Hello, friends.
It would have been nice to have an Orioles game from last night to talk about in this space, but that’s not how the weather worked out. The O’s and Cubs got rained out, with a makeup game to be played on August 18. For the O’s, this now sets up a stretch without off days from August 5-21, including one game against the Red Sox on August 11 and the one game against the Cubs on the 18th. The late-ending lockout made for a lot of schedule oddities.
Instead, let’s talk about the top O’s affiliate, the Norfolk Tides.