Orioles Hire Buck Showalter
After much deliberation and sweating from the fans, the Orioles finally made the decision on Buck Showalter as the new manager of the team. Showalter will be in uniform August 3, and Stan "The Fan" shares his take on the new skipper.

O's Trade Tejada To Padres
The Orioles, making the first of what could be several moves before Saturday’s 4 p.m. non-waiver trading deadline, shipped Miguel Tejada and cash to the San Diego Padres.

Baseball Holds Trumps In HOF
Jim Henneman thinks the NFL could learn a thing or two from baseball, especially when it comes to Hall of Fame departments.

MLB, First Lady Tell Kids: Let's Move
Major League Baseball joined Michelle Obama at Camden Yards to announce the league's participation in the Let's Move campaign to fight childhood obesity. 

Why The Delay On Showalter?
Jim Henneman says, if Buck Showalter isn't named manager of the Orioles before the week is out, he's not the man.

Can O's Ever Dig Out Of The Pits?
Three years in, the Orioles' brain trust is still looking for ways to climb out of their seemingly bottomless hole.

O's Place Wieters On DL, Turn To Tatum
With Matt Wieters on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right hamstring, it looks like backup Craig Tatum will inherit the starting spot for the time being.

Can't Anybody Here Play this Game?
Charlie Vascellaro poses the question, are the 2010 Orioles worse than the '62 Mets? 

Former Greats Don’t Enjoy Watching Present Failures
When members of the 1970 Orioles World Series championship team convened at Camden Yards for a reunion on June 26, they weren't shy about sharing their feelings when asked what needed to be done to improve a team that has fallen on hard times.

Latest Team Tactic Makes 'I Was There' A Sheer Lie
Soon after Phillies ace Roy Halladay threw the 20th perfect game in big league history at Sun Life Stadium in Miami, the Marlins started selling the unused ticket stubs on their team Web site.

All-Star Game Memories
There were plenty of special moments through the years, but Cal Ripken's final All-Star Game was a magical night of drama in Seattle.

Moyer Is Superman For Old Folks
On June 23, 1986, a rookie pitcher by the name of Jamie Moyer surrendered his first home run, to the Phillies' Juan Samuel. Fast forward 24 years and while Samuel is serving as interim manager of the O's, Moyer is still on the mound, and still giving up the long ball.

Orioles Place Millwood On 15-Day Disabled List
The Orioles have placed RHP Kevin Millwood on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right forearm and activated OF Felix Pie, who has been on the disabled list since April 16 with a strained upper back muscle.

Time To End The Tejada Experiment
Stan "The Fan" Charles charges Miguel Tejada with the baseball crime of butchering the position and asks the Orioles to end this third base experiment.  

What If F. Robby Had Stayed?
The Orioles' tribute to the 1970 championship team got Jim Henneman thinking about a time when a streak was winning 100 games three years in a row. It also got him wondering, what if the Orioles hadn't traded Frank Robinson?

Stan "The Fan's" Message To Angelos
Stan "The Fan" Charles believes he may have found the solution to Peter Angelos' problems. And that solution is in the form of a 71-year-old scientist from Russia.

MacPhail Clings To Rebuilding Plan
Orioles president of baseball operations Andy MacPhail has acknowledged errors in judgment, but he refuses to buy into the notion that his rebuilding plan for the team is flawed.

Foul Balls
Dave Lomonico looks at why fans go through hell or high water to catch a baseball.

MLB Should Pass On Arizona All-Star Game
Dave Lomonico thinks Major League Baseball should move the 2011 All-Star Game out of Arizona as a way to make a statement against the state's recently passed immigration law which allows police to request identification from anoyone they suspect of being an illegal U.S. immigrant.

Gonzalez Is Rule IV Tragedy
When Baltimore signed Mike Gonzalez this winter, the Orioles had to forfeit their second-round pick to Atlanta as compensation. Fast-forward to this week's amateur draft and after using the third overall pick to select Manny Machado, the Orioles had to wait until the 85th selection before getting their next pick.   

Orioles Fire Trembley, Name Samuel Interim Manager
After losing eight in a row, and 10 of the last 11, Dave Trembley's tenure as manager of the Orioles ended Friday. Third base coach Juan Samuel will take over the club, whose 15-39 record makes it baseball’s worst, on an interim basis. 

Star Turn for Wiggy?
On a team strangely devoid of power, Ty Wigginton is hitting .288 with 13 homers and 32 RBIs. He could command something in the way of a decent prospect come July, but for now, he’s a front-runner for this year's Most Valuable Oriole.

Wieters Shoulders Heavy Load
It has been almost a year since Matt Wieters made his big league debut. For all the unrealistic expectations heaped on the young catcher, Amber Theoharis believes Wieters deserves credit for consciously choosing not to buy into them and doing what he has to do to grow -- at his own pace.

Fantasy Baseball Notebook: Hearing Footsteps
One of the toughest decisions to make in fantasy baseball is when to cut the cord on a player and move on. Check out these three players you should bail on now.

Break Even Point Seems A Lofty Goal
Reaching the .500 mark won't be an easy task given the O's April implosion, but stranger things have happened in Charm City.

Proud Oriole Advocates Celebrate A Joyful 50th
What happened a half-century ago still flourishes today as the Oriole Advocates celebrate their 50th anniversary this year.

The New, Improved Koji
Koji Uehara returned to the Orioles May 6, pitching a perfect eighth inning in the 2-0 win over the Twins and displaying an uncommon demonstrative nature. 
• Fantasy Baseball Notebook: Koji The Closer?

O's Sweep Recalls Memories of Magic
After the Orioles completed that sweep over the Red Sox Sunday, Jim Henneman took some time to remember a magical stretch of baseball that started with a sweeping (and blanking) of the Red Sox in 1974.