Did Andy MacPhail put Garrett Atkins on the hot seat today? When asked by the Baltimore Sun, how long he would stick with his struggling first baseman he said "it doesn't have to be that way forever." Atkins is hitting just .243-0-6 and was asked today if he feels he's been put on notice. "I'm not too worried about it, it's been 100 at bats. You get five or six more hits, you're hitting .300. Just trying to come in here every day and work to get better and produce a little more out...

Today's Garrett Atkins Q&A provided a first look preview of a summer of O's events to come. Atkins arrived at the ESPN Zone shortly before noon and sat down center stage with the event's host, MASN O's broadcaster Jim Hunter. "So Roch Kubatko tells me you're the most talkative guy in the clubhouse, and you're going to make my job easy for me today," Jim joked to start off the afternoon. Atkins admitted that Roch might have been exaggerating a bit, but the first-baseman seemed...

Recently in the Orioles Buzz we looked at the Full schedule of Orioles events at the ESPN Zone this summer. The first Oriole Player Q&A is rapidly approaching on Wednesday, April 28, and the O's have announced that new first-baseman Garrett Atkins will be the first to rub elbows with fans at the ESPN Zone. From noon to 1:00 p.m. fans will have the chance to get to know Atkins during the Q&A session, hosted by an Orioles broadcaster and followed up by an autograph session before things wrap...

I'll go on record right now as saying I'm not terribly impressed with Bradenton, or the person who insisted that the drive from Sarasota would take 15 minutes. It's a little sketchy around here. (I'm only saying this so the Bradenton Chamber of Commerce will treat me to dinner.) I already said my goodbyes to Jeff Zrebiec and Peter Schmuck because I don't like our chances of getting back to the car alive. It's quite a trip. But I will enjoy sitting on a stool in the press box for nine...

Jeremy Guthrie faced one batter in the fourth inning, retiring Ramiro Pena on a fly ball to center. He threw three pitches, leaving his total at 63 for the day. Forty-one were strikes. Jason Berken has replaced Guthrie, who's charged with four runs and eight hits in 3 1/3 innings. That's the longest outing by an Orioles starter this spring. Guthrie has allowed five runs and 12 hits in 7 2/3 innings over three starts. Update: Jorge Posada lined a run-scoring single to right field off...