It was a far different Orioles team that took the field Tuesday at Camden Yards to lose for the club-record 108th time than the one that started the season with modest but reasonable playoff ambitions, yet the result was the same.
However they’ve tried this year, be it with the mostly intact husk of their recently successful rosters or the newly made-over version without any of the pedigree or star power, these Orioles have lost more often than any other team to wear the colors. By the end of the season, only a handful of teams in baseball history will have lost more.