Mark has now recorded two regularly-scheduled podcast episodes since the last time the Orioles lost a game. Yes, it really happened: They've won six in a row. In this episode, looking at how it's worked out even with the O's not firing on all cylinders, then looking ahead to the Athletics to see if the O's can manage to keep the fun going.

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The Orioles just swept the White Sox and they've won six of eight games, but they've hurt Mark too much this year for him to believe that means they can keep it up. In this episode, some laying out of what's gone wrong with the pitching staff before looking ahead to players coming back from injuries and how that might even (gasp) help the lineup.

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The Orioles finally pulled off a three-game winning streak and then went right back to losing, going back on some familiar 2025 themes. In this episode, Mark highlights a number of specific areas where the offense is failing, before moving on to some prospects who were unheralded before the season but may be making more of a name for themselves.

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After watching Friday's game where Seranthony Domínguez, Gregory Soto, and Cionel Pérez combined to turn a game the Orioles led into a laugher blowout loss, Mark has a simple plea for Mike Elias: Find somebody who can stop you from doing stuff that any doofus could look at and recognize is dumb.

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Mark left for a weekend and it happened: Brandon Hyde got the boot, a bad pitcher (Kyle Gibson) was dumped, and the Orioles tried to move on. For a few days, they kept losing. Now we'll see if they can fix stuff. Today in the mailbag, some second-guessing of Elias's offseason decisions.

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The Orioles just got swept AGAIN by the Twins for one more reminder that nothing is going right for them in 2025. They've got a record that puts them more in company with the tanking teams of 2018-2021. Mark had already given up hope and still they keep him feeling bad. In the mailbag this episode, thoughts on Cedric Mullins and Brandon Hyde.

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Injured Orioles are making their way back to the team, you can almost believe the starting rotation could stabilize, and now it's going to be up to the hitters to hit better, especially against lefties, like they did in beating the Angels on Sunday. Mark talks through the current state of the team and checks in on the top 10 prospects through about a month of action,.

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The Orioles are still mixing in all of their different 2025 struggles to make sure not just that they're losing games but losing them in the way that leaves fans feeling the most demoralized possible for the future. After seeing them get swept by the Twins, Mark is ready to give up on this season ending up anywhere good.

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The Orioles still haven't either won three games in a row or two series in a row after largely stinking it up against the Royals over the weekend. Mark looks at some of the lowlights and tries (without much success) to believe in better times to come. A lot that's been going wrong has to start going right, and soon.

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The vibes MAY have turned for the better with the Orioles in winning two out of three games against the Yankees, thanks to Ryan O'Hearn's "shouldn't say that on live TV" battle cry. But it won't matter if they can't sustain it with some better starting pitching and/or hitting against lefties.

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