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The Washington Nationals organization today announced the passing of Vito Rizzo, 103, the father of Nationals Senior Advisor to the General Manager Phil Rizzo and the grandfather of Nationals Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo. Vito passed away on Sunday, May 15, 2011, in Chicago, IL from natural causes.
"My grandfather was a long time Chicago railroad worker, who doubled as a terrific semi-professional ballplayer. A lifelong fan and student of...
HAGERSTOWN, Md. - David Freitas collected three hits and three RBIs as the Hagerstown Suns held off the Kannapolis Intimidators 4-3 to complete Tuesday's suspended game at Municipal Stadium.
Wade Moore bowled over Kannapolis catcher Mike Blanke at home plate in the seventh inning, knocking the ball loose and scoring what turned into the winning run, putting the Suns ahead, 4-2.
HAGERSTOWN, Md. - Suns outfielder Bryce Harper">Bryce Harper laced a double down the right field line in the fifth inning and then scored on a double by first baseman David Freitas, giving Hagerstown a 3-2 lead over Kannapolis.
Hagerstown now leads Kannapolis 4-2 through seven frames.
Getting his fourth at-bat in the seventh inning, Harper was intentionally walked and stranded at second.
Harper is 1-for-3 with a double, run scored, strike out and line out to left field. The hit ended an...
The question on my mind - and a lot of fans' minds - is this: Can the Orioles finish at or above .500?
As we're close to the one-quarter mark of the 2011 (unofficially) season, there have been a lot of ups and downs with this team.
We all know the Orioles have struggled since the end of the 1990s and this year is centered with focusing on the development of the young arms, but also to some respect - wins, losses and being competitive.
As of May 18, there is some good and bad with the 2011...
The baseball world is mourning the death of Harmon Clayton Killebrew, who died Tuesday at the age of 74. As such, it would seem unfitting to blog about anything else this morning. The 13-time All-Star, 1969 American League Most Valuable Player and 1984 Hall of Fame inductee played 22 seasons in the majors, collecting 2,086 hits, 573 home runs and 1,584 RBIs.
"It's a sad day. We lost an icon. We lost Paul Bunyan," former Minnesota Twins star Kent Hrbek said Tuesday, speaking about...
HAGERSTOWN, Md. - I'm out in Hagerstown this afternoon, as the Suns will play two games today. The first game will be the conclusion of yesterday's suspended game. Kannapolis leads 2-1 heading to the bottom of the third.
@bkerr32 for instant updates.
Monday night in Boston, $16.5 million worth of relievers conspired to give up eight runs and blow a 6-run lead.
You would think that the Orioles would have learned by now. You can't fix your bullpen by spending big buck in free agency. And trying to do so has contributed a bunch to the 13 years of losing.
A look at some of the free agent relievers over the last 10 years:
G ERA Total Salary (in millions)
Mike Gonzalez 44 5.54 ...
The Orioles have won two of three series this year against Tampa Bay, the current American League East leader. They won their first series of the year versus Boston. They are 21-21 against the AL East since Buck Showalter took over as manager.
But if they really wanted to get their fans' attention they may need to do something else - beat the Yankees.
The Orioles are 7-6 this season versus Tampa and Boston but are 0-4 against New York and went just 3-15 against the Yanks last year. They...
It's back to Camden Yards tonight, where rookie Zach Britton gets to pitch again with an extra day of rest.
It happened in his last start and he shut out the Mariners over nine innings.
I'm just saying...
I wonder how he's done in the past with the tarp on the field? The forecast isn't promising.
The Yankees are sending Bartolo Colon to the mound if the weather allows it. He tossed three scoreless innings against the Orioles on April 14 and is 10-7 with a 3.50 ERA in 21 career games...