Orioles manager Brandon Hyde has been quick to point out that, for whatever reason, it still feels like it’s the middle of August despite the fact that this shortened baseball season didn’t start until the end of July.
In a traditional season, though, any team in a playoff spot at that time of the season would be willing to at least acknowledge that they’re in the thick of a postseason pursuit.
Not Hyde and Orioles. Asked if that thinking applied this year, Hyde only said Thursday that he’s “playing this like it’s August 13 and we’re two games out.