There have been many historic moments in Orioles history where a lucky crowd got to see it and tens of thousands more tell fibs about having been there. Cal’s 2,131 game, the Doug DeCinces home run that launched Orioles Magic, Earl Weaver’s (first) last game, Eddie Murray hitting his 500th home run, and more. Those were good historic moments.
Not all history is good for the Orioles. In Thursday afternoon’s 8-5 loss to the Athletics, Orioles fans got more of the wrong kind of history. That includes the Orioles setting a new record for consecutive games allowing a home run to begin a season at 13, and Chris Davis adding a new futile feather to his cap of records by claiming and then extending the MLB record for number of consecutive hitless plate appearances.