Ever wondered what Adam Jones considers to be the breakfast of champions? Curious about the center fielder's pregame rituals? Or what his favorite off-day activity is? Well, wonder no more! Each month during the season, MASNsports.com holds a live chat with the Orioles' center fielder. But these chats, which stream on MASNsports.com, can't happen without you, the fan. Leading up to the chat, we ask you for your questions - baseball-related or not - for Jones. If you have a question for...

Chris Dickerson is in the Orioles' lineup today as the designated hitter, making his first start since June 17. Dickerson is 4-for-7 against Blue Jays right-hander Josh Johnson. For the Orioles Nate McLouth LF Manny Machado 3B Nick Markakis RF Adam Jones CF Chris Davis 1B Matt Wieters C J.J. Hardy SS Chris Dickerson DH Ryan Flaherty 2B Freddy Garcia RHP For the Blue Jays Melky Cabrera LF Jose Bautista RF Edwin Encarnacion DH Adam Lind 1B Colby Rasmus CF J.P. Arencibia C Maicer...

The Nationals aren't sure what they'll do with Dan Haren at this point. Haren might make his next start. He might get his next start skipped while getting a chance to work on things during bullpen sessions. He might land on the disabled list. One thing the Nationals do know is they can't keep getting this type of result from Haren every fifth day. The Nats have lost the last eight games that Haren has started. Had they gone 4-4 in those games, they'd be 41-33 and one game back of the...

Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Jose Bautista managed to circle the bases yesterday at his usual speed despite carrying a large chip on his shoulder. Bautista sought revenge on Orioles reliever Darren O'Day, and his tie-breaking, two-run homer pretty much did the trick. But he wasn't content with letting his bat do the talking. Bautista chirped and gestured at O'Day, whose enthusiastic reaction to striking him out the previous night led to yesterday's follow-up exchange of words. Plenty of...

Two more games - and two more games with hits on Saturday - for Triple-A Norfolk's Buck Britton. The older brother of Zach Britton, Buck Britton extended his career-high batting streak to 19 games yesterday against Scranton-Wilkes Barre. Britton is batting .366 (26-for-71) during the streak with one homer and eight RBIs. He is batting .304 in 38 games this season with the Tides, and his hitting streak is the longest in the International League this year. Britton, who is batting .354 in June,...

For the second straight week, the Orioles have four players who are ranked among the American League leaders in voting for the 84th All-Star Game. First baseman Chris Davis has accumulated the second-highest vote total behind Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera. J.J. Hardy is first among shortstops. Adam Jones is first among outfielders and Nick Markakis is third. Catcher Matt Wieters remains second behind the Twins' Joe Mauer, and third baseman Manny Machado is second behind Cabrera. Davis...

After this afternoon's 7-1 Nationals loss, in which he went just 3 1/3 innings, allowed six runs and was booed off the mound, Dan Haren was seated at his locker waiting for reporters. When about a dozen media members approached, Haren stood up, spun his chair around to create some room for the cameras, and calmly answered questions about yet another disappointing outing for 3 1/2 minutes. Haren was honest, forthcoming and thoughtful in his responses, even when some tough questions were...

The Orioles gave up the winning run in the ninth inning last night and the eighth inning today. Jose Bautista's two-run homer off Darren O'Day broke a 2-2 tie in the eighth as Toronto beat the Orioles 4-2 for the Blue Jays' 10th win in a row. The team that was practically awarded the AL East after a busy offseason is finally playing good baseball, and the Orioles are seeing it firsthand. Each time the Orioles scored today, Toronto came right back. Travis Ishikawa's single tied the game...

It would probably be fair to say that Nationals fans have been concerned about Dan Haren's effectiveness for some time now. After Haren's performance in today's 7-1 loss to the Rockies, Davey Johnson admitted he's now in that boat, as well. Haren went just 3 1/3 innings this afternoon at Nats Park, allowing six runs on seven hits. The veteran right-hander struck out five and didn't walk a batter, but he did hit a batter, throw two wild pitches and surrender his major league-worst 19th...

Right-hander Ross Ohlendorf relieved struggling starter Dan Haren on Saturday, putting together a good performance to help keep the Rockies off the board for most of his outing. Ohlendorf, who had not pitched since June 12, tossed 4 2/3 innings, allowing four hits and one run on a solo shot by Rockies Nolan Arenado. He struck out four and walked none on 77 pitches. The Rockies went on to beat the Nationals 7-1, but Ohlendorf certainly did well for himself. He also keeps his name at the top of...