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 Leading Off

Listen to Bird’s Eye View on Google Play Music! And if you missed this week’s Episode Preview of Periscope, you haven’t lived.

We start, as always, with the Drink of the Week. Make sure to tell us what you’re up to via Twitter (@birdseyeviewbal), or on Untapped (jakee4025 and magn8606).

This Medical Wing

This week’s Medical Wing has the following patients:

* Yovani Gallardo

* Zach Britton

* J.J. Hardy

* Hunter Harvey

 

This Week on the Twitters

David Ortiz with a 32.4 home run trot… Slowest of the season. He now owns 3 of the top 5.

— Daren Willman (@darenw) May 1, 2016

I’m already sure that I will not enjoy a Brian Matuz at bat this season.

— Baltimorons (@bmorons) May 1, 2016

Kiss Cam shows Buck in dugout, and wife Angela comes in for a kiss. Nice #orioles

— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) April 30, 2016

@BirdsEyeViewBal @CamdenChat watching NY v Bos…rooting for the yanks and I feel dirty!! Off to shower.

— Louisa Gallagher (@carolinabeaming) May 2, 2016

Speaking of Costner, doesn't his dad in FoD look like Joey Rickard? pic.twitter.com/38fYbOezxC

— Lila Shapiro-Cyr (@lilasc) April 28, 2016

Adam Jones on Manny Machado in @ESPNMag — "In the clubhouse, we call him "Orejón": "big ears" in Spanish. No need to explain why."

— Orioles Uncensored (@OsUncensored) April 28, 2016

Easy. https://t.co/8MTxQ3rh1P

— Ryan Wagner (@rwags614) May 2, 2016

 

Filling in the Gaps

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All teams experience their fair share of injuries. The Orioles are just trying to squeeze theirs into a single week. The Birds have their very own MASH unit, with J.J. Hardy and Zach Britton going down in a short period of time. The prospects of getting Britton back are much rosier. Hardy has a hairline fracture in the foot he fouled a ball off during Sunday’s game, and will most likely miss 6-8 weeks.

With those key injuries, the team is begin to show cracks in the veneer.  Can they fill in the gaps and still keep everything afloat?

 

Truth or Truth?

Jake and Scott test each other to figure out the dirty secrets that each hold in this edition of “Truth or Truth”.

 

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Who had a great week? Who had a tough week?