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Gonzalez recalled from Norfolk, Avery optioned to Triple-A

July 01, 2012, 8:43am

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Gonzalez recalled from Norfolk, Avery optioned to Triple-A

The Orioles today announced that they have recalled right-hander Miguel Gonzalez from Triple-A Norfolk and have optioned outfielder Xavier Avery to Triple-A Norfolk. Gonzalez made his major league debut with the Orioles on May 29 at Toronto and appeared in two games, posting a 2.45 ERA (7.1IP, 2ER). In 14 games for Norfolk (six starts), Gonzalez was 3-2 with a 1.61 ERA (44.2IP, 8ER). In 18 games over two stints with the Orioles this year, Avery batted .222/.300/.361 with five doubles, a...

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O's option Hunter to Triple-A Norfolk

June 30, 2012, 6:51pm

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The Orioles tonight announced that they have optioned right-hander Tommy Hunter to Triple-A Norfolk. Hunter is 3-4 with a 6.11 ERA (81.0IP, 55ER) in 15 games (13 starts) for the Orioles this season.

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Flashback: With Weaver at the helm, O's were perennial winners

June 29, 2012, 10:52am

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Flashback: With Weaver at the helm, O's were perennial winners

In Baltimore, one of the quirky perks reserved for favorite sports sons is the notion that they're on a first-name basis with the fan base. Say "Brooks," "Cal" or "Boog," and pretty much any Orioles fan will know exactly who you're talking about. No explanation - or last name - is necessary. Same with Earl Weaver, who spent his entire major league managerial career at the helm of the Orioles in two stints and amassed an impressive .583 winning percentage along with the 1970 World...

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Nationals Wounded Warrior Softball Team reps will play in celebrity game on ESPN

June 28, 2012, 11:17am

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Washington Nationals Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team players Saul Bosquez and Matt Kinsey along with three-time All-Star and ESPN analyst Rick Sutcliffe, who is a Kansas City native, will join the star-studded roster for the 2012 Taco Bell All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game on ESPN. Chris Rose and Kevin Millar, hosts of MLB Network's "Intentional Talk," will join the game as the in-park announcers for fans at Kauffman Stadium on Sunday, July 8th. Bosquez, US Army, Operation...

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O's place N. Johnson on disabled list, recall Avery from Norfolk

June 28, 2012, 11:12am

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O's place N. Johnson on disabled list, recall Avery from Norfolk

The Orioles today announced that they have recalled outfielder Xavier Avery from Triple-A Norfolk and placed infielder Nick Johnson on the 15-day disabled list with a right wrist sprain. Avery batted .217/.299/.317 in a 15-game stint with the Orioles earlier this season. He batted .268/.372/.411 with 16 stolen bases, 18 extra-base hits, 36 walks and 39 runs scored in 59 games for the Tides. Johnson is batting .207/.324/.391 with four home runs and 11 RBI in 38 games for the Orioles this...

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Nats lineup vs. Orioles, Hammel

June 22, 2012, 11:52am

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The Nationals will take on Orioles righty Jason Hammel tonight from Camden Yards. That is, if the weather allows it. Here's the Nats lineup: LF Steve Lombardozzi CF Bryce Harper 3B Ryan Zimmerman 1B Adam LaRoche DH Michael Morse SS Ian Desmond 2B Danny Espinosa RF Roger Bernadina C Jesus Flores P Jordan Zimmermann

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Playing within the rules, using strategy to your advantage

June 21, 2012, 7:37am

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Playing within the rules, using strategy to your advantage

The whole messy affair with Rays reliever Joel Peralta's ejection for toting a glove loaded with pine tar to the mound Tuesday night just won't go away. The subject has been debated for two days now and an interesting war of words between Rays skipper Joe Maddon and Nationals manager Davey Johnson, two renowned baseball scholars, has only fanned the flames. Major League Baseball shares some of the blame, too. If Peralta's glove was confiscated Tuesday night and immediately shipped to MLB...

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Perceived breach of etiquette by Nationals infuriates Rays' Maddon

June 19, 2012, 8:18pm

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Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon opened his postgame session with reporters after Tuesday night's 5-4 Rays victory over the Nationals - a game in which one of his relief pitchers, ex-Nat Joel Peralta, was ejected after umpires discovered pine tar in his glove - with a zinger that was equal parts tone-setter and a no-doubt-about-it retaliatory verbal punch at the losing team for what Maddon perceived as a breach of baseball etiquette. "Heads up," he warned reporters, wiping a clearly clean spot...

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Nationals ink catcher Hill to minor league deal

June 19, 2012, 11:30am

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In an effort to bolster their once deep organizational pool at catcher, the Nationals have signed veteran backstop Koyie Hill to a minor league contract. He will report to Triple-A Syracuse. The 33-year-old Hill became a free agent Monday when he refused an outright assignment by the Cubs to Triple-A Iowa. The Nationals are thin in healthy backstops with Wilson Ramos (season-ending knee surgery), Sandy Leon (ankle sprain) and Carlos Maldonado (back) all on the disabled list. Jesus Flores has...

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Time change for July 14 game vs. Tigers, Palmer statue dedication

June 14, 2012, 4:21am

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Time change for July 14 game vs. Tigers, Palmer statue dedication

If you use a pen on your calendar - assuming, of course, that you're not one of those tech-savvy folks who keeps all their appointments and events on a smart phone - I've got some news that's going to mean big scratched-out mark on a Saturday in July. The date in question is Saturday, July 14. That's when the Orioles are hosting the Tigers and the Jim Palmer statue is to be dedicated in the new center field picnic area (joining Frank Robinson's likeness, which was unveiled in April and...

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Game time for July 14 Orioles-Tigers game at Oriole Park moved from 7:05 to 4:05 P.M.

June 13, 2012, 11:57am

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Major League Baseball and the Orioles today announced that the start time for their Saturday, July 14 game against the Detroit Tigers at Oriole Park has been moved from 7:05 p.m. to 4:05 p.m. The change in time is due to the selection of the game for broadcast by FOX. July 14 also marks the unveiling of the Jim Palmer sculpture as part of the Orioles Legends Celebration Series. The Palmer sculpture unveiling will take place at 2:15 p.m. that day, with all ballpark gates opening at 2:00 p.m. ...

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Nationals sign 23 players from draft

June 12, 2012, 11:30am

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The Washington Nationals today announced the signing of 23 players selected in the 2012 First-Year Player Draft: second baseman Anthony Renda (second round), outfielder Brandon Miller (fourth round), catcher Spence Kieboom (fifth round), center fielder Hayden Jennings (sixth round), right-handed pitcher Derek Self (ninth round), catcher Craig Manuel (tenth round), right-handed pitcher Brian Rauh (11th round), third baseman Carlos Lopez (12th round), left-handed pitcher Elliott Waterman (13th...

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Remembering Dave Boswell

June 12, 2012, 8:08am

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They say you never forget your first, and I never forgot Dave Boswell, the first major leaguer I ever met and talked with at length. Boswell died yesterday of an apparent heart attack at 67, and a tweet from Minnesota Twins president Dave St. Peter, followed by a Facebook post from Hall of Famer Bert Blyleven, brought the sad news on an already gloomy morning. I'd spent the past couple of weeks researching Boswell's career - and reminiscing about that long-ago encounter with the...

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Vote Orange campaign begins to assist O's to All-Star Game (with video and vote update)

June 08, 2012, 10:40am

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Vote Orange campaign begins to assist O's to All-Star Game (with video and vote update)

When it comes to the All-Star Game, I've always functioned under one simple mantra: one man, one vote. Each summer since balloting was returned to fans in 1970, I've gotten one ballot on a visit to either Camden Yards or Memorial Stadium and punched out my dream team. I usually wait until near the end of the voting - wouldn't want to have an untimely slump or injury make me regret a certain selection, right - and dutifully use my car key to punch out the appropriate player's slot. Heck,...

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Flashback: On Dairy Night, Al Pilarcik went to udder extremes

June 06, 2012, 7:25am

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Flashback: On Dairy Night, Al Pilarcik went to udder extremes

Groups are the backbone of baseball attendance numbers. It's a simple equation, really - a block of tickets sold to a group inevitably includes ducats in the hands of casual fans or people who have never been to a game before. They come to a game at a usually discounted price and hopefully like what they see and feel. Amid all the sodas and hot dogs, beer and peanuts, souvenirs and actual baseball action, maybe you entice them back again at full price. And maybe a non-fan or casual fan becomes...

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Orioles select RHP Kevin Gausman in first round of draft

June 04, 2012, 5:02pm

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The Orioles tonight selected RHP Kevin Gausman of Louisiana State University with their first selection in the 2012 First Year Player Draft, the fourth overall pick of the draft. Gausman, 21, is a 6-foot-4, 185-pound draft-eligible sophomore from Centennial, CO. He went 11-1 with a 2.72 ERA (115.2IP, 35ER), 128 strikeouts, 27 walks and two complete games in 16 starts for LSU this season. Gausman was 5-6 with a 3.51 ERA and 86 strikeouts in 89.2 innings in his freshman season in 2011. He was...

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Nationals select prep right-hander Lucas Giolito 16th overall in 2012 First-Year Player Draft

June 04, 2012, 4:58pm

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The Washington Nationals today selected 17 year-old right-handed pitcher Lucas Giolito (Harvard-Westlake School, California) with the 16th-overall pick in the 2012 First-Year Player Draft. Nationals Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo, Nationals Assistant General Manager and Vice President of Player Personnel Roy Clark and Nationals Director of Scouting Kris Kline made the joint announcement. The 6-foot-6, 230 lbs. Giolito is regarded as one of the...

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Orioles acquire Pearce from Yankees; Hall designated for assignment

June 02, 2012, 10:16am

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The Orioles today announced that they have acquired outfielder/first baseman Steve Pearce from the New York Yankees organization in exchange for cash considerations. Pearce, 29, was batting .321 with 15 doubles, 11 home runs, 30 RBI and a .996 OPS in 52 games for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. In 185 major league games over five seasons (2007-11) with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Pearce batted .232 with 29 doubles, three triples, nine home runs and 52 RBI. To make room for Pearce on the major...

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MASNsports.com's Kubatko part of June 21 O's roundtable at Hopkins' Shriver Hall

June 02, 2012, 8:38am

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MASNsports.com's Kubatko part of June 21 O's roundtable at Hopkins' Shriver Hall

If you think Johns Hopkins University doesn't sound like a perfect venue for baseball discussion, you don't know your Orioles history. Back in the 1960s, then-O's second baseman Davey Johnson studied in the hallowed halls in north Baltimore, poring over statistics en route to an eventual degree in mathematics from Texas' Trinity University. Even back then, Johnson understood ideas like platoons and lefty/righty percentages for pinch hitters, and he took printouts to manager Earl Weaver to...

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Nationals reinstate OF Michael Morse from DL, option OF Corey Brown to Syracuse

June 01, 2012, 11:35am

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The Washington Nationals today returned from rehab and reinstated outfielder Michael Morse from the 15-Day Disabled List and optioned Corey Brown to Syracuse of the Triple-A International League. Nationals Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement. Morse began the season on the DL and missed the Nationals' first 50 games with a latissimus dorsi strain. The 30-year-old batted .381 (8-for-21) with three doubles, one home run and five...