Melvin Mora News

Clearly, the Orioles are a much more entertaining team when you don't have to watch them play. via The Baltimore Sun

Has everyone caught their breath after all the excitement that came from the GM meetings? If not, I'll supply the brown paper bags. via Roch Around the Clock

“Melvin has that right, and we'll see what unfolds”

Melvin Mora dearly wants to remain an Oriole, but at this point of his career, he also desperately wants to be on a winning team. via BaltimoreSun.com

Melvin Mora knocked in only 58 runs and hit .274 last season. Will they look to trade him for pitching or will they give him one more chance to start? -- Jacob C., Richmond, Va. via Baltimore Orioles

The cruel reality of the Orioles' latest rebuilding effort can be seen in the empty lockers of the nice guys who are its earliest victims. via The Baltimore Sun

“I don't think it will be any less intense - the Indians were the better team this year”

As a man who is labeled on Google Maps as "the biggest Red Sox fan ever," Jeremy Nickel, of Somerville, Mass., would surely have some over-the-top thoughts on the Red Sox not playing the Yankees in the ... via Nashua Telegraph

“Coaching is really in the domain of the manager”

For the first time with Andy MacPhail as president, the Orioles open their organizational meetings today in Sarasota, Fla., looking to chart the franchise's future. via Baltimore Examiner

“The only thing I can tell you is I'm going to be here.”

Well, I'm going to play teacher this morning and assign grades the best I can to the Oriole players on the squad. via MVN - Recent Articles

Box W:A.Pettitte L:D.Cabrera S:J.Veras HR: NYY- S.Duncan BAL- R.Hernandez , J.Payton , N.Markakis NY Yankees Top 1st - UMPIRES: Home,Dana DeMuth; First, Tony Randazzo; Second, Greg Gibson; Third, Larry Vanover; ... via The Jersey Journal

“I'm happy for the players. I'm happy for the fans”

It wasn't surreal, but only because nothing is surreal anymore in Red Sox Nation. via SouthCoastToday.com

“I don't know if I believe in karma, but I don't believe against it. I wasn't going to move. Now I've got to go find my phone. My phone's lost somewhere. It took a heave.”

Terry Francona sat back in a desk chair, just outside his office, a cigar in hand, surveying a clubhouse full of champagne spray. via The Boston Globe

LEICESTER LOSES IT Rookie starter Jon Leicester wanted to make one last impression on the Orioles before the season ended. via Baltimore Sun

“I expected to see a few people out there”

"He's going to bunt!" All you have to know is that an hour after the Sox' slick-fielding Nostradamus offered his premonition, predicting Melvin Mora's game-winning, bases-loaded bunt for Baltimore to beat the ... via Boston Herald

“Bad day; that's all it was. I went out there to get some work and it wasn't good at all. I missed a lot of pitches.”

For the first time since 1997, the Yankees will enter the postseason as the wild card team, as their streak of nine consecutive AL East titles was snapped last night with an ugly loss to the Orioles. via New York Daily News

“Our cold stretches were .500 baseball. That's usually the mark of a good team.”

Long after the Sox claimed a 5-2 victory over the Twins, thousands of fans remained planted in their seats Fenway Park in hopes of witnessing an event 12 years in the making. via UnionLeader.com

“It was a year ago last August we began planning for this season. It's just so great to finally break through. It took 160 games to get to this position.”

From the Hartford Courant Red Sox Grab AL East AFTER EVENTS in Baltimore made the Red Sox's AL East title a reality late Friday, Kevin Youkilis sprays some of the remaining Fenway fans with champagne. via Hartford Courant

“We had some chances but not many against him. He changes speeds, he locates the ball.”

David Ortiz fell a triple short of the cycle, as the Red Sox downed the Minnesota Twins, 5-2, on a night Boston captured its first AL East title since 1995. via Sports Network

“I walked a couple of guys and fell behind a couple of hitters, but we got the job done.”

Luis Mendoza watched the ninth inning from the dugout, knowing his first Major League victory was on the line. via Texas Rangers

“A good throw [and] he's out. It's run-and-hit”

Call it irony in defeat. The Orioles chose a strategy based on staying away from a double play in their final at-bat Friday night, but that exact tactical choice led to the outcome they tried to avoid. via Baltimore Orioles