There are pockets of time throughout Orioles' history that, in retrospect, can be viewed as watershed moments: The Frank Robinson trade in 1965, the Glenn Davis trade in 1991, the Erik Bedard trade in 2008.
The July, 1996 non-deals of Bobby Bonilla and David Wells sent the Orioles on one path; the fire sale of 2000, which yielded Melvin Mora and a raft-load of baseball driftwood, sent them on another.
There's no gift of hindsight here, but the next few weeks and months have the feel of another potential seismic shift. These Orioles are at a crossroads, and the destination could become clearer by the end of this road trip.