Category: Orioles

Baltimore Sun
George Kell, the Hall of Fame third baseman who edged Ted Williams for the 1949 American League batting title before putting the finishing touches on his 15-year career with the Orioles, died Tuesday. He was 86.

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Kell outlasted …

Baltimore Sun
The Orioles have added an option for their crowded and unproven 2009 rotation by acquiring left-hander Rich Hill today in another deal with their frequent trade partner, the Chicago Cubs.

Hill, 28, was considered one of baseball’s best young pitchers …

Baltimore Sports Report points out that Brian Roberts’ new wife, Diana Chiafair, has quite the modeling portfolio.

Baltimore Sun
The Orioles have acquired outfielder Felix Pie, sending left-handed pitcher Garrett Olson and minor league right-hander Henry Williamson to the Chicago Cubs in a deal announced this afternoon.

The 23-year-old Pie, who was named the Cubs’ top prospect by …

Baltimore Sun
It looks as if Nick Markakis will be patrolling right field at Camden Yards for several more years.

Markakis and the Orioles have made “real progress” in their contract-extension negotiations in recent days, according to club president Andy MacPhail. …

Daily Record
A Baltimore’s judge’s ruling has ended a five-year legal battle between two of the city’s high-profile businessmen over an unlikely issue: billboards.

In a decision handed down last month by Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Evelyn Omega Cannon, lawyers …

Peter Schmuck
Just got off the phone with Los Angeles Angels spokesman Tim Mead, who has confirmed reports by Fox Sports guy (and former Sun colleague) Ken Rosenthal and Tim Brown of Yahoo Sports that the Angels are out of …

WBAL TV
The Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday announced they have acquired infielder/outfielder Ryan Freel and minor league infielders Brandon Waring and Justin Turner from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for catcher Ramon Hernandez and cash considerations.

Baltimore Sun
The Orioles are in serious discussions about a trade that would send catcher Ramon Hernandez to the Cincinnati Reds for outfielder-utility man Ryan Freel and a mid-level prospect, according to sources.

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It seems more and more like the …

Baltimore Sun
The Orioles still aren’t considered the favorites to land coveted free agent Mark Teixeira, but you can’t say they’re not trying.

Orioles president Andy MacPhail acknowledged he met with the slugging first baseman and his agent, Scott Boras, late …