Larry Bigbie feels all the trade rumors involving him are getting to him mentally. It's the business of baseball. I could understand on how it's getting to him. Baltimore is a great baseball city and the Orioles are the only team he's played for. Hopefully he just gets it together and doesn't let these rumors affect him anymore.

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BALTIMORE -- Larry Bigbie has spent the past two weeks dogged by persistent trade rumors, so much so that he believes it may be affecting his mental approach as the Orioles try to stay aloft in the American League playoff race.

Bigbie, who was not in the lineup for Thursday's game with the Texas Rangers, admitted Wednesday that he is distressed about the possibility of leaving his original organization before the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline. Bigbie was 0-for-3 with two walks in Wednesday's 11-8, 11-inning loss to the Rangers and made a series of miscues in left field.

Bigbie wasn't charged with an error, but he made late reads on some liners and missed catching a fifth-inning double by Kevin Mench.