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The Orioles have been creating postseason memories for more than half a century. With the team poised to make more in 2023, here’ s a look back at the most magical moments in franchise history, ranked according to votes received from Baltimore Sun readers in a Sept. 19-25 online poll. Moments after the Orioles defeated the Cincinnati Reds, 9-3, in Game 5 to win the...

The Orioles have been creating postseason memories for more than half a century. Summoned in the third inning, with the bases loaded and one out, Orioles reliever Moe Drabowsky does the improbable: He holds the Los Angeles Dodgers to one hit for the last 6 2/ 3 innings in a 5-2 victory in the 1966 World Series opener. En route, the journeyman right-hander, whom the...

The Orioles have been creating postseason memories for more than half a century. Summoned in the third inning, with the bases loaded and one out, Orioles reliever Moe Drabowsky does the improbable: He holds the Los Angeles Dodgers to one hit for the last 6 2/ 3 innings in a 5-2 victory in the 1966 World Series opener. En route, the journeyman right-hander, whom the...

Hal McRae says hello

Many people consider July 4 to be our nation's most important holiday. However, it is the birthday of perhaps the most obscure group of Cubs imaginable. According to data at...

A look back at this week in the 1963 Dodgers, when Sandy Koufax won both starts and extended his scoreless streak to 26 innings, and Jim Gilliam hit a home run to beat the first-place Cardinals.

Dick Hall, a former star relief pitcher for the Orioles whose unconventional yet effective delivery helped Baltimore win two World Series, died Sunday of multiple myeloma and congestive heart failure in hospice care. The Timonium resident was 92. “He had a strong sense of right and wrong, and he totally passed that to us and all of his grandchildren,” his daughter Helen Terry of Timonium said. ...

Second of 2 posts .......... Here is a "nugget" you are unlikely to hear on a Marquee broadcast of a Cubs game -- at least, not when Ryan Dempster is in the booth. Dempster's 18 walks with the...

The Cubs did something in their loss to St. Louis last Tuesday that they had done only 7 times in the previous 24 seasons: Surrender multiple bases-loaded walks in an inning, by different...

While baseball fans still "dig" the long ball and high-scoring games are fun to watch, we could be in for some strong pitching performances in the 2019 World Series. Pitching tends to win championships, especially if they come from the starting rotation.