Brian Roberts' Extension Official

I thought there might have been a good chance this would be aired, but the Orioles made the four-year extension with Brian Roberts official.

From Peter Schmuck's blog: "Obviously, this is an extraordinarily happy occasion for the club,'' MacPhail said. "I just want to thank ownership. I'm very grateful to Peter [Angelos] we can be here and do this."

Brian downplayed any frustration with how long the process took and said he always wanted to play his entire career in Baltimore.

"The city of Baltimore is my second home,'' he said. "With looming free agency and the lure of looking at every team in Major League Baseball to see where you wanted to play, this is the place I wanted to play.

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