Over the weekend, the baseball discourse took a strange turn. Here’s a sample from Ken Rosenthal on Monday:
The Orioles’ 10-17 record is the third-worst in the majors, ahead of only the Chicago White Sox (7-21) and Colorado Rockies (4-23). Their 5.83 rotation ERA is also the third-worst, ahead of only the Miami Marlins and Rockies.
That the Rockies and White Sox are bad is just a fact. (Mac Wilcox wrote a comparison last week.) But I did not expect to see the Orioles — a team I really like!