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Though clearly struck by the moment, former Oriole Harold Baines kept his emotions in check just as he always has — even on a day he'll never forget. - 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.
- 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.
- Orioles manager Buck Showalter was denied his fourth Manager of the Year award on Tuesday, finishing third in balloting on the American League side.
- Before Jose Fernandez ever stepped on a major league mound, he had overcome more obstacles in his teenage years alone than some have to face in a lifetime.
- What they're saying about Orioles center fielder Adam Jones' comments on race in baseball and Colin Kaepernick.
- Discussions are afoot to banning one-batter relief appearances in baseball, something that despite his bullpen mastery, Orioles manager Buck Showalter doesn't often do.
- Orioles manager Buck Showalter was selected Tuesday night as the Baseball Writers' Association of America's American League Manager of the Year for the third time in his 16-year career, winning the honor in a landslide.
- Even though Buck Showalter isn't comfortable with taking credit for his role in the Orioles' success, he is the favorite to win the third Baseball Writers' Association of America AL Manager of the Year award in his 16-year managerial career.
- Former Mets pitcher Ron Darling will be part of a three-man broadcast booth anchored by play-by-play man Ernie Johnson and former Oriole great Cal Ripken Jr. during the American League Championship Series.
- 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.
- Former Orioles general manager Andy MacPhail was at the winter meetings Monday morning as a member of the Hall of Fame veterans committee that unanimously elected managers Bobby Cox, Tony La Russa and Joe Torre into Cooperstown.
- 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.
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- Orioles: With another Orioles season derailed, focus again shifts to future. MacPhail, Showalter counting largely on pitching resurgence to right team struggling in every area.
- Long a solid center fielder and one of baseball's best baserunners, Curtis Granderson has turned into a beast at the plate since working with New York Yankees hitting coach Kevin Long to rework his swing.
- The St. Louis Cardinals held it together without Albert Pujols, going 7-7 and scoring 4.2 runs per game.
