If things had gone better for the Orioles, they could have clinched a wild card spot this past weekend. Instead, they've only let the surging Tigers into a messy picture and the O's just keep sputtering and not sealing up their spot. Mark reacts to the latest ways the Orioles found to lose over the weekend, looks around at the other struggling teams, and tries to talk himself (and you) into believing the O's can still turn it around before they have another season of first round failure.

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After Seranthony Domínguez blew the save on Thursday afternoon, the Orioles could have easily continued careening towards disaster. Thankfully, Anthony Santander saved us all from that dread with a walkoff home run, leaving the O's still in a pretty good postseason positions if they can only win a few more games. A big if! Mark discusses the reprieve that could soon expand if Jordan Westburg and Ramón Urías make it back from their rehab assignments soon.

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Time is running out on the 2024 season and the Orioles have still not managed to solve their big problems on offense. Mark laments after the weekend's series loss in Detroit that the O's winning the AL East is a dead dream now, and holding on to the home wild card position is in danger if they can't get this thing figured out too. After breaking down the assorted postseason position stakes, Mark looks ahead to the Giants, where the O's are going to face a couple of tough pitchers. Great!

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Remember feeling good about the 2024 Orioles? It's been a while, and their last series against the Red Sox didn't make the good feelings return. Mark again pleads for things to get better over the final 15 games the team has left to play, lest they slip into a worse postseason spot. There are many culprits and the O's just need some of these guys to do better. Mark also updates on injured players who might return and push strugglers out of the picture, which would also help.

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The Orioles have scored four runs in their last four games. They're lucky to have won one of them. Mark vents his frustration with the hitters, especially Adley Rutschman, before pleading to keep things in perspective and not let the disappointment turn into bitterness as this injury-plagued O's team continues an underwhelming multi-month stretch.

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The Orioles are fresh off a disappointing loss to the White Sox, but they still won two out of three and that was good enough to get them into first place in the AL East. Mark surveys what's coming up for the O's fellow postseason contenders and what has to happen for the O's to make each of the different postseason spots. Also, some more thoughts on expectations - what's gone wrong and what's gone right compared to what we thought before the season began.

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The Orioles are STILL playing .500 since June 9 thanks to winning two of three against the Rockies, which they absolutely needed to do. Mark is feeling both relief and anxiety (as usual) thanks to the wins in combination with more O's injuries, including to their best August hitter Ramón Urías. Also in this episode, breaking down the postseason picture, trying to make sense of the rotation after Dean Kremer's injury and Zach Eflin's great return, and a little look ahead to the White Sox series.

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The Orioles have continued on their basic "playing .500 since early June" path by mixing in frustrating losses with fun wins that they just can't manage to string together. Mark is not feeling great about what the flaws they've shown in July and August means for October, particularly the struggle of Corbin Burnes. He tries to make himself (and you) feel better by listing off the flaws of the other AL postseason contenders. Everybody's got problems. The eventual World Series winner will overcome enough of them in October.

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If you knew after the Orioles trailed 5-2 heading into the eighth inning on Friday that they'd split the four-game set with the Astros, you' be thrilled. Except getting only two hits after Friday and Saturday's dramatic wins isn't too thrilling after all. Mark grapples with the continuing .500 mediocrity before turning to cheerier topics, like Samuel Basallo getting promoted to Triple-A and a variety of very young, interesting prospects having early success in the Dominican Republic.

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After losing two of three games to the Mets with both losses coming on walkoff home runs, the Orioles continue to be playing at a .500 pace since June 9. This ongoing pattern combined with the week's injury news about Zach Eflin has got Mark feeling a lot less hopeful about the 2024 team and more like in the bargaining phase of grief. In this episode, more thoughts trying to talk ourselves into an Orioles turnaround that keeps on not happening.

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