Hello, friends.

There are now 172 days remaining until the next Orioles game. Between now and then, we’ve got to wait out the postseason before the O’s can do much of anything other than maybe hire a manager. The Division Series got under way yesterday, with the Brewers, Blue Jays, and Dodgers all notching wins. The Tigers and Mariners also played, although they finished after I went to bed. Sorry!

Only the American League series will be continuing today. The NL gets the day off, even though nobody is going anywhere. It’s Yankees-Blue Jays at 4:08, and Tigers-Mariners at 8:03 Eastern time. I will be satisfied if the Yankees fall in a 2-0 hole. I’m guessing you will be too, which is not to say that either one of us has much good to say about the Jays.

The postseason remains a waiting gam

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