Matt’s in Africa now, so who the heck will run the show? We’ll try to figure that out, starting with a zany intro. Perhaps Dillon Atkinson, our guest host from O’s Uncensored on the Charm City Sports Network, will take the reigns. We talk O’s All-Stars and more in this edition of Section 336.

Leading Off

We started recording at our usual 7:30 time slot, and the O’s game that started at 3:10 is still going on. So far, the Birds are 3-5 on this road trip (MATH IZ HRD). Did you stay up and watch all of the games so far?

West Coast, Worst Coast

The pitching has been atrocious on the west coast. Tyler Wilson and Ubaldo Jimenez were really bad in Seattle, Yovani Gallardo was bad in Los Angeles, but Chris Tillman and Kevin Gausman rebounded somewhat to close out the trip.

Many O’s fans took advantage of their last opportunity to listen to Vin Scully call an O’s game. Did you?

All-Stars

The Orioles have five All-Stars. There are far more relievers represented in these games than there were in years past.

Do we need to thank Ned Yost for choosing Brad Brach?

Anybody Can Podcast

Long-time 336’er Jacob Rock sends in a submission this week, with his version of the Ball Bag.

This Weekend

The O’s take on the Angels in the final series before the All-Star Break. There is a cool giveaway and a pre-game celebration of the 1966 World Series Champions on Friday night.

3 Up, 3 Down

Well all choose three things we liked about the Orioles this week, and three things we didn’t.