Injured hand didn’t keep Scott Christopher from a life of baseball and art
The 6-year-old boy was happy to see his father when he spotted him at Tyler Park in Falls Church, Va., during his Little League game. He...
Orioles' dysfunction is Cardinals' success
The St. Louis Cardinals are playing in their third World Series in eight years. It's not a big stretch to say the Baltimore Orioles --...
Why was Mazzilli even hired?
When Lee Mazzilli gets a call on his cell phone, the tone that rings is the theme from "The Godfather." Yesterday when his phone rang,...
Last workout contained hope
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Steve Bechler was feeling pretty good about himself last September. The Baltimore Orioles pitching prospect,...
We'll never see another like him
BALTIMORE. - At about 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6 - six years and one month to the day that No.8 rose to an elite status reserved only for...
O's waiting for Albert to crumble
ORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - There are physicals, and there are physicals. In high school, sports physicals - at least for boys - have...
Historic trip to Havana failed to address problems with Castro
HAVANA - In the bottom of the eighth inning during yesterday's game against the Cuban national team, when Mike Timlin, a $16 million...
A 'mature' Albert? Pray, brother
BALTIMORE - Get ready, Orioles fans. Smoke 'em if you got 'em. Norman Bates will be playing left field at Camden Yards next season. ...
In Brave new world, Dr. Johnson still has all the right moves
ATLANTA - It was like Dr. Frankenstein being allowed back in the laboratory. "Bodies!" screamed Dr. Frankenstein to Igor. "I need more...
'Duracell' advantage is decisive
NEW YORK - Some of the repercussions from the Roberto Alomar spitting incident were the fears that Alomar would be targeted by umpires...
