Jose Molina

Thanks to Second City, improvisation is one of Chicago's well developed art forms. It was on display Friday night at U.S. Cellular Field, where Robin Ventura reached into his bag of tricks to pull out the Killer Gs. While Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Ichiro Suzuki's two-out, two-run single in the ninth inning against Fernando Rodney lifted the New York Yankees to a 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on Tuesday night. Ichiro (2-for-4, two RBI) was central in...

The sight of Matt Wieters' home-run trot ending in a frenetic pile at home plate conjured memories of the 16 straight extra-inning wins the Orioles orchestrated last season. But Thursday night's 10-inning 10-6 win over the Tampa Bay Rays — which...

SOUTH BEND -- First impressions mean a lot to South Bend Silver Hawks manager Mark Haley. Frazier Hall passed that test with flying colors. Early in baseball's spring training process, before Haley really knew what he had with this year's team, the 6-...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – When it came to stopping Orioles first baseman Chris Davis in this week’s season-opening series, the Tampa Bay Rays had few victories. One of those came in Davis’ final at-bat of Thursday’s 6-3 Orioles...

Four more innings. That's all Hanley Ramirez had to get through before the Dominican Republic could return him to the Dodgers in working condition. But Ramirez tore ligaments in his right thumb diving for a ball in Tuesday night's World Baseball Classic...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — As the Orioles plugged through this offseason without adding a premium bat to the lineup, club officials kept saying that a needed offensive boost could come from two players already on the 40-man roster, two guys who had...

Orioles lineup for Tuesday: Nick Markakis RF, Manny Machado 3B, Adam Jones CF, Matt Wieters C, Chris Davis 1B, J.J. Hardy SS, Nolan Reimold LF, Steve Pearce DH, Brian Roberts 2B. Jason Hammel, P. Rays lineup: Desmond Jennings CF, Sam Fuld RF, Ben...

Having been cleared to resume baseball activities Thursday, Orioles outfielder Nick Markakis said he's confident he will have enough time -- and at-bats -- to be ready for the regular season. Markakis hasn’t played since March 1, when he was...

YOUR MORNING PHIL: Plantains, all-WBC, Maddon Talking baseball while wondering if anyone remembers where to find Tru TV: 1. Fernando Rodney is the Dominican Republic’s magic man, appearing in all seven of the Dominicans’ wins, to the concern...

Luckily, they don’t trot out the old “defense wins championship” cliché as much in baseball circles – but there’s no denying there have been teams who improve their ‘D’ and then find increased success. So, as we...

Orioles rookie Manny Machado has spent his brief time in the big leagues making difficult plays at third base — like the slow roller down the line — appear routine. But the dazzling plays he'd already made in his short time as a big leaguer...