5 Takeaways From The Orioles All-Star Break

Each Monday, in this spot, I’ll try to give you fan’s look at what transpired with our Birds the past week and what lies ahead for the club. My only promise is that the piece will be totally biased and from a real fan, so here it goes.

In a week in which our favorite team’s best baseball player is traded and they start the “second half” being swept by the Blue Jays, it’s going to be tough to keep a stiff upper lip and be positive, but here goes nothing…

1. Beckham does his best Manny Impression

When Tim Beckham moved back to shortstop on Friday night he must have been channeling his “inner Manny”. On Friday night, Beckham went 1-4 but his hit was a 2-run homerun in the fifth. He followed up on…