Memories play on, 10 years later
The record-breaking evening of Sept. 6, 1995, wasn't just Cal Ripken's night to pass Lou Gehrig on the consecutive games list. It was also a celebration of baseball, of Baltimore,...
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Everybody wants to be liked
Orioles first baseman Rafael Palmeiro can wear earplugs. He can stuff wads of cotton in his ears. He can put on headphones and listen to Green Day full blast. He...
Palmeiro, O’s fall short
Given the responsibility of checking the Orioles' lineup card yesterday, third base coach Rick Dempsey held it against the magnetic board outside the clubhouse, making sure all the names and...
‘Sad’ and ‘sorry,’ O’s teammates will stand by Palmeiro
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Sammy Sosa knows what everybody is thinking. The subject was steroids yesterday, and it drifted to Sosa's locker in a corner of the visiting clubhouse at Angel...
Palmeiro suspended
Five months after adamantly denying before Congress that he had used steroids, Orioles first baseman Rafael Palmeiro has been suspended for violating Major League Baseball's policy on the banned substance....
Hitting his mark
SEATTLE - The list is so impressive that it humbles a likely first-ballot Hall of Fame player. Orioles first baseman Rafael Palmeiro recites the names - Hank Aaron, Willie Mays,...
Bechler death painful for Cruz
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - It has been two years since Orioles shortstop Deivi Cruz reported to spring training with his entire focus on baseball. Two years since he has gone...
To O's, ephedrine use still deemed a tossup
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - With paramedics working desperately inside the training room Sunday to try to save Steve Bechler's life, Orioles pitcher Matt Riley recognized a bottle of Xenadrine RFA-1...
Orioles pitching prospect dies in Fla. of heatstroke
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Orioles pitching prospect Steve Bechler, who made his major-league debut five months ago at Camden Yards, died yesterday morning of multisystem organ failure caused by heatstroke....
Who’s greatest in pecking order?
Tony Muser called it an impossible task. Terry Crowley wanted no part of it. Scott McGregor simply was appreciative for having such skilled players behind him, no matter who rated...