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Jim Palmer became the third Orioles great to be immortalized in bronze and put on display in the Garden of Greats behind center field at Camden Yards on Saturday afternoon, joining Frank Robinson and Earl Weaver and awaiting the arrival of Eddie Murray, Cal Ripken and Brooks Robinson later this season.

Three-time Cy Young Award winner Jim palmer will have his sculpture unveiled at Camden Yards at a ceremony Saturday at 2:15 p.m.

The sounds of country music will fill Aberdeen's Ripken Stadium on Aug. 17, when "Queen of Country" Reba McEntire is expected to hit the stage there.

More fans are showing up and watching on TV as Baltimore Orioles are above .500

There will never again be anyone like Earl Weaver, whose volatile personality and keenly analytical baseball mind played a lot bigger role than he wants to admit in the uninterrupted success that made the Orioles one of the cornerstone franchises in the American League from the 1960s into the 1980s.

Sitting in the visitors' dugout, Davey Johnson looked out over the park that used to be home, took a deep breath and grinned. It had been 15 years, but Johnson was finally managing again in Camden Yards.

Eddie Murray, the former Orioles Hall of Famer, has been linked to an investigation by federal authorities in a wide-ranging insider trading case that already has ensnared teammate Doug DeCinces, according to a Reuters report.

The general belief is that players recovering from hamate bone surgery -- as the Orioles' Nick Markakis is now -- have a short recovery time, but it can take a while for them to regain their power at the plate.

As an usher for the Baltimore Orioles at Memorial Stadium and Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Gordon Huggins has witnessed six World Series, Cal Ripken Jr.'s record-setting 2,131st consecutive game, and many of the best players in the game's history.

Jon Miller: Success of Orioles could rejuvenate city

Babe Ruth No. 1 The Baltimore Sun's 175 Top athletes

Brooks Robinson owned third base. Still does. At his sendoff in 1977 — a "Thanks, Brooks" Day at a packed Memorial Stadium — Robinson's successor, Doug DeCinces, removed third base from its moorings and presented it to the Orioles veteran.

Frank Robinson, who led the Orioles to their first world championship, is No. 4 on The Baltimore Sun's list of top athletes

As an usher for the Baltimore Orioles at Memorial Stadium and Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Gordon Huggins has witnessed six World Series, Cal Ripken Jr.'s record-setting 2,131st consecutive game, and many of the best players in the game's history.

Baltimore Sun news for May 11, 2012

The Baltimore Sun's No. 6 all-time Maryland athlete is Cal Ripken Jr. The home-grown Orioles star wants to be remembered simply as "gamer."

Sports columnist Ken Rosenthal discusses a moment that wrote itself

Josh Hamilton hit four home runs as the Rangers rout Orioles, 10-3. The Texas outfielder set an American League record with 18 total bases.

Robert Andino and the Orioles are not stopping to look back at last year's walk-off win over the Red Sox in the regular-season finale. As the team faces Boston for the first time since Andino's big hit, it says its focus is on 2012.

By taking two out of three games on the road against the New York Yankees to improve to 16-9 this season, the Orioles are off to one of their best starts in team history.

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."

The Orioles just unveiled their statue of Frank Robinson beyond the left-center-field fence at Camden Yards, kicking off a season-long celebration honoring the club's six Hall of Famers.

Members of the news, editorial, sports, photography and web design staffs of The Aegis, The Record and APG News received 37 awards in the 2011 Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Press Association's Editorial Contest. In addition to individual and team awards, The Aegis was named Newspaper of the Year among the association's non-daily newspapers with a circulation of more than 20,000.

Rocky fifth inning for Jake Arrieta sinks Orioles in 6-3 loss to Angels

After starting with three straight victories over the Minnesota Twins, the Orioles failed their first test of the young season by being swept by the New York Yankees at Camden Yards.

Infielder Rich Dauer and scout Walter Youse will also be honored on Aug. 26

Orioles' Opening Day starter hidden among the pack

Orioles' Opening Day starter hidden among the pack

Slugger wants new deal at market value but Texas Rangers have him on hold as they pursue Prince Fielder

New Orioles pitcher Tsuyoshi Wada has begun his transition to the United States from Japan. The left-hander will make the jump from being an MVP in Japan to a possible top-of-the-rotation starter in the major leagues.

The Orioles in 2012 will unveil statues of the six men who entered the Hall of Fame as Orioles. Frank Robinson, Brooks Robinson, Earl Weaver, Jim Palmer, Eddie Murray and Cal Ripken Jr. will each be honored with his own monument at Camden Yards as part of the stadium's 20th-anniversary celebration.