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The Orioles could put the Oriole Bird in the field and improve their production and stability at shortstop in 2009.
The team used six starters at the position after trading former American League MVP Miguel Tejada last December. Now, the Orioles have plenty of options to fill what was a gaping hole in 2008. While opting to spend bigger money elsewhere, the Orioles are more likely to sign journeyman Cesar Izturis than to sign one of the three higher-profile free agent shortstops—Rafael Furcal, Orlando Cabrera and Edgar Renteria—according to The Sun. "Whatever we are going to do, I am pretty confident that it's going to be a significant improvement over what we had, not that that is a high bar," Orioles president Andy MacPhail told The Sun. The...
21 Nov 2008 at 6:22am
According to a report in The Baltimore Sun, current free agent shortstop Cesar Izturis could be the one the...
18 Nov 2008 at 2:32pm
Cal Ripken Jr.'s baseball clinic for Nicaraguan youth was canceled by its sponsors Tuesday because protests surrounding local election results were hindering travel. Ripken and his former Baltimore Orioles teammate Dennis Martinez, a Nicaraguan native, provided instruction to 300 children and 60 youth coaches in Managua and Granada since last week.
Even if they don't add a couple of high-priced free agents, the Baltimore Orioles will have a new look next season. For the first time since 1972, the Orioles will wear the script word "Baltimore" across the front of their gray road jerseys. At home and away, the left sleeve will be adorned by a circular patch featuring the pattern of the multicolored Maryland state flag.
6 Nov 2008 at 8:53am
Could there be another set of Brian Roberts rumors in the Chicago Cubs ' future? You remember Roberts, the...
5 Nov 2008 at 10:24pm
The prized slugger would be guaranteed a contract for only half as long as Barack Obama's first term in the White House.
31 Oct 2008 at 7:40am
Not long after the Philadelphia Philles won 2008 World Series, BetOnline.com delcared the Boston Red Sox are...
30 Oct 2008 at 2:10am
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28 Oct 2008 at 3:39am
Bud Selig's weathermen kept telling him he'd get the game in, and the baseball commissioner was determined: No shortened World Series games on his watch. So he met in the umpires' room with officials of both teams an hour before the start of Game 5 on Monday night and told them no matter how long it took, the game would not be cut short.
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