BALTIMORE—On August 22, 2007, the Orioles lost to the Texas Rangers, 30-3. Since then, the Orioles have had some excellent seasons and some that were downright awful. However, until Saturday night, the Orioles hadn’t given up 20 runs since that forgettable night. In their most embarrassing defeat in a season that has...
BALTIMORE—On Friday, the Orioles honored a team that didn’t win a division. In fact, the 1989 Orioles had only the fifth-best record of the 13 teams in the American League. A year removed from the then worst record in franchise history, the Orioles of three decades ago contended with the Toronto Blue...
BALTIMORE—Chris Davis didn’t start Friday night’s game, and it wasn’t because he was punished for his altercation with manger Brandon Hyde during Wednesday night’s game. Davis was sitting because the Houston Astros started a former Oriole teammate, left-hander Wade Miley. With two outs in the bottom of the seventh, and the Orioles...
BALTIMORE—Orioles manager Brandon Hyde thought his meeting with first baseman Chris Davis on Friday was a positive one. “I thought it went really well,” Hyde said. “It went how I was expecting it where, like I said the other night, we have a lot of respect for each other and we have...
BALTIMORE—Orioles first baseman Chris Davis said he was sorry about the dispute he had with manager Brandon Hyde in the team’s dugout on Wednesday night. Davis’ argument with Hyde, parts of which were caught on camera, resulted in him being removed from the game in the bottom of the fifth inning and...
ABERDEEN—It was Adley Rutschman’s scheduled night off, and the Baltimore Orioles’ top draft pick spent Thursday in the bullpen. It wasn’t a time to goof off for the overall top pick in June’s draft. Rutschman spent the game learning. The Orioles have a definitive plan for him and that includes planned rest...
BALTIMORE—In Brandon Hyde’s first season as Orioles manager, he’s gotten high marks for running a seemingly placid clubhouse despite the team’s awful record. He’s volunteered several times, including on Wednesday night, that he and first baseman Chris Davis have a solid relationship. That relationship and Hyde’s leadership was put to the test...
BALTIMORE—In the bottom of the fifth inning of a game the Orioles would lose 14-2 to the New York Yankees, a frustrated first-year manager and his underachieving first baseman engaged in a dispute that was caught on camera. Manager Brandon Hyde and Chris Davis argued in the Orioles’ dugout. Hyde appeared to...
BALTIMORE—The Orioles and Boston Red Sox will play in next year’s Little League Classic game in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The game, on August 23, 2020, will be played at Bowman Field, the home of the Williamsport Crosscutters of the New York-Penn League. Bowman Field, which is the second-oldest minor league ballpark in the...
BALTIMORE—Manager Brandon Hyde was frustrated and candid after a second straight night of watching the New York Yankees hit multiple home run against his Oriole pitchers. After surrendering five home runs to the Yankees on Monday night, the Orioles gave up six more in their 9-4 loss on Tuesday. “It sucks. It’s...