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- Adam Jones has thrown out base runners in two of his last three starts in right field.
- Remember when Jamal Lewis, Davey Johnson and Joe Barger were in the news?
- Yankees center fielder Aaron Hicks sent a Paul Fry pitch into the left-field corner to send the Orioles to a 3-2 walk-off loss Saturday.
- Right-hander Jimmy Yacabonis’ “shutdown” fourth inning set the tempo in a low-scoring game the Orioles have more often lost this year.
- Orioles manager Buck Showalter dind't know who Wednesday's starting pitcher would be until late Tuesday night, but it didn't matter. Emergency starter Jimmy Yacabonis and his bullpen mates took care of the Toronto Blue Jays.
- Dulaney High School Chamber Choir had the honor of singing the National Anthem at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Aug. 29. As an added bonus the group also performed “O Canada” as the opponent that evening was the Toronto Blue Jays.
- The 1988 Orioles are off the hook. Loss No. 108 for the 2018 Orioles broke the team’s record for futility set 30 years ago.
- With the mostly intact husk of their recently successful rosters or the newly made-over version without any of the pedigree or star power, these Orioles have lost more often than any other team to wear the colors.
- This year's Orioles have lost more games than any other in the team's 65-year history.
- The Orioles might have picked the right time to make dubious history with the most losses in the history of the Baltimore franchise. Now there's nowhere to go but up.
- Hunter Harvey had more elbow discomfort Tuesday preparing for the instructional league.
- Only 11 teams have lost more games after 150 games than the 2018 Orioles.
- The Orioles have tied the Baltimore franchise record for losses in a season and there are probably a few more to come. Hopefully, that will provide some motivation to rebuild the positive chemistry that helped them be competitive until late last season.
- The Orioles aren't completely turning to the "opener" approach. They just need to fill rotation spots with live arms.
- The start of Monday's game between the Orioles and Blue Jays is delayed by rain.
- Orioles catcher Chance Sisco wasn’t available in Monday’s series opener against the Toronto Blue Jays because of a cut on his chin and possible concussion suffered when a foul tip hit him in the mask Sunday.
- Orioles outfielder Adam Jones is in the lineup for the third straight game as the team changes its tune on his role.
- Orioles right-hander Andrew Cashner is questionable for Monday's start against Toronto
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Just as early-season schedule tested Orioles, playoff opponents down stretch will be another measure
Long before anyone knew this Orioles season was going to develop into the mess that it did, the one thing that was clear was that the beginning of it was going to be very hard. -
Orioles notes: As Mullins recovers from sore hip, he's getting his rest against left-handed starters
In what's becoming a trend as his sore hip heals, Orioles rookie center fielder Cedric Mullins has been given days of rest when opposing teams start a left-handed pitcher. - Orioles players and coaches will wear first-of-their kind big league jerseys with their names spelled in Braille on National Federation of the Blind Night on Sept. 18 at Camden Yards.
- An Orioles offense that’s sputtered into September couldn’t hold up its end, managing just three hits.
- Trey Mancini, 26, can rattle off many moments from the hardest four months of his baseball career as inflection points to the turnaround that has taken him come close to regaining his standout rookie form.
- Adam Jones hit the grand slam that turned Wednesday night's game around, but he applauded his younger teammates for turning a page on this dismal season.
- John Andreoli nearly become a quarterback. But thanks to UConn, he's out in center field for the Orioles.
- Adam Jones hit a grand slam in the fifth inning to bring the Orioles from behind in the series finale against the Toronto Blue Jays.
- The raccoon that made its way through Camden Yards during the Orioles’ current homestand — and became a local social media celebrity in the process — has apparently left the yard.
- The Orioles' 2019 spring training schedule includes multiple home and road games against the Minnesota Twins, as well as a handful against AL East giants New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.
- Rookie left-hander Josh Rogers gave the Orioles five strong innings in his major league debut Tuesday in a 12-5 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.
- Craig Gentry's 420-foot homer Tuesday was the seventh of his 601-game major league career.
- The raccoon, who first emerged Sunday and caused some fans at the prime-time game against the New York Yankees to be relocated, was back above Section 31 during Monday’s win.
- David Hess pitched six scoreless innings and Trey Mancini tied a career high with five RBIs in the Orioles’ 7-0 win over the Blue Jays on Monday night at Camden Yards.
- Cedric Mullins was back hitting leadoff after missing Sunday night's game with a sore hip.
- Left-hander Josh Rogers will make his major league debut Tuesday for the Orioles, and the team optioned reliever Cody Carroll to Triple-A Norfolk to create a roster spot.
- Rookie center fielder Cedric Mullins woke up with a sore hip and was not in the starting lineup for Sunday night's game on ESPN.
- Nine times, the Orioles have captured the lead in the American League East, only to fade, storm back and fade again. Those yo-yo days are done. On Aug. 26, in the midst of a memorable winning streak, Baltimore takes first place for good.
- Orioles reliever Miguel Castro allowed all five batters he faced Wednesday to reach base and score.
- The Orioles wasted David Hess' strong start, managed just two hits and right-hander Miguel Castro couldn't find the zone in a 6-0 loss
- The Orioles will open the season at Yankee Stadium on March 28 and have their home opener against the Yankees on April 4.
- Adam Jones stayed with Danny Jansen's family when he was an 18-year-old minor leaguer. Now Jansen is the Toronto Blue Jays' top catching prospect.
- For his third straight start, Dylan Bundy allowed seven earned runs and didn't get through the sixth inning.
- Dylan Bundy is trying to get out of his two-month funk as he faces the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday.
- The Orioles are 0-8 in Toronto this season after losing, 5-3, in Monday's series opener.
- Newly claimed outfielder John Andreoli was recalled to replace Mark Trumbo on the roster.
- Playoff-bound Red Sox infielder Steve Pearce has played for every team in the AL East, but never for a longer (or maybe even more significant) time than in Baltimore.
- The Orioles bullpen couldn't hold a one-run lead going into the bottom of the seventh inning.
- Friday night's game between the Las Vegas Aces and the Washington Mystics at Capital One Arena was canceled, the WNBA announced.
- The Orioles now have more than $8 million in slots to spend on international free agents.
- The Orioles now face what could be a long climb back to competitiveness after making five trades over the past two weeks.
- A crowd that's estimated to number around 50,000 is gathering outside the Clark Sports Center in the village of Cooperstown for the annual Baseball Hall of