Too often do we forget just how fickle and unforgiving the game of baseball is.
Baseball is hard, man. Hitting a round ball with a round bat is hard. Repeating your delivery and commanding an assortment of pitches is hard. Fielding ground balls and reading fly balls is hard...or maybe that was just me in high school.
In 2018, the Orioles will play 162 games in 185 days. There is no schedule like it. Baseball never cares what name you wear on your back, because it doesn’t have time to care. It simply sweeps away the box score, awaiting the gut-punch of another tomorrow.