Camden Chat

Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images The excitement over the return of playoff baseball to Baltimore fizzled into an aggravating loss in Game 1. Good morning, Camden Chatters. In a perfect world, the Orioles’ grand return to playoff baseball in Baltimore — in front of an exuberant, sellout crowd at Camden Yards that’s been waiting nine years to attend a postseason game … [Read more...] about Sunday Bird Droppings: The Orioles’ postseason got off to a painful start

Anthony Santander did good things in Game 1. He also did one very bad thing. | Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images The Orioles were slightly favored to win the game, even though they trailed, until Santander’s ground ball. The score: Orioles trail Rangers 3-2 in the eighth inning The setup: Austin Hays and Adley Rutschman draw back-to-back walks with none out, putting … [Read more...] about ALDS Game 1 Turning Point: Anthony Santander’s disappointing double play

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images Here’s how the O’s lineup in an effort to tie the series up at one game apiece. Game time: 4:07 pm ET Where to watch: FS1, foxsports.com Where to listen: 98 Rock FM (97.9) WBAL News Radio AM (1090), ESPN Radio Orioles Lineup Adley Rutschman (S), C Ryan Mountcastle (R), 1B Anthony Santander (S), DH Gunnar Henderson (L), 3B Austin … [Read more...] about Orioles vs. Rangers, ALDS Game 2 Lineups

A lot of the hopes of keeping the Orioles season going beyond the ALDS rest on Grayson Rodriguez’s shoulders today. | Photo by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images Here’s hoping the Orioles score more than two runs today On the most literal level, today’s Orioles game is not a must-win game. The Orioles season will continue to Tuesday regardless of what happens … [Read more...] about Orioles ALDS Game 2 game thread: vs. Rangers, 4:07

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images Adam Morris runs SB Nation’s Lone Star Ball, the Rangers counterpart to this site. Here in Birdland, we’ve been following the good and the bad - mostly good! - of the Orioles for the whole season. The Rangers, other than the six games we’ve played them, are not so familiar, and we last saw those guys at the end of May. They’ve been on their … [Read more...] about View from the other side: Orioles-Rangers ALDS thoughts with Lone Star Ball