Baltimore Orioles: Fighting Showalters have no quit

Regardless of how the season has played out to this point, you have to tip your cap to the Baltimore Orioles. When lots of teams with less character and who weren’t as well coached might come off like they were playing out a string, the Birds gave New York all they had last night. And the fact is that New York couldn’t quite handle it. One might argue where was this team all year?, and that might be a fair point. But the O’s never give up – Never.

In his final start of 2015, the Birds got a great start out of Ubaldo Jimenez, who probably deserved to win the game. Jimenez’s line: 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 7 K. While he’s had his struggles this second half, Jimenez has also had his consistencies.…