Every time that the Orioles fall below .500, I wonder if they will reach the milestone again this season. I guess that’s what consecutive years of 100-loss baseball will do to someone. I’m not just assuming the worst, but I’m referring to a .500 record as a “milestone.”
With a win tonight, the Orioles would have finished the first half of the season at 15-15. For a team that many predicted to win less than one-third of its games, that would have been significant. The pleasant surprises have been well documented, but so have the miscues.