The Orioles and the Mayors' Feed the Hungry Program are teaming up again this year to collect and distribute food to help people in need in the Sarasota area. Beginning November 1, the Orioles will collect non-perishable food items at Ed Smith Stadium and will host the charity's Thanksgiving Sorting Day at the stadium on November 22. "Hosting the Mayors' Feed the Hungry food sorting day at Ed Smith Stadium again this year demonstrates the Orioles' strong belief in going to bat against...

The Orioles may reveal the identity of their pitching coach later today. Or they may not. I can offer you one certainty. The Orioles will find out how many of their six Gold Glove finalists are taking home the hardware. The winners will be announced on ESPN2 beginning at 8 p.m. I also can offer you one piece of good news. SportsCenter will air before the Gold Glove show, which ensures that we won't have to wait through four overtimes of a small-college football game. That's intelligent...

Orioles 2011 first-round draft pick Dylan Bundy continues to progress well after undergoing ligament-reconstructive surgery on his right elbow in late June. "He is working hard with Dave Walker (Orioles minor league medical coordinator) every day in Florida," O's director of minor league operations Kent Qualls said. "His follow-up appointment with Dr. (James) Andrews went well and he was cleared to begin a tossing program, where you play light catch, around the end of November. The rehab...

The Orioles aren't expected to name their new pitching coach today. The wait continues. Executive vice president Dan Duquette indicated that an announcement should come later this week, as the Orioles intended after beginning the search for Rick Adair's replacement. "We've got a little more work to do on this thing," Duquette said. The Orioles have interviewed former Phillies pitching coach Rich Dubee, Mariners pitching coach Carl Willis, Rangers bullpen coach Andy Hawkins and Braves...

The Baltimore Orioles, OriolesREACH and Manager Buck Showalter and his wife Angela have partnered with KidsPeace to host the fourth annual Trick-or-Trot 5K/1-Mile Walk at Oriole Park this Saturday, November 2. Proceeds from the event benefit KidsPeace Foster Care and Community Programs of Maryland and Washington D.C., including KEYS (KidsPeace Empowering Youth to Succeed), a program that prepares youth for independence through life-skills training. Participants are invited to dress in their...

It's too bad the World Series hasn't been more entertaining through its first four games. All we've seen so far is a game end on an obstruction call (which had never happened before in the postseason), a game end on a pickoff (which had never happened before in the postseason), Jonny Gomes hit a game-winning homer after learning 90 minutes before first pitch he'd been inserted into the starting lineup, David Ortiz posting a Fall Classic OPS of 2.114 (even with him being robbed of a grand...

Right-hander Tanner Roark made a big splash with the Nationals at the end of the season, and put himself in a good position to contend for starting spot next year. Question is, is he ready for the long haul? Can he be the fifth starter for the Nationals in 2014? Nationals pitching coordinator Spin Williams believes Roark would make an excellent choice. "Oh, absolutely," Williams said. "I think he showed you that the last two months of the season. He finally believes in himself. He attacks...

The Orioles figure to name their pitching coach this week, and it may not take until the end, which was their original goal. They finished interviewing the four outside candidates on Wednesday, which gave them plenty of time to decide between Rich Dubee, Carl Willis, Andy Hawkins and Dave Wallace. Let's not forget that a coach can only do so much. It falls upon the pitchers on the staff to make the necessary improvements, whether it's a specific pitch, conditioning, times to home plate,...

As Orioles fans have watched right-hander Michael Wacha pitch so well for the St. Louis Cardinals in the postseason, could they be seeing a preview of what Kevin Gausman possibly could be for their team in the future? They can at least hope so. After all, coming out of the 2012 draft, most scouts rated Gausman as the better of the two college pitchers. The similarities between the two are many. Both are 22 and were 2012 first-round draft picks out of major colleges. Both feature a...

They got the call right. I hate the fact that a World Series game ended with a controversial call by the umpires, but the important thing is that the correct call was made. The issue last night, and this morning, and going forward, should be that Jarrod Saltalamacchia made a poor decision to throw down to third after the initial out at the plate, and also made a poor throw. If he holds the ball in that situation, we get a Koji Uehara-Pete Kozma matchup with two outs and runners at the...