When the Orioles boarded their team buses and headed for the airport late Sunday afternoon, it’s hard to imagine that anyone was worried about getting homesick.
They have suffered through a very cold April in more ways than one, and — even after beating the Detroit Tigers to win their first home series of the season — they had to be happy to be putting one of the franchise’s worst first months of a season in the rear view.
Manager Buck Showalter was asked soon after Pedro Álvarez’s second multihomer game of the series propelled the O’s to a 5-3 victory if he might actually be looking forward to playing some games on the West Coast.