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By Dan Connolly and The Baltimore Sun | September 9, 2014
Miguel Gonzalez isn't going to say it. In fact, the Orioles right-hander was asked point blank Monday night whether he felt he is making a statement that he should be one of the club's starters in the postseason. And he called an audible, talking about well things are going in general. “I got to keep doing what I've been doing and stay focused,” Gonzalez said. “And we're in a good spot right now. Pretty happy about it. We are doing good.” OK, so he isn't addressing it -- smartly, on his part, by the way -- so we'll say it for him. With his tremendous run in his last 10 starts -- he has allowed two runs or fewer in nine of them -- Gonzalez has put himself squarely on the postseason starter map. He's probably still behind Chris Tillman, which is only fair.
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By Eduardo A. Encina and The Baltimore Sun | October 11, 2014
Orioles center fielder Adam Jones admitted before Saturday's Game 2 of the American League Championship Series that he might need to be a little more patient at the plate for his team to get back into the series against the Kansas City Royals. Jones doesn't make any apologies for his aggressiveness at the plate, but he noted that the playoffs offer a different game, inherently smaller strike zones and more opportunity for batters to wait on their pitch to hit. And Jones has struggled in the postseason, entering the day just 5-for-42 with 11 strikeouts in 10 career playoff games.
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By Alejandro Zuniga and The Baltimore Sun | July 14, 2014
The Orioles (52-42) may hold a four-game lead in the American League East and be a season-high 10 games over .500 entering the All-Star break, but recent history indicates that it's not safe to make postseason plans quite yet. Last year, the Orioles were also 10 games above .500 (53-43) at the Midsummer Classic. Despite that record, they were in third place in a strong AL East, behind the Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays. Following a lackluster second half (33-34), the Orioles finished 85-77, 12 games back of the eventual World Series champion Red Sox. At the All-Star break for the postseason-bound club in 2012, the Orioles were just five games above .500 (45-40)
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By Eduardo A. Encina and The Baltimore Sun | October 3, 2014
It seems like Delmon Young has been in the major leagues for more than nine years. Maybe that's because he came to the majors so young, or maybe because he's in the postseason every year. His bat has always earned him a job. Throughout years ragged by injuries, off-the-field issues and even weight clauses in his contract, hitting has always been the easy part. After his three-run, pinch-hit double Friday afternoon led the Orioles to a 7-6 comeback win over the Detroit Tigers in Game 2 of the American League Division Series, Young was asked whether he had ice in his veins.
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By Don Markus and The Baltimore Sun | October 1, 2014
Frank Fried was born a few months before the Orioles won their last World Series, so the 31-year-old mechanical engineer's memories of his favorite baseball team are mostly painful. Like many fans, Fried believes that the drought will end this month, a result that would not only thrill the city but also boost the local economy. A partial season-ticket holder, Fried will be at Camden Yards for Thursday's Game 1 of the American League Division Series against the Detroit Tigers, as he was nearly three dozen times during a regular season when the Orioles were one of the best teams in baseball.
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By LAURA VECSEY | October 2, 2002
NEW YORK - October dawned yesterday with its customary simplicity: The World Series is the New York Yankees' to lose. Why else did TV schedule the Yankees for prime time, again, forcing the reigning World Series champion Diamondbacks to an 11 p.m. East Coast start time? What else, then, was the point of that first-inning homer by Derek Jeter to post the Yankees an instant lead in Game 1 of this American League Division Series against the Anaheim Angels? And, of course, why else did Jason Giambi - brought here specifically to put the Yankees back on top in a big way - crush the kind of two-run homer that could make him heir to that beloved Yankees phrase: Mr. October?