Leading Off

The Orioles are losing more games than we’d like, but let’s face it, the games are far more interesting than we assumed that they’d be at the beginning of the season. There are no moral victories in sports, but there have been more victories than we expected.

Drink of the Week

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This Week on the Twitters

Hyde said it’s probable 1 of the starters for Saturday doubleheader in Boston will come from AAA #orioles

— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) May 25, 2022

30% of the Yankees losses this year are against the Orioles

— Orioles Statistics (@OriolesStatist1) May 19, 2022

Means deal with the Orioles buys out this year and next years arbitration years.
He'll still be eligible for arbitration in 2024, currently the Orioles final year of control.#Birdland

— Orioles Statistics (@OriolesStatist1) May 21, 2022

No such thing as a bandwagon Orioles fan

— mary (@watsinner) May 22, 2022

Hate Train

The Orioles are an easy team to kick when they’re down. They’re also a team that people like to kick when they start to climb up off the mat. There has been a lot of hate on the Orioles lately, from national baseball writers to whiny sluggers. We break down the hate, and go through all the reasons that the haters are stupid and no one likes them.

It’s our impartiality that sets us apart.

Around the Bases

We go Around the Bases to review this week in Orioles Baseball:

First Base: Truly, Adley, Deeply

Adley Rutschman is here, and he is incredible. We talk about what we’ve seen since he’s arrived, and how it compares to the hype. Spoiler Alert: we’re glad he’s here.

Second Base: Things are pretty… OK?

Yes, this team is going to lose (way) more games than it wins. But you know what? Recently, the Orioles have been highly watchable. They are not getting run out of the gym the way that we had feared, and they are showing just enough life to allow one to squint hard enough to see components of the next great Orioles team. The good days aren’t here yet, but they’re just over the horizon.

Third Base: The Bullpen

This segment made us ironically, unironically use the phrase “The Cavalry.” The bullpen is doing good things, and has some not-mirage talent to show for itself. We opened this season assuming that the bullpen would get blown out, and doubled down on that assumption when John Means exited with injury. Maybe there was more than met the eye with this relieving corps, after all.

Home Plate: Are the Orioles the nerdiest team in baseball?

Catan, Lego, oh my! The Orioles are flashing their nerd credentials, and if you aren’t enjoying it, then you’re nothing but a stuck up, scruffy-looking nerf herder!

A word to the wise, a recording snafu saved you from hearing a conversation about which Oriole best represented each country in the boardgame Diplomacy – because we were hell-bent to show you why we are the nerdiest Orioles podcast in the Bird-O’s-Sphere.

Fantasy Boss

Scott took a commanding 1-0 lead by going with Cedric Mullins in our last show – predicting that he would out-homer Ryan Mountcastle.

That being the case, Scott chose the category of xWOBA for this week’s Fantasy Boss challenge.

Jake took Trey Mancini.

Scott broke the Fantasy Boss seal on Adley Rutschman (face it – there are plenty worse ways we could have phrased that).

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Who will own it?

Blowing the Save

Most podcasts try to end on a high note – the perfect coda to a quality program. That’s just not our style. Each week, we’ll end on a weak note, blowing the save with an item that didn’t quite fit into the episode, or something they simply need to get off their chests. It’s our version of taking the ball and pulling a Kevin Gregg.

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