While a 5-6 final home stand of the season certainly isn’t what anybody had in mind, after the way it unfolded, it’s hard to be too disappointed. After the gut-punch that was the four-game sweep at the hands of Boston, the Birds responded just as they absolutely needed to, with a three-game sweep of Arizona. Holding a 1.5-game lead for the final Wild Card spot, they now head out for a six-game sprint to the finish.
Buckle Up.
Despite Ups & Downs, O’s Have Playoffs In Their Sights
Our own Andrew Stetka, in his weekly MASN guest column, says that this roller coaster season has the potential to finish on a high note, which is all we could have really asked for. Based on where so many pundits picked them six months ago, how can you be too upset about where the O’s are now? Oh, right…because of where they found themselves three months ago. Fair.
Caleb Joseph is Having One of the Worst Offensive Seasons in Orioles History
This makes me kinda sad. Here’s to CaJo finally getting that elusive RBI on this road trip.
As Orioles Head to Toronto for Key September Series, this Feels Familiar
The Why Not Orioles season was 27 years ago now, but O’s fans have long memories (due in no small part to the fact that we’re still waiting for our first World Series appearance since 1983), and Mark Brown of Camden Chat says this series feels like the final games of 1989, played at what was then known as Skydome. While a good chunk of the players who will represent the road squad this time around weren’t even alive for those last contests of ’89, in the minds of Birdland, they’ll be tasked with exorcising some nearly three-decade old demons.
Facts & Opinions on the Baltimore Orioles
Baltimore Sports and Life’s Rob Shields lays out some facts & opinions on the Birds, including some on Manny Machado and Jonathan Schoop that will make you cringe a bit. Rob wrote this two wins ago though, so I wonder if he is standing by that final opinion.
Jose Fernandez’s Tragic Death Darkens One of Baseball’s Brightest Lights
Devastating news in baseball this weekend, as Marlins star pitcher Jose Fernandez was killed in a boating accident in Miami. Tom Verducci recounts Jose’s career, a read which is extremely painful knowing that we’ve been robbed of watching his dominance continue as baseball fans. By all accounts, Fernandez was loved by his teammates and opponents (except when he was on the mound), and was expecting his first child. He was 24 years old.
And in Ravens news…
The Good, Bad, Ugly & the Megan Fox
Three weeks, three ugly wins for Baltimore’s other birds. Tony Lombardi recaps yesterday’s game, which pushed the Ravens to 3-0 for the first time since 2009.
