Hello, friends.
There are 56 days remaining until the next Orioles game. Calendar math being what it is, that means that Opening Day is exactly eight weeks from today. Pitchers and catchers report to spring training in a mere twelve days. The trucks left from Camden Yards yesterday, bound for Sarasota.
It has now been nine days since Mike Mussina was elected to the Hall of Fame and the Orioles have not made an announcement about retiring his jersey or putting up his statue.
Barring a surprise over the next month or so, it seems like the team is going to be built from competitions among the players who have already been assembled.