In the latest American League All-Star Game voting results released last night, Manny Machado is in third place in the vote for the starting AL third basemen. Hope he's not counting on getting any votes out of Oakland this week. Machado had a rather eventful weekend. It ended with some of his own fans lashing out at him via social media, on here and on many other places. No one from the A's took a swing at him, but he took some haymakers from fans calling him immature and worse. My take is...

It seems the so-called unwritten rules of baseball have been tested throughout this season. We've seen brawls between the Pirates and Brewers, Red Sox and Rays. and a few different incidents now involving the Orioles - most notably when Bud Norris threw inside on Boston's David Ross. The latest stems from Manny Machado's actions on Friday night, which boiled over into yesterday and led to an ejection and a public shaming. All of a sudden, one of the game's most respected young stars has a...

The Orioles are moving on up. Well, some of them. In the most recent All-Star balloting figures, designated hitter Nelson Cruz (1,404,275 votes) and catcher Matt Wieters (1,235,369) still lead at their respective positions, but a couple of Orioles are moving up the board. After being fourth American League third baseman in the previously released results, Manny Machado has now moved up to third with 720,761 votes. The young third baseman trails Josh Donaldson(1,470,544) of the A's and Evan...

Two Orioles continue to lead their positions in voting for the American League All-Star team. Nelson Cruz remains first in voting at designated hitter and Matt Wieters leads all catchers. Cruz, who entered play on Sunday leading the majors with 21 home runs and 55 RBIs, maintains his lead over Boston's David Ortiz. Cruz, a two-time All-Star, has 1,404,275 votes while Ortiz, a nine-time All-Star, has received a total of 1,036,055 votes. Wieters has gotten 1,235,369 votes to lead seven-time...

There's a three-way tie atop the National League East tonight, and the Nationals (32-29) can thank right-hander Jordan Zimmermann for delivering a dominating effort Sunday to help them into that trio with the Braves (32-29) and Marlins (33-30). Zimmermann struck out a career-high 12 in a 6-0 whitewashing of the Padres that provided the Nats with their third consecutive series victory. It was Zimmermann's third career shutout and sixth career complete game, a worthy springboard into a...

The Orioles and Athletics actually played a game this afternoon. It wasn't Major League Wrestlemania. Ubaldo Jimenez allowed six runs and walked five batters in 2 1/3 innings in an 11-1 loss at Camden Yards. The Orioles issued 11 walks on the day. It wasn't pretty by any stretch, but at least it gave Showalter something else to discuss besides Manny Machado's ejection. "(Jimenez) started out well," Showalter said. "The first two innings, it looked like we were going to get a quality...

If there's a way to mask an 11-1 loss, an ugly display that includes 11 walks, it's with another incident that empties the benches and bullpens and leads to more bad blood between two teams. The score seems like a side note. Third baseman Manny Machado was ejected in the eighth inning after the bat came out of his hands and spun toward Athletics third baseman Alberto Callaspo following consecutive inside pitches from reliever Fernando Abad. Abad also was ejected. Everyone inside the A's...

Manny Machado said he did not intentionally throw his bat in the last of the eighth inning today. On the second pitch from Fernando Abad, after the first one came in tight, Machado's bat went flying toward third base. The dugouts emptied and it looked like the Orioles and A's were headed for an on-field brawl, but cooler heads prevailed. Machado and Abad were both ejected. "The bat slipped out of my hands," Machado said. "Tried to make contact and the umpire thought it was intentional...

Manager: Bruce Bochy, eighth year Record: 42-21 Last 10 games: 8-2 Who to watch: LF Michael Morse (.278/.329/.550, 13 HR, 16 doubles, 42 RBIs); RF Hunter Pence (.290/.363/.468, 8 HR, 14 doubles, 23 RBIs); RHP Tim Hudson (6-2, 1.97 ERA, 0.96 WHIP); LHP Madison Bumgarner (8-3, 2.68 ERA, 90 K) Season series vs. Nats (2013): 3-3, 24 runs scored, 17 runs allowed Pitching probables June 9: Ryan Vogelsong vs. Stephen Strasburg, 10 p.m., MASN2 HD June 10: Madison Bumgarner vs. Doug Fister, 10 p.m.,...

Manager: John Farrell, second year Record: 28-34 Last 10 games: 5-5 Who to watch: DH David Ortiz (.259/.363/.491, 14 HR, 38 RBIs); SS Xander Bogaerts (.293/.384/.444, 23 XBH, 17 RBIs); RHP Jake Peavy (1-3, 4.72 ERA, 1.45 WHIP); RHP Rubby De La Rosa (1-1, 2.84 ERA, 1.18 WHIP) Season series vs. O's: 4-3, 31 runs scored, 29 runs allowed Pitching probables June 9: Jake Peavy vs. Bud Norris, 7 p.m., MASN HD June 10: Brandon Workman vs. Chris Tillman, 7 p.m., MASN HD June 11: Rubby De La Rosa vs....