...a young man 34 years of age not to be able to play baseball again,'' said Syd Thrift, the Orioles' vice president of baseball operations. When he played the game, Belle did it with vigor and sass. He hit 381 homers and drove in 1,239 runs...

...week. The Henry group has done little to dampen speculation that Duquette will be replaced, perhaps by vice president of baseball operations Mike Port on an interim bases. Lucchino, the incoming president, said he doesn't anticipate wholesale...

...having our greatest season in a long time and I hate for this to happen.'' Sandy Alderson, executive vice president of baseball operations, and Kevin Hallinan, senior vice president of security, arrived in Oakland before Tuesday's game...