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- A pair of former Orioles—outfielder Harold Baines and reliever Lee Smith—were selected Sunday for the 2019 Baseball Hall of Fame class by the Today's Game committee.
- What David Bote and the Chicago Cubs did on Sunday hasn't been seen since Chris Hoiles and the Orioles in 1996.
- Remember when Paul Blair, Earl Weaver and Johnny Unitas were in the news?
- Former Orioles ace Mike Mussina saw his vote total climb again in the balloting for the Baseball Hall of Fame, but missed out on induction, while Chipper Jones, Vladimir Guerrero, Jim Thome, and Trevor Hoffman earned induction as the class of 2018.
- Kevin Gausman carried a shutout into the eighth inning and Tim Beckham led a five-run second inning in a 7-0 Orioles win Saturday.
- Orioles manager Buck Showalter on loyalty: 'Is it a blind thing or is it something that has merit?'
- Adam Kolarek, a Catonsville High grad and lifelong Orioles fan, is in the majors for the first time with the Rays
- In 1997, the Orioles became the sixth team in baseball history to go wire to wire in first place. Looking back at some of the highs and lows of the club's last playoff season before 2012.
- Hirschbeck, 62, the crew chief in last year's World Series and a big league umpire since 1984, had announced his planned retirement last year.
- "They've grinded, not since February, but since the season ended last year," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said.
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- The start times for the Orioles' first two American League Division Series games at Camden Yards were announced Monday evening, contingent on the outcomes of both wild-card games.
- When Ebony Johnson learned that she and her softball team would spend MLB All-Star Week in Minneapolis, she admitted to being a little more excited than her players.
- Nelson Cruz is beating all DHs in all star voting while the injured Matt Wieters is leading for catchers
- Michael Hirschbeck, the 27-year-old son of major league baseball umpire John Hirschbeck, died Tuesday of adrenoleukodystrophy, WFMJ in Youngstown, Ohio, reported.
- Former Orioles first baseman Rafael Palmeiro will not be inducted into the Hall of Fame by the vote of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, but three other candidates were selected for enshrinement, the most in one year since 1999.
- Sports Illustrated's "Baseball's Greatest" book lists Cal Ripken Jr's as the second greatest all-time shortstop, while Brooks Robinson is listed as the fifth-best third basemen in history.
- For the first time in franchise history, three Orioles players were awarded the annual Silver Slugger award, given to the top offensive players at each position in each league.
- Orioles first baseman Chris Davis has been named the club's nominee for the annual Hank Aaron Award.
- The best homer-hitting team in baseball did it again Friday night, launching three longballs -- including Chris Davis' 40th homer of the season and Nate McLouth's first career grand slam -- to beat the Seattle Mariners, 11-8, at Camden Yards.
- Second baseman called three years with organization 'maybe ... the best' of his career
- In the midst of his most prolonged slump of the season, Chris Davis will be the Orioles¿ designated hitter in Tuesday night's game against the Houston Astros. He'll still bat fifth, while Ryan Flaherty will take over at first base and bat eighth.
- The Orioles have four All-Star representatives, bringing pride to greats Cal Ripken Jr., Brooks Robinson and Jim Palmer.
- First baseman Chris Davis, shortstop J.J. Hardy and center fielder Adam Jones were all elected by the fans for their first times in their careers and will start the annual exhibition, which will be Tuesday, July 16 at Citi Field in New York City. Orioles third baseman Manny Machado
- Orioles right fielder Nick Markakis moved into third-place among American League outfielders in the All-Star Game voting, putting the team in position to have four starters in the July 16 exhibition.
- The latest fan-balloting numbers have three Orioles players -- first baseman Chris Davis, center fielder Adam Jones and J.J. Hardy -- as the top votegetters at their respective positions.
- There are so many ways to convey the absurdity of Chris Davis' start to the 2013 season. If he somehow continued hitting at his current pace, he would finish with totals that could slide neatly into Babe Ruth¿s prime.
- 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.
- A couple of hours after it was announced that second baseman Roberto Alomar would be inducted into the Orioles Hall of Fame, he hopped on a conference call to talk about the honor. I was curious to see what he had to say about this current bunch of Orioles.
- I offhandedly tweeted that Manny Machado might be the most exciting ballplayer to come through Baltimore in 30 years. Which led to a quick mental review of the other candidates to see if I was crazy. The verdict?
- Shortstop J.J. Hardy, center fielder Adam Jones and catcher Matt Wieters were named American League Gold Glove winners at their positions on Tuesday night. It's the first time since 1998 that three Orioles have earned baseball's annual benchmark of fielding excellence in the same season.
- The New York Yankees have almost always been the measuring stick for the Baltimore Orioles. And pardon O's fans if they've always felt the game was a little bit rigged, whether by baseball economics or by the dark magic of an adolescent fan.
- Roberto Alomar, Al Kaline and Bert Rechichar are part of The Sun Remembers This Week in Sports for September 23 to September 29
- For years, any big-picture assessment of the Baltimore Orioles has included a reminder of its growing streak of losing seasons. The number was 14 going into this year, a run of futility stretching all the way back to 1997. It won't hit 15.
- By the time Chris Davis reached the Orioles dugout after his third homer in Friday night¿s 6-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays, his teammates were already waiting for him on the top step.
- Orioles designated hitter Chris Davis became the 19th player in club history to his three home runs in a single game tonight against the Blue Jays.
- More fans are showing up and watching on TV as Baltimore Orioles are above .500
- Fifteen years after their split, Peter Angelos and Davey Johnson might have a chance to patch things up. The Orioles owner says, "enough time has passed," while his former manager says he has "buried the hatchet."