Felix Pie News

Who is the Orioles' best current defensive outfielder? Adam Jones is now the 13th Oriole to receive an American League Gold Glove and the first since some pitcher named Mike in 1999.

Even with a pretty bad year as far as wins and losses goes, the Orioles did show some promise particularly with the young kids.

Dave Trembley's got plenty of time and he intends to use it. Baltimore's manager told the Baltimore Sun that he'd be bringing his coaching staff back minus bench coach Dave Jauss on Tuesday, and he said Wednesday that he doesn't have a timetable or any prerequisites in terms of filling out his staff.

Reliever Bob McCrory returned to Baltimore and will have an arthrogram taken on his sore right shoulder today.

A night after being so short-handed that he needed utility infielder Robert Andino to play center field for just the second time in his career, Orioles manager Dave Trembley's bench was back to full strength.

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.

What was initially thought to be a scheduling quirk - the Orioles' making their first and only trip to Progressive Field on the penultimate weekend of the season - suddenly looked like a scheduling gift.

Orioles outfielder Felix Pie seems to be in the middle of everything for the Orioles these days, both the good and bad, and Sunday was no different.

CLEVELAND -- Kerry Wood didn't know the name of the song that was blaring over the sound system in the Cleveland Indians' clubhouse.

The Orioles can ill afford to lose another outfielder, but after Friday night, that may be the case.

I don't have to tell anybody here that it's been a long season, but I can think of a few things that might illustrate the point: The 2009 season has been so long that Felix Pie has had time to go from being the most unpopular position player on the team to being the reason some people think the Orioles should move Rookie of the Year candidate Nolan ...

Jays starter David Purcey held the Orioles to one run through seven innings on Monday night.

What has happened to Manny Delcarmen ? While the rest of the league-best Boston bullpen keeps rolling along, the Boston native has gone into a slow, consistent decline.

Baltimore Orioles: The 22-year-old Brian Matusz looked to be in quite the groove over his past three starts, over which he lasted seven innings each outing while giving up just six combined runs, capping things off over the weekend at New York with his third-straight win.

Wade Davis made sure the Rays didn't come home losers. No matter the situation, it doesn't get much better than watching one of your pitchers - especially a promising rookie - throw a complete-game shutout.

Brian Roberts broke his club record for doubles in a season Tuesday night against the Rays.

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

Even with expanded rosters, the Orioles find themselves short-handed. Baltimore has played with just three healthy outfielders for the past few days, but manager Dave Trembley expects Felix Pie to return from back spasms Tuesday.

' breakthrough season officially ended Wednesday when the Orioles transferred the center fielder to the 60-day disabled list to open a spot on their 40-man roster for left-handed reliever Sean Henn , who was acquired from the Minnesota Twins .

Brian Matusz looks good in that old-fashioned flannel uniform of the Negro League Baltimore Elite Giants, but he doesn't look that good on the mound yet.