Saturday, May 18, 2024

Sports News with Luke Jones

Orioles shortstop Hardy relieved to have new contract

BALTIMORE -- With the trade deadline two weeks away and the possibility of multiple teams being after his services this offseason, shortstop J.J. Hardy decided he was having too much fun with the last-place Orioles this season. The 28-year-old shortstop...

Orioles’ 5-week-long wreck painful to watch

Five weeks ago, I sat in Buck Showalter's pregame press conference as the Orioles welcomed the Tampa Bay Rays to town to conclude a nine-game homestand. Fresh off a sweep of Oakland, the Orioles were again creeping toward the .500...

Live from Camden Yards: Guerrero has “small crack” in hand, out again

**Join us in the Orange Crush live chat at 7:00 as the Orioles face the Cleveland Indians in the second of a four-game set at Camden Yards** BALTIMORE -- As if an eight-game losing streak and losing 22 of their...

Guthrie out of answers after suffering 13th loss of season

Jeremy Guthrie is one of the most standup guys you'll find in the Orioles clubhouse. Intelligent and analytical, the Stanford product is regularly willing to talk to the media, providing thoughtful insight after wins or losses. Following Thursday's 8-4 loss to...

Live from Camden Yards: Orange Crush chat at 7 as struggling Orioles begin 2nd half

**Join us in the Orange Crush live chat at 7:00 as the struggling Orioles begin the second half by welcoming the upstart Cleveland Indians to town for a four-game set** BALTIMORE -- Following the Orioles' beanball series in Beantown prior...

Picking up the pieces for the Orioles’ second half

Despite rumors to the contrary and the wishes of many, the Orioles will play the remaining 74 games of the 2011 season. Over the Orioles' current stretch of losing 21 of their last 27 games that's left them 18 games...

Orioles catcher Wieters named to first All-Star Game

Facing a mountain of expectations long before making his major league debut on May 29, 2009, Matt Wieters can finally call himself an All-Star. The 25-year-old catcher was selected by Texas manager Ron Washington as an American League reserve, becoming...

Orioles, Britton struggle in uninspiring loss to Cardinals

The St. Louis Cardinals arrived in Baltimore having lost 12 of 15 and licking their wounds from a three-game sweep to Toronto in which they scored a paltry total of seven runs, but you wouldn't know it as the...

Live from Camden Yards: Orange Crush chat at 7 as Cardinals make first ever visit to Baltimore

**Join us in the Orange Crush live chat at 7:00 as the Orioles welcome the St. Louis Cardinals to Baltimore for the first time ever in an interleague three-game set with Zach Britton taking the hill against Kyle...

Guthrie gets overdue help from offense in Orioles’ 7-5 win over Reds

It was far from Jeremy Guthrie's best performance in a 7-5 win to give the Orioles their first series win since June 6-8. But the bats owed him one. Guthrie pitched 5 2/3 innings, allowing four earned runs and six hits...
About the Author
Luke Jones is the Ravens and Orioles beat reporter for WNST BaltimorePositive.com and is a PFWA member. His mind is consumed with useless sports knowledge, pro wrestler promos, and movie quotes, but he struggles to remember where he put his phone. Luke's favorite sports memories include being one of the thousands of kids who waited to get Cal Ripken's autograph after Orioles games in the summer of 1995, attending the Super Bowl XXXV victory parade with his father in the pouring rain, and watching the Terps advance to the Final Four at the Carrier Dome in 2002. Follow him on Twitter @BaltimoreLuke or email him at Luke@wnst.net.
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