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By Maryland Orioles' Fan The first baseman/designated hitter talked about wanting to play a few more years in the sport and about how much he loves being in Baltimore. As well, he talked about how the Orioles Magic video came life and talked about the great ...

By Maryland Orioles' Fan Right now, the arms we have up in Baltimore cannot get the job done, and seem to be feeble against major league batters. There was not much to write about last night, we simply got our arses kicked badly. The Orioles are now in a ...

By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) The Orioles went down to Tampa, Florida and promptly lost three game to the Rays this weekend. The Tampa offense took Oriole pitching to school, out of the park at times, and to add insult to injury, scored in the double digits during each loss. Things got so bad at times watching on MASN, I just...

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By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) Many of us know that Dave Trembley despite the limitations of the roster he’s got have made the Orioles into a team that’s at least competitive — if not so much record-wise — in the vast majority of games that have played in 2008. Take a read at what Peter Schmuck wrote this week in the Baltimore...

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By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) From MASN:As the final month of baseball season approaches, the Orioles and MASN have teamed up to make Orioles tickets even more affordable and accessible. For the month of September, fans can purchase tickets in a special MASN Maximum Access section in the upper deck of the ballpark for...

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By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) Here's what he writes in his Youtube description of the video: "My friends and I took the trip down I95 to Baltimore to see the Yankees play the Orioles at Camden Yards. At the game on Sunday afternoon 8/24 (an 8-7 Yanks win), my buddy Mike decided to have some fun and mock Baltimore, the Oriole...

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By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) At the yard last night, the Orioles defeated the White Sox, 11-3, to avoid a three-game sweep and put a positive spin on a disappointing home stand. Once again, the Oriole bats came alive as both the hot Melvin Mora and Aubrey Huff had three hits; as well, both he and Aubrey went deep to help Bal...

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By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) Last night, Brian Burres in his return the the majors after a brief demotion to Norfolk, looked like well, um -- the same Brian Burres. Nick Markakis and Luke Scott had two hits, and each drove in a run; however, not much could be said for the rest of the team.

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By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) Baltimore won the first game, 4-3, in 14 innings as Luis "Lou" Montanez -- who was not even on the roster when the game was played -- had the game winning RBI. Incidentally, the winning pitcher -- Alberto Castillo, along with Rocky Cherry, who earned the save -- were not even on the roster as we...

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By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) ESPN Zone's season-long Orioles Q&A series continues today (Aug. 26), at noon with Orioles first baseman Kevin Millar on Pratt Street in the Inner Harbor. It's the penultimate Orioles Q&A this year, with the final one scheduled for Sept. 9.

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By Maryland Orioles' Fan New York Yankees vs. Baltimore Orioles: Aug. 24th.

By Maryland Orioles' Fan New York Yankees vs. Baltimore Orioles: August 23rd, 2008.

By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) The Yankees’ Darrell Rasner was just as bad as Cabrera, and his bullpen didn’t help matters as they allowed Baltimore to come back and tie the game. Melvin Mora, Brian Roberts and Aubrey Huff each homered; however, the Orioles left an astounding thirteen men on base.

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By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) Mickolio was obtained from the Seattle Mariners along with Sherrill, Adam Jones, Chris Tillman and Tony Butler as part of the trade that sent Erik Bedard to Seattle on Feb. 8. Mickolio was originally drafted by the Mariners in the 18th round of the 2006 First Year Player Draft.

By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) Perhaps tonight or on Tuesday, the Orioles are set to welcome their 50 millionth fan at Oriole Park at Camden Yards and that would make it the fastest ballpark/stadium in the history of baseball to reach such a milestone. When the Orioles left town last Sunday, they were just 43,290 fans awa...

By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) The Orioles beat the Tigers, 16-8, thanks to the bat of one man -- Melvin Mora. Thanks to his career day with five hits in six-at-bats, two home runs, six RBIs and four runs scored, the Baltimore just ripped the guts out of a Detroit team that was supposed to reign supreme in the AL Central.

By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) Well, after an awful start to the series in Cleveland, the golden arm of Jeremy Guthrie and the big bats of Aubrey Huff and Nick Markakis helped the Orioles down the Indians, 6-1. Orioles president Andy MacPhail said last night that "there's no agreement yet, but we are making some progress....

By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) Montanez, Kevin Millar and Melvin Mora (boy, is he hot) had three hits each and drove in six of the Orioles’ runs. Daniel Cabrera – well, was Daniel Cabrera. Ok, he was not bad; however, just uneven on the night. He went a little more than five innings, and Francisco Cabrera got the win on Thursda...

By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) lt;a href="http://www.thelosscolumn.com/2008/orioles-indians-open-thread/">Was yesterday's game ever ugly or what</a>! At points, you felt no matter how far the Orioles were behind, they were going to come back -- or at least make the game interesting. Well, at other poi...

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By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) MASN's Roch Kubatko reports what's going down in the minors; Steve Melewski has more on the Chad Bradford trade; Sean Welsh has a report card on the Orioles from the weekend that passed; Orioles Hangout Scott Hoffman has a profile on Luke Scott; Nowick Gray has a look at the second half for t...

By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) Other than that, the Orioles got spanked by the Angels on Wednesday; Lou Montanez hit his first major-league home run in his first ever bat, Nick Markakis' 3-run homer, and Payton's clinic in the outfield, there was not much else that could be said about the Orioles.

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By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) Despite throwing well, Olson gave up 11 hits to earn his eighth win of the season. The Baltimore bats jumped all over Seattle starter Jarrod Washburn as they had a huge fifth inning where they scored eight runs. Nick Markakis had three hits, Jay Payton with 3-RBI and Adam Jones two runs driven...

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By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) Yankees reliever Edwar Ramirez was suspended three games and also fined an undisclosed amount for committing the same offense one day later, throwing at Orioles first baseman Kevin Millar in the seventh inning at Yankee Stadium -- a pitch deemed to be in retaliation for Rodriguez's plu...

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By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) Pete Kerzel of PressBox looks back at the 1983 World Series reunion which was held at Camden Yards last week and also a rundown as to what is going down in the minors; Camden Chat has their thoughts on the latest trade rumors as does the Loss Column & Oriole Central, Roar 34 has news about w...

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By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) The Orioles beat the Evil Empire in resounding fashion, 11-4, last night in the Bronx as Jeremy Guthrie had an another amazing outing and Adam Jones hit his first career grand slam — an absolute bomb — in the sixth inning off of Yankee reliever David Robertson.

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By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) What a sweet win. You all know what happened — the Orioles finally snapped a streak of 15 consecutive Sunday losses as they beat the Los Angeles Angels, 5-2, on a overcast and rainy day in the mid-Atlantic region. L.A. Angels vs. Baltimore Orioles; July 27th, 2008

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By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) Heath of Dempsey's Army has an analysis of homers hit so far by the Orioles; The Wayward has an interesting flow of chart of the Baltimore Orioles that we can all understand; Around the Harbor takes a look at Maryland sports; Walker got lit up in his Bowie rehab start; Camden Depot looks at ou...

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By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) From ESPN: The former Baltimore Orioles outfielder, who was named in the Mitchell report on performance-enhancing drugs and for months sought a chance to redeem himself, has signed a minor league deal with the Milwaukee Brewers.

By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) It was hot, and the ball was flying out of the Yard last night; however, despite four hits and five RBIS from Melvin Mora, the Orioles lost to the offensive barrage by the Blue Jays, 10-8. The battle of the bottom feeders in the AL East was an ugly one as both starting pitchers -- Olson for Baltim...

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By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) Despite the heat, they used the long ball — supplied by Adam Jones and Ramon Hernandez’s home runs — along with a timely Melvin Mora hit to come out victorious. Right now, we have to be really impressed with Jones as he’s developed as a hitter (based on where he started off in April versus now) a...

By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) Luke Scott, who had been slumping pretty badly hit two home runs led the way. As well, Melvin Mora added a two-run shot — which hit the top of the foul pole (something I’ve never seen) and Aubrey Huff’s solo shot — his 19th — gave the Orioles a large enough cushion to earn the win. The powerful Tige...

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By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) Baltimore had their chances; alas, they made umpteen errors on the base paths (including Markakis' blunder, and Mora being nailed at home) despite 14 hits. Well, if some of you will be in the area on Sunday it might be worth getting an Orioles ticket.

By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) Well, could this be the downfall of the Baltimore Orioles that we all expected, or just a rough patch? Nick Markakis homered and scored three runs in a three-hit performance while Adam Jones added a three-run homer for Baltimore – his first since June; however, the Oriole rally came up sho...

By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) Baltimore beat Boston, 7-3 and they roughed up Clay Buchholz, who we all know no-hit the Orioles last season. This time, he looked nothing better than average as the Orioles took advantage of his shaky performance after being called up from the minors. Brian Roberts had three hits to lead th...

By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) The Orioles will celebrate the 25th anniversary of their 1983 World Series championship on Wednesday, July 23 at Camden Yards. Over 20 players and coaches from the ’83 team will return to Baltimore to take part in the festivities, and all upper deck seats (upper box and upper reserve) will...

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By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) It was an ugly day at the Yard on Sunday. The Orioles used the long ball -- three in total, including a three-run shot by Nick Markakis in the 8th, and solo shots by Melvin Mora and Kevin Millar in 9th; however, Oriole Magic just came up a bit short.

By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) The Orioles started the fireworks early as they downed the Rangers in a laugher, 10-4. Both Freddie Bynum, who played due to illness (Roberts battling the flu), and Brandon Fahey supplied much of offense on the 4th of July. Fahey had two doubles, and Bynum has three RBI's for the easy win. The o...

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By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) Both Amber Theoharis & Allen McCallum of Pressbox believes like many fans think, although the Orioles are winning right now the focus cannot be taken off the task at hand -- rebuilding the team; as well, WNST's Drew Forrester is quick to give credit to Andy MacPhail for the Orioles' tu...

By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) Yesterday's 3-2 loss to the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park was the Orioles' 12th straight Sunday defeat. The team has a 1-12 record on Sundays this season and hasn't won on Sunday since beating the Seattle Mariners April 6 at Camden Yards.

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By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) In a lineup not featuring Aubrey Huff -- by in large, the team's hottest hitter and Luke Scott, the Orioles offense suffered. Nick Markakis and Brandon Fahley drove in runs for Baltimore, but they just could not get the engine going. Don't be swayed by the record right now, Andy MacPhail must...

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By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) We still had Erik Bedard and Miguel Tejada as our "stars", but yet they could not get us out of a fourth place finish. Also, one year ago, Andy MacPhail became the Chief Operating Officer of the Baltimore Orioles -- more or less, the man in charge.

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By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) For the second night in a row, the Orioles once again had another come-from-behind victory as they beat Houston, 2-1, in the ten innings. Kevin Millar poked a base hit up the middle off of Houston closer Jose Valverde in the 10th inning to drive in Adam Jones and send the crowed at Oriole Park a...

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By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) Last night, the Baltimore Orioles got shelled by the Boston Red Sox, 9-2. The game was pretty much decided in the fifth inning as the Orioles played the percentages to walk the bases loaded for Mike Lowell. Sunday: Paul Maholm (4-5, 4.55) vs. Daniel Cabrera (5-2, 4.35)

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By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) Aubrey Huff went 4-for-5 with a pair of RBI and pretty much put the nail in the coffin for the Red Sox. Brian Roberts, Ramon Hernandez and Freddie Bynum also drove in two runs for the Orioles, who have won four of their last five. The big moment for the Orioles came in the seventh inning as Hideki O...

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By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) Trembley said before the game yesterday that he was adhering to the 24-hour rule before speaking to Trachsel about the incident. Trachsel said yesterday that he is frustrated trying to adjust to the routine of a reliever. He also said he was surprised Trembley took him out when he did Saturd...

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By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) Former Orioles pitcher Sidney Ponson was designated for assignment. Texas general manager Jon Daniels said Ponson, who was 4-1 with a 3.88 ERA, was sent away "for disrespecting teammates and club personnel." Right-hander Sidney Ponson, who seemed to have his career back on track, was des...

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By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) The O's offense has his back as wunder-kid Adam Joneswent 2-for-3 with two runs and as well Kevin Millar and Melvin Mora each hit solo home runs for Baltimore. Furhtermore, Brian Roberts had a double, a triple and an RBI to emerge from a horrible slump. Meanwhile, George Sherill earned his 19...

By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) In yet another sad loss, the Orioles were bested by the Evil Empire 1A, the Boston Red Sox, 9-4. Simply put, Brian Burres got shelled as he was attacked by the Red Sox offense early and often on Sunday. It's plain and simple, ten losing seasons, bad drafts, Peter Angelos, bad ushers at the Yard &...

By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) Tonight: Josh Beckett (5-4, 4.43) vs. Daniel Cabrera (5-1, 3.70) Saturday: Jon Lester (3-3, 3.55) vs. Garrett Olson (4-1, 4.09) Sunday: Bartolo Colon (2-0, 2.25) vs. Brian Burres (4-4, 3.16) Monday: Daisuke Matsuzaka (8-0, 2.53) vs.Jeremy Guthrie (2-6, 3.64)

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By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) Well, the non-existent rivalry between the Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles kicks off tonight at the Yard. Saturday: Odalis Perez (1-3, 3.71) vs. Brian Burres (3-4, 3.59) Sunday: John Lannan (3-3, 3.40) vs. Orioles' Jeremy Guthrie (2-3, 4.18)

By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) Baltimore, MD – On an unseasonably cold Friday night, the Washington Nationals began interleague play with their neighbor to the north, the Baltimore Orioles. The weekend series, dubbed “The Battle of the Beltway”, is the first of two series matchups between the franchises in 2008.

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By Maryland Orioles' Fan(noreply@blogger.com) Baltimore, Md. -- Mired in a two game losing streak and at risk to be swept by the surprising Baltimore Orioles, the Washington Nationals needed someone to act as a stopper. Their win snapped the Baltimore Orioles four game winning streak.

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By Maryland Orioles' Fan Baltimore Orioles players Adam Loewen and Nick Markakis were booed when shown on the ... As a resident of Maryland, an Orioles as well as a Nationals fan, ... MLB only moved the team to the nation’s capital for the fact there was no ...