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baltimoresun.com - 10/30/2009

Orioles decline Mora's 2010 option

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Expected move likely ends third baseman's tenure with club; 'I'll never close my doors to the Orioles. I still have a lot of people in the Orioles organization who love me' Copyright 2009, The Baltimore Sun

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baltimoresun.com - 10/29/2009

Orioles decline Mora's 2010 option

— baltimoresun.com — Expected move likely ends veteran third baseman's tenure with club Copyright 2009, The Baltimore Sun... (more) Orioles decline Mora's 2010 option

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passion4baseball.blogspot.com - 10/31/2009

The End of an Era in Baltimore

— passion4baseball.blogspot.com — It wasn't hard to see this day coming as the Baltimore Orioles have declined to pick up... Melvin Mora's contract making him a free agent. It seems all but clear that Mora's tenth season with the Orioles was his last. Mora, from Venezuela, will turn 38 in 2010 and will hope to catch on with a ... (more) The End of an Era in Baltimore

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msn.foxsports.com - 10/30/2009

Orioles decline option on Mora

— msn.foxsports.com — The Orioles have declined their $8 million option on Melvin Mora, allowing Baltimore's longest-tenured player to become... eligible for free agency. Mora, 37, came to the Orioles in a 2000 trade with the New York Mets. He played 1,256 games for ... (more) Orioles decline option on Mora

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DMV: Make It Happen, Angry Skins Fans
Mr. Irrelevant — ... practice. [Bullets Forever] Bill Simmons praises Wes Unseld, calls Elvin Hayes “a dog.” [TWT] Caps beat Thrashers 4-3 despite a lackluster effort. [Capitals Insider] Ten notes on the Caps win, including Ovi’s near-hat trick. [Japers’ Rink] Sean Avery is insensitive to Bruce Boudreau’s body issues. [Puck Daddy] O’s make it official, decline Melvin Mora’s 2010 contract. [The Sun] J.J. Redick is making a rap album. Also, I kinda like him now. [With Leather ...

The Odd Career of Melvin Mora
Sabernomics — So, when I read that the Baltimore Orioles were not going to pick up Melvin Mora’s $8 million option I thought I’d check out whether or not this was a good decision. I didn’t even have to run the calculations to see that he’s not worth his option. And given his age, he may be done. But, it was his age that caught me off guard. I haven’t followed his career closely, and I had not realized how old he is. He didn’t make it to the majors until age 27; and once he made it, he wasn’t all that spectacular. But, at 31, he ...

Reinstate Melvin Mora
Faith and Fear in Flushing — ... I knew he had done well for himself, yet I wasn't aware until checking what an intricate thread he become in the black and orange fabric. In what loomed as his last game as a Bird at the beginning of this October, he came out of the game and was given a standing ovation at Camden Yards. Though amiable about the club not picking up his $8 million option for 2010, he just told the Baltimore Sun, "I wanted to die an Oriole." ...