National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Art Modell might face easier road to Hall of Fame if contributors separated from players in voting

2013-05-21 14:54:00

Late Ravens owner Art Modell might face an easier path to the Pro Football Hall of Fame if the museum follows through on tentative discussions of putting "contributors" in a different voting pool than players. Modell, who brought pro football back to...

Westminster Flower and Jazz Festival set for Saturday

2013-05-10 11:55:00

Westminster's annual Flower and Jazz Festival typically attracts 5,000 to 6,000 people to Main Street and despite rain in the forecast for Saturday, city recreation and parks program manager Robin Cherney has no doubt attendance will be strrong again this...

Roberto Alomar, former Orioles second baseman, elected to club's Hall of Fame

2013-05-01 18:30:00

Former second baseman Roberto Alomar isn’t positive that 1996 was his greatest season as a big leaguer, but he knows that first year as an Oriole had to be among the highlights of his Hall of Fame career. “Numbers-wise, I can maybe say yes,...

Roberto Alomar was simply the best at second base

2013-05-01 12:39:00

Former Baltimore Sun Orioles writer Buster Olney told me back in the 1990s that he thought Roberto Alomar was the best all-around player in the game. I don't think I fully agreed with him at the time, but he definitely wasn't very�far from correct. We'...

Harford school board recognizes Education Hall of Famers

2013-04-23 14:18:56

Two Hall of Famers came before the Harford County Board of Education Monday, but neither had played for the Orioles or the Ravens – although one of them once coached an Oriole who is in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Regardless, each were heroes to...

Between games, a tribute fit for an Earl

2013-04-20 18:01:00

Let's be honest. It isn't really that hard to tug at the heartstrings of a Baltimore sports fan. This is a town where nostalgia lives full-time, so Saturday's Oriole Park tribute to Hall of Fame manager Earl Weaver couldn't help but strike the right note....

After early season struggles, Manny Machado finding comfort zone at the plate

2013-04-13 16:19:00

NEW YORK -- After going through an early-season 1-for-18 slump, third baseman Manny Machado is starting to find his comfort zone in the No. 2 spot in the Orioles batting order. Since hitting the game-winning home run in the team’s 8-5 comeback win...

Orioles push back celebration of Earl Weaver to 6 p.m. on April 20

2013-04-13 12:38:00

Hoping to allow more fans to honor late manager Earl Weaver, the Orioles are pushing back their "A Celebration of Earl" to 6 p.m. on Saturday April 20. The event, to be held at Camden Yards, had initially been scheduled to start at 2 p.m. that day....

Louis M. Sleater, Orioles pitcher

2013-03-28 08:50:00

Louis Mortimer Sleater, a standout high school athlete who ended his seven-year major league pitching career with the Baltimore Orioles and was later a steel salesman, died of lung disease Monday at his Timonium home. He was 86. A left-handed...

Orioles to hold public ceremony for Earl Weaver on April 20 at 2 p.m.

2013-03-05 07:38:00

The Orioles plan to hold a “public celebration of life” for former manager Earl Weaver at Camden Yards on April 20 at 2 p.m., the team announced Tuesday. The Hall of Famer died in January at the age of 82. The event, called “A...

The Sun remembers: March 3-March 9

2013-03-03 12:51:00

March 4, 2006: The Maryland women's basketball team ends a 14-game losing streak to Duke by defeating the Blue Devils, 78-70, in the semifinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament. The teams will meet again in the NCAA final with Maryland (34-4)...

Howard T. Sachs, Crown Cork and Seal manager

2013-02-27 12:38:21

Howard Thomas "Has" Sachs, a retired Crown Cork and Seal manager and a coach, died of Alzheimer's disease complications Feb. 24 at Anne Arundel Medical Center. He was 77 and lived in Pasadena. Born in Baltimore and raised on Sidney Avenue in Westport, he...

Former Dodger great Fernando Valenzuela will be inducted in the Caribbean Baseball Hall of Fame.

2013-01-31 13:14:28

Brooks Robinson is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on July 31, 1983.

2013-01-06 14:48:00

Gary Carter: "The Kid" was claimed too soon, dying Feb. 16 of brain cancer at 57, less than nine years after he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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