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ongous feasts Kirk Gibson Jersey , there’s no time for rest for the new Orioles regime."Good morning, Camden Chatters.How was your Thanksgiving? Has your stomach recovered after gorging yourself on turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes, or whatever else was on your dinner menu? Did you pass out on the couch watching football? Were you able to get along with your out-of-town relatives and deftly steer the conversation away from politics?After a day off for feasting and family, newly minted GM Mike Elias can get back to work on reshaping the Orioles. He’s already checked one item off his list, bringing on his former Astros cohort Sig Mejdal as assistant GM and analytics head honcho. He’s also made a bit of roster maneuvering by adding Dillon Tate to the 40-man to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.Next on the agenda is finding a new manager, who will have big shoes to fill in replacing the popular Buck Showalter. A few candidates have been bandied about in the media, but so far Elias has kept mum on who he intends to interview. Also on the horizon is the non-tender deadline in one week, when the Orioles will have decisions to make about whether to extend contracts to Tim Beckham, Caleb Joseph, and others.It’s been a long, slow offseason up until last week. But now that the new regime is in place, we might finally see some action pick up in Birdland.LinksSeparating fact from fiction - School of RochRoch Kubatko runs through a variety of Orioles topics http://www.tigersfanproshop.com/authentic-joe-jimenez-jersey , including the rave reviews for their hires of Elias and Mejdal. He also includes the out-of-nowhere idea of Chris Davis moving to third base, which he shoots down as fiction. Who was even suggesting that as a possibility?With Sig Mejdal, O’s should take big leap forward in analytics - Steve MelewskiConsidering the Orioles’ previous analytics department consisted of, like, three people and a dog-eared copy of the 1977 Bill James Abstract, the Mejdal hire is a big leap forward indeed.Jones to host 6th annual #StayHungry event - Orioles.comAdam Jones’s Orioles career may be over, but he’s still involved in charitable contributions in the Baltimore community, because he’s awesome like that.Oriole fans have much to be thankful for - Baltimore BaseballThis headline may seem jarring for a team that just finished a 115-loss season. But Rich Dubroff gives thanks for a bunch of recently departed ex-Orioles, as well as a few guys who are still in the black and orange.Orioles birthdaysIs today your birthday? Happy birthday! You have six Orioles birthday buddies, none of whom was a star. Well, one of them — Justin Turner — is a star now for the Dodgers, but his O’s career lasted just 17 games before the Birds let him go in waivers in 2010. That’s a decision they’d probably like to have back. Turner is 34 today.Other living Orioles with birthdays are 2010-11 infielder and cooking aficionado Brandon Snyder (32); pitcher Adam Eaton (41), a 2009 righty not to be confused with the current Nationals outfielder of the same name; and 2002 first baseman Ryan McGuire (47). It’s also the birthday of late 1983-84 third baseman Todd Cruz, who would have been 63 today Victor Martinez Jersey , and 1960 righty John Anderson, who would have been 89. ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two weeks ago, St. Louis infielder Matt Adams couldn’t buy a hit.He struggled just to make contact, and was mired in a 0-for-27 slump.Those days are apparently over.Adams hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning on Monday night to rally the Cardinals to an 8-7 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.St. Louis, which overcame deficits of 4-0 and 6-4, moved two games ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the race for the second wild card spot in the NL. Cincinnati beat Los Angeles 10-6 Monday.Josh Harrison, Colin Moran and Starling Marte homered for Pittsburgh, which had its five-game winning streak snapped.Adams homered off Edgar Santana (2-3) to erase a 6-4 deficit.“He threw a slider middle of the plate, it stayed up and I put the barrel to it,” Adams said.Adams, a former Cardinals player claimed off waivers from Washington on Aug. 21, hit his first homer at Busch Stadium since Sept. 27, 2016. It was his 21st of the season, a career high.St. Louis manager Mike Shildt remained confident in Adams despite his struggles. Adams struck out eight times during his hitless skid http://www.tigersfanproshop.com/authentic-joe-jimenez-jersey , which spanned Aug. 5-28.“You have to have a short memory at this level,” Adams said. “Or it tends to have a snowball effect.”John Brebbia (2-3) picked up the victory for St. Louis, which has won two in a row.Carlos Martinez, a former starter, recorded his third save in as many chances. He gave up run-scoring double to Josh Bell with two out. But Martinez got Francisco Cervelli to ground out to Paul DeJong at deep short to end the game. The bang-bang play at first was challenged, but Cervelli was ruled out after a 31-second video review.DeJong ranged onto the outfield grass to make the play.“He knows the speed of the runner, he knows the speed of the ball,” Shildt said. “He can beat you in a lot of different ways.”St. Louis right-hander Adam Wainwright, making his first start since May 13, gave up four runs on seven hits in five innings. He retired the last eight batters after giving up three runs in the third.“I’ve got to execute a lot better than I did today,” Wainwright said. “It’s good to be back competing. I love being out there.”Shildt said Wainwright will get another start.“He’s earned the opportunity to go again,” Shildt said. “I trust his stuff, he’s still making pitches.”Matt Carpenter walked to start the go-ahead rally. Jose Martinez followed with a hit to set the stage for Adams’ heroics.Harrison broke a 4-4 tie with a solo shot off Chasen Shreve in sixth. Adam Frazier added a run-scoring hit for a 6-4 lead.The Cardinals scored four times in the fourth off Trevor Williams, who had allowed just four earned runs over his previous nine starts. DeJong had a two-run double and scored on Harrison Bader’s game-tying sacrifice fly.Williams allowed six hits James McCann Jersey , struck out six and didn’t walk a batter. He was making his sixth start of the season against St. Louis.“I’m just thankful I’m not pitching against the Cardinals again for the rest of the year,” Williams said. “They’re a great ball club and I wish them nothing but success going into October.”Williams came into the game on a big-time roll.“It’s been really a strong stretch,” Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle said. “(Tonight) he rolled his sleeves up, went to work, stopped the bleeding that was going on.”Moran homered in the second off Wainwright, who struck out three and did not walk a batter. Marte ripped a two-run shot in the third, his 19th of the season, for a 3-0 lead.St. Louis is 33-18 under Shildt, who took over for Mike Matheny on July 15.TRAINER’S ROOMCardinals: C Yadier Molina missed his fourth straight game with left hamstring tightness suffered Wednesday in Washington. He is expected to return sometime during the current seven-game homestand that began on Monday. … RHP Adam Wainwright was activated from the 60-day disabled list prior to the game.UP NEXTRHP Joe Musgrove (6-8, 3.75) takes on RHP Miles Mikolas (14-4, 3.06) in the second game of the three-game set on Tuesday. Musgrove has gone at least seven innings in five of his last nine starts. The Cardinals are 7-1 in Mikolas’ last eight starts.