Column: Older manager needed for Orioles
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Last week's duel between 48-year-old New York Met Julio Franco and 44-year-old Yankee Roger Clemens was the oldest batter-pitcher matchup in the major leagues in nearly 75 years. Had their field bosses been the same ages, though, the matchup would have been among the game's youngest.
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Pat Dobson, who died last Wednesday, was one of four OriolesÂ pitchers in 1971 who started 142 of the teamÂs 158 regular-season games and completed 70 of those starts.
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The goal for the Phillies is to find a manager who can take a disappointing winning team to the next level -- the playoffs. So why not call in the guy who managed the last Phillies team to do it?
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Baseball Brian Roberts and the Baltimore Orioles are nearing an agreement on a two-year extension that would put the second baseman under contract through 2009. Roberts is already signed this season for $4.2 million . . . Yankees pitcher Carl Pavano rejoined the team yesterday, one day after missing a scheduled spring training start to address a personal matter. Pavano ...
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It'sÃÂ nearly impossibleÃÂ to find anyone in baseball who thinks Frank Robinson will manage the Nationals next season, and it's nowÃÂ time for team management and Robinson to consider his future role with the team.
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BALTIMORE, Md. (Sports Network) - The Baltimore Orioles  came to terms with reliever Jorge Julio on a one-year deal on  Saturday, avoiding salary arbitration. The deal is worth a  reported $2.5 million.
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The Baltimore Orioles haven't done many things right over the past several years, but their string of misfortune took a turn for the better last week when owner Peter Angelos hired Andy MacPhail to be CEO and president.
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Major League Baseball still is targeting April for finding an owner for the Washington Nationals, now that the new home of the former Montreal Expos has been determined.
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Art Howe&#39;s future as the Mets manager has been the subject of scrutiny for weeks. The idea that Howe might not survive the season, let alone the remaining two years
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The Baltimore Orioles finished their front-office shuffling yesterday by announcing the hiring of Joe Jordan as the team&#39;s director of scouting.
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22 is the number of votes needed from baesball team owners who jointly also own the money-losing Expos. And Baltimore Orioles officials say owner Peter Angelos is increasingly resigned to seeing the Montreal Expos play in Washington next year.
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There is a chance the Orioles could benefit from yesterday&#39;s failed three-way trade between the Yankees, Dodgers and Diamondbacks.
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Palmeiro&#39;s ninth-inning shot left him one behind Mike Schmidt for tenth place on the all-time list. The Orioles won for the eighth time in their last ten road games.
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Barry Bonds and Albert Pujols: The aging slugger against his heir apparent.
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When it comes to booking concerts, it appears the Baltimore Orioles haven&#39;t finished what they stared.
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After Mike Timlin gave up six hits in a span of eight batters last Tuesday night in Baltimore, including a three-run home run to Ramon Hernandez , it was tempting to conclude that it might be better for the 40-year-old reliever to retire to his Barcalounger than entertain thoughts of returning next season.
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When it comes to booking concerts, it appears the Baltimore Orioles   haven't finished what they stared.