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Former Twin Johan Santana, Orioles Agree To Minor League Deal
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Two-time AL Cy Young Award winner Johan Santana has agreed to a minor league contract with the Baltimore Orioles as he tries to come back from the second major operation on his...
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Rain Washes Out Twins-Orioles Game
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles had two games scheduled for Monday — and didn’t play a single inning. Hours after rain canceled Baltimore’s 1 o’clock game against Philadelphia in...
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Mauer, Dozier HR, Correia Pitches Twins Over O’s
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A few key made things a lot easier for Kevin Correia and the Minnesota Twins. Joe Mauer and Brian Dozier both homered, Correia earned his first win of the season and the Twins ended...
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The 5 Dirtiest Plays in Baseball History
By Jordan Tracy There have been many arguments about dirty slides, plays at the plate and intentional bean balls this year in baseball. This year has been unique in that it’s the first year with the...
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Paredes Homers As Orioles Beat Twins 3-2
BALTIMORE (AP) — Chris Davis hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the seventh, Jimmy Paredes homered and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Minnesota Twins 3-2 on Saturday night. The Orioles have won five of...
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Hardy Hits Grand Slam, Orioles Beat Twins 12-8
BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles and Minnesota Twins kept circling the bases at a dizzying rate, until finally the barrage ended with numbers that resembled a slow-pitch softball game. Baltimore...
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MLB’s Most Impressive Bubble Makers
When it comes to intimidating opponents, there are several effective methods a major league baseball player could use. There’s the thousand-yard stare, the extra-sharp cleats — and those dreaded...
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Twins Hire Butch Davis From Orioles Organization
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins have filled out their field staff by hiring Butch Davis as first base coach. Davis spent the last 20 seasons with the Baltimore Orioles organization. His...
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10 Horrible Streaks In Sports History
Minnesota sports fans are fatalists by nature. We expect the worst from our teams and athletes, but we hope for the best. When there’s an opportunity to fail, we just expect that they will find a way...
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Perkins Returns From Oblique Strain
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Glen Perkins made his first appearance of spring training Saturday, giving up a homer to Delmon Young in one inning of a Minnesota Twins split squad’s 5-3 loss to the Baltimore...
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White Sox Take On Orioles In Empty Baltimore Stadium
WEB EXTRA: Live Blog | Photo Gallery | Continuing CBS Baltimore Coverage BALTIMORE (AP) — With rubble and debris looming nearby, and tempers still smoldering in riot-torn Baltimore, the Orioles played...
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Dozier’s Two-Run Homer In 10th Lifts Twins Over Orioles 4-2
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Brian Dozier’s two-run home run with one out in the 10th inning lifted the Minnesota Twins to a 4-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night. Dozier lined a 2-1 pitch from...
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Sano Powers Twins Over Orioles, 8-3
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Miguel Sano demonstrated his power in hitting his first major league homer then showed some patience at the plate by drawing a bases-loaded walk Tuesday night as the Minnesota Twins...
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Duffey Stymies Orioles As Twins Roll To 15-2 Victory
BALTIMORE (AP) — Backed by Minnesota’s most proficient offensive performance of the season, Tyler Duffey certainly didn’t need his best stuff to beat the Baltimore Orioles. Then again, Duffey was so...
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Twins Use Big 8th-Inning To Rally Past Orioles 4-3
BALTIMORE (AP) — Some rallies consist of line drives and long balls. Others are built around flares and fortunate bounces. The Minnesota Twins crafted a comeback of the latter variety against the...
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Buxton’s First Big League RBI Lifts Twins Past Orioles 3-2
BALTIMORE (AP) — What’s 21-year-old rookie Byron Buxton doing in the middle of a playoff chase? Quite a bit actually, in terms of helping the Minnesota Twins enhance their position in the AL wild-card...
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Pair Of Errors Allow Twins To Top Orioles 4-3 In 12 Innings
BALTIMORE (AP) — The Minnesota Twins had some key hits, got effective pitching and made several big defensive plays. They also capitalized on Baltimore’s mistakes. Trevor Plouffe hit a tying single...
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Top 5 Wildest Sports Callers Of The Week: August 31st-September 4th
The Top 5 Sports Callers of the week is a weekly installment from CBS Local Sports that will bring you the wildest callers from across the nation. Number 5: In this week’s episode we start with Dave...
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30 Players: Kevin Gausman Should Thrive If Given Rotation Spot By Orioles
By Rich Arleo CBS Local Sports, in our 30 Players 30 Days spring training feature, profiles one young player from each Major League Baseball team leading up to opening day. Kevin Gausman, Starting...
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Five Things: Blue Jays, Giants Win Exciting Wild Card Games
By Andrew Kahn If you’re a baseball fan without an allegiance to any of the four teams that played in the wild card games, you likely enjoyed your viewing experience. If you’re a fan of the Blue Jays...
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30 Players: Dylan Bundy Hopes To Stay Healthy, Stick In Orioles Rotation
By Rich Arleo CBS Local Sports, in our 30 Players 30 Days spring training feature, profiles one young player from each Major League Baseball team leading up to opening day. 2016 season (Majors): 36 G,...
View ArticleOrioles Trading Manny Machado At Deadline Seeming More Likely
By Dayn Perry (CBS Sports)- Orioles infielder Manny Machado endured a bit of a disappointing 2017 season, but thus far in 2018 he’s producing in line with expectations. Through 19 games, Machado in...
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MLB’s Worst Teams: Reasons For Hope
By Dayn Perry (CBSSports.com) — Man, all we do is talk about the good teams, so let’s change that. In order to devote some bandwidth to the miserable MLB squadrons among us, we’ll first turn to our...
View ArticleWhat Should Teams Be Willing To Trade For Manny Machado?
By Matt Citak With just under three weeks until MLB’s July 31 non-waiver trade deadline, the league has yet to see any major deals go down this season. While many guys, both pitchers and position...
View ArticleWho Is MLB’s First-Half MVP?
Ryan Mayer MLB teams have already passed the midway point of the season in terms of games played. However, next week, when teams take a few days off for the All-Star Break, will mark the unofficial...
View ArticleThe Baseball Report: Orioles Could Set Franchise Mark For Futility
Ryan Mayer The Baltimore Orioles are in the midst of a historically bad season. Entering play on Tuesday, their record stood at 43-107, a full 60 games behind the Red Sox in the division. The 107...
View ArticleSports Verdict: Which Team Has A Better Shot At Making The Playoffs? Pirates...
By Christian S. Kohl Both the Baltimore Orioles and the Pittsburgh Pirates are enjoying quality seasons midway through this year. With each team presenting a legitimate threat to make the playoffs in...
View ArticleOrioles Hoping Henry Urrutia Finds His Power Stroke
By Rich Arleo CBS Local Sports, as part of our “30 Players 30 Days” spring training feature, is profiling one young player from each Major League Baseball team leading up to opening day. Henry Urrutia,...
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Top 5 Incredible Spring Training Moments
By Jason Iannone » More columns Any time someone commits the cardinal sin of caring about what happens during a spring training game, they’re quickly fitted with concrete shoes and thrown into the Sea...
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American League Mid-Season Team MVPs
Check out the National League Mid-Season Team MVPs. Picking the Major League Baseball All-Star Game rosters is an inexact science, of course. Every summer, there is always controversy about the voting...
View ArticlePlayoff Pinch Hits: Four American League Teams Left To Chase World Series
By Sam McPherson Tuesday night’s raucous affair in Kansas City won’t soon be forgotten, although the Oakland Athletics probably will need to bury it in the pile of ridiculously crushing playoff defeats...
View ArticlePlayoff Pinch Hits: Four LDS Matchups In Full Swing For Weekend Action
By Sam McPherson This is the busiest weekend of Major League Baseball playoff action, and all four League Division Series will be sorted out — mostly — over the weekend’s games to be played. If NCAA...
View ArticlePlayoff Pinch Hits: It’s Do Or Die For Tigers And Angels On Sunday
By Sam McPherson The two American League Division Series resume on Sunday, and surprisingly, both matchups have been lopsided so far — at least in terms of series standings. The Baltimore Orioles won...
View ArticlePlayoff Pinch Hits: American League Championship Series Is Set
By Sam McPherson If anyone reading this picked the Baltimore Orioles and the Kansas City Royals as the American League finalists for 2014 back in spring training, we just don’t believe you. Even as the...
View ArticlePlayoff Pinch Hits: Royals Spending Less Money To Win In MLB Playoffs
By Sam McPherson For the fifth year in a row, the National League pennant will go to the St. Louis Cardinals or the San Francisco Giants, two big spenders will payrolls well above $100 million. In the...
View ArticlePlayoff Pinch Hits: It’s All Kansas City In The American League Playoffs
By Sam McPherson The Kansas City Royals just keep on winning in the most impressive fashion, and nothing seems to be able to stop them from advancing in the 2014 American League playoffs right now....
View ArticlePlayoff Pinch Hits: Predicting The World Series Matchup
By Sam McPherson Monday’s rainout of Game Three in the American League Championship Series between the Baltimore Orioles and the Kansas City Royals provides a unique chance to look forward, evenly, at...
View ArticlePlayoff Pinch Hits: Kansas City Royals’ Streak May End In World Series
By Sam McPherson With yet another win fueled by defense and pitching on Wednesday, the Kansas City Royals claimed their first American League pennant since 1985 with a 2-1 victory in Game Four of the...
View ArticleSolid Start By Gibson Helps Twins Beat Orioles 4-3 For Sweep
BALTIMORE (AP) — Kyle Gibson pitched six sharp innings, Willians Astudillo drove in two runs and the Minnesota Twins held off the Baltimore Orioles 4-3 on Sunday for a three-game sweep. After hitting...
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Baseball Report: Orioles Allowing Home Runs At Record Pace
(CBS Baltimore/CBS Local Sports) — The home runs keep coming. MLB as a whole is on pace to smash the season home run record of 6,105, set in 2017. The Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Los Angeles...
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