Friday Bird Droppings: Where the season should be half over

Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images Good morning, Camden Chatters.

In a perfect world, I’d be greeting you in Bird Droppings today by pointing out that the Orioles had reached the midpoint of their 2020 schedule, playing game No. 81 in Wednesday’s series finale against the Yankees. Maybe I’d drop in a poll to ask you how you were feeling about the Birds’ season so far. Have those 81 games felt like a slog? Or do they have you excited to see what the second half of the schedule has to offer?

Instead, all I can offer is a bunch of unanswerable questions. What would have happened if the Orioles had actually gotten to play any games — let alone 81 — so far this year? Which players would be surprising…