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Baltimore Orioles center fielder Adam Jones played six games at the World Baseball Classic and is now back in camp.

Orioles manager Buck Showalter was in Baltimore Monday to accept The Sun's Marylander of the Year award for 2012.

Cal Ripken Jr. stopped by The Baltimore Sun as part of the promotional tour for his third children's novel, "Wild Pitch," which came out Monday. Ripken sat down for a quick Q&A touching on the O's, his color commentary, the late Earl Weaver and his son Ryan.

Orioles pitcher Miguel Gonzalez has learned to never make assumptions when it comes to baseball.

Under the bright Florida sun on Tuesday afternoon, Orioles outfielder Nolan Reimold took his first swings against a pitcher since last April. Left-hander Tsuyoshi Wada tested his surgically repaired left-elbow with a long-toss session that is part of a tedious throwing progression to strengthen his arm.

Now that the football season is officially over, and Baltimore is planning a parade for its Super Bowl champion Ravens on Tuesday, the city's sports focus will quickly turn to baseball.

Jamal Lewis, Terry Reardon and Norm Bulaich are part of The Sun Remembers This Week in Sports for December 23 to December 29

The Orioles announced a one-year deal with Nate McLouth that will pay him $2 million with $500,000 of performance-based incentives.

On Thursday, the Orioles officially completed the Winter Meetings by drafting left-hander T.J. McFarland from the Indians in the Rule 5 draft. That pick comes after Orioles had great success last season in the Rule 5, getting a promising roster piece in infielder Ryan Flaherty.

Bears finish the year on a six-game losing streak, the longest for the program since 1996

The TBS team of Ernie Johnson, Cal Ripken and John Smoltz was outstanding. Johnson, the play by play guy, sets a table as well as anyone this side of Al Michaels. And he was superb all series long at drawing the best out of Ripken and Smoltz, who provided original and insightful analysis.

After the final out in Game 5 of the ALDS, 200 fans at a downtown pub burst into applause.

The Orioles' 2012 season ended with a 3-1 loss to the New York Yankees in the decisive Game 5 of the American League Division Series in front of an announced crowd of 47,081 at Yankee Stadium.

It isn't a Yankees-Orioles game if there isn't a little controversy. And there was just a major one with two outs in the sixth inning of Game 5 of the ALDS.

Fighting New York Yankees to bitter end, Baltimore Orioles show they belong

Orioles executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette spoke with reporters in the Orioles clubhouse following the team's season ending American League Division Series Game 5 loss to the Yankees at Yankee Stadium.

If you're rooting for the Orioles to complete a Division Series upset of the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium later today, you probably aren't a big fan of Yanks manager Joe Girardi, but I have to admit that I'm impressed with his handling of slumping superstar Alex Rodriguez.

The Orioles are going to have to find a way to scratch our four or five runs against Yankees ace CC Sabathia later today, which wouldn't be easy in a twilight game at Yankee Stadium against a ham-and-egg junkballer, much less one of the best pitchers in the game.

Here's a roundup of what other media outlets are saying about the Orioles' win over the New York Yankees in Game 4 of the American League Division Series and more:

On couches all over Baltimore, J.J. Hardy's game-winning RBI double in the 13th inning must have seemed like a dream, especially since the Orioles spent most of Thursday night putting fans to sleep with their offensive ineptitude.

The Orioles played their 20th extra-inning game of the season (and postseason) on Thursday night and won for the 17th time. It is a strangely lopsided statistic made stranger by the fact that the O¿s are 1-3 against the Yankees in those games and 16-0 against everybody else

When the Orioles traded reliever Matt Lindstrom to the Arizona Diamondbacks in late August for veteran lefty Joe Saunders, the Orioles were dealing a surplus bullpen arm for needed playoff experience.

Even in the aftermath of another marathon extra-inning game, the starting pitchers for Game 5 on Friday at Yankee Stadium both seemed like they couldn¿t wait to get to the mound for the climactic finale.

The Orioles bullpen, built through shrewd trades and bargain-bin signings, quickly emerged as one of the best in baseball. The relievers were the primary reason that the Orioles had the best record ever (29-9) in one-run games and hadn't lost an extra-inning game since dropping consecutive ones to the New York Yankees in the first week of the season. But this morning, after the New York Yankees beat the Orioles in 12 innings last night, hoards of sleepy Orioles fans stumbled to work, still stunned that the bullpen did not come through in the clutch.

Among a Yankees base that is accustomed to winning, the Orioles are regarded more as an obstacle on the way to a World Series title than a legitimate threat.

The Orioles were just two outs away from taking a commanding 2-1 lead in the best-of-five series. But a pair of solo homers by Raul Ibanez quickly reversed the roles and put the Orioles on the brink of elimination.

Orioles manager Buck Showalter announced after Wednesday's game that the lefty Joe Saunders would get the ball to start Thursday against the New York Yankees in Game 4 of the American League Division Series.

Baltimore Sun writers react to the Orioles' 3-2 loss to the New York Yankees in Game 3 of the American League Division Series.

Right-hander Chris Tillman will start Thursday at Yankee Stadium. Or it will be lefty Joe Saunders.

Orioles right-hander Jason Hammel, named the starter for a decisive ALDS Game 5 here if needed by manager Buck Showalter Wednesday, said his right knee felt good after a between-start bullpen session before Wednesday's Game 3.

Every morning, Monday through Friday, blogger Matt Vensel will hook you up with reading material -- mostly on the Ravens but with some other Baltimore sports stuff, too -- to skim through as you slug down coffee and slack off at the start of your workday. That way he'll have an excuse to do the same to start his workday, too.

When Orioles right-hander Miguel Gonzalez takes the mound for Game 3 of the American League Division Series on Wednesday, , it will be the rookie¿s third start at Yankee Stadium.

Maier was thrust into the national spotlight 16 years ago Tuesday when, as a 12-year-old fan at Yankee Stadium, he leaned over the right-field wall in an attempt to catch a fly ball and re-directed it into the stands for an eighth inning home run by Derek Jeter. That tied Game 1 of the American League Championship Series; the Yankees eventually went on to win in 11 innings and capture the series in five games, igniting their late 1990s dynasty.

With only break in schedule, Orioles and Yankees take day off

Here's a roundup of what other media outlets are saying about the Orioles' win over the New York Yankees in Game 2 of the American League Division Series.

These surprising Baltimore Orioles have shown resilience all season. And they did it again Monday, rebounding from a ninth inning implosion the night before to slip past the New York Yankees, 3-2, to even up the American League Division Series at 1-1.

Some quotes from both clubhouses following the Orioles' 3-2 ALDS Game 2 win over the Yankees Monday night at Camden Yards.

Baltimore Sun writers react to the Orioles' 3-2 win over the New York Yankees in Game 2 of the ALDS

Here's a roundup of what other media outlets are saying about the Orioles' loss to the New York Yankees in Game 1 of the American League Division Series.

Russell Martin's solo homer off Baltimore Orioles closer Jim Johnson in the ninth inning kickstarted a five-run rally for the New York Yankees, who took Game 1 of the American League Division Series, 7-2. Game 2 is tonight at Camden Yards.

Former Oriole and YES broadcaster Ken Singleton is thrilled that the O's are in the playoffs, but he¿s got to pull for the New York Yankees.

Now that I¿ve taken my message board beating for picking the Texas Rangers to defeat the Orioles in the Wild Card game, no one seriously believes that I would have the guts to pick the Yankees to win the Division Series.

Placing Orioles 27-year-old rookie Wei-Yin Chen on the mound in Monday¿s ALDS Game 2 wasn't a difficult decision for manager Buck Showalter considering the experience the left-hander has against the Yankees this season.

A look at how our Orioles Insiders see the American League Division Series between the Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees playing out.