Daniel Cabrera

Good morning --Daniel Cabrera--You seem to have erased a season's worth of doubt with your night of brilliance in New York.

Orioles@Yankees 7 p.m., MASN The Orioles, three games above .500, begin a three-game series at Yankee Stadium with Daniel Cabrera (4-1) trying to extend his stretch of strong outings. Former Oriole Mike Mussina (above), who is 6-3 so far, starts for the Yankees.

Question of the day The New York Yankees' Johnny Damon says Daniel Cabrera is "an ace for the future." Is he right? Selected responses to today's question will be printed Monday on The Kickoff page. Please e-mail your answer (about 25 words) to sports@baltsun.com by 3 p.m. tomorrow. Include your name, address and a daytime telephone number for verification purposes.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Orioles right-hander Daniel Cabrera keeps preaching that he can walk batters and still pitch effectively enough to win. He did both last night, and his Orioles teammates bashed Minnesota pitching in a shaky 9-7 victory over the Twins before 24,478 at the Metrodome. Drabowsky dead Unlikely 1966 World Series pitching hero was 70. Pg 14e

The New York Yankees' Johnny Damon says Daniel Cabrera is "an ace for the future." Is he right? An ace for the future? Of course. But will he be that ace? Anyone can be that star of the future. People were ready to give up on Markakis when he was hitting .220. Ask me that same question at the end of next year. Robert E. Lescalleet Baltimore McDonald, Pennington, Coppinger, Ponson: They are part of a lineage of Orioles pitchers who morphed from flamethrowers to flameouts. Cabrera has unfathomable potential, but Mr. Angelos may have to add a hypnotist to the payroll.

Three snapshots are all that's needed to summarize last night's gut-wrenching, here-we-go-again Orioles bullpen implosion in a 7-3 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks. After all, you have seen this once or nine times before, the Orioles leading after the seventh only to watch the carefully pushed buttons misfire and the bullpen give away another assumed victory. Diamondbacks @ Orioles Tonight, 7:05, Ch. 13, MASN, 105.7 FM Starters: Edgar Gonzalez (2-2 ,4.73) vs. Daniel Cabrera (5-7, 5.16)

SAN DIEGO-- --Think hard. There is a lot of competition for this honor. But has there truly been a worse day in recent Orioles history than yesterday? What puts it over the top is that the worst news, the most wrenching, the most damaging to both the immediate future and the reputation of the organization, happened before the first pitch at Petco Park, and then long after the final out. Orioles@Diamondbacks Tonight, 9:40, MASN2, 105.7 FM Starters: Daniel Cabrera (5-8, 5.20) vs. Brandon Webb (7-4, 3.14)