Friday Bird Droppings: One day until the Orioles play baseball

Good morning, Camden Chatters.

It’s almost time. The Orioles have done their workouts, their batting practices, their bullpen sessions, and just about everything you can do without facing an actual opponent. Tomorrow, for the first time in 2025, they’ll be playing competitive baseball. That is, if “competitive” means using mostly backups and non-roster invitees in a game whose outcome doesn’t actually matter.

Still, baseball is baseball. At 1:05 on Saturday, fans will get their first look at this year’s team in action as they host the Pirates in the Grapefruit League opener at Ed Smith Stadium. It’ll even air on MASN, a rare occurrence for the Orioles-owned network that is airing less than a…