Brooks Robinson

Orioles notes: Bergesen returns to Norfolk, but not as part of 40-man roster

2012-05-18 18:26:00

WASHINGTON — Once considered a key member of the Orioles' young rotation, right-hander Brad Bergesen will be pitching for Triple-A Norfolk on Sunday without a spot on the organization's 40-man roster. That's something he hasn't done in more than...

Sports lists: People love 'em, but they cause a lot of fuss

2012-05-17 12:15:00

Driving home Wednesday night after the Al Cesky Awards Banquet, I tuned my car radio to 90.5 WKHS's Ace and The Brain Show (Wednesdays, 8 to 10 p.m, a fine, commercial-free sports/music program that you should check out), and heard an obscure baseball...

Explaining the selection process for the Top 175 Md. athletes list

2012-05-17 14:37:00

Three months, one week and two days. That’s how long it took to shape a list, start to finish, of the 175 greatest athletes in Maryland history. The Sun published the rankings today, from top to bottom. Me? I feel like I just completed a daunting...

Eldersburg man celebrates golden anniversary as Orioles usher

2012-05-12 19:41:00

For the past five decades, Gordon Huggins has enjoyed one of the best views in the house. As an usher for the Baltimore Orioles at Memorial Stadium and Oriole Park at Camden Yards, he has witnessed six World Series,Cal Ripken Jr.'s record-setting 2,...

Brooks Robinson will forever be the Orioles' third baseman

2012-05-14 15:10:00

Brooks Robinson� owned third base. Still does. At his sendoff in 1977 — a "Thanks, Brooks" Day at a packed Memorial Stadium — Robinson's successor, Doug DeCinces, removed third base from its moorings and presented it to the Orioles� veteran....

Tom Matte deserves spot on greatest list

2012-05-15 06:00:00

How could The Sun produce a historical list of the most outstanding athletes in Maryland's history and not include Tom Matte? I don't even want to guess. One of the criteria was that the player had to have lived in Maryland for three years. Tom Matte has...

Schmuck: Frank Deford captures Baltimore sports history in memoir

2012-05-12 13:12:00

It was one of the true watershed moments in Baltimore sports history, so why should anyone be surprised that Frank Deford — one of the greatest sportswriters of the modern era and a Charm City native — would be there to witness it? Well,...

The Top 175: No. 6, Cal Ripken Jr.

2012-05-11 06:55:00

There's the Hall of Fame plaque, the World Series ring and the hardware he won for Rookie of the Year, Most Valuable Player (twice) and countless other accomplishments. Sometimes, Cal Ripken Jr. looks at that stuff and wonders: Is it really mine? "The...

How the 2012 Orioles' start matches up to other teams in franchise history

2012-05-07 08:00:00

In 59 seasons in Baltimore, the Orioles have started with 19 wins or more in their first 28 games only six times -- 1969, 1970, 1992, 1997, 2005 and, now, 2012. The Orioles ran their current winning streak to five games following Sunday's 17-inning...

Thoughts on the Peter Angelos-Davey Johnson relationship

2012-04-30 03:00:00

There is no Red Sox- or Cubs-style curse on the Orioles – nothing involving Babe Ruth, “No, No, Nanette” or a malodorous goat. At least not that I know of. But we all know the Orioles haven’t won since 1997. That sure was an...

15 years after split, a chance for Peter Angelos, Davey Johnson to patch things up

2012-04-29 20:26:00

Davey Johnson hadn't owned a home in more than a decade. But soon after being hired by the Orioles in 1995, he defied baseball managers' conventional logic by buying — rather than renting — a ranch house on the north side of Loch Raven...

Orioles notebook: Reimold leaves team to get treatment on bulging disk

2012-05-01 17:42:00

Orioles left fielder Nolan Reimold will be sidelined for at least two more games with a bulging disk in his back, but the club is hopeful that the diagnosis explains the health problems the 28-year-old has been experiencing this season. Including Tuesday...

Third baseman Brooks Robinson , pitcher Dave McNally (center) and catcher Andy Etchebarren exult as the Orioles win their first World Series in 1966 at Memorial Stadium, sweeping the Los Angeles Dodgers .

2012-05-01 10:08:54

In August of 1965 Brooks Robinson, star 3rd baseman for the Baltimore Orioles takes time to play catch with his son at the Stadium before the Orioles' game.

2012-04-30 18:07:13

This statue of Frank Robinson is the first of six the Orioles will unveil this season at Camden Yards to honor the team's Hall of Famers. The other five are Brooks Robinson , Earl Weaver , Jim Palmer , Eddie Murray and Cal Ripken Jr.

2012-04-28 00:00:00