Thursday Bird Droppings

Guthrie leads Orioles to series win over Rays - Carroll County Times
"A couple of their guys were like, ‘You know you're out of it, right?'" third baseman Chris Davis said. "But the biggest thing for us is to finish strong. We know those guys are battling and we don't want to make it easy for them. We don't want to just lay down, so I think there's a sense of pride we carry within ourselves to go out there and compete and make it tough on them."

Jones honored for charity work but disappointed to not start fourth straight game - baltimoresun.com
"Giving back my time, I think that's something easy to do," said Jones, who entered Tuesday's game in the eighth inning as a pinch-runner. "I understand that we have a crazy schedule, but on off days, I think a couple of hours of my time, it's pretty easy for someone to do. … Having the awareness and being able to contribute my time and be a role model to a lot of the young kids, that's fulfilling to me."

Re-Introducing the Camden Depot Oriole Book Club - Camden Depot
Looking for a winter reading list?

Adam Jones is (shaving) cream of the Orioles crop | The Daily Times
"...the discussion of favorite Orioles came up and who we considered "an Oriole." Besides the obvious slew of Hall of Famers, we named guys like Chris Hoiles, Paul Blair and Mike Flanagan, players who you can look back at fondly about their time in Baltimore. I think we can officially add Adam Jones to the list."

Amber Theoharis: Orioles playing in significant September games - MASN
"There's meaningful baseball being played at Camden Yards in September. Whether it's meaningful to Orioles fans is up for debate, but surely the games played during the O's current homestand are meaningful to baseball."

Buck Showalter talks with the media after the Orioles' win 6-2 over the Rays - MASN
Post-Game flavor with Buck.