The Orioles will try to make it six wins in a row and back-to-back sweeps with a unique lineup this afternoon. Jeremiah Jackson is leading off and playing right field, Jorge Mateo is in center field and Luis Vázquez is at second base. Ryan Mountcastle moves up to second in the order. Alex Jackson is catching. The Orioles will have an update later o

Davey Johnson didn’t need to manage the Nationals. He had already enjoyed as full and successful a baseball career as anyone could have wanted by the time Mike Rizzo called him up in June 2011 with an unexpected offer to come back to the dugout. A four-time All-Star second baseman and two-time World Series champion with the Orioles. A record-settin

When a game stalled at Camden Yards on Sept. 6, 1995, the curtain calls for Cal Ripken Jr. failing to quiet fans, the only way to get it moving again was to push him. Teammates Rafael Palmeiro and Bobby Bonilla took Ripken by the arms and led him from the bench to the front of the dugout. Palmeiro smiled and gave Ripken a gentle shove in the back,

The Orioles filled the dugout this evening, a much larger turnout than normal about an hour before first pitch. Legends who preceded their arrivals in Baltimore came out of the tunnel one by one and walked onto the field, including some Hall of Famers. Cal Ripken Jr. was introduced and circled the warning track in a red Corvette convertible, spinni

CHICAGO – In his two months on the job, Miguel Cairo has established a clear policy on the deployment of his new closer. It doesn’t matter if it’s the seventh, eighth or ninth inning. If the game is on the line, and the opponents’ best hitters are due up, Jose A. Ferrer is going to be on the mound. And if someone else needs to finish out the game a

The Orioles sent Dean Kremer for an MRI on his right elbow/forearm at 1:20 p.m. and could have an update on his condition following tonight’s game. Otherwise, the club will provide more information Sunday morning. Kremer was removed last night after three scoreless and hitless innings due to forearm discomfort. Afterward, interim manager Tony Manso

The Orioles have brought pitcher Chayce McDermott to Baltimore and put him on the 24-hour medical taxi squad. McDermott is here in case Dean Kremer’s forearm soreness necessitates a stay on the injured list. Samuel Basallo is catching again tonight after his walk-off home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning – which also was his firs

Davey Johnson, one of baseball’s most successful managers who took over the Nationals at a time of unexpected chaos and led them to their first postseason berth, has died at 82, the team confirmed this morning. Johnson, who had dealt with a number of medical issues later in life, lived outside Orlando with his wife, Susan, since his retirement foll

CHICAGO – It’s another beautiful day at the Friendly Confines, where the Nationals will look to shrug off Friday’s 11-5 loss to the Cubs and get back to the winning ways they previously discovered against the Marlins. To do that, they’re going to need a good start out of Brad Lord. The rookie right-hander had been on an impressive run for months, b

Davey Johnson never lacked confidence or brought into question who was in charge during his tenure as a major league manager. Asked one day in Baltimore to predict an outcome involving his team, Johnson grinned and said, “I always bet on me.” It became one of his most famous quotes. Johnson informed the media in 1996 of his plans to shift future Ha