It’s over. The 2024 Orioles season is officially in the past tense forever. A season that started out full of excitement and hope and morphed into one full of confusion, frustration, and disappointment reached a quick postseason end. The O’s, after earning home field advantage in the best-of-three wild card series, did not bring any offense to the party. They shuffle into the offseason on the heels of a 2-1 defeat at the hands of the Royals.
One image stands out above all others as representative of the loss not just in this game but of the series as well.