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Leading Off

Is anyone still healthy? Can anyone pitch? 2025 is weird, man.

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

Luis Guevara, a 19-year-old Orioles minor league player, has died after a crash involving jet skis on Sunday, the team announced. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/sports/oriol…

— Andy Kostka (@afkostka.bsky.social) 2025-06-18T03:16:25.762Z

https://bsky.app/profile/theathletic.bsky.social/post/3lrygudh7w32s

Orioles suck I’m gonna go get ice cream instead

— Duke Hill (@oriolebird.bsky.social) 2025-06-17T00:55:27.173Z

Your boys are so young they have no idea what a good manager looks like huh. They don't remember Buck? Can't believe the way they were glazing Hyde 😭

— Eutaw Street Report (@eutawstreport.bsky.social) 2025-06-13T23:53:23.199Z

Keeping Receipts

We talk with Liz Thompson, SABR member and creator of fantastic scorebooks at Diamond Scorecard Designs. Follow her on Bluesky at lizzierie.

We discuss the joys of scoring baseball games – even if this season is not one for which we would like to keep receipts.

Around the Bases

First Base: Disaster Strikes

Wednesday’s game was a possible all-time implosion. After scoring eight runs by the second inning, the O’s packed their bats, and then handed the pitching staff a lighter. Ultimately losing 12-8 in a minor league stadium felt very appropriate.

Second Base: So… this has to be it, right?

Whether it was a good idea or not, the Orioles’ somewhat improved play over the last couple of weeks had led us to casually look at the standings – particularly the AL Wild Card race. Was it truly outlandish to think the Orioles could erase a 6.5 game deficit?

Third Base: RELEASE THE KRAKEN!

Gary Sanchez is back, so… that’s good?

With seemingly more Orioles on the IL than on the active roster, it is good to see that the team is starting to more closely resemble the squad Mike Elias envisioned. But if we’re talking about the backup catcher, let’s not get too excited.

Or… do we have a penchant for getting too excited for backup catchers?

Home Plate: What are you watching for?

If this is a lost season, what are we paying attention to?

Fantasy Boss

Jake takes this week, and the score stretches to 7-2.

Laureano + Westburg = 3 Dongs ||| Carlson + Henderson = 1 Dong

This week, things get more complicated…

1. Aaron Judge with a HR of over 475′ — Jake took the under
2. Orioles wins at 0.5 in New York — Jake took the over
3. How many spite whistles (strikeouts) for the Orioles batters in New York — Jake took 27 and Scott took 25.

A point per item is up for grabs in Fantasy Boss this week. Get ready for Wild Cards later in the season.

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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