Baseball's circle of life has taken another spin, bringing Steve Pearce back to the Orioles. The Orioles claimed Pearce off waivers from the Yankees today, reuniting him with a team that's trying to catch one of his former teams in 2012. There have been a few of them. To review: Pearce signed with the Yankees as a free agent on March 29. The Orioles purchased him from the Yankees on June 2 before he could opt out of his contract. The Astros claimed Pearce off waivers from the Orioles on...

It happened in the last of the eighth inning on Wednesday night. The Orioles were well on their way to a 12-2 win over Toronto and L.J. Hoes, the Orioles minor league Player of the Year, walked to the plate for his first major league at-bat. The crowd rose to its feet to give the 22-year-old Bowie, Maryland native a very warm welcome. It was quite a moment for the young man. Here is what Hoes posted on his Twitter account about that: Still shaking from last night. The "let's go hoes"...

For a franchise that has produced many special players over the years and seen many others pass this way, to generations of O's fans, no Oriole is beloved more than Brooks Robinson. Simply stated, he was a Hall of Fame player and is a Hall of Fame person. Over the years, thousands upon thousands of fans must have had a chance to meet Brooks, and probably every one came away blown away by the man's kindness and warmth. He's from Little Rock, Ark., but we have long since claimed him for our...

ST. LOUIS - It's not often that a 10-run loss in the heat of a playoff race can be brushed aside so quickly. Fortunately for the Nationals, they're in a position that allowed last night's 12-2 loss to the Cardinals to be put in the rear-view mirror as soon as they walked out of Busch Stadium. Yes, they got whooped up on to the point that they'd essentially thrown in the towel in the fifth inning. It wasn't the prettiest game of the season, that's for sure. But thanks to the New York...

ST. LOUIS - Edwin Jackson, much like Ross Detwiler a few nights ago, put full blame on himself for his sub-par outing in the Nationals' 12-2 loss. "Today's game was just very disappointing and embarrassing," Jackson said after allowing nine runs in 1 1/3 innings. "When your club is in a pennant race and you have a game like that, it definitely leaves a bitter taste in your mouth that you did absolutely nothing to give your team a chance to win." What was the major issue tonight? You...

When shortstop J.J. Hardy signed a three-year contract extension with the Orioles last July 18, the team had a record of 38-55. But Hardy said he felt then that the organization was going to be a winner in the future and that the team's performance this year validates his decision to re-sign with the Orioles and not wait to become a free agent after last season. "I always said I signed that deal because I saw that there was potential with this team and organization," he said Friday. "To...

ST. LOUIS - Edwin Jackson has been very, very good at times this season. Tonight was not one of those times. The Nationals' righty went just 1 1/3 innings tonight, allowing nine runs (eight earned). He gave up six hits, walked four and got only one swing-and-miss all night, which is incredibly low for a power pitcher who usually has no problem missing bats. Manager Davey Johnson tried to give Jackson a chance to pitch out of trouble and eat up innings, but it just wasn't happening. He had...

The Orioles have been keeping Elias busy. Here's the latest: The 18 consecutive runs scored on home runs in the last two games were the most since the Orioles moved to Baltimore in 1954. Manager Buck Showalter doesn't reveal much about his rotation, which leaves the rest of us trying to guess how it's lined up for the postseason. The TBAs tend to complicate the process. Here's what I learned yesterday: Joe Saunders is starting on Sunday in the final home game of the regular season....

Chris Tillman and Troy Patton combined on the Orioles second one-hitter of the year tonight, with Tillman doing most of the heavy lifting. After he pitched eight innings of one-hit ball to lead the O's past Boston 9-1 tonight, Tillman was not boasting much at all about his outing. "I thought it was okay, was good," he said in summing it up. It was a little better than that as the right-hander improved to 3-0 with a 1.20 ERA over his last five starts and to 9-2 with an ERA of 2.78 on the...

ST. LOUIS - Davey Johnson has waved the white flag tonight, emptying his bench with the Nationals trailing 9-1 in the middle innings. But even with the blowout here in St. Louis, the Nats still can clinch the NL East title tomorrow night, thanks to the Mets. The Braves lost to the Mets 3-1 tonight, cutting the Nationals' magic number to two. A Nats win and a Braves loss tomorrow, and the division title belongs to Washington. See, you got something positive out of tonight. For what it's...