Well the O's are 5-2-1 (5 wins, 2 losses, 1 moral victory blown lead. O's fans need to count moral victories.)
O's took Red Sox 2-1, got swept by Yankees 0-2 (with one blown lead late) and swept Rays 3-0. Of course, I now expect the season to be called since the O's are doing well with their retread players. Already exceed The Oracle's 1-12 prediction by a factor of five and counting.
Of course the
savants at ESPN didn't see this coming (my bolding)
"
The Orioles might not win 10 games. Beyond the
general talentlessness, beyond the extreme difficulty the rejiggered geographical schedule presents, there's just the simple matter of incentives. There are going to be about 26 teams still in the pennant race in the final 10 games of the season, which means the Orioles are going to face motivated opponents all the way to the end. They, meanwhile, won't have even the shallower individual motivations of round-number statistical pursuits, since nobody is hitting 30 homers or saving 30 games (or reaching any other recognizable benchmarks of success) in this anomalous season. They won't have even the steadying weight of normalcy to keep them in line this year.
They're really in danger of starting the season 1-12 and, whether officially or just psychologically, packing it in.
-- Sam Miller"
Remember Sam Miller and his projection ability
From long shot award winners and home run titlists to teams we think can pre-print their playoff tickets, here's where we'd put down our money.
www.espn.com