Leading Off



Illness has been a challenge yet again, but now that the boy are back in shorts in Sarasota, we have the ability to focus more on their health than on our own.



Orioles Baseball is back on center stage, now that we’re done arguing about the Tubi commercial, and the Ravens have their new offensive coordinator.







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 Twitters








Nothin' like a cup of coffee to start the morning. ) ) ( )____(____)____(______ pitchers & /_ catchers report / | today /___| / ___________/— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) February 15, 2023





Let’s ➡️ Go ➡️ Orioles 🧡 @Orioles pic.twitter.com/voYEeXlAfR— Tim DeJohn (@DeJohn_5) February 14, 2023





I'm just ready for Orioles baseball every single day for 6 months— Orioles Statistics (@OriolesStatist1) February 14, 2023





I’m tempted to buy a Chris Davis spring training jersey. Do I buy it??— Orioles Kangaroo (@ForeverOrioles) February 15, 2023








Around the Bases







First Base: MASNholes



Good luck finding an Orioles Spring Training game on television this year. MASN is going to televise four whole games. We have no idea how they are going to find the time, without cutting into their key demographic – people who love poker and rodeo.



Jake has a Modest Proposal that would allow Major League Baseball the opportunity to fix the mess they made.



Second Base: Offseason Feels



With Spring Training upon us, the offseason is over. So we talk about how we felt about it. We briefly discuss the Good, Bad, and Ugly of the offseason, and we review PECOTA’s projections, and Birdland’s response.



Third Base: Boys in Shorts!



Spring Training is back! Every major (and minor) publication has put out it’s “5 Storylines to Watch in Spring Training in 2023.” We avoid that trope, but identify things that we’re interested in seeing this Spring.



Home Plate: A Whole New Ballgame



Major League Baseball is going to look a lot different than it did just last year. New rules that will take effect include:




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