Leading Off

Orioles Baseball is back, and we discuss the opening weekend in Boston. There were ups and there were downs, but there was no shortage of interesting things to think about as it relates to the 2023 season. With only three games in the books, we spend time trying to over or under react to what we saw.

Drink of the Week

Join us for the Drink of the Week, and let us know how you’re consoling yourself as you watch the O’s. Find us on Untappd

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This Week on the Twitters

This was called a hit by pitch AFTER replay review 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 pic.twitter.com/pfXlQZ2UiN

— Locked On Orioles (@LockedOnOrioles) April 1, 2023

If it makes anyone feel better, we started last year the victims of a sweep at the Trop in which nothing seemed to go our way and there was no reason to expect anything to improve.

— MASN Oriolez (@MASNOriolez) April 2, 2023

This might be a hot take but I think if the Orioles want to start winning baseball games they should stop giving up 9 runs in all of them

— Orioles Fan Ryan (formerly Probz) (@OriolesFanRyan) April 2, 2023

My understanding of Orioles at Fenway lore says that Ramon Urias striking out five times means he is now going to become this game's winning pitcher

— Rose Mountkatzle (@NaturallyKatz11) April 1, 2023

Over/Under Reactions

With only three games in the books, it’s hard to get a read on what matters and what doesn’t. That won’t stop us (or anyone else) from jumping to conclusions. As such, we lay out the mat, and decide which of our feels are overreactions to a given set of circumstances, and which are underreactions.

The truth is that neither and both are usually simultaneously true. But why not poke a little fun at ourselves for getting up into our feels after a single series of a 162-game season?

Fantasy Boss

Fantasy Boss makes its 2023 return, as the guys remember how much they love to hate this segment. Based on last year’s results, Jake picked the category, and Scott picked first. Watch out, there’s a WILD CARD in play here in the first week (and beyond?). Here’s hoping that this year’s Fantasy Boss contest is weird and entertaining.

This week, the category is an over/under on Jorge Mateo’s K% at 15%. Last week, he surprised us at 10% – what, if anything, does that tell us?

Scott took the over, and Jake took the under.

Who will own it?

But wait! There is a WILD CARD in place. Jake asked which Orioles starter would be the first to pitch through 7 innings. Scott took Kyle Gibson and Jake took Dean Kremer. Whichever pick clicks first will award the corresponding BEV host with a WILD CARD Fantasy Boss point.

Who had a great week? Who had a tough week? Who made us ashamed to be Orioles fans? Find out in this week’s GB&U. The guys run through their Good, Bad, and Ugly for the week.

Tweet us your selections @birdseyeviewbal with #OsGood, #OsBad, and #OsUgly.

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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