Sunday, April 28, 2024

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Yankees put Orioles in familiar place in 13-2 beatdown

It took an extra 48 minutes for Thursday's game to begin but less than 10 minutes after first pitch to see what kind of night it was going to be for the Orioles. After rain pushed back the start of...

Britton’s best keeps getting better for Orioles

I'd written several times after impressive outings in Zach Britton's brief major league career that I got the sense from the rookie that he felt his best was yet to come, whether talking about a need for sharper command,...

Live from Camden Yards: Orange Crush chat at 7 as Orioles, Britton go for sweep

**Join us in the Orange Crush live chat at 7:00 as the Orioles go for the three-game sweep against the Seattle Mariners** BALTIMORE -- After toppling King Felix in a 4-2 victory on Wednesday night, the Orioles (16-19) send Zach...

Tillman topples King Felix, Mariners in 4-2 win

No one needed to tell Chris Tillman how important Wednesday's start was for him and the Orioles. Coming off arguably the worst outing of his career, a 3 2/3-inning disaster in Kansas City in which he allowed eight runs and...

Orioles prevail over Mariners in wild 13-inning affair

Maybe it was as simple as J.J. Hardy's return to a struggling lineup. After all, the Orioles were 6-1 when the shortstop left the second game of a doubleheader against the Texas Rangers on April 9 and had gone 8-18...

Orioles’ struggles becoming not so ‘early’ after weekend sweep to Rays

BALTIMORE -- The old baseball adage is heard countless times in the early weeks of every season, whether a team or player is off to a smoking start or struggling to clear the spring training cobwebs when the games...

In night of firsts, Orioles hope 4-1 win over Boston leads to brighter days

In their first game against the Red Sox in the 2011 season, the Orioles collected their first win over Boston, a 4-1 victory in which rookie left-hander Zach Britton was impressive yet again. It was the Orioles' first series-opening win...

After labeling Yankees ‘just another team’ all winter, Orioles still can’t beat them

BALTIMORE -- The Orioles talked the talk throughout the winter months, in addition to upgrading their lineup with four new hitters. They said all the right things about not putting the Yankees and the Red Sox on a pedestal, forgetting...

Orioles-Yankees game postponed; no makeup date announced

(Updated: 6:30 p.m.) Tonight's game between the Orioles and Yankees has been postponed due to rain. No makeup date has been announced, but there's no real urgency considering New York comes to town two more times this season. Brad Bergesen...

Resilient Britton overcomes bug to beat Twins

The final stat line tells you how Zach Britton pitched in a 5-4 win over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night. Good enough to win, but not overly impressive. Britton earned his third win in four starts but struggled with his...
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Weird April for Holliday winds down with Orioles sending him back to minors

BALTIMORE -- Regardless of your feelings on the Orioles' handling of top prospect Jackson Holliday, there's a good chance you've felt right and wrong...

What is Oakland losing with the Athletics?

Author Jason Turbow gives Nestor an Oakland Athletics history lesson and discusses everything that went wrong over 50 years dating back to Charlie Finley and a book he wrote on the 1970s World Series champions draped in thrift and constant acrimony.

Ravens tab cornerback Nate Wiggins as best cross section of talent, need in first round

"Just getting a corner at this point like Nate is probably the best way we could have started this weekend."

Ravens address secondary with Wiggins as we await offensive line help

Late in the night the Baltimore Ravens were quite excited about drafting Clemson cornerback Nate Wiggins with the 30th pick and now Luke Jones and Nestor await how general manager Eric DeCosta will address the offensive line and other needs this weekend via what has already been a wild NFL Draft.

Fielding a field of crowded outfielders as Kjerstad arrives for Orioles

Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the Orioles returning from Anaheim to see the A's and Yankees at Camden Yards with the Heston Kjerstad promotion and the curious Rashod Bateman deal with the Ravens before NFL Draft. A big week of sports ahead in Baltimore.

A sportswriting legend talks about her roots in Oriole Magic and what went wrong in Oakland

Recovering sportswriter Susan Fornoff comes home to Baltimore to talk Oriole Magic, Athletics history and why it matters to fans in Oakland and beyond. And Nestor finally gets to tell some old newspaper tales of her legend and lore at The News American in the 1980s before that creep Dave Kingman showed who the real rats of Major League Baseball were to baseball beat writers.

Ravens excited to land “best cover corner in the draft” in Clemson’s Wiggins

General manager Eric DeCosta said he didn't expect Nate Wiggins to be available at the end of the first round.

First-round cornerback Nate Wiggins says pre-draft visit with Ravens “felt like it was home”

The Clemson product is the first cornerback selected by Baltimore in the first round since Marlon Humphrey in 2017.
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