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Throwback Thursday: A grand opening

Throwback Thursday: A grand opening
You may already be counting down the days until opening day, but before we look forward, let's take a look back at some of the Orioles' greatest moments of the 2013 season. Every Thursday, we'll be throwin' it back to an amazing play from the O's second straight winning season. And what better place to start than the beginning. The Birds hosted the Twins for their 2013 home opener. In front of a sellout crowd, Chris Davis stepped to plate with the bases loaded in the eighth inning of a...
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Chris Davis named 2013 Most Valuable Oriole

Chris Davis named 2013 Most Valuable Oriole
The Orioles today announced that Chris Davis has been voted winner of the 2013 Louis M. Hatter Most Valuable Oriole Award by members of the local media who cover the team on a regular basis. He will be recognized for his accomplishments in an on-field ceremony prior to today's season finale against the Boston Red Sox. Davis has compiled one of the greatest offensive seasons in major league history. Entering today's finale, he had a club-record and MLB-leading 53 home runs and 96 extra-base...
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Patrick Reddington: Davey Johnson, Stephen Strasburg and Beijing In 2008

Patrick Reddington: Davey Johnson, Stephen Strasburg and Beijing In 2008
Davey Johnson was especially blunt in his assessment of 25-year-old right-hander Stephen Strasburg's last outing. Washington's 2009 No. 1 overall pick gave up six hits and three runs in six innings of work in which he struck out six and threw 109 pitches to the Miami Marlins. "He was actually awful," Johnson told reporters after the start. "He was. I mean, every pitch he threw was up. He's got such great stuff, but everything was belt-high. I grew to love him when he pitched for me in...
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Matthew Taylor: J. Johnson, Davis and O's still have something to play for

Matthew Taylor: J. Johnson, Davis and O's still have something to play for
The Orioles and Red Sox wrap up the 2013 regular season with a three-game set at Camden Yards starting this evening. Both teams' regular season fates have been decided, but these remaining games aren't as meaningless as they might seem. (And I'm not talking about the opportunities that Chris Davis has to increase his team records for home runs and extra-base hits, although those matter, too.) With one win, the O's could earn consecutive season series victories against Boston for the first...
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Rachel Levitin: September subject to change

Rachel Levitin: September subject to change
The past three September in D.C. have felt completely different. September 2011 was a quiet time. The Nationals went 80-81 that year, which was an improvement on all the seasons prior. The 2012 season was the most successful season played by this incarnation of D.C. baseball since the Nats' inaugural year in 2005. Despite a short-lived playoff run, the Nats entered the offseason as National League East champions for the first time. And in 2013, well, high expectations were met with somewhat...
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A night of firsts for Jonathan Schoop

A night of firsts for Jonathan Schoop
Stating that Jonathan Schoop had a good night would be an understatement. As one of the Orioles' top prospects, Schoop was brought up in early September. Tonight, Buck Showalter mixed up the lineup, giving Schoop the start at second base and setting him up to play in his FIRST major league game. From there, the firsts just kept on comin'. In his FIRST major league at-bat, he got his FIRST hit, a line-drive single to center field. In his third at-bat, Schoop blasted a no-doubter into...
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Andrew Stetka: Even in postseason, the game comes first

Andrew Stetka: Even in postseason, the game comes first
With the Orioles officially eliminated from postseason contention, it comes as a surprise to some that the baseball playoffs will actually be watchable this October. Sure, it would have been great to see the O's back in the hunt for a World Series like in 2012, but playing five meaningless games at the end of the season sure beats playing 55 of them. I've always fancied myself a baseball fan that roots for the Orioles, not an O's fan that watches baseball. The game comes first for me....
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David Huzzard: As potential free agent, Yankees' Girardi a tempting option

David Huzzard: As potential free agent, Yankees' Girardi a tempting option
This is a tale of two teams. One has an average age of 27.8 and the other 31.8. One has a solid young core composed of a 20-year-old former Rookie of the Year outfielder with back-to-back 20-homer seasons, a young pitching staff with three top-of-the rotation starters who are finishing the season with a 3.50 ERA or lower, a converted third baseman playing second who has slashed line drives all over the park since being recalled, and veterans in a third baseman that always seems to be an .800...
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Neal Shaffer: Finding positives among O's shortcomings

Neal Shaffer: Finding positives among O's shortcomings
With last night's loss, the Orioles are officially out of the 2013 playoff picture. Would it be wrong to call that a relief? We've suspected this day was coming for a while. Last Friday's epic 18-inning loss to the Rays basically sealed the deal. That game had all the markings of a last stand and the Orioles, to their credit, did what they do: They fought hard. They simply didn't have an extra gear this time around. To finally know that they won't be revisiting the postseason is indeed...
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Machado's peers react to his injury (update)

Machado's peers react to his injury (update)
In Monday's series finale at Tampa Bay, Manny Machado suffered a gruesome knee injury while rounding first base. Immediately after being carted off the field in a stretcher, there was an outpouring of support for the O's third baseman. Below are just some of the many tweets from Machado's peers in reaction to his injury. Best wishes out to Manny today for that terrible injury. Get well soon man!— Mike Trout (@Trouty20) September 23, 2013 Prayers up for Manny Machado— Torrey...
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Zach Wilt: Already missing Machado

Zach Wilt: Already missing Machado
There's no crying in baseball - unless, of course, you're an Orioles fan who watched Manny Machado go down Monday at Tropicana Field. Then crying is completely acceptable. I'm OK admitting that my eyes got a little misty as I watched the Birds' young phenom get carted off the field on a stretcher after twisting his leg on first base. I didn't take the injury well, I felt sick to my stomach watching the replays and sat in silence, unsure how I should react as the game continued. After it...
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Ted Leavengood: It all goes back to Zimmerman

Ted Leavengood: It all goes back to Zimmerman
There are landmark moments that stand like Mount Rushmore looking down upon the crowd of gameday events that have transpired since the first pitch was thrown out at RFK Stadium in 2005. There was Jayson Werth's walk-off home run to send the Nationals to a Game 5 in the 2012 National League Division Series, Stephen Strasburg's 14-strikeout debut in 2010 and maybe Bryce Harper's breakout game against the Phillies when he stole home. But the launch date for the current Nationals team happened...
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Domenic Vadala: Last hurrah for Roberts?

Domenic Vadala: Last hurrah for Roberts?
While the Orioles are still mathematically in contention, I think it's fair to say that their postseason chances have taken a serious hit this past weekend against Tampa Bay. On a side note - and this is something on which I'll spend some time this off season on Birds Watcher - I don't feel that the 2013 Orioles were any worse off than the 2012 team. But I think that a lot of the competition around the Orioles - such as Boston, Cleveland, and Tampa Bay - simply got better. If, in fact, this...
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Dave Nichols: Disappointing campaign ends on hopeful note

Dave Nichols: Disappointing campaign ends on hopeful note
Well, here we are. The final week of the 2013 regular season. It's been a fascinating but ultimately disappointing season. Unless the Nationals manage to win out this week and get an extraordinarily well-timed losing streak by either the Reds or Pirates, the Nats' season will come to an end without reaching the playoffs. It's funny, if the Nats had finished a couple of games out of the playoffs last season as they will this one, it would not have been particularly disappointing. Rather,...
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Saturday's Marlins-Nationals game at Nationals Park postponed

Saturday's Marlins-Nationals game at Nationals Park postponed
Tonight's Nationals-Marlins game scheduled to begin at 7:05 p.m. at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., has been postponed due to inclement weather. The team will play a split doubleheader on Sunday, September 22 with tonight's make-up game beginning at 7:05 p.m. The first regularly scheduled game will begin at 1:35 p.m. All gates for the second 7:05 p.m. game will open 1.5 hours after the last out of the 1:35 p.m. game or 6:00 p.m., whichever is later.* The two games against the Marlins on...
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Orioles recall Mike Belfiore and Zach Britton from Norfolk

Orioles recall Mike Belfiore and Zach Britton from Norfolk
The Orioles today announced that they have recalled left-handers Mike Belfiore and Zach Britton from Triple-A Norfolk. Britton, 25, is 2-3 with a 5.45 ERA (36.1IP, 22ER) in seven starts for the Orioles this season. In 19 starts for Norfolk, Britton was 6-5 with a 4.27 ERA (103.1IP, 49ER). Belfiore, 24, went 2-1 with a 3.18 ERA (76.1IP, 27ER) in 37 games for the Tides. He has had two prior stints with the Orioles this season but did not appear in a game. He is looking to make his major...
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Nineteen wins means double the celebration

Nineteen wins means double the celebration
Jordan Zimmermann showed no mercy against the Marlins on Friday night. He opened the game with 5 2/3 hitless innings and finished his night by surrendering just two hits in a complete-game shutout. With his 19th win of the season, Zimmermann temporarily tied Max Scherzer for the most wins in the majors. So how exactly did the Nationals congratulate the National League leader in wins? Did they shower him in Gatorade or smash a shaving cream pie in his face? Why not do both? Read more about...
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Patrick Reddington: Streaking in D.C.

Patrick Reddington: Streaking in D.C.
Denard Span struck out in his seventh-inning at-bat against Miami right-hander A.J. Ramos on Thursday night, leaving him 0-for-4 in the series finale with the Marlins. Span was three spots away from another at-bat when Wilson Ramos lined out to end the bottom of the eighth. Rafael Soriano pitched a scoreless top of the ninth for the Nationals to earn his 42nd save in the Nats' 82nd win of the year, so Span never got another at-bat and his 29-game hit streak came to an end. Over the course of...
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Matthew Taylor: Memories made in Boston and beyond

Matthew Taylor: Memories made in Boston and beyond
The Orioles' final trip to Fenway Park is in the history books. Those history books already contain several big moments with ties to the current season that occurred on this day. Sept. 20, 2011: The 63-90 Orioles defeat the 88-67 Red Sox by a score of 7-5 as part of a four-game series at Fenway Park. Starter and former Oriole Erik Bedard goes 2 2/3 innings for Boston. Fellow former Oriole Matt Albers provides an inning of scoreless relief with two strikeouts. Robert Andino's eighth-inning,...
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Rachel Levitin: September baseball is family time

Rachel Levitin: September baseball is family time
For just a few minutes (or at least while you read this blog post) let's try and forget that the openly-hyped 2013 Nationals are 5 1/2 games behind the Reds for the second National League wild card. Instead, I'd like to give my two cents on September baseball. It's the end of summer and the start of the school year come September. Fall is here, even in D.C., and the conversation I had with my buddy Tom on Tuesday helped cement in my mind something that I've already felt to be true for...
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