The Orioles are headed back to Baltimore. All hail the conquering heroes.
Maybe that’s a bit dramatic. But their delightfully unexpected series win at Yankee Stadium this weekend sure couldn’t hurt the confidence of a young club that’s trying to avoid the worst record in baseball. Now the O’s face another club in rebuilding mode, the 61-75 Kansas City Royals.
The Royals have been a tough team to figure out. They started the year hot, sitting in first place after the season’s first month, then lost 11 games in a row, then crawled their way back above .