We all saw the three-run error committed by Adam Jones in Friday's game at Yankee Stadium. I hesitate to say that it cost the Orioles the game, given that there are so many other aspects to any game than just one play, but I digress. Afterward, Jones did something that should make people stand up and take notice: He took accountability. There were several comments that came out of Jones, however the gist of all of them were, "My bad." It goes without saying that accepting accountability...

The low Single-A Hagerstown Suns placed outfielder J.R. Higley on the disabled list Sunday and Andruth Ramirez was activated. Higley fouled a ball of his foot. His injury is being evaluated further by the Nationals. Higley was hitting .273 in nine games, with two doubles, one triple and four RBIs. The Double-A Harrisburg Senators placed outfielder Steven Souza Jr., on the disabled list Sunday. Catcher Jeff Howell was promoted to Triple-A Syracuse. Catcher Kris Watts was activated from the...

Well, I was hoping to begin this morning's blog with this stat: Since the start of last season the Orioles have played eight series at Boston and New York and won all eight. Make that 7-1 after last night's loss, but that is still a 16-8 record at Fenway Park and Yankee Stadium since last opening day. I think a 6-6 overall record at this point in the season is certainly respectable and acceptable. Of course, a .500 record won't get the Orioles a playoff berth several months from now. But...

NEW YORK - The smile disappeared from Wei-Yin Chen's face tonight. So did most of the words in his vocabulary. Chen was brief in his postgame comments following the Orioles' 3-0 loss to the New York Yankees. He was clearly upset with his performance and his 10th straight regular season start without a win. "I feel like it's an OK performance tonight," Chen said through his interpreter, Tim Lin. All the damage against Chen occurred in the fifth inning, including Brett Gardner's two-run...

In their first appearance on ESPN's "Sunday Night Baseball" since 2008, the Orioles' bats were silent as they lost 3-0 to Hiroki Kuroda and the New York Yankees. This game was the decisive in the series, and with a win, the Orioles would have improved to 8-0 in series at Boston and New York since opening day 2012. They went a combined 19-53 in those ballparks from 2008-11 but are 16-8 since the start of last season in Fenway Park and Yankee Stadium. Kuroda threw a complete-game,...

NEW YORK - Orioles left-hander T.J. McFarland got his feet wet in an April 6 game against the Minnesota Twins at Camden Yards. He was tossed into the deep end of the pool last night at Yankee Stadium, and the Rule 5 pick didn't sink to the bottom. McFarland threw two scoreless innings, raising his major league total to 5 1/3. He's allowed two hits and struck out eight. "I felt good," he said. "It was a little cold out there. I was layered up, but I felt good. "You couldn't ask for...

NEW YORK - Left-hander Wei-Yin Chen is shutting out the New York Yankees on two hits over the first four innings, which is the good news. Chen is receiving the usual run support, which his the bad news. The game is scoreless in the fifth inning, with four Orioles hits going to waste against Yankees starter Hiroki Kuroda. Chen hasn't picked up a win in his last nine regular season starts, going 0-5 with a 4.36 ERA in 53 2/3 innings. The Orioles have totaled 15 runs in those nine starts while...

So the Orioles have returned to ESPN's "Sunday Night Baseball" for the first time since 2008. The announcers have had a few nice things to say about the club already in the early innings and they've had plenty of praise as well as some good stories already about Buck Showalter. In March, on a media conference call, ESPN's three "Sunday Night Baseball" broadcasters all talked favorably about the Orioles. Here were the comments: Play-by-play broadcaster Dan Shulman: "I think all three...

The Yankees start right-hander Hiroki Kuroda against the Orioles tonight in the series finale. He has faced the O's three times in his career, counting the playoffs, all from last season, and has pitched seven innings or more each time. In two regular season starts last year, he went 1-1 with a 2.93 ERA and then faced the Orioles in Game 3 of the American League Division Series, allowing just five hits and two earned runs over 8 1/3 innings. In his last nine starts against the AL East, he is...

NEW YORK - Orioles manager Buck Showalter found out about first baseman/outfielder Conor Jackson's retirement today during a text exchange with Triple-A Norfolk manager Ron Johnson. "He loved being with the organization and all that, but he's at the stage of his life where it wasn't something he wanted to continue to do," Showalter said. "I know a little bit more than that, but that's something that should come from Conor. He's just at the stage of his life where he wanted to move on...