The way that rooting for a good team playing below their ability affects your mental health should be studied because it cannot be good for you to swing back and forth between “it’s over” and “we’re back” on a day to day basis for two straight months.  When the Orioles were staring down the barrel…

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On June 27th the Orioles pulled even with the Yankees in the standings with an 11-2 victory over the Texas Rangers. With the Yankees appearing to be entering their annual second half death spiral it seemed like the Orioles were about to kick it into high gear and pull away but  instead since then the…

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With the Orioles maintaining a slim lead over the Yankees for the lead in the AL East despite having a rotation decimated by injuries and a faltering bullpen, fans and media were anticipating a very active deadline in Baltimore.  There were plenty of mock trades created where the Orioles got ace pitchers like Tarik Skubal…

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The Orioles are 9-12 in the month of July and after Saturday’s tough loss filled with lowlights the vibes hit a season low. It is unfortunate that right at this moment morale is so low because we should be celebrating that for the first time since the O’s went in the tank not only are…

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Right now Tarik Skubal is the hottest name that is being floated out as a possible trade candidate ahead of this year’s trade deadline.  The question with Skubal isn’t whether your team should trade for him, it’s are you willing to pay the price in prospects to get him. He is at worst the second…

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This year it feels like more teams than ever feel like they have a shot at making the playoffs. As of right now in the National League the Washington Nationals are in 13th place and are just 6 games out of a playoff spot. Basically any team in the National league can have a good…

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Yesterday the Orioles were swept by the Houston Astros and it feels like the sky is falling. Despite the fact that the O’s are having a great month where they’ve played almost every single day against a lot of the very best teams in the league these losses against the Astros feel like they’ve exposed…

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Last week the Orioles put out a SICK hype video announcing a long term contract with… T. Rowe Price for a big sponsorship deal that includes most notably a jersey sleeve patch. Ever since the new CBA announced that teams could start putting sponsored patches on their jerseys many teams, in fact most teams, have…

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One of the biggest disappointments of this Orioles season was Jackson Holliday’s debut and subsequent time in the Majors this year. Coming out of spring training where he played very well many people including myself wanted and expected him to make the Major League roster. When he didn’t there was a lot of discussion about…

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Last week we got the terrible news that both John Means and Tyler Wells are going to be out for the rest of the season. This sucks for both of those guys because of how hard they worked to get back from their last Tommy John surgeries and it also sucks because they were both…

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