Mark McLemore

Veteran right-hander Freddy Garcia ready for opportunity with Orioles

2013-03-31 09:21:00

SARASOTA, Fla. -- Veteran right-hander Freddy Garcia, who was signed to a minor league deal on Friday, arrived at the Orioles' minor league facility at Twin Lakes Park on Sunday morning, passed his physical and threw a bullpen session in front�of...

Adam Jones hasn't forgotten his past, he has embraced his future

2012-07-07 11:42:00

Steve Ruiz recalls it clearly, shopping in a sporting goods store with his son, Jett, and another 13-year-old who played on Jett's baseball team. Jett rushed down the aisles, handling the bats and gloves. But his friend hung back. Ruiz approached the...

Notes and quotes from Adam Jones' news conference

2012-05-27 10:28:00

The Orioles made Adam Jones’ six-year, $85.5 million deal official Sunday with a morning news conference. We’ve been reporting details for a while now, but I thought I’d bring you some quotes. The best one came from club executive vice...

Adam Jones: Baltimore 'is now my town'

2012-05-27 16:31:00

With his six-year, $85.5 million contract extension official, Orioles center fielder Adam Jones sat between his two bosses — manager Buck Showalter and club executive vice president Dan Duquette — on Sunday and said Baltimore is where he...

The Sun Remembers: Week in Sports, June 3-10

2012-06-03 14:32:00

June 7, 1998: A tearful Eddie Murray thanks the Orioles and the city during a ceremony to retire the Hall of Famer’s jersey, No. 33, before a sellout crowd at Camden Yards. “Oh, gosh. All I can say is, I love you,” Murray tells fans...

Mike Bordick in the broadcast booth: Thumbs up or thumbs down?

2012-05-08 09:14:00

I have been putting off this post for a couple of weeks. It's about�Mike Bordick's performance on MASN as an analyst on Orioles games. It started with a colleague, who is usually a keen observer of sports media, casually stopping me in the newsroom to...

Highlights from the past -- April 24

2012-04-24 01:05:25

1987 -- Aberdeen Central won four singles and one doubles match to earn a 5-4 high school tennis decision over Pierre. Chris Leonard, Manny Nichols, Dan Hanson and Raj Shinghal won singles matches and a doubles victory by Nichols and Leonard wrapped up...

From Sun Magazine: Can Adam Jones connect?

2011-03-24 06:19:00

In the relaxed atmosphere of spring training, the Orioles' locker room in Sarasota seems less pro athlete man cave than after-school rec center. Their workout over for the day by early afternoon, the players seem in no particular rush to head home. Jake...

Mariners Announce Special Nights At Safeco

2011-02-02 14:21:00

� With pitchers and catchers reporting to Spring Training less than two weeks from today, the Seattle Mariners announced a slate of special events for the 2011 season with some fan favorites including two bobbleheads and tributes to two important...

Ripken top fives

2007-07-22 00:00:00

Noteworthy home runs 1. Sept. 6, 1995, against the California Angels' Shawn Boskie. Who cares if it was a meatball served up in a 2-1 game? On the night he broke Lou Gehrig's consecutive-games streak, with the world watching and flashes popping, Ripken...

Braves Fall To Astros

2007-03-15 00:00:00

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) -- While not overly concerned about his hitting slump, Chris Burke was certainly glad to break out of it. �� The center fielder, who hadn't had a hit since March 2, got two on Wednesday, including a home run to lead the Houston Astros...

No relief in 7th inning

2002-04-02 00:00:00

One by one, the members of the beleaguered White Sox bullpen paraded to the mound in the seventh inning of Tuesday night's Sox-Mariners game. And one by one, they paraded back into the dugout, victimized by a collective inability to throw the ball across...

Center fielder Adam Jones, here making a catch yesterday, is "definitely going to be one of the great young players in the game," former major leaguer Mark McLemore said.

2008-04-08 00:00:00

Utility man Luis Lopez (26) said, "I never took this as a competition," and hopes for Mark McLemore's swift return from knee surgery.

2004-03-10 00:00:00

Right fielder Melvin Mora makes leaping catch of a drive by Mariners' Mark McLemore in the first inning.

2003-09-07 00:00:00