How is it possible the Orioles have played only two games? There’s already been enough chaos to last an entire season.
Offensively, the O’s look like world beaters. They’ve scored 18 runs. They’ve cranked five homers. And they’ve turned the basepaths into a track meet, becoming the first team in modern major league history to steal 10 bases in their first two games.
And yet, no matter how many runs they score, it never seems like enough. The Orioles’ pitching has been as bad as the team’s biggest skeptics feared. And their defense, a strength of the team last year, has been worse than anyone could have anticipated, with nearly every outfielder committing multiple egregious misplays to spark multi-run Red Sox rallies.