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Another one of the Orioles' attempts at a reclamation project has been lost for the year. Right-hander Joel Pineiro will undergo surgery Tuesday for a slap tear in his labrum. Doctors will also look at Pineiro's rotator cuff while performing surgery, according to Orioles manager Buck Showalter. The 33-year-old Pineiro was signed in April to a minor-league deal as rotation insurance after being released by the Philadelphia Phillies. He appeared in two games for Triple-A Norfolk, going 1-0 with a 3.65 ERA. He also pitched in three games in the Gulf Coast league in Sarasota.

The Baltimore Orioles have completed their spring exhibition schedule, which includes a club-record 23 games against American League competition.The 31-game preseason schedule is virtually devoid of home games, thanks to the club's decision to give up its home base at PTC Miami's Bobby Maduro Stadium, but much of the exhibition action will take place in and around the Sarasota, Fla., area."

John A. BradyStock brokerage workerJohn A. Brady, a native of Baltimore who worked for stock brokers, died Friday at a veterans hospital in Tampa, Fla., of kidney disease. He was 65.A memorial Mass for Mr. Brady, who had lived in Sarasota, Fla., since 1968, was to be offered at 10 a.m. today at the Incarnation Roman Catholic Church in Sarasota.The former resident of Roland Park retired about seven years ago after working in Sarasota for Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. and Kashner Securities. In Baltimore, he had worked for Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc. and for White, Weld and Co.The Baltimore native was educated at the Calvert School, the Gilman School, Yale University and the University of Colorado, from which he graduated.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Orioles pitcher Eric DuBose was arrested and charged with driving under the influence early Monday morning in Sarasota, Fla., before making a start later that day at the team's minor league complex. He was released on $500 bond. DuBose, 28, was arrested at 1:17 a.m. after an officer on foot patrol observed the pitcher's black GMC truck swerving into an oncoming lane, according to the Sarasota County police report. DuBose also came close to rear-ending another vehicle, the report said.

Dr. Maurice Klawans, 92, a physician for more than a half-century in Annapolis, died Tuesday of cardiac arrest in Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Hospital.He retired in 1987 from a practice that he started in 1931 in an office on Southgate Avenue and moved in 1934 to his family home a few doors away.A general practitioner, his practice included "everything from the common cold to major surgery, obstetrics and sewing up the farmer's horse," recalled his daughter-in-law, Anita Klawans.Dr. Klawans was born at home on West Street in Annapolis.

Siesta Key is for snobs. Sand snobs, that is. The sand of Siesta Beach is soft and smooth, like velvet beneath your toes, silk between your fingers. It stretches out in an expanse of white lapped by turquoise water, and even on warm days the sand is cool. In 2004, the Travel Channel named it Best Sand Beach, and it has appeared on the annual list of best U.S. beaches compiled by Stephen Leatherman, the Florida International University professor known as Dr. Beach. Leatherman, who has studied beaches around the globe, says Siesta Key boasts some of the "finest, whitest sand I've ever seen in the world."

Not a whole lot of news from Buck Showalter's pre-game news conference today. Here are some highlights: Showalter believes Nolan Reimold's second epidural injection in the bulging disk in his neck is scheduled for Friday. A timetable for his return is still unknown. “We don't really know until we see how this responds,” Showalter said. “I'm hoping this does the trick. That's what we are hoping. There's always that potential [for a third epidural].”  Catcher Taylor Teagarden is seeing Dr. Andrew Dossett at 3 p.m. Thursday for a second opinion on the back problems that have sidelined him since the spring.

On December 11, 2003, JOHN ANTHONY WAGNER, son of the late Emma Sullivan and Frank Wagner, died in Sarasota, Florida, age 95. Born in Baltimore in 1909, he was married in 1930 to the late Marian Rosemond Richards for 73 years. After attending Loyola High School, his interest in playing the saxophone was realized by joining St. Elizabeth's Marching Band. During the BIG BAND era, he played professionally on radio and in dance bands for 22 years. Mr. Wagner joined the American Stores Company (Acme Markets)