Topic: Baltimore Orioles
Japanese pitcher Tsuyoshi Wada has signed a two-year, $8.1 million contract with the Baltimore Orioles, the Major League Baseball team reported.The 30-year-old left hander signed a deal that includes an option for 2014.Wada becomes the second Japanese native to play for Baltimore, ...
BALTIMORE (Reuters) - Newly hired general manager Dan Duquette vowed Tuesday to make once-proud Baltimore Orioles a title contender despite the presence of the free-spending New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox in the American League East."When you don't have the resources ...
(Reuters) - The Baltimore Orioles will introduce Dan Duquette on Tuesday as the team's executive vice president of baseball operations, the team said on Monday.Duquette, 53, the general manager of the Boston Red Sox from 1994 through 2002, replaces Andy MacPhail as ...
The Tampa Bay Rays erased a seven-run deficit to beat the New York Yankees 8-7 in 12 innings and clinch the American League wild card playoff berth on Wednesday as Boston fell at Baltimore.The Rays' triumph, on Evan Longoria's home run in ...
Tampa Bay and Boston each won pressure-packed Major League Baseball triumphs on Tuesday to remain deadlocked for the final American League playoff berth entering the season's last game.Matt Joyce smacked a three-run home run off New York pitcher Rafael Soriano in the ...
(Reuters) - Milwaukee had a minor stumble in their march to their first division title in 29 years when they lost 5-2 at the Chicago Cubs on Monday.Looking to close in on their first division crown since 1982 and clinch a spot ...
BALTIMORE (Reuters) - The Tampa Bay Rays have transformed from postseason afterthought to serious contender in under two weeks and manager Joe Maddon says the club already has a playoff mentality heading into a critical series against the Boston Red Sox.Tampa Bay ...
BALTIMORE (Reuters) - The death of former Baltimore Orioles pitcher and Cy Young Award winner Mike Flanagan was ruled a suicide as a result of a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head, the Maryland medical examiner said on Thursday.According to Baltimore County ...
Former pitcher Mike Flanagan, who won the Cy Young award with Baltimore in 1979, has been found dead at his home. He was 59.The left-handed American won 167 games over 18 seasons with the Orioles and the Toronto Blue Jays.Flanagan's body was ...
BALTIMORE (Reuters) - Former Baltimore Orioles pitcher Mike Flanagan, the 1979 Cy Young Award winner, was found dead on property near his home on Wednesday.Flanagan, 59, won 167 games in 18 Major League seasons including an American League leading 23 games in ...