You've been there through the memorable wins and painful losses. You remember every detail of the walk-off celebrations, rookie debuts and even last year's draft signing deadline. Now, you can become an official citizen of NatsTown. The Nationals are selling a NatsTown Fan Club package for $19.95 which includes some pretty great features for this season including: • Official Citizen of NatsTown Fan Club Membership Card • 1...

MASN announced today that former Oriole Mike Flanagan will fill Buck Martinez's place as color analyst in the broadcast booth for the 2010 season. Fans will hear Flanagan from the booth for the first time this season on April 15, as the O's take on the Athletics in Oakland at 10:05 p.m. Flanagan will split games with Hall of Famer Jim Palmer, who will continue to provide color commentary for half of this season's O's games on MASN. The 59-year-old former Orioles player, coach, front...

Robert Andino has tied the game in the fifth inning with a two-run homer off left-hander Carlos Hernandez. The ball cleared the fence in left field. Somebody retrieve it for him. Andino, expected to step aside for newest acquisition Julio Lugo, has three homers this spring. He didn't hurt his trade value today. Update: Felix Pie followed with a double to left, and he scored on Ty Wigginton's single. Orioles 3, Tampa Bay 2. The Rays have two stolen bases today, but Jake Arrieta has been...

Great news for Nationals fans in the Harrisburg, Lebanon, Elizabethtown, Hershey, Millersburg and Lykens areas of Pennsylvania. MASN announced today that it will launch all four MASN channels just in time for Opening Day in parts of central PA. Nationals fans living in these areas will finally get to watch Nats games on television, as well as Nats Xtra before and after games, and all of MASN's other programming. MASN will launch on those Comcast systems on March 31st, and the first...

If you haven't seen Matt Wieters on the cover of the most recent issue of Sports Illustrated, make sure you don't miss it. Tom Verducci's feature makes Wieters the first Oriole to grace an SI cover since the IronMan himself, Cal Ripken Jr., who was certainly no stranger to the pages of Sports Illustrated. Cal's image made the cover nine times over the years, including four times in 1995 alone! (May, August, September and December) Billy Ripken and Cal Ripken Sr. also had covers all to...

If you haven't read Steve Melewski's article on former O's and Colts broadcaster Chuck Thompson, it's a nice tribute to a man (whom I think it's fair to say) Charm City has missed since his passing now five years ago. I'm a little too young to remember summer nights spent under the spell of Chuck Thompson's voice over the radio, but my father certainly isn't and I know he shares Steve's sentiments toward the voice of Baltimore sports. And I remember one summer when I was interning...

Tampa Bay's rotation unfolds as follows: James Shields, Matt Garza, Jeff Niemann, David Price and Wade Davis. That means the Orioles will face three right-handers in the opening series at Tropicana Field. Ty Wigginton used to be Julio Lugo's teammate in Tampa, and they became good friends. "Everybody came to appreciate him," Wigginton said. "He's definitely an exciting ballplayer. It's going to be fun to have him around. I probably saw him play every position on the field except...

It's that time again...time to heal the wound of an embarrassing March Madness bracket, to try that new strategy you've been thinking about all winter or to just begin learning about baseball from a business perspective. You know that Opening Day is just around the corner when your inbox fills up with Fantasy Baseball invitations. But MASN's contest is one you definitely don't want to skip this season. There are some great prizes up for grabs throughout the year include weekly Nats...

After opening the floor for other food vendors following the 2009 season, it appears that Aramark will be returning as the Orioles' concessionaire for the 2010 season, according to a recent article in the Baltimore Business Journal. The Orioles entertained interest from Centerplate, Deleware North, Levy Restaurants, and Legends Hospitality Management before deciding to stick with Aramark for the 2010 season. This offseason was the first time the Orioles had considered a change to their...

Jake Arrieta surrendered a two-run homer to Evan Longoria in the first inning. Tampa Bay 2, Orioles 0 Carl Crawford singled with one out and stole second base as Ben Zobrist struck out looking. Longoria launched a 1-1 pitch over the left field fence. Carlos Pena doubled to right, but the Rays fell a triple short of hitting for the cycle after B.J. Upton flied to the warning track in left. Arrieta, who will join Triple-A Norfolk's rotation later this month, threw 15 of his 23 pitches for...