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Just had a chance to talk briefly on the phone with Hunter Harvey, the Orioles top pick in the 2013 draft (22nd overall) . He's a 6-foot-3, 175 pounder out of Bandys High School in Catawba, North Carolina. He has a low 90s fastball that can scoot up to 97. His dad, Bryan Harvey, spent nine seasons in the big leagues. He was a two-time all star closer for the California Angels and Florida Marlins, leading the majors in games finished and saves in 1991 and finishing fifth in American League Cy Young voting that year.

Just had a chance to talk briefly on the phone with Hunter Harvey, the Orioles top pick in the 2013 draft (22nd overall) . He's a 6-foot-3, 175 pounder out of Bandys High School in Catawba, North Carolina. He has a low 90s fastball that can scoot up to 97. His dad, Bryan Harvey, spent nine seasons in the big leagues. He was a two-time all star closer for the California Angels and Florida Marlins, leading the majors in games finished and saves in 1991 and finishing fifth in American League Cy Young voting that year.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. -- The sound of a bullpen phone ringing. That's all it took for pitcher Rob Bell's heart to pound, his palms to sweat, his body to shake. One call from his team's dugout, and his baseball life felt as if it were ripping apart at the seams. Bell's only victory in 2005, at least the kind that appears in a box score, came against the Orioles, the team that signed him to a minor league contract in November, invited him to spring training and has given him a chance to make the club as a long reliever.

What is wrong with this town? I know there are tons of people out there in Baltimore who are as angry at what just happened to our Super Bowl team as I am, but where is their voice? The word "fan" is short for "fanatic. " Where are the fanatics who will speak up? I listen to the sports talk shows all the time. I hear caller after caller saying stupid stuff like, "I'm excited about the new guys they're going to bring in. " And the line you always hear. "In Ozzie we trust. " On the dollar bill it says In God we Trust.

Streaking Orioles 7:10 p.m. [MASN2] Can the Orioles make it six victories in a row when they travel to Miami to face the Florida Marlins? It would be the team's longest winning streak of the season.

The Orioles today announced that they have declined to tender a contract offer to outfielder Eric Byrnes, allowing him to become a free agent. Byrnes was acquired from the Colorado Rockies in exchange for OF Larry Bigbie on July 29. He hit .192 with 3 homers and 11 RBI in 52 games for the Orioles and combined to bat .226 in 126 games between the Oakland A's, Rockies and Orioles last season. After hitting safely in his first 11 games with the Orioles, he batted .137 over his final 41 games of the season, including an .073 average over the final month.

Orioles spring schedule Date Opponent Site Time March 3 Florida Marlins Jupiter, Fla. 1:05 p.m. March 4 Florida Marlins Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 1:05 p.m. March 5 Washington Nationals Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 1:05 p.m. March 6 Los Angeles Dodgers Vero Beach, Fla. 1:05 p.m. March 7 Florida Marlins Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 1:05 p.m. March 8 New York Mets Port St. Lucie, Fla. 1:10 p.m. March 9 Minnesota Twins Fort Myers, Fla. 1:05 p.m. March 10 New York...

The Orioles will open their 2004 spring training schedule on March 4 against the World Series champion Florida Marlins in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. at 1:05 p.m. The Orioles will play 14 games at Fort Lauderdale Stadium, their spring base for the ninth season. Baltimore will play its first night game at Fort Lauderdale Stadium in two seasons against Florida on March 27 at 7:05 p.m. The Orioles will conclude spring training on April 3 with a game against the Cincinnati Reds in Chattanooga, Tenn.

At Olympic Stadium, MontrealDay ....... Time .......... TV ..... StartersTonight .. 7: 05 ........ 13, 50 ... Sidney Ponson (1-5, 5.66)................ ................... vs. Dustin Hermanson (5-6, 2.97)Tomorrow .. 7: 05 ....... 13, 50 ... Mike Mussina (6-4, 3.72)................. .................. vs. Carl Pavano (1-1, 4.41)Sunday .... 1: 35 ....... 13, 50 ... Doug Drabek (5-7, 6.72)................. .................. vs. Javier Vazquez (1-6, 5.63)Radio: All games on WBAL (1090 AM) and WTOP (1500 AM)

The Orioles scored three times in the sixth inning to take their first lead and defeat the Florida Marlins, 8-4, in their exhibition opener yesterday at Roger Dean Stadium. Brian Roberts singled to break a 4-4 tie, and an error allowed Chris Gomez to score. Melvin Mora's sacrifice fly increased the lead to 7-4. Trying to win a spot in the back end of the rotation, Orioles left-hander Matt Riley allowed three runs and three hits in two innings. He also walked three and threw 53 pitches - 29 for strikes.

First baseman Joe Mahoney, who was designated for assignment by the Orioles earlier this week, has been claimed off waivers by the Florida Marlins. Mahoney was designated on Wednesday to make room for newly acquired third baseman Danny Valencia. The Orioles acquired Valencia from the Red Sox for cash considerations. “You're surprised when something like that happens,” Mahoney said. “But when it happened I was hoping I would get another opportunity from another team and I did, so I'm looking forward to turning the page and getting an opportunity to play down south.” The 25-year-old Mahoney was called up to the Orioles twice last season, making his major league debut on July 7 in Anaheim.

FoxSports has reported in a tweet that free-agent pitcher Mark Buehrle has agreed to terms with the Florida Marlins on a four-year, $58 million deal. If so, this becomes a disappointing day for the Washington Nationals, who were hoping to beef up their starting rotation with the former Chicago White Sox starter. The Marlins had put it on the street earlier in the day at the winter meetings that they had offers out to both Buehrle and C.J. Wilson, and would sign the first pitcher to accept.

A night after overcoming a three-run deficit to beat the Florida Marlins, the Orioles dug themselves out of a six-run hole against the Washington Nationals and then got a little help to score the winning run. Second baseman Cristian Guzman's throwing error in the ninth inning on Julio Lugo's potential inning-ending double-play ball allowed Jake Fox to score from second and the Orioles to celebrate a 7-6 victory last night at Camden Yards....

When Orioles right-hander Kevin Millwood threw quality start after quality start earlier this season, only to get handed no-decisions and losses because of a lackluster offense, he didn't complain, didn't point fingers. On Thursday, it was payback time for Millwood, who survived five shaky innings in an 11-5 Orioles win that ended an 11-game losing streak to the Florida Marlins. An offense that had scored just 33 runs in Millwood's first 12 starts has scored 27 for him in his past four outings, the past two of which have resulted in Millwood's only victories of the season.

Brian Matusz, or any of the other Orioles starters for that matter, hasn't gotten much experience this season protecting any lead, never mind a four-run bulge. So perhaps it shouldn't have been a total surprise that Matusz looked completely uncomfortable in such a situation Wednesday night after the Orioles had one of their best offensive innings of the season. Matusz managed to get just one out before squandering the four-run advantage in the third inning and then allowed the go-ahead run in the seventh as the woeful Orioles lost again, dropping a 7-5 decision to the Florida Marlins in front of an announced 13,720 at sultry Camden Yards.

All the excitement the Orioles generated in their first game back home lasted about as long as Matt Wieters' seemingly harmless fly ball in the second inning hung in the air before carrying into the left-field seats. Aside from Wieters' three-run home run off Anibal Sanchez, the Orioles did very little right in their 10-4 loss to the Florida Marlins on Tuesday night before an announced 14,821 at sleepy Camden Yards. Jeremy Guthrie had one of his worst starts of the season, putting his team into a four-run hole in the second inning and allowing six earned runs in the game.

JUPITER, Fla. -- The Orioles packed their bags and headed north after yesterday's 7-2 victory over the Florida Marlins in their Grapefruit League finale, with just as many questions as they had when they arrived in Florida. The past six weeks have settled none of the position battles and eased few of Sam Perlozzo's concerns. Three days before his team's opener against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, the manager still doesn't know the identify of his center fielder or left fielder. More orioles Anna Benson, claiming marriage is "irretrievably broken," files for divorce from pitcher Kris Benson.

The Orioles open their exhibition schedule today against the Florida Marlins at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Fla., which - incidentally - is the only spring training city in Florida or Arizona named after another member of our solar system. This has not always been so. The Milwaukee Brewers used to train in Sun City, Ariz., before moving to a new site in nearby Chandler during the 1980s. The Washington Nationals train on Florida's Space Coast, not far from Cape Canaveral, though I don't believe there is a celestial body named Viera, unless you count the host of the Today show.