KANSAS CITY - As Orioles manager Buck Showalter joked with reporters again today before heading to the field for batting practice, it was impossible to tell whether his team was up or down two games in the American League Championship Series. After a Kansas City sports radio personality introduced himself for a second time - it's not necessary to do it once, let alone twice - Showalter said, "I remember you." Showalter also wondered how reporters came up with new story angles every...

KANSAS CITY - The Orioles and Royals will play Game 3 of the American League Championship Series tonight amid windy and blustery conditions, which figure to impact the game. At his pregame press conference earlier, Royals manager Ned Yost was asked how the wind might make a difference tonight. He doesn't seem to feel it favors his team even though it has played in these home conditions before. "The wind plays the same for both teams," Yost said. "It will probably knock balls down in left...

KANSAS CITY - Miguel Gonzalez will start Game 4 of the American League Championship Series unless he's needed in relief tonight. Gonzalez hasn't started since Sept. 28 in Toronto in the final regular season game. The layoff, however, isn't the reason for his assignment on Wednesday. "That whole thing about time off, this time of the year... In fact, Gonzo has handled it pretty well when we've given him extra time," said manager Buck Showalter. Nelson Cruz will start in left field in...

KANSAS CITY - Nick Hundley is behind the plate for the Orioles tonight in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series. Everything else is predictable, including Alejandro De Aza starting in left field and batting second with Ryan Flaherty starting at third base. The Royals aren't going to tweak a lineup that's produced two wins in the ALCS. Mike Moustakas continues to bat ninth despite hitting four home runs in the postseason. He totaled two over the last two months of the regular...

Everything Dmitri Young thought he knew about baseball changed over the course of two weeks in Phoenix earlier this month. Now, armed with an innovative insight into the game he loves, the former Nationals first baseman is setting his sights on a new career path. The 41-year-old Young, who revived a moribund career with the Nats in 2007 to become an All-Star, recently graduated from Major League Baseball's scouting development program, an intensive two-week course affectionately known as...

KANSAS CITY - After Sunday's workout day and Monday's rainout, the Orioles and Royals have had two days without a game in the American League Championship Series. But the weather will finally allow this series to resume tonight in windy and cool conditions in Kansas City. The Royals lead the series, two wins to none. The Royals are two wins away from returning to the World Series for the first time in 29 years. Since baseball moved to the best-of-seven format in 1985, six teams won the...

KANSAS CITY - It's true: The sun is out and shining for Game 3 of the American League Championship Series! After the postponement due to rain yesterday, we - Lindsay and Olivia - are back with you for Game 3 of the ALCS, which starts at 8 p.m. Eastern time. We're about ready to head to the ballpark on this beautiful but windy afternoon. If you can't make it out to Kauffman Stadium, no worries! We're bringing the ballpark to you through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat...

KANSAS CITY - The sun is shining today and there isn't a hint of rain in the forecast. Game 3 of the American League Championship Series will be played without interruption. Just don't mind the wind. I went to bed in Missouri and woke up in Kansas. I'm talking heavy, blustery winds. The kind that violently shake flag poles, as I've witnessed, and turn every fly ball and pop-up into an adventure. But it's not raining. Following the Orioles' Game 2 loss at home to the Royals, I approached...

Twenty-five years ago today, an earthquake interrupted Game 3 of the 1989 World Series between San Francisco and Oakland. I was there as a reporter for USA TODAY, and here's what I remember: The day of the game, a group of reporters chartered a boat from the Berkeley Marriott for an hour ride on the bay to Candlestick Park. It was a spectacular afternoon. We ate sandwiches and enjoyed great views of San Francisco on one side, Oakland on the other. We rode underneath the Bay Bridge, not...

Forgive me for covering a non-Nationals related topic in my blog post this morning, but with both League Championship Series set to hold Game 3 today, I wanted to bring up something that has been on my mind lately. Clearly, I love the game of baseball. Have since I was a kid. I spent somewhere around 20 full days of my life watching baseball in person this summer. (If we assume a regular season game lasts somewhere around three hours, that's eight games in a 24-hour period, and 160 games can...