Leading Off















Is anyone still healthy? Can anyone pitch? 2025 is weird, man.















Drink of the Week























Join us for the Drink of the Week, and let us know how you’re consoling yourself as you watch the O’s. Find us on Untappd









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This Week on the Socials









Luis Guevara, a 19-year-old Orioles minor league player, has died after a crash involving jet skis on Sunday, the team announced. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/sports/oriol…— Andy Kostka (@afkostka.bsky.social) 2025-06-18T03:16:25 .762Z











https://bsky.app/profile/theathletic.bsky.social/post/3lrygudh7w32s











Orioles suck I’m gonna go get ice cream instead— Duke Hill (@oriolebird.bsky.social) 2025-06-17T00:55:27 .173Z











Your boys are so young they have no idea what a good manager looks like huh. They don't remember Buck? Can't believe the way they were glazing Hyde 😭— Eutaw Street Report (@eutawstreport.bsky.social) 2025-06-13T23:53:23 .199Z

















Keeping Receipts























We talk with Liz Thompson, SABR member and creator of fantastic scorebooks at Diamond Scorecard Designs. Follow her on Bluesky at lizzierie.







We discuss the joys of scoring baseball games – even if this season is not one for which we would like to keep receipts.















Around the Bases























First Base: Disaster Strikes







Wednesday’s game was a possible all-time implosion. After scoring eight runs by the second inning, the O’s packed their bats, and then handed the pitching staff a lighter. Ultimately losing 12-8 in a minor league stadium felt very appropriate.







Second Base: So… this has to be it, right?







Whether it was a good idea or not, the Orioles’ somewhat improved play over the last couple of weeks had led us to casually look at the standings – particularly the AL Wild Card race. Was it truly outlandish to think the Orioles could erase a 6.5 game deficit?







Third Base: RELEASE THE KRAKEN!







Gary Sanchez is back, so… that’s good?







With seemingly more Orioles on the IL than on the active roster, it is good to see that the team is starting to more closely resemble the squad Mike Elias envisioned.