Baltimore Orioles

The game is familiar, but the playoffs are amplified in almost every meaningful way. The Orioles need to get used to the new environment after failing to capitalize in a tense Game 1.

After five days off, the bullpen was as fresh as it had been since the start of spring training heading into Game 1 of the American League Division Series.

Poole was diagnosed two years ago with ALS, a progressive neurodegenerative condition also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

The O's had their chances, but the Rangers' bullpen wouldn't crack.

Hours before first pitch, fans young and old danced to music, cracked open drinks and toasted to the Orioles.

The delay, though, could cause even more downtown traffic than was expected.

Scherzer faced hitters Friday in a workout the day before Game 1, but he said afterward he’d need to see how his body recovers.

Means only returned from Tommy John elbow reconstruction surgery in September.

The starting pitchers will have an outsize role in the team’s fate this postseason, but the ramifications will extend far beyond that.

The Orioles' season has stoked older fans and created new ones, but a closer look at Baltimore's baseball culture shows that too many kids who want to love the game are being left behind. Meet the people trying to change that.

Jett will sing the anthem before Game 1 of the American League Division Series.

The stadium authority cited a rarely used provision of state law that applies to the boards of directors of corporations and associations to gather votes by phone. The last time they used the provision was in 2011.

Bradish, in just his second major league season, pitched to a 2.83 ERA, third-lowest in the American League and the best by an Orioles pitcher since Mike Mussina in 1992.

Author Michael Graff spent several nights each summer as a kid at the ballpark watching the O's with his father, a waterman. This summer, with the Orioles giving him hope again, he brought his 3-year-old son to the ballpark to experience the magic.

Teams who came up big in clutch situations have been boom or bust in previous postseasons.

They were there for each other after each of the hundreds of losses the Orioles endured before things got good, mourned friends lost too soon, and shared life’s most special moments together.

How will the Orioles match up against Texas? What are their weaknesses? And, perhaps most pressing, how is this thing going to play out?

The 100-loss seasons led to a 101-win season and a meeting with the Texas Rangers in the American League Division Series on Saturday.

In a survey from Goucher College Poll in partnership with The Banner, 37% of respondents said they “approved” or “strongly approved” of the job Angelos is doing.

Every player took his own path to Baltimore. Here are the stories.