Hello, friends.
There are now 168 days remaining until the next scheduled Orioles game. Four months and one day from today, pitchers and catchers are scheduled to report to Sarasota. As you know from 2020, “scheduled” is a bit less of a formality than it has been in the past, so probably don’t get your hopes up too much.
For today at least, the playoffs continue, with the continuing postseason adventures of former Orioles Nick Markakis and Darren O’Day on the Atlanta Braves in the NLCS. I discovered on Tuesday night that O’Day, the prime home run catcher in the bullpen in Baltimore, has apparently ceded some ground in Atlanta to Mark Melancon.