{"id":29966,"date":"2025-01-08T14:53:46","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T14:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/08\/baltimore-orioles-announce-death-of-cherished-teammate-brian-matusz-at-age-of-37\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T14:53:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T14:53:46","slug":"baltimore-orioles-announce-death-of-cherished-teammate-brian-matusz-at-age-of-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/08\/baltimore-orioles-announce-death-of-cherished-teammate-brian-matusz-at-age-of-37\/","title":{"rendered":"Baltimore Orioles announce death of \u2018cherished teammate\u2019 Brian Matusz at age of 37"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Pitcher also played for Chicago Cubs during MLB career<\/li>\n<li>Left-hander was No 4 overall pick in 2008 draft<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Baltimore Orioles have confirmed the death of their former pitcher, Brian Matusz, at the age of 37. The team did not give a cause of death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur hearts are heavy tonight as we mourn the passing of former Oriole, Brian Matusz,\u201d the team said in a statement on Tuesday night. \u201cA staple in our clubhouse from 2009-2016, Brian was beloved throughout Birdland, and his passion for baseball and our community was unmatched. He dedicated his time to connecting with any fan he could, was a cherished teammate, and always had a smile on his face. Brian\u2019s family and loved ones are in our thoughts and prayers at this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2025\/jan\/08\/baltimore-orioles-announce-death-of-cherished-teammate-brian-matusz-at-age-of-37\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pitcher also played for Chicago Cubs during MLB career Left-hander was No 4 overall pick in 2008 draft The Baltimore Orioles have confirmed the death of their former pitcher, Brian Matusz, at the age of 37. The team did not give a cause of death. \u201cOur hearts are heavy tonight as we mourn the passing &#8230; <a title=\"Baltimore Orioles announce death of \u2018cherished teammate\u2019 Brian Matusz at age of 37\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/08\/baltimore-orioles-announce-death-of-cherished-teammate-brian-matusz-at-age-of-37\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Baltimore Orioles announce death of \u2018cherished teammate\u2019 Brian Matusz at age of 37\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29966\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}