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AP Photo/Paul SancyaAlex Rodriguez and his teammates will have an eventful offseason.There will be much scrutiny of the most famous franchise in sports, whose season ended in ignominious fashion with elimination in the ALCS by the Detroit Tigers on T...

Anthony Gruppuso/US PresswireRaul Ibanez had plenty to celebrate after his walk-off homer.The Baltimore Orioles were winning Wednesday's Game 3 against the Yankees on the power of three rookies -- Ryan Flaherty, Manny Machado and Miguel Gonzalez. ...

Ezra Shaw/Getty ImagesThe Athletics trailed the Rangers by 13 games in the AL West at the end of June, but will win the division if they beat Texas on Wednesday.The ten playoff participants are set, but the AL East and AL West titles are up for grabs...

Just how good have the Baltimore Orioles been in one-run games? Well, you'd have to go back 122 years to find a better team. With Tuesday's 1-0 win over the Tampa Bay Rays, Baltimore improved to 29-9 in one-run games. That .763 win percentage is t...

Greg Fiume/Getty ImagesManny Machado hit two homers in his second career MLB game.Manny was just being Manny, but at a younger age than Manny. Does that make sense? In just his second Major League game, Baltimore Orioles rookie Manny Machado we...

When the Baltimore Orioles saw Jim Thome go 6-for-13 with a home run and four RBI against them in a three-game series earlier this season, it must have been enough to convince them that Thome is still a valuable asset. ThomeThe problem is that the...

Strasburg In his first start against the Pittsburgh Pirates since striking out 14 in his MLB debut, falling one shy of the MLB record for strikeouts in a debut, Stephen Strasburg fanned 13 in just 6 innings Thursday night. Strasburg deftly mixed...

ESPN Stats & InformationEntering Tuesday's game, all 10 of Josh Hamilton's home runs this season were on pitches from the middle of the plate in. Against the Orioles, all four of his record-tying homers came on pitches on the outer third or away.Josh...

AP Photo/Tom DiPace Jose Reyes makes his return to New York for the first time since leaving the Mets as a free agent. Jose Reyes returns to Flushing, NY to face his former team, the New York Mets, starting tonight at Citi Field as the Miami Marlin...

Pitching was the story of the day as opening week continued with 13 teams playing their first game of the season. After Kyle Lohse tossed a gem on Wednesday, Roy Halladay, Justin Verlander, Justin Masterson and Ryan Dempster all allowed two or few...

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Story | Conversation | May 08, 2009

In a winter that saw baseball general managers shy away from paying the big bucks for aging veterans, the Orioles felt that Brian Roberts was worthy of a four-year extension.

Story | Conversation | March 16, 2009