The BABIP Dragon emerged hungry from its lair in the bottom of the tenth inning in Seattle on Tuesday night. The Orioles were the only prey in sight on a wide open plain. First they were charred to a nice medium rare, and then as the dragon swooped in, they were grabbed by razor sharp talons, tossed into the yawning maw, crunched a few times by rows of teeth, and then straight down the gullet. There is no surviving the BABIP Dragon and so the Orioles lost to the Mariners, 6-5.
There are many reasons the Orioles lost and we will get to many of them in their turn, but for the most part they were the kind of plays where there's not much you can do except throw your hands up and sigh.