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Michael Forret, a 14th-round pick last summer, has seen his velocity increase as a member of the Orioles organization.

Follow along as we recap the Apple TV+ series “Lady in the Lake,” based on the book by Laura Lippman and starring Natalie Portman and Baltimore native Moses Ingram.

Annapolis and Anne Arundel County are clearly driving this boat. Annapolis is planning a ferry inside city limits, while Anne Arundel County has applied for a federal grant to set up a $9 million ferry linking Annapolis, Baltimore and Kent Island.

Maybe increased tickets are the cost of seeing a team that won 101 games last season and is battling again for a division title. But, if fans are going to pay more for the privilege, the social contract is that ownership should pay more to keep the team competitive.

To overcome the first true struggles on a baseball field he’s ever had, Basallo had to suppress one of his uncommon talents: his recall of how he’s pitched.

I was always a bad dancer. Australia’s bad breakdancer, Professor Rachael “Raygun” Gunn, got to go to the Olympics.

Plus, Craig Kimbrel’s inconsistency, a new arm on the farm, and more.

As I’ve rambled this summer, through Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, I’ve looked for Donald Trump banners fluttering on political winds and seen almost none. So, I have to ask, is everything OK over there in the Trump political multiverse?

Team USA's comeback win over Serbia was sparked by the 35-and-over crowd including LeBron James, Steph Curry and Kevin Durant. But the call for the younger generation to get more playing time is missing that they haven't shown what it takes to win.

Follow along as we recap the Apple TV+ series “Lady in the Lake,” based on the book by Laura Lippman and starring Natalie Portman and Baltimore native Moses Ingram.

The superyacht Lovebug capsized last month about 12 miles south of Annapolis, just inside the West River. No matter what investigators find when the boat is refloated next week, maybe the way Lovebug and other superyachts have changed Annapolis is just as important.

At all levels of the Orioles’ farm system below Triple-A, many games will feature a starter and a second, planned pitcher who will pitch bulk innings behind him.

Former Oriole Larry Sheets “wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy” the 21-game losing streak his team endured in 1988. But his son Gavin, who plays for the White Sox, just went through the same thing.

Plus: A young, promising arm to watch in Delmarva.

M&T Bank Stadium is a place where you and 71,000 of your closest friends gather weekly to watch the Ravens over a beer. But these new exclusive spaces more like the lobby of a swanky hotel than a football stadium.

I went sailing on Saturday. Not really a surprising thing. I live in Annapolis. But August is the Chesapeake Bay’s unexpected month — the time of year when things turn out exactly as you expect until they do not.

For far too long, I’ve been a hypocrite, expecting action and change from others with no effort of my own.

The last time the Orioles won a game they were trailing after six innings was May 25.

That stretch from late May to mid-June when the bad news came quickly on so many elbow injuries will be hard to top in terms of season-defining stretches for these Orioles. It feels like we just had another, though.

Follow along as we recap the Apple TV+ series “Lady in the Lake,” based on the book by Laura Lippman and starring Natalie Portman and Baltimore native Moses Ingram.