Here goes nothing.
Camden Yards will be rocking as the Orioles begin the 2024 postseason this afternoon, hosting the Royals in the best-of-three Wild Card Series. The 162-grind has led up to this. The Orioles won 91 games to earn their spot in the playoffs, but now the slate is wiped clean. They get three games to test their mettle and prove themselves worthy of advancing to the next round. Then they need to do it all over again. And so on and so on until they hoist the championship trophy for the first time since 1983.
But let’s focus on the task on hand: beating Kansas City.