Eddie Murray

Hall-of-Famer Eddie Murray declined all comment when asked Saturday about being investigated by the federal government as part of an insider trading operation that involved Murray's former Orioles teammate Doug DeCinces. Murray has not been charged in the investigation, but DeCinces was fined $2.5 million by the Securities and Exchange Commission last August. Murray has been directed by his attorneys not to comment on the investigation and continued that stand Saturday. “You know I can't say nothing, right?

Former Orioles third baseman Doug DeCinces was indicted Wednesday, along with three friends, by a federal grand jury in California on securities fraud charges, for allegedly cashing in on inside information about the acquisition of an Orange County medical company, prosecutors said. The criminal indictment is the latest fallout related to the acquisition, which previously resulted in DeCinces and Hall of Fame former Oriole Eddie Murray — who was not named in Wednesday's indictment — paying civil settlements to the Securities and Exchange Commission last year and in August, respectively.

Eddie Murray , the former Orioles Hall of Famer, has been linked to an investigation by federal authorities in a wide-ranging insider trading case that already has ensnared teammate Doug DeCinces, according to a Reuters report. Investigators have been trying to determine whether Murray traded on inside information that Abbott Laboratories was about to announce a deal to acquire Advanced Medical Optics for $2.8 billion in 2009, according to the Reuters report. He has not been charged with a crime.

Oct. 16, 1983: The Orioles win their third and most recent World Series as Scott McGregor pitches a five-hitter to beat the Phillies, 5-0, in Game 5 in Philadelphia. First baseman Eddie Murray ends a slump by hitting two home runs. Catcher Rick Dempsey, a .231 hitter, earns Most Valuable Player honors and reacts with disbelief. "In 11 years, I've never been hot," he says. Oct. 16, 1977: "It was just good enough to win," Bert Jones, the Colts' All-Pro quarterback, says of visiting Baltimore's 17-6 victory over the hapless Kansas City Chiefs (0-5)

When Eddie Murray's sculpture is unveiled at Camden Yards this afternoon, if the sun catches the bronze just so, onlookers might get a glimpse of themselves in the reflection. It's fitting for the Orioles' most prolific hitter ever. Writers, and even some fans who didn't like Murray's personality, projected their own bitterness onto him for his entire career. For the fans who didn't care what they read, only what they saw, they'll have their Eddie. They can cheer the man today, and later they can bring their kids to the statue, point and say, "There's one of the best switch hitters to ever play the game.

PHILADELPHIA -- Former Baltimore Oriole Eddie Murray has been a fixture at first base during his 15-year career, but last night, he made a rare appearance at third base in the eighth inning for the Los Angeles Dodgers.It was the second time since going to the Dodgers that Murray was used there, the first time coming at the end of a 22-inning game two years ago. Murray had no chances in the Dodgers' 9-8 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies.With the Orioles in 1978, his second season in the major leagues, Murray started the season as the third baseman, but the experiment lasted only three games.

It never bothered me that Eddie Clarence Murray kept his uniform clean and his mouth shut. The man produced, week in and week out, year after year. The Orioles went to two World Series within five seasons during the peak of Murray's 12-year run here, and they haven't been to one since.The Eddie trade of 1988 never should have happened. He deserved respect and an opportunity to play his entire career with the Orioles, just as Cal Ripken has. What he got, instead, were cheap shots from the then-blustery, now-dead Edward Bennett Williams, sports commentators and foul-mouthed fans who took all their frustrations out on the Sphinx of first base, criticizing him for not getting his uniform dirty, not putting out.No wonder Eddie left bitter.

WHEN Eddie Murray is inducted into the Hall of Fame today, Major League Baseball will show an appreciation of the superstar that he didn't receive as a player, either nationally or in Baltimore. Even though Murray was one of the sport's best clutch hitters and switch-hitters, and the best hitter to wear an Orioles uniform, his departure from Baltimore in 1988 was one of the lowest moments in this city's sports history, as sad as the Colts leaving for Indianapolis, and as embarrassing as Colts officials allowing quarterback John Unitas to wear a San Diego Chargers uniform.

WILL they chant his name in Cooperstown, the way they used to at Memorial Stadium, when the quiet kid out of Los Angeles took over first base for the Orioles, then never stopped producing hits and homers and runs, all the way back to Camden Yards? Will they chant "Ed-die, Ed-die" like they used to, before anyone suspected Eddie Murray would pose a frustrating puzzle and perplex Baltimore fans who revered baseball's greatest switch-hitter this side of Mickey Mantle but could not always, unconditionally, extend their love?

Excerpts from Eddie Murray's speech yesterday at Cooperstown: A nice, little sea of black and orange out there. It's a wonderful thing. I'm thankful to be here today. It's a dream, one of the few things I never dreamed. The game, I knew I was going to do. It's a great honor to be here today. When Ted Williams was here and inducted into the Hall of Fame 37 years ago, he said he must have earned it because he didn't win it because of his friendship with the writers. I guess in that way I'm proud to be in his company that way. I was never one much on words.

Derek Jeter continues to move up the all-time hits list, and for the second time this season he passed an Orioles great Tuesday night. Jeter's leadoff home run against the White Sox's Francisco Liriano in Chicago was the Yankee shortstop's 3,256th career hit, moving him past Hall of Famer Eddie Murray for sole possession of 11th place on the all-time list. On June 29, Jeter passed Cal Ripken Jr. (3,184) for sole possession of 13th on the list with a double that also came in the first inning of a game against the White Sox. With the Orioles' most prolific hitters out of the way, Willie Mays (3,283)

Orioles Hall-of-Famer Eddie Murray has agreed to pay $358,151 to settle charges that he illegally profited from an insider trading scheme involving former teammate Doug DeCinces, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Friday. Murray, who was in Baltimore last weekend for the unveiling of a statue of him at Camden Yards, made $235,114 in illegal profits, according to the SEC charges. In paying the settlement, Murray, 56, neither admitted to nor denied the allegations.

The rain would not come for another hour, so Hall of Famer Eddie Murray had to settle for bathing in the affection of his close friends and the large gathering of fans who crowded into Legends Park to see his statue unveiled on Saturday. Maybe time does heal all wounds. There was no hint of the unhappiness that led to Murray asking out of Baltimore in the prime of his career. There was nothing during the either unveiling ceremony or the rain-delayed on-field presentation to indicate that there was any interruption in the honeymoon between "Ed-die!

When Eddie Murray's sculpture is unveiled at Camden Yards this afternoon, if the sun catches the bronze just so, onlookers might get a glimpse of themselves in the reflection. It's fitting for the Orioles' most prolific hitter ever. Writers, and even some fans who didn't like Murray's personality, projected their own bitterness onto him for his entire career. For the fans who didn't care what they read, only what they saw, they'll have their Eddie. They can cheer the man today, and later they can bring their kids to the statue, point and say, "There's one of the best switch hitters to ever play the game.

Hall-of-Famer Eddie Murray declined all comment when asked Saturday about being investigated by the federal government as part of an insider trading operation that involved Murray's former Orioles teammate Doug DeCinces. Murray has not been charged in the investigation, but DeCinces was fined $2.5 million by the Securities and Exchange Commission last August. Murray has been directed by his attorneys not to comment on the investigation and continued that stand Saturday. “You know I can't say nothing, right?

New York Yankees starter Freddy Garcia grabbed a little history Tuesday night. He uncorked five wild pitches - becoming the first major league pitcher to do that since Philadelphia's Ken Howell on April 5, 1989. Dating to 1918, the five wild pitches in a game ties for fourth most by one pitcher. The amazing thing is Garcia threw four wild pitches all last season - in 146 2/3 innings. He threw four in all of 2010 in 157 innings. Just for the record, Ken Howell could have done the uncorking in 1989 with the Orioles.

Researcher: Paul McCardell: Sun Staff