Thursday Bird Droppings: Where it’s Rick Dempsey’s birthday

Hello, friends.

Another day, another dismal Orioles loss the night before. This is nothing new in 2018 and yet it still manages to surprise me when they get one-hit while losing 10-0. If you think that sounds bad, you’re right, it’s mighty bad. Check out Alex Church’s recap of the game to find out how bad.

Three or four months ago, when the Orioles season was already a total lost cause but it was still too soon to trade anybody, the idea of the last couple of months of the season was vaguely exciting. I don’t know why. Perhaps that May and June period was just so bad that it seemed like anything else would have to be better, and latching onto the idea of spending August and September starting…