The Orioles Have Won 4 Straight And There Is NO TEAM In Baseball Having More Fun Than The Birds.
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I love sports. I love this team. I love them so damn much. The Orioles, who many of you picked to finish dead last in baseball, are winners of four straight, and have won two series on the road to open up the season. To put that in perspective, they won 19 road games all of last year, only 15 more to go! This is also their first four game winning streak on the road since 2016. Ever since they got their teeth kicked in on Opening Day, they've been playing pretty much lights out, and best of all, they're having an insane amount of fun. Starters are killing it, offense is producing, dongs are being hit, bases being stolen, and how could we forget, the beers are being showered. The boys are playing with house money, that is the most dangerous type of team.
They're basically a George Mason type team in the tournament. No one thought they'd win four of their first five, let alone four games all season, and look where they are now. Sure, it is only five games, but seeing how well they're playing is just flat out exciting. All over my timeline I've got Yankee fans ready to jump off a bridge because a couple of guys are hurt, I've got Red Sox fans freaking out because Chris Sale and David Price won't stop giving up homers, but all is well here in Birdland. Couple the Orioles 4-1 start with the Rays 5-1 start and you've got two teams at the top of the division who no one thought would be there. If the playoffs started today, the O's would be hosting the wild card game, a vast improvement from finishing just under 95 games back last season.
Winning the opening series in New York was huge because you assumed the Yanks would come in and hit the shit out of the ball, they did that on Opening Day, after that, the O's kept them quiet. After Opening Day, Judge went 2-9 with 5 Ks, Stanton went 1-5 with 3 Ks and an eventual trip to the DL. They couldn't touch John Means, Jimmy Yacabonis, and Mike Wright, yeah, read those names again. The best part of the Orioles trip to New York was my favorite new tradition in the clubhouse, we're talking beer showers.
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Brandon Hyde got a beer shower on Saturday for his first career managerial win. It was well deserved.
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And then on Sunday after John Means got his first win of his career, the #CartBoys were back. Beer showers for birthdays and first career wins? Sign me up for this. That is how the Cart Boys were born.
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Fast forward to their season in Toronto and the Orioles made quick work in their first two games, winning the first one 6-5 on the heels of David Hess having gigantic balls and going 6 and a third with no hits and eight Ks. Absolutely electric. Brandon Hyde made his first controversial move and yanked Hess in the middle of his attempted no-no, only for Pedro Araujo to walk and then give up a bomb right after. Many people were mad at Hyde, I didn't give a shit. The Orioles almost gave it away in the 9th but the door got shut. Shout out to Trey Mancini for his bomb that hasn't come down yet too. Game two was all Andrew Cashner. He bounced back from his bad Opening Day start by going six and giving up a big goose egg. Paul Fry and Miguel Castro closed the door and also gave the Orioles four guys with saves in their first four wins. Really weird stat, but I'll take it. They go for the sweep on Wednesday and if they get that sweep I'm 100% calling the ticket office to try and get World Series tickets.
I know we're still in the first week and that half this blog was a joke, but the fact that we thought they'd get skull dragged all season, this is a nice twist. I'm sure in two weeks when I'm doing by weekly Orioles recap, they'll be 30 games back and will have traded anyone who could bring something back. That's fine. But right now, the guys are loose, having fun, and absolutely kicking ass. While the Boston and New York fans are shitting themselves, Orioles fans are having the time of their lives, I love it. Now if you'll excuse me, I need a beer shower while sitting in a laundry cart.
PS. Chris Davis still sucks. 0-12 on the season with 7 Ks. Bum.