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Photo by Edward M. Pio Roda/Getty Images Can you name the two currently-active Orioles catchers without looking it up? Hello, friends. How ‘bout dem O’s? The Orioles get an off day to enjoy the fact that they just swept three games from the Atlanta Braves over the weekend. The Braves are a team that’s been disappointing about as much as the Orioles have, and this … [Read more...] about Monday Bird Droppings: The Orioles get a sweep even as catching chaos continues

Only Delmarva won, in convincing fashion, but the IronBirds and Shorebirds offenses was red-hot.  Triple-A: Norfolk Tides v. Durham Bulls - PPD (rain, makeup TBD) Double-A: Richmond Flying Squirrels (Giants) 12, Chesapeake Baysox 2 Nestor Germán had a bad day, allowing six earned runs (seven total) in five innings. Three of those runs came on a Richmond hit parade in the … [Read more...] about Orioles minor league recap 7/7: Norfolk gets rained out, Honeycutt homers for Aberdeen

Photo by Kathryn Skeean/MLB Photos via Getty Images The entire staff has turned itself around since late May. That’s worth celebrating, and examining what went wrong earlier in the year. This Orioles season can be nicely divided at one date: May 24th. Going into the second game of a doubleheader that day, the O’s were 16-34. Since then, they have gone 24-15. While just … [Read more...] about Maybe the Orioles pitching philosophy isn’t so bad after all?