Good morning, Birdland!
The Orioles will not be going to the playoffs in 2022. Although they beat the Yankees 2-1 on Friday night, the Mariners and Rays also won. That means there is a five-game gap with five games to go, so the best the O’s could do is tie, but even that wouldn’t be good enough since they lost the head-to-head season series against both teams. The dream is over.
There will be plenty of time for a post-mortem on this season’s Orioles team, but today feels more worthy of a celebration, especially in light of last night’s performance.