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James S. Royer Jr., a retired Baltimore public school educator and passionate Orioles fan, died. - Dan Duquette traded for Pedro Martinez on two separate occasions for two different organizations.
- Mike Mussina's vote totals improved on a crowded ballot in 2015 and should spike next year.
- Baltimore Sun reporter Dan Connolly shares some thoughts on free-agent outfielder Colby Rasmus' potential fit in the Orioles clubhouse, the deaths of Stu Miller and Hank Peters, and the Hall of Fame voting.
- The 2015 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot was announced Monday, and five of the 34 candidates are former Orioles who were holdovers from last year.
- Former Orioles great Brooks Robinson to be honored for his lifetime of community service and Hall of Fame career.
- Brandon Crawford's fourth-inning grand slam for the San Francisco Giants was the first four-run homer hit by a shorstop in the postseason. Not even Cal Ripken Jr. or Derek Jeter ever hit one.
- The Orioles introduced 23 club Hall of Famers to the crowd Friday night.
- Changes that limit players to ten years on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot could hurt former Oriole ace Mike Mussina.
- While growing up in San Diego, Orioles center fielder Adam Jones idolized Tony Gwynn as a player, then later gained greater admiration for him after getting to know the Padres Hall of Famer as a person.
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- It would be hard to take serious issue with the three baseball greats who were elected to the Hall of Fame by the voting members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, but the selection process always seems to create several levels of intrigue.
- Tom Matte, Ron Swoboda and Gino Marchetti are part of The Sun Remembers This Week in Sports for Jan. 5-11
- Thomas J. "Arky" Vaughan, a retired constable and Senior Olympian who played basketball for 75 years, died Thursday of a massive stroke at Stella Maris Hospice. He was 85.
- 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.
- The 2014 Hall of Fame ballot was released on Tuesday and it includes former Orioles pitchers Mike Mussina, Armando Benitez and Mike Timlin among its 19 first-time candidates.
- The Orioles continued to meet with possible trade partners and free-agent representatives on Day 2 of the general managers meetings Tuesday in Orlando, Fla.
- A few days before the Aberdeen IronBirds 2013 campaign started back in June, new manager Matt Merullo sat behind his desk in the home-team clubhouse at Ripken Stadium, talking to the press.
- Second baseman called three years with organization 'maybe ... the best' of his career
- Vincent J. Leone, the former Locust Point cafe owner who with his two brothers sponsored notable amateur baseball teams, died Saturday at Genesis HealthCare Spa Creek Center in Annapolis, where he had been recuperating from a fall. He was 91.
- Aberdeen fell to 11-10 on the year with extra-inning loss. 'Birds now 4-2 when games go beyond nine.
- Sam Kimmel belts RBI double in 13th to break scoreless tie, and Aberdeen holds on for a one-run victory. Aberdeen is now 3-1 in extra-inning contests this season, and 6-8 overall.
- Late Ravens owner Art Modell might face an easier path to the Pro Football Hall of Fame if the museum follows through on tentative plans to put "contributors" in a different voting pool than players.
- The city's annual festival geared toward mothers on Mother's Day weekend will be held 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Main Street will be blocked off from Longwell Avenue to John Street for the event.
- Former Baltimore Orioles second baseman Roberto Alomar has been elected to the organization's Hall of Fame.
- Former Baltimore Sun Orioles writer Buster Olney told me back in the 1990s that he thought Roberto Alomar was the best all-around player in the game. I'm don't think I fully agreed with him at the time, but he definitely wasn't very far from correct.
- Two Hall of Famers came before the Harford County Board of Education Monday, but neither had played for the Orioles or the Ravens.
- After going through an early-season 1-for-18 slump, third baseman Manny Machado is starting to find his comfort zone in the No. 2 spot in the Orioles batting order.
- Hoping to allow more fans to honor late manager Earl Weaver, the Orioles are pushing back their "A Celebration of Earl" to 6 p.m. on Saturday April 20.
- Louis Mortimer Sleater, a standout high school athlete who ended his seven-year major league pitching career with the Baltimore Orioles and was later a steel salesman, died of lung disease Monday at his Timonium home. He was 88.
- Roger Dickens, Charlie McNeil and Lefty Grove are part of The Sun Remembers This Week in Sports for March 3 to March 9
- Howard Thomas "Has" Sachs, a retired Crown Cork and Seal manager and a coach, died of Alzheimer's disease complications Feb. 24 at Anne Arundel Medical Center. He was 77 and lived in Pasadena.
- Hall of Famers, other ex-Orioles players share their memories of 'The Earl of Baltimore'
- Elvis Grbac, Elvin Hayes and Billy Vessels are part of The Sun Remembers This Week in Sports for January 20 to January 26
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