Saunders heads home to face O's

ANAHEIM -- It will be a homecoming of sorts for Joe Saunders when he takes the mound at Baltimore's Camden Yards on Friday. The left-handed pitcher grew up about 60 miles southwest of Baltimore in Springfield, Va., and would often make the trek with his family to see the Orioles play. But Saunders won't have any conflicts of interest playing against his hometown Orioles, though, as they aren't the team he grew up rooting for. "It was always the team I grew up watching and that we always went and saw," Saunders said. "But when I was little, I always liked the Braves because of Tom Glavine and because they were on TBS." It will be the second time this season that Saunders has had a chance to go home, as the Angels also played in nearby Washington, D.C., against the Nationals. But Saunders is excited about this trip because... [read full story]