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According to this tweet from SI.com’s Jon Heyman, the Baltimore Orioles have a new general manager. (No word on whether white smoke appeared above Camden Yards.)
Dan Duquette has agreed to become orioles gm. Announcement tuesday
Duquette has been out of baseball so long that his job-before-last was as general manager of a team that no [...]

Here’s Alex Ovechkin throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at today’s game between the Baltimore Orioles and the LA Angels.

So the pitch itself is a relatively innocuous affair. It comes in a little high, but we can forgive Ovechkin for overshooting a little, can’t we? Lord knows Capitals fans do. [...]

The Baltimore Orioles have been trying to figure out who they will be able to make available via trade this month. One piece of that puzzle appears to have been solved, as the O’s and shortstop J.J. Hardy are nearing an extension.
Hardy was sent to the Orioles by the Minnesota Twins in December along with [...]

Every season we seem to talk about Nick Markakis and his breakout potential—and every season we are sorely disappointed with the results.

While he has always been solid, though unspectacular, the 2010 season was by far his worst:
629 at-bats [...]

I really can’t believe the Baltimore Orioles fell for it. I really can’t.

Here they were, rolling along this offseason. Rolling along and making solid moves like picking up Mark Reynolds, J.J. Hardy, etc… And now they pull this. On Friday, the Orioles inked DH Vladimir Guerrero…

Alfredo Simon was denied bail Tuesday morning and will in turn remain jailed on a month-old charge of involuntary manslaughter.

The Baltimore Orioles reliever will likely stay behind bars for an entire year while officials investigate the fatal shooting from New Year’s Eve in the city of Luperon [...]

Baltimore Orioles reliever Alfredo Simon surrendered to police Monday, facing an involuntary manslaughter charge in a fatal New Year’s Eve shooting in the Dominican Republic.

Free agent second baseman Julio Lugo was hanging out with Simon, and eventually convinced him to turn himself in after fleeing the scene.[...]

Week Two of the 2010 MLB Season is over and done with.

What are the biggest surprises thus far? Here’s my list:

1. The haplessness of the Boston Red Sox. Admittedly, they have faced three quality teams to open the season (New York, Minnesota, and Tampa Bay), but a combined 2-7 against those teams suggests …

As yet another MLB Season approaches; we will take a look at the game that ceases to amaze. Every Year: stories errupt, and players fall, as others break out of their shells. The 2009 Offseason has provided with countless stories, and it has all led to this 2010 Season, one that should go in MLB History like many others.

AL East

1. New York Yankees

Being a major league baseball player has its perks. Some of those perks include something similar to celebrity-status, which the ballplayer might use to appear on television.
Such was the case for Baltimore Orioles pitcher Brad Bergesen.
The right-hander was having a ball during the filming of a commercial promoting Baltimore’s 2010 season, until he strained his [...]