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Mail time with “The Bird’s Nest”

Mail time with “The Bird’s Nest”

From hot dogs’ validity as a sandwich to drawing up the best starting 11 if the Orioles were fielding a...

Brendan Mortensen September 04, 2025 12:00 pm
“The Bird’s Nest” celebrates 100 episodes with a mailbag

“The Bird’s Nest” celebrates 100 episodes with a mailbag

Three minutes into episode 229 of the “MASN Orioles Podcast,” Paul Mancano and I reveled in the Baltimore Orioles’ 15-7...

Brendan Mortensen September 02, 2025 12:00 pm
Orioles swept in four against Crochet, Red Sox (updated)

Orioles swept in four against Crochet, Red Sox (updated)

The American League Cy Young race is one of the two-man variety, coming down to the wire between Detroit’s Tarik Skubal...

Brendan Mortensen August 28, 2025 7:23 pm
First-round pick keeping things light in Delmarva

First-round pick keeping things light in Delmarva

“Steal bases I guess, I don’t know,” first-round pick Ike Irish answered with a laugh.  “Steal bases, the first thing...

Brendan Mortensen August 26, 2025 12:00 pm
Watts-Brown hit ground running with new organization

Watts-Brown hit ground running with new organization

The trade deadline is a date that looms large for any professional baseball player, whether you’re at the big league...

Brendan Mortensen August 21, 2025 12:00 pm
Orioles dominate Astros 12-0, cruise to series victory (updated)

Orioles dominate Astros 12-0, cruise to series victory (updated)

HOUSTON – “For a lot of the year, for the first month and a half, there were a lot of...

Brendan Mortensen August 17, 2025 8:33 pm
Basallo set to make long-awaited debut

Basallo set to make long-awaited debut

HOUSTON – All eyes are on the future of the Orioles. Calling up one of the best prospects in baseball...

Brendan Mortensen August 17, 2025 6:08 pm
Urías delivers clutch moment against former team once again in O’s 12-inning loss (updated)

Urías delivers clutch moment against former team once again in O’s 12-inning loss (updated)

HOUSTON – The August schedule isn’t an easy one for Baltimore.  With inexperience everywhere, the O’s have had to face...

Brendan Mortensen August 17, 2025 2:35 am
Beavers breaks down the door in Triple-A to earn big league debut

Beavers breaks down the door in Triple-A to earn big league debut

HOUSTON – The second half of the Orioles’ 2025 season won’t go the way that many had expected.  Baltimore won’t...

Brendan Mortensen August 16, 2025 10:05 pm
Young comes within four outs of history in Orioles’ blowout win (updated)

Young comes within four outs of history in Orioles’ blowout win (updated)

HOUSTON – When a pitcher is in a groove, you can look up at the box score in the middle...

Brendan Mortensen August 16, 2025 2:23 am