Orioles to face Rangers in ALDS after Texas sweeps Tampa Bay in wild-card round

The Orioles have recognized for nearly every week that they might have home-field benefit within the American League Division Series. Now, they know who’s coming to go to. Baltimore will face the Texas Rangers within the best-of-five ALDS, which begins at 1 p.m. Saturday at Camden Yards. Game 2 and, if needed, the winner-take-all Game…

Orioles will begin postseason at 1 p.m. Saturday, ahead of Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks concert next door

In what might be some of the eventful days the Camden Yards advanced has seen in recent times, the Orioles will bat leadoff. Before rock legends Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks play a joint present at M&T Bank Stadium on Saturday at 7 p.m., the Orioles will host Game 1 of the American League Division…

Orioles legend Cal Ripken Jr., the first hero of Camden Yards, excited by resurgence of 2023′s ‘fun, fun team’

When Cal Ripken Jr. performed within the first recreation at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in 1992, he was the defending American League Most Valuable Player and the face of Baltimore’s franchise. That recreation marked his 1,574th straight, effectively on his method to breaking Lou Gehrig’s report for consecutive video games — and doing so,…

‘If it’s orange and black, it goes’: As postseason excitement rises, vintage Orioles merch is everywhere

It occurred slowly, after which all of sudden. You stroll via Baltimore and in all places you look, there’s a swath of orange and black. It’s within the hats and jerseys followers are carrying on the best way to Camden Yards. It’s within the jackets and T-shirts individuals have on as they run errands or…

The Orioles’ regular season is over. To recap it, here’s one word to describe every player’s performance.

Ryan O’Hearn didn’t have a lot time to speak within the Orioles’ clubhouse earlier than he went out to the sphere, however he didn’t want it. The query wasn’t one which required a long-winded reply: How would you describe the 2023 Orioles in a single phrase? “That’s a really hard question,” he responded. Other Orioles…

Orioles GM Mike Elias felt ‘uniquely qualified’ to resurrect a ‘fragile’ club back to the top of the AL East

Even as champagne spewed round him and cigar smoke hung within the air, Mike Elias maintained the lengthy view. The bubbly and stogies marked the grand achievement Elias has supervised over the previous 5 years, the reconstruction of the Orioles from 115-loss embarrassment to 101-win juggernaut. But he didn’t see this because the end result…

Requiem for a rebuild: Orioles fans weathered several ‘hopeless’ years. Their reward? A return to ‘Orioles Magic.’

Caleb Ellison went to Camden Yards in August, sporting an Orioles Hawaiian shirt, a black-and-orange baseball cap and, notably, nothing protecting his face. He was completely satisfied to be seen. It had been 5 years since Ellison wore a paper bag over his head to some video games through the 2018 season as he and…

Orioles reset: Baltimore’s depth fueled its best regular season in decades. Now comes the real test.

Judging by regular-season wins and losses, Mike Elias has constructed Baltimore’s greatest roster in his lifetime. But these Orioles need to be evaluated by greater than that. Later this month, they may get the prospect. The Orioles’ 101 victories mark the franchise’s most within the 162-game common season since 1979, three years earlier than Elias,…