Monday Bird Droppings: Where there is no baseball today

Hello, friends.

There are now 156 days remaining until Orioles Opening Day 2018. There will be no baseball to entertain us today, since the World Series doesn't start until tomorrow. Unless you count the Arizona Fall League, anyway.

Do you have any excitement for the World Series? I'm happy that the Yankees won't be in it, but I find I don't really have much of an opinion beyond that. If it goes seven games and there's a longer time before the baseball-less winter sets in, that would be OK.

Not that the start of the offseason ever holds much excitement for Orioles fans. The team doesn't tend to do a whole heck of a lot before Christmas, except for the obligatory Rule 5 draft pick at the winter…