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Leading Off

With all the rain, we couldn’t even get a washout for any of these games the Orioles ended up losing. Welcome to the 2025 season, where the alternate programming is preferable to the real stuff.

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 Socials

Tyler O'Neill, the Orioles' highest-paid position player, is now slashing .190/.283/.329 for the season. He has not homered since March 31 and has 15 total hits this year, against 26 strikeouts.

— Joel (@joelskeetsos.bsky.social) 2025-05-15T19:27:38.047Z

No man has broken my heart as deep as the 2025 Orioles have.

— Carla (@carla85.bsky.social) 2025-05-15T19:40:26.571Z

I'm glad the Baltimore Orioles were good for about 2.5 years now we can go back to being absolutely fucking shit

— flak (@flakker.bsky.social) 2025-05-15T19:39:29.599Z

Orioles record overLast 162 games: 78-84Last 100 games: 44-56 (71-win pace over full season)Last 81: 34-47 (68-win pace)They have been a bad team for a full year & are quickly getting worseHyde has to be fired today, not all his fault but you can't fire the players. Something has to change

— Formerly FoxForceFlacco (@bmoreorless.bsky.social) 2025-05-15T19:24:31.397Z

foolishly assumed id already probably seen the worst orioles team in my lifetime but those 2018 orioles are getting NERVOUS

— Baltimore is fine (@nafer.bsky.social) 2025-05-15T18:52:33.571Z

Around the Bases

First Base: Does anything matter?

Rose, Jackson, and fifteen others are now eligible for the Hall of Fame. And, like many things in 2025, it appears to have been done for an audience of one. Yuck, all around.

Second Base: High A Ball Drama

Aberdeen… Frederick… who will own it?

Third Base: OK, I guess we’ll talk about the Orioles

Is the window closing? What is the strategy moving forward?

Home Plate: What do WE do from here?

How do fans enjoy the season when the season is unenjoyable?

Fantasy Boss

Jake won. We guess. Maybe Jake “wins,” but everybody loses. The category last week was AVG. Jake’s pick (Ced) hit .190. Scott’s pick (O’Hearn) batted .188.  That brings the score to 3-1.

This week, the category is

Jake picked

Scott went with

Shrug.

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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