However, Guthrie met with Trembley when the team returned home from Fort Myers on Tuesday, and the manager insisted there is no animosity between the sides.
"I think we can all put the WBC and him behind [us]," Trembley said. "I don't think there has been any hard feelings on anybody's part. I think the guy did what he felt that he had to do. All that was said from our end was we wanted him back, we needed him back. I think there was a lot of that sentiment echoed throughout Major League Baseball by a whole lot of other people whose players were at the WBC."
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Trembley said Chris Gomez and Jolbert Cabrera would be the two candidates for the final bench spot if the club decides to go with 13 position players. ... Former designated hitter Harold Baines has been elected to the Orioles Hall of Fame. Baines spent parts of seven seasons in three stints with the Orioles from 1993 to 2000, batting .301 with 107 home runs and 378 RBIs in 666 games. ... Longtime Orioles community relations director Julie Wagner will receive the Herb Armstrong Award, given to nonuniformed personnel who have made significant contributions to the club and the game of baseball.
