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- Former Orioles manager Phil Regan, 82, was named interim pitching coach by the Mets.
- Since coming off his record streak of at-bats without a hit, Orioles first baseman Chris Davis is hitting better than some guys who make a lot more than him.
- The Atlanta Braves have agreed to a one-year contract to bring back All-Star outfielder Nick Markakis, a deal worth a guaranteed $6 million.
- The merciful end of the 2018 season has finally arrived for an Orioles team that might never live down what happened this year.
- The Aug. 31 trade deadline for traded players to be eligible for the postseason is looming, but Adam Jones continues to give every indication that he's sticking around until the end of the season ... and wants to come back next year.
- 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.
- Pitching matchups, TV, radio and more about Thursday's Orioles-Phillies game.
- 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 Dodgers have the best offer on the table for Orioles star Manny Machado, but six other teams have made proposals all are "very close" in appeal.
- Trea Turner hit two homers, including his first career grand slam, and drove in eight runs to help the Washington Nationals rally from a nine-run deficit and defeat the Miami Marlins and end a five-game losing streak.
- The Washington Nationals held a players-only meeting the discuss a fifth consecutive loss and the precarious spot they're now in beyond the halfway point of the season.
- Many in the Phillies' front office know Manny Machado well. Can they persuade the Orioles to leave the starting shortstop behind when they leave Philadelphia?
- The Orioles wouldn't give Nelson Cruz a four-year offer after the 2014 season, but Cruz has shown he was worth the risk.
- 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.
- Tim Beckham's return from core muscle surgery gave the Orioles their preseason projected starting lineup for the first time this season.
- With both the Orioles and Ravens facing attendance problems, the need to sweeten the local fan experience has become even more crucial.
- Pitching matchups, TV, radio and more about Friday's Orioles-Braves game.
- In the latest All-Star voting among National League players, former Oriole Nick Markakis has taken the lead among outfielders, surpassing the Nationals' Bryce Harper.
- A slowdown in the schedule could give Orioles players a chance to recognize how things got out of control so quickly and gain some perspective on where they are.
- Former Oriole Nick Markakis is on the cusp of ending an All-Star Game drought in his 13th year in MLB. He's been with the Atlanta Braves since 2015.
- Just because it's Memorial Day doesn't mean Orioles shortstop Manny Machado will be traded in the next days, weeks or months.
- Orioles shortstop Manny Machado and Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper are taking different approaches to their free-agent walk years.
- Zach Britton threw a live batting practice session for the first time this season before Tuesday's game.
- he Washington Nationals have agreed to a two-year contract extension with general manager Mike Rizzo. The team announced the deal hours before its home opener against the New York Mets. Rizzo had been in the final year of his contract but now is set to stay with the Nationals through 2020.
- Third baseman Ed Charles, whose New York Mets upset the Orioles in the 1969 World Series, is dead at 84.
- Tommy Hunter and Jake Arrieta have been friends since their college days. They spent four years together with the Orioles and have remained close. That friendship helped the Phillies sign Arrieta to a three-year deal and join Hunter in Philadelphia.
- Whether you are always on the go or just looking to kick back and relax, you’ll find a Howard County activity that fits your interests — from hiking and biking to bird-watching and golf.
- Catcher Matt Wieters is exercising his $10.5 million contract option for next season with the Washington Nationals.
- Nationals had a known quantity in Dusty Baker and now must search for right fit again.
- The Orioles host the Minnesota Twins on Opening Day
- Digest: Wieters breaks tie in 8th with grand slam in Nationals' 9-4 win over Cubs
- New Orioles right-hander Jeremy Hellickson was impressive in his first start with his new team on Wednesday
- Buck Showalter wasn't happy with the Nats. Now he has company.
- Longtime Orioles catcher Matt Wieters will return to Camden Yards tonight to face the Orioles as part of the National League-leading Washington Nationals.
- Whether you are always on the go or just looking to kick back and relax, you’ll find an activity that fits your interests — from hiking and biking to
- Former Orioles executive Matt Klentak is leading another big rebuilding project in Philadelphia.
- 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.
- The Orioles drew just 15,532 fans to Camden Yards on Monday night for the opener of a critical showdown series against the Toronto Blue Jays, a meager figure by any measure for a home team that has spent most of the 2016 season in first place.
- When Dusty Baker was asked whether he thought there was a possibility of the Nationals and Orioles meeting for all the marbles in October, he didn't hesitate. Why not, indeed.
- In Dusty Baker, the Nationals get someone who already has worked 20 seasons as a manager in the majors and whose 1,671-1,504 career record ¿ a .526 winning percentage ¿ includes the second-most victories of any active manager.
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- The Washington Nationals were eliminated from the playoffs when the New York Mets clinched the National League East title. Less than 24 hours after that the tension building in the Washington clubhouse was front and center for all to see. While the Orioles' possible struggles may be behind closed doors, it was hard to miss the action in the Nationals dugout on Sept. 27 when pitcher Jonathan Papelbon went for the throat of teammate and MVP candidate Bryce Harper.
- Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo said Sunday that a decision about Matt Williams' future with the team will be made soon.
- After exchanging words in the dugout Sunday, the situation escalated between Nationals players Bryce Harper and Jonathan Papelbon.
- Quirk in schedule means team faces National League team this week
- Jonathan Schoop hit a two-out walk-off home run in the ninth to cap the Orioles¿ late comeback against the Nationals. Matt Wieters tied the game on an RBI double in the eighth.
- It was nearly eight years ago to the day when Andy MacPhail stood behind a podium and outlined his immediate plans to fix a once-proud baseball organization that was in a 10-year tailspin. This past week, MacPhail, sounding every bit as assured, vowed to do those same three things as he accepted another significant challenge: resurrecting the Philadelphia Phillies, an organization in steep decline.
- Andy MacPhail is the new man in charge of the Philadelphia Phillies. The veteran baseball executive, a former Orioles president of baseball operations, joined the Phillies on Monday.