- An Associated Press analysis found that this year's All-Star starting lineups could be the youngest in major league history.
- Orioles first baseman Chris Davis is shocked that Trey Mancini is ranked so low among American League outfielders in the All-Star voting.
- Trey Mancini is the prime candidate to represent the Orioles at this summer’s All-Star Game.
- Former Oriole shortshop/third baseman Manny Machado, who was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers last season before becoming a free agent, will be joining the San Diego Padres, according to ESPN.
- Former Orioles pitcher Billy O’Dell, Most Valuable Player of the 1958 All-Star Game in Baltimore, died Wednesday of complications from Parkinson’s disease.
- Major League Baseball is taking steps to ensure its message of inclusion overcomes the recent bad publicity, while the Orioles have separate procedures to review and monitor players' public social media posts.
- Fate brought former Orioles teammates Manny Machado and Jonathan Schoop back together Wednesday — in the form of a groundout to third base.
- Milwaukee Brewers reliever Josh Hader apologized to his team after years-old racist and homophobic tweets surfaced during the All-Star Game.
- Brewers general manager David Stearns wants reliever Josh Hader to "re-earn the trust" of his teammates when the Old Mill High graduate rejoins the team Friday.
- For the Orioles, this isn’t the way it was supposed to go, forced to say farewell to their best player less than two weeks after his 26th birthday. But Manny Machado's departure isn't unexpected.
- The Orioles have traded All-Star third baseman Manny Machado to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
- Hadar said Tuesday night that the tweets were "something that happened when I was 17 years old, and as a child, I was immature."
- Now the reliever faces possible disciplinary action from Major League Baseball and the difficult question of how to move on from such a sordid past.
- Old Mill's Josh Hader, pitching in his first All-Star Game after a standout first half of the season for the Milwaukee Brewers, allowed a three-run home run in the eighth inning Tuesday before exiting the game to find that racist, homophobic, and sexist tweets from his past had been uncovered.
- With a pair of consecutive swings in the 10th inning of the 89th All-Star Game at Nationals Park, the two young Houston Astros stars did what everyone else did: they hit home runs.
- The 89th MLB All-Star Game took place July 17, 2018 at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.
- Former Orioles infielder and Astros first base coach Rich Dauer was back in the coaching box Tuesday at the All-Star Game, marking his return to the field after a blood clot nearly took his life during last year's World Series celebration in Houston.
- Rob Manfred made it clear he has grown weary of the long-running MASN television rights fee dispute, and he isn't alone.
- Union boss Tony Clark told reporters Tuesday that the players more and more favor a universal designated hitter rule. Commissioner Rob Manfred said that probably isn't going to happen.
- Dodgers All-Stars Ross Stripling and Matt Kemp said the possible addition of Orioles All-Star shortstop Manny Machado could have a significant impact on the team's playoff race.
- Baseball's commissioner said Tuesday that "I have not made one decision in my entire time as commissioner related to the Baltimore Orioles that was based on whether or not the MASN litigation was ongoing."
- Manny Machado will likely be wearing an Orioles uniform for the final time in Tuesday night's All-Star Game.
- Everything you need to know about the 2018 MLB All-Star Game, as well as an unfortunate weather forecast.
- Orioles pitcher Billy O'Dell retired all nine National League batters he faced 60 years ago this month in the first of two All-Star Games that have been played in Baltimore.
- Orioles shortstop Manny Machado will bat seventh in a loaded American League lineup.
- Old Mill alumnus Josh Hader's path to All-Star Game took him through an unrealized hometown dream with the Orioles and through three organizations.
- Manny Machado could be playing in his final game in an Orioles jersey Tuesday night in the All-Star Game.
- Representatives from the three teams who are leading the chase to acquire Manny Machado — the Philadelphia Phillies, Milwaukee Brewers and Los Angeles Dodgers — outline the impact he could have on a playoff race.
- The Orioles enter the All-Star break preparing to navigate one of the club’s most pivotal stretches in determining its future in the weeks leading up to the nonwaiver trade deadline, moves that will serve as the building blocks of the team’s rebuild.
- All of the baseball world will descend beginning this weekend on Washington for the MLB All-Star Game and its corresponding festivities, but for some, it's a home game. Baltimore Sun alum Tim Kurkjian, who is in his 20th season as one of ESPN's MLB analysts, is one of them.
- South Carroll High School graduate Dennis Hetrick, a Mount Airy native, is set to be the official scorekeeper for the MLB Futures Game on July 15, 2018 in Washington, DC.
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- Nationals slugger Bryce Harper will take on Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman in the first round of the Home Run Derby on Monday night.
- The UMBC Retrievers threw their (puppy) weight towards the St. Louis Cardinals' Matt Carpenter for the MLB All-Star Game Final Vote.
- 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.
- The Orioles could conceivably be left without a representative in an All-Star Game being played just 40 miles away from downtown Baltimore.
- Remember when Paul Blair, Earl Weaver and Johnny Unitas were in the news?
- In 1958, the Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played at Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium. Orioles pitcher Billy O'Dell (above center) secured the American
- Orioles second baseman Jonathan Schoop is 8-for-20 over his past five games. But he knows there's much work to be done in salvaging his season.
- Ryan Mountcastle will represent the USA team, while Australian Alex Wells will play for the World team.
- Manny Machado needs to maintain his 137,000-point lead over the Astros' Carlos Correa to make his fourth All-Star Game appearance.
- Remember when Joe Gilliam, Brooks Robinson and Haystacks Calhoun were in the news?