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The 2009 season didn't bring the Orioles the award they've been looking for since they last stood atop the baseball world in 1983.

The Rawlings Gold Glove Awards probably will be announced early next week, and there are rumblings that Adam Jones is about to become the first Orioles outfielder to win a Gold Glove since Paul Blair back in 1975.

Three 2009 Orioles have decided to refuse an outright assignment to Triple-A Norfolk and have elected to file for free agency.

Published: Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 6:52 p.m. The city of Sarasota is poised Monday to take the final step in securing Major League Baseball in Sarasota for the next 30 years, which will create hundreds of jobs and generate millions of dollars of annual spending in our community.

The Orioles will celebrate their new spring training home by holding a free "Family Fanfest" from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Nov.

And here's the full roster. Arizona Fall League 2001 retrospective by Geoff Young October 21, 2009 I own a few baseball books, and from time to time, I'll scour the shelves for inspiration.

I love Matt Cain. Let's get that out of the way immediately, so you don't go forward thinking I would actually want to deal the young stud right-hander. There is no argument, however, to be made against the fact that the Giants desperately need to add some serious offense to their lineup, and some depth in the upper levels of the organization.

Rich Hill threw seven scoreless innings, Adam Jones and George Sherrill came up big against their former team and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Seattle Mariners 1-0 on Monday night.

All but one of the Orioles 2009 coaches will be back on Dave Trembley's staff next season.

The late-season swoon struck the Orioles again in 2009, complicating the evaluation process and obscuring some of the positive developments that took place during the year.

MUCH TO MY surprise and I'm sure to the surprise of many people, Dave Trembley will return as the Orioles manager next season.

One year in, though, he acknowledges that it's a nice feeling to reward the organization for making the investment.

How do you not change managers after another disastrous second-half collapse and one of the worst seasons in team history? How do you not change managers when the mandate was to get better as the season progressed and avoid the usual post-All Star Game meltdown - and neither one happened? How do you develop a winning attitude with your young ...

Outfielder Felix Pie appears to be the next Oriole to join the list of players to be shut down before the end of the season.

"I was actually coming out of salsa lessons," Montanez said with a laugh. "They were ringing my phone like crazy, and I was in a salsa lesson working my hips." Montanez said his hips are loose and he hopes his swing is too.

The Orioles have spoken, and they've chosen Nick Markakis as their Most Valuable Player in an informal but comprehensive polling of the clubhouse.

Each day seemingly brings more attrition to the Orioles' roster, with the latest setback coming Friday afternoon, when the club shut down rookie outfielder Nolan Reimold for the rest of the season so he can undergo surgery on his left Achilles tendon.

Published: Monday, September 21, 2009 at 11:09 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, September 21, 2009 at 11:09 a.m. With all due respect to Nick Markakis, Adam Jones, Matt Wieters and other rising stars of the Baltimore Orioles, Janet Marie Smith might be the team's most valuable player as the franchise consolidates its Florida operations in Sarasota.

Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka doesn't stand a chance of knowing what kind of lineup he will face Sunday, mainly because Orioles manager Dave Trembley is trying to figure it out himself.

There was a time earlier this season when the Orioles couldn't find playing time for Felix Pie.