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Greg Cantori plans to downsize when he retires. Really, really downsize. His retirement home is 238 square feet — one-tenth the size of the average new American house — and sits in his Anne Arundel County yard. He and wife Renee can hitch it to a truck and take it with them wherever they go. "It's so cheap — that's what's so cool about this," said Cantori, 52, who envisions a surf-and-turf future, alternating between the house and a sailboat. "We bought the house for $19,000.

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Orioles first baseman Chris Davis is back in the starting lineup to today's afternoon series finale against the Angels. Davis, who left Friday's game after his right knee buckled running through the first base bag in the fifth inning, sat out of Saturday's game after an MRI was performed and revealed patellar tendonosis in the knee. Both Davis and Orioles manager Buck Showalter were eyeing Tuesday as a possible return date to take advantage of the extra day of rest that comes with Monday's off day. But about 90 minutes before today's game, Davis was running sprints in the outfield and stretching the knee under the supervision of Orioles head trainer Richie Bancells.

If the Black Eyed Susan were a race horse, it would be a sprinter. It makes one strong move, then fades quickly. The strong move occurs this weekend when the cocktail will be in demand at Pamlico Race Track, during both the running of the Black Eyed Susan Stakes on Friday and the Preakness Stakes on Saturday. Over these two days, about 25,000 servings of the libation, poured into commemorative glasses, will be sold at $8 apiece, track officials say. But as soon as Preakness weekend ends, so does the does the local thirst for the Susan.

ANAHEIM, Calif. --Orioles first baseman Chris Davis sat out Saturday's game against the Los Angeles Angels after injuring his right knee the night before, but the team is optimistic that its top run producer will avoid a stint on the disabled list. Davis said that an MRI on the knee Saturday was read by Angels team doctors and showed patellar tendinosis in his knee. Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette said Orioles doctors will read the MRI on Monday, but that he considered Davis day to day. “It sounds like he's feeling a lot better today,” Duquette said.

Yankees left-hander CC Sabathia will undergo arthroscopic surgery at a New York hospital Friday to correct a small meniscus tear in his right knee. Sabathia is scheduled to begin his regular routine in preparation for spring training three to six weeks after the surgery. In the meantime, manager Joe Girardi reportedly has begun to talk with the Yankees about the parameters of a new three-year contract for between $9 million and $10 million. And the Yankees declined to pick up the options of Lance Berkman ($15 million)

Right-handed reliever Matt Lindstrom, who exited Friday's game in the eighth inning after a liner by Johnny Damon struck bone on the inside of his left knee, left the club briefly Saturday afternoon to have an X-Ray. Showalter called it “precautionary.” Lindstrom said the swelling had subsided some after four ice treatments, but he was still in pain Saturday afternoon. “It is pretty sore. It caught me pretty square. I'm not going to know too much until we get the swelling out,” Lindstrom said.

Orioles catcher Taylor Teagarden, acquired in the offseason to be a veteran reserve to Matt Wieters, said Tuesday that he's about 85 percent healthy after having two procedures on his right knee. Teagarden had a Baker's cyst - a buildup of joint fluid - behind his right knee removed in November. Doctors had to perform another procedure in the knee to remove blood that was forming in the back of the knee and affecting his range of motion. “That's all behind me now, and now it's just a strengthening phase and getting into baseball shape,” Teagarden said.

D.C. United goalkeeper Josh Wicks underwent successful surgey on his right knee, the team announced. Wicks, who had shoulder surgery on Oct. 29, is not expected to miss more than the original four to six months. He recorded five shutouts and posted a 1.4 goals against average on the year.

A 54-year-old man was in stable condition after being shot in the knee Saturday night in Northeast Baltimore, police said. Officers responding to a report of a shooting found the man at the corner of The Alameda and E. Belvedere Ave. just after 6 p.m., police said. The man had been shot once in the knee. He was transported to an area hospital. No other details were available. Police ask anyone with information about the shooting to call 410-396-2455.

The Orioles have announced that right-hander Jason Hammel, who left Friday's game in the fourth inning when he re-injured his balky right knee, will miss his next start, which was scheduled for Wednesday in Minnesota. Hammel had a MRI on Saturday afternoon, but the results were not immediately announced. However, the club said Hammel would miss one start. Orioles manager Buck Showalter is expected to address the situation and Hammel's treatment options after today's game against the Detroit Tigers.

ANAHEIM, Calif. - The Orioles' 4-0 loss to the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night might have come at a greater price. The Orioles' top offensive weapon of the opening month of the season, first baseman Chris Davis, hobbled off the field in the fifth inning with a right knee injury. He is scheduled to get an MRI on Saturday morning. Right-hander Miguel Gonzalez was forced from the game after six innings after opening a blister on his right thumb, putting his next start in jeopardy.

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Orioles first baseman Chris Davis left Friday night's game against the Los Angeles Angels in the middle of the fifth inning with what was initially diagnosed by the teams as a right knee injury. Davis hobbled off the field after coming up lame running out a ground ball to third base to lead off the top of the fifth inning. Replays showed that the his right leg appeared to buckle as his foot touched first base. Davis limped into the Orioles dugout on the first-base line and down the stairs toward the visiting clubhouse, grasping to the stair railings and unable to put weight on the right leg. Davis was replaced by utility man Ryan Flaherty at first base in the bottom of the fifth.

A firefighter sustained a minor knee injury in a two-alarm blaze at a home in Southeast Baltimore early Thursday morning, according to the Baltimore Fire Department. Firefighters responded to the 3700 block of East Pratt Street — near the border of the city's Highlandtown and Baltimore Highlands neighborhoods — about 12:20 a.m. and began fighting the fire, which had extended to an adjacent vacant home and another occupied home, said Captain Roman Clark, a department spokesman.

Your browser does not support iframes.   When Orioles first baseman Chris Davis flailed at a changeup in the dirt Tuesday for the last out of the third inning, he says he was really frustrated. So he snapped. And so did his bat. Over Davis' knee in one quick motion. "It was misbehaving, so I put him in timeout," Davis said about snapping his bat. "It's not something I am proud of. It's not something, 'Hey, I can break a bat over my knee.' But in that situation out there, I knew I wasn't going to get a lot to hit and I still continued to swing at a ball in the dirt.

Brian Roberts, who played in just 115 games the previous three seasons because of various injuries, was placed on the 15-day disabled list Friday, three games into 2013, with what the Orioles are calling a strained right hamstring. The second baseman is expected to miss three to four weeks - an encouraging development considering the 35-year-old Roberts had to be carried off the field in the ninth inning Thursday when he grabbed his leg after stealing second base at Tropicana Field.

The sight of Orioles designated hitter Wilson Betemit rolling and writhing on the infield grass of Ed Smith Stadium on Monday afternoon suddenly quieted a sellout crowd and sent chills through the home dugout. As routine an act as Betemit's was - going on a full-count pitch from first base to second during the Orioles 12-9 Grapefruit League win over the Red Sox - the result was anything but. Betemit's right knee buckled mid-stride as he stumbled in the basepath, crumbled to the ground and clutched his knee in severe pain.

Safety Haruki Nakamura could miss at least a month after suffering a right knee injury in the Ravens' 37-7 victory over the St. Louis Rams Sunday. Although the team was still waiting for the results of a magnetic resonance imaging exam late Monday afternoon, coach John Harbaugh confirmed that timetable for Nakamura, who injured the posterior cruciate ligament in the knee. “Haruki's MRI is not back yet, but it looks promising,” Harbaugh said Monday. “In terms of him being able to come back, maybe a month or so. We'll see.” Nakamura suffered the injury during a punt return in the first quarter and did not return.

The large brace on John Greeley's left knee was about the only noticeable indicator of what the Johns Hopkins junior midfielder has endured since the offseason. Greeley suffered a serious knee injury that raised concerns that he might have been forced to miss the upcoming 2012 campaign. Instead, there was Greeley taking his customary spot on the first line with junior John Ranagan and Rob Guida in the No. 4 Blue Jays' 12-6 rout of Towson on Friday evening. Greeley showed little rust or trepidation when testing Tigers defenders.

Casey Ancarrow has a lot to be happy about on the lacrosse field this spring. The James Madison senior is the reigning Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year and is moving up on the Dukes' all-time scoring charts. She's also one of only 53 players nationwide named to the Tewaaraton watch list. Heading into Saturday's 1 p.m. game at Loyola, she leads the Dukes (4-1) in scoring with 20 goals and four assists. Most of all, the John Carroll graduate is happy just to be on the field.

When Syracuse opened the season with a 16-15 double-overtime loss to Albany, the outlook looked bleak for the NCAA's all-time leader in national championships. But the No. 12 Orange re-asserted themselves into the national conversation with back-to-back wins, including a 9-8 overtime decision against then-No. 11 Virginia last Friday night. The joy from that victory may be evaporating in the wake of Thursday's announcement by the school that sophomore defenseman Brandon Mullins will miss the remainder of the season after suffering a right knee injury in that win against the Cavaliers.