Orioles legend Adam Jones reveals how his old team can break postseason drought: 'They're a tough a-- out'

12.07.2023 - 23:51 foxnews.com

Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. SEATTLE – Looking at the MLB standings heading into the second half of the season, several teams have jumped off the page as contenders that likely weren’t on anyone’s radar on Opening Day.

The Arizona Diamondbacks are shocking many with their co-NL West lead with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Texas Rangers lead the NL West at 52-39 after finishing a dreadful 68-94 just a season ago.

And then there’s the Baltimore Orioles, a team two years ago that had an MLB-worst 52-110 record that currently owns a five-game lead on the first wild card slot at 54-35 while sitting just two games back of the American League’s best Tampa Bay Rays for the AL East lead. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Adam Jones attends The Player’s Party at MLB All-Star hosted by the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA), Lids and Topps on Monday, July 10 at the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle, WA. (Mat Hayward/Getty Images for TAO Group) The Orioles and their fans have been waiting desperately to return to the playoffs.

After having a record above .500 last season for the first time since 2016 — which is the last time Baltimore made it to the postseason — the franchise believed it was on the right trajectory to winning baseball again.

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Hannah Wilkinson scored the only goal as co-hosts New Zealand recorded a historic 1-0 victory over Norway in the opening game of the Women's World Cup on Thursday. It was the country's first-ever win at the World Cup and came in front of more than 42,000 in Auckland, the biggest crowd in New Zealand football history. It capped a day which started when New Zealand's largest city was shaken in the morning by a shooting which left two victims and the gunman dead, the incident happening in a downtown area close to where several World Cup teams, including Norway, are staying.

Conservatives select soldier as candidate to replace MP William Wragg at general election

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Jose Cifuentes to Rangers transfer 'practically' sealed as LAFC star told Ibrox can be 'gateway' to bigger tings

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Despondent Jones likens Wallabies to old banger

SYDNEY : Australia coach Eddie Jones said he was 100 per cent confident he could turn the Wallabies around before the World Cup despite a last- gasp loss to Argentina handing them a second defeat of his second reign as coach.

Packers 'would run through a wall for' Jordan Love, team's running back says

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Anthropocene: This lake in Canada could prove we’ve entered a new chapter in Earth’s history

Scientists believe that human activity has altered the geology, atmosphere and biology of Earth so much that it has now entered its newest epoch: the Anthropocene.