Markakis: 'I'm in a funk'

It looks like Nolan Reimold is out for the season due to his nagging Achilles tendon. Now 2/3 of the young, much praised Orioles outfield has been shut down for the season... Outfielder Nolan Reimold's first big league season, and most likely his chances at becoming American League Rookie of the Year, ended Friday when he was placed on the 15-day disabled list.He will have surgery...

For the second night in a row, the Baltimore Orioles offense was listless, and in the end, the more-than-likely-playoff bound Boston Red Sox, upended them, 3-1. Young Clay Buchholz pitched his way to victory number three on the season as he went six innings and gave up a run on five hits. Jonathan Papelbon earned the save, his 37th. Meanwhile, Jeremy Guthrie, who has struggled throughout...

With another short but sweet start from Daisuke Matsuzaka, the Red Sox were able to whittle the magic number down to seven in the American League Wild Card race, thanks in part to a timely beating to the Texas Rangers by the Angels - and, of course, another systematic dismantling of the Baltimore Orioles. On the way to a 9-3 victory in Baltimore on Sunday, the Red Sox...

BALTIMORE - The differences between the Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles, a team surging toward the playoffs and a team sinking into the drudgery of meaningless September baseball, injected a sense of inevitability into their mismatch last night.

The Baltimore Orioles reinstated outfielder Lou Montanez from the 60-day disabled list on Saturday and transferred righty Koji Uehara to the 60-day disabled list.

This week the Baltimore Sports Then and Now Vintage Athlete of the Week is an outfielder that patrolled centerfield with grace while also providing the Orioles with timely hitting for more than a decade. On a team that built its strength through pitching and defense, Paul Blair fit perfectly. He is one of seven members of the Orioles from that era who won at least three Gold Gloves...

The good people at Consumerist love three things: protecting the interests of the American consumer, baseball, and nitrate-filled meaty concessions wrapped in doughy buns. But when writer Alex Chasick drove up to Camden Yards on Sunday for the Orioles-Red Sox tilt, he was sold a less-than-stellar hot dog and decided to complain. First, the sad excuse for a wiener: That is HORRENDOUS...

Back in late April, when we were all still young and before the stink of 13 lost seasons hung around the Orioles like a dead man’s gym socks, the O’s looked to their triple-A team for an outfielder. That's not Albert Pujols. It's Lou Montanez. Two players from the Norfolk Tides stood out, sporting smoking-hot batting averages and solid power numbers. Nolan Reimold...

Games 145 through 148 - Red SoxAngels 4, Red Sox 3Red Sox 3, Orioles 1Red Sox 11, Orioles 5Red Sox 9, Orioles 3Record: 89-59In the early years of this blog, we spent a good deal of pixels and more than a little angst whining about the Baltimore Orioles and their (perceived, almost certainly, as we were rarely inclined then as now towards actual 'research') prediliction for...

One of the most impressive things about rookie phenom Chris Tillman, something that has set him apart from other heralded young Oriole hurlers in the past, is that he generally throws strikes.