DETROIT - May as well sip mimosas this morning with the leftovers. There's plenty of champagne left.
In case you missed my update late last night, the Orioles have home-field advantage through the rest of the postseason after the Royals swept the Angels in the American League Division Series.
Orioles and Royals in the Championship Series. How many experts picked that one?
Game 1 of the ALCS is scheduled for Friday at Camden Yards, followed by Game 2 on Saturday. The Royals will host Games...
So now we get ready for Game 1 of the American League Championship Series. The Orioles will host the Kansas City Royals in the first two games on Friday and Saturday at Camden Yards.
Both teams completed three-game sweeps yesterday against teams with bigger payrolls and bigger names. But Miguel Cabrera, Mike Trout and their teams are done now.
During the regular season, the Royals took four of seven from the Orioles, outscoring them 26-18. But these teams have not met since May 18. Kansas...
DETROIT - As Orioles manager Buck Showalter sat down in the interview room following today's 2-1 victory over the Tigers, a reporter offered congratulations on his first series win.
"Really?" Showalter replied in mock surprise. "I got one in Albany."
He got a much bigger one in Detroit.
The Orioles swept the Tigers in the American League Division Series, enabling Showalter to reach his first Championship Series.
"They're all relevant," Showalter said.
"It feels good. It means we...
DETROIT - The Orioles did the obligatory champagne and beer celebration today after completing their sweep of the Tigers in the American League Division Series with a 2-1 victory at Comerica Park. However, it was muted compared to the craziness at Camden Yards after they clinched the division.
Players hustled into the food room to fill their plates and watch the Royals and Angels in the other ALDS. The Orioles will host Game 1 of the Championship Series on Friday if Kansas City, up 2-0 in...
The Tigers won 90 games to take the American League Central and were seeking their fourth straight appearance in the AL Championship Series.
So to call being swept in the AL Division Series a letdown doesn't quite capture what first-year manager Brad Ausmus was feeling after Sunday's 2-1 loss to the Orioles.
"It's disappointing. You feel like you let the fans down and you feel like you let the organization down. You feel like you let the Ilitches down," Ausmus told reporters at Comerica...
SAN FRANCISCO - Postseason losses can be tough to deal with.
Postseason losses in 18-inning games can be brutal. Postseason losses that put you down 0-2 in a five-game series can be torturous.
But the Nationals say they're moving on from last night's 2-1 loss to the Giants, a loss that left them another defeat away from elimination. They hopped on busses for the airport after 1:30 a.m. on the east coast, boarded their cross-country flight to San Francisco and arrived around 5:30 a.m....
In his first career postseason start, Orioles right-hander Bud Norris was sensational.
He matched 2012 Cy Young Award winner David Price pitch for pitch and his offense finally got him the lead.
Norris pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings and Nelson Cruz hit a two-run homer as the Orioles beat Detroit 2-1 to complete a three-game sweep of their American League Division Series.
The win sends the Orioles to the AL Championship Series for the first time since 1997. They await the winner of the...
DETROIT - Nelson Cruz broke a scoreless tie in the top of the sixth inning today with a two-run homer off Tigers left-hander David Price.
The Orioles lead 2-0 in Game 3 of the American League Division Series. Cruz continues his assault on postseason pitching.
Cruz has 16 career playoff home runs, tied with Carlos Beltran for ninth on the all-time list. He just passed Babe Ruth.
Cruz is 6-for-11 with two homers and five RBIs in the series.
Price was working on a two-hit shutout before Adam...
SAN FRANCISCO - The Nationals have the day off in the sense that they don't have a game to play today. They will get the afternoon and evening to acclimate themselves to the Pacific time zone and to get a bit of a breather before tomorrow's Game 3.
They do have an optional workout here at AT&T Park, however, and Matt Williams was impressed with the turnout he saw from his players.
"The buses are full," Williams said.
Williams and tomorrow's starter, Doug Fister, met with the media this...
DETROIT - Plenty of empty seats at Comerica Park as we prepare for the first pitch in Game 3 of the American League Division Series.
Fans must be heading over here from Ford Field after the Lions game.
Tickets were still available this morning. There were lines at the ticket window.
Fans were given white towels to wave, which is a dubious choice of color, considering that their team is down 2-0 in games. I would have gone with blue.
Former Tiger Delmon Young heard some boos upon being...