Leading Off The Orioles had the kind of week that made Scott flee the country, and in the meantime, friend of the show Ryan Blake was kind enough to step up to guest hosting duties. We’re sure that the BEV pitiful performance in Orioles Family Feud won’t come up. Not at all. 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 * magn8606 * jakee4025 This Week on the Twitters ….Dad? @CalRipkenJr pic.twitter.com/tK6I2IwZQj— Ryan Ripken (@ryanripken) April 17, 2023 Competing emotions:I love seeing big Felix jumping up and down at home plate for Adley.I immediately fear that big Felix will get hurt.— Matt Taylor (@roarfrom34) April 13, 2023 The White Sox had a 4-0 lead. It has Ceased to be. pic.twitter.com/nCsXHrekuF— Orioles on MASN (@masnOrioles) April 16, 2023 From the MASN broadcast, the Orioles' sprinkler-and-spray doubles celebration in all its glory: pic.twitter.com/kVDiZKAe29— Nathan Ruiz (@NathanSRuiz) April 11, 2023 Around the Bases First Base: The Pitching Look, the pitching has not been… it has not been good. Whether you’re starting about the starters or relievers. Whether you’re talking about new acquisitions or returning players. There are simply very few pitchers for the Baltimore Orioles who have not been weapons-grade terrible for this early start to the 2023 season. We talk about whether things are as bad as they look, and if not/so, whether they might improve. Second Base: Is Jorge Mateo for real? Jorge Mateo is entertaining to watch – a player whose defense and speed makes him electric on the ballfield. If only he could get on base often enough to make that incredibly entertaining. What’s that you say? HE IS GETTING ON BASE? Well, consider us entertained. Third Base: Heston Kjerstad is too good Kjerstad is definitely too good for AA Bowie. It is only a matter of time before he gets a promotion to Norfolk, and guest host Ryan Blake says it’s not out of the question that Kjerstad could be patrolling the outfield in Baltimore, come September. If this is a problem, it’s a great problem to have. Home Plate: Is everything… OK With the very prominent pitching woes Fantasy Boss OK,

Leading Off The Orioles are a bit up and down this season, as is our reaction to their newest home run celebration. Don’t tell the Fun Police, but we plan on enjoying this discussion of this week in Orioles Baseball. 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 * magn8606 * jakee4025 This Week on the Twitters Just learned that longtime supporter and incredible human being Justin (@roarfrom44) passed away last night. Justin had every reason to be mad at the world, yet he was always the most encouraging, loving, supportive person any time we interacted. pic.twitter.com/n7oKDe8vUV— OBP Apparel (@OBPApparel) April 6, 2023 Shoutout to all the Orioles fans today who taught my less-than-2-year-old son to yell “Yankees Suck.” 😂😂😂 He can’t stop saying it in the car right now— Dillon Atkinson (@DillonTAtkinson) April 7, 2023 Podcaster watching podcasters podcast pic.twitter.com/4r1YqitShN— Locked On Orioles (@LockedOnOrioles) April 8, 2023 * pounds fists on table*DONG BONG DONG BONGDONG BONG https://t.co/HN0R5Vb7QA— OLIVIA witherite⁷ (@Oliviawitherite) April 11, 2023 Around the Bases First Base: Dong Bong Love it or hate it, the Dong Bong got your attention this week. We love that the Orioles had reason to celebrate in the dugout. We’re a little split on how they went about it. Let’s just agree that baseball is fun, and there’s no way that the phrase “Dong Bong After Dark” won’t be one that we use too much on this show. Second Base: Why are we bothering with replay? Jake’s basically just whining here, but if we aren’t committed to getting replay right, and we’re concerned about the length of games and pace of play, why not… do away with replay? If we can’t get it right, and we don’t insist on umpire accountability, why keep up the charade? Third Base: What is going right, what is going wrong? With some series in the books, we look at what is going right and what is going wrong so far in the Orioles’ 2023 season. Sure, this is still a case of SMALL SAMPLE SIZE, but things are never as good or never as bad as they seem. We break down the ups, the downs, and the surprises in between. Home Plate: Grayson Rodriguez First of all: what are the Baltimorons to call him? Secondly, can we all chip in to buy his dad some antacids? And lastly, what have we seen so far from the Orioles’ highly ...

Leading Off Orioles Baseball is back, and we discuss the opening weekend in Boston. There were ups and there were downs, but there was no shortage of interesting things to think about as it relates to the 2023 season. With only three games in the books, we spend time trying to over or under react to what we saw. 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 * magn8606 * jakee4025 This Week on the Twitters This was called a hit by pitch AFTER replay review 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 pic.twitter.com/pfXlQZ2UiN— Locked On Orioles (@LockedOnOrioles) April 1, 2023 If it makes anyone feel better, we started last year the victims of a sweep at the Trop in which nothing seemed to go our way and there was no reason to expect anything to improve.— MASN Oriolez (@MASNOriolez) April 2, 2023 This might be a hot take but I think if the Orioles want to start winning baseball games they should stop giving up 9 runs in all of them— Orioles Fan Ryan (formerly Probz) (@OriolesFanRyan) April 2, 2023 My understanding of Orioles at Fenway lore says that Ramon Urias striking out five times means he is now going to become this game's winning pitcher— Rose Mountkatzle (@NaturallyKatz11) April 1, 2023 Over/Under Reactions With only three games in the books, it’s hard to get a read on what matters and what doesn’t. That won’t stop us (or anyone else) from jumping to conclusions. As such, we lay out the mat, and decide which of our feels are overreactions to a given set of circumstances, and which are underreactions. The truth is that neither and both are usually simultaneously true. But why not poke a little fun at ourselves for getting up into our feels after a single series of a 162-game season? Fantasy Boss Fantasy Boss makes its 2023 return, as the guys remember how much they love to hate this segment. Based on last year’s results, Jake picked the category, and Scott picked first. Watch out, there’s a WILD CARD in play here in the first week (and beyond?). Here’s hoping that this year’s Fantasy Boss contest is weird and entertaining. This week, the category is an over/under on Jorge Mateo’s K% at 15%. Last week, he surprised us at 10% – what, if anything, does that tell us? Scott took the over, and Jake took the under. Who will own it?

Leading Off Spring Training is almost at a merciful end. The 2023 season is right around the corner, and we can finally put what has been a boring and disappointing offseason in the rearview mirror. In the calm before that storm, we take our cues from recent Orioles Twitter happenings, and explore how we might automate ourselves away. 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 * magn8606 * jakee4025 This Week on the Twitters That seals the deal. I am no longer a Team USA fan. I’ve been a fan since 1982 and a season ticket holder since 1996. I officially will not be renewing my plan next season nor will I watch on tv ever again. Trout is officially the worst CF in history.— Orioles Haiku (@Os_poems) March 22, 2023 Gibson getting the start 💪 pic.twitter.com/demr1W9D6W— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) March 24, 2023 Top 5 MLB team values per Forbes:Yankees:$7.1 billionDodgers:$4.8RedSox:$4.5Cubs:$4.1SFGiants:$3.7Top 5 profits(2022)Mariners:$83.8MSFGiants:$74.9RedSox:$71.6Orioles:$64.7A's:$62.2Top 5 lossesMets:$138.5MPadres:$55.2WhiteSox:$53.4BlueJays:$33.7Twins:$30.3— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) March 23, 2023 Bold Predictions As with every season, we get things started by making wild guesses… er, making bold predictions – some in earnest and some facetious. OK, it’s us… many of them are facetious. Feel free to send us your own Bold Prediction @birdseyeviewbal. Bonus points if they make you both excited about the season, and a little sad. We’re Orioles fans – we are complicated creatures. Rise of the Machines We gaze into the upcoming technological singularity and see how the ChatGPT language model might talk about the Baltimore Orioles. Who knows, maybe AI will produce all future Bird’s Eye View content – there has to be SOME intelligence involved. We ask our “guest” about possible scenarios for the 2023 season that become increasingly less rooted in reality. Please ask ChatGPT to create some narrative around the most ridiculous Orioles scenarios you can find, and share with us. Blowing the Save

Leading Off We’re on a tight “pitch clock” on this episode. Next, we’re going to invoke ghost podcasters. 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 * magn8606 * jakee4025 This Week on the Twitters Making her impact on the game of baseball.We mic’d up Assistant General Manager Eve Rosenbaum and followed her through a day in her life. pic.twitter.com/Y2Sj54pIuA— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) March 8, 2023 Think it's almost time to drop some designs for the '23 Collection— OBP Apparel (@OBPApparel) March 8, 2023 Hey, has anyone talked about the pitch clock yet? Would love to hear endless pitch clock opinions #pitchclock— Matt Kremnitzer (@mattkremnitzer) March 5, 2023 Adley Rutschman blocking pitches other catchers missed +18 blocks above average in 2022Best catcher in baseball on Statcast's new blocking leaderboard: https://t.co/vTHOtypbA1 pic.twitter.com/78wY5iieQX— David Adler (@_dadler) March 7, 2023 Around the Bases First Base: Rules in Action We have complained about some of the new MLB rules for 2023, but now we are starting to see the rules play out in actual baseball games (rather than in theory). So… how good/bad are these rule changes? Put yourself on the clock and get shiftfaced with us, as we see where the rubber meets the rules. Second Base: World Baseball Classic The WBC is back, and we are fans of the tournament. Of particular interest, we’re looking forward to seeing what the Czech Republic (Czechia) has to offer. Also, team USA might not be The Dream Team, but they are an exciting group of players. The Dominican Republic also looks completely stacked. Do yourself a favor and watch some WBC games this winter/spring. Third Base: Spring Training So Far We’ve seen so little… so what can we say about what we have not yet seen? Home Plate: Adieu Adieu With Dempsey’s closing at the ballpark, what should the Orioles do with that space? We have one immediate thought for the new use for this space. Truth or Truth

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 * magn8606 * jakee4025 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: * The shift is banned

Leading Off Scott and Jake are finally healthy at the same time. COVID, the flu, and general Orioles-related sadness have conspired to keep us apart. We got together to participate in the Orioles Trivia / Family Feud, put together by friend of the program Ryan Blake. Of the four first-round competitions, there was only one that was not a nail-biter. See if you can guess who was involved in the blowout… So with the “talent” assembled, and the mics hot, we got together for an ad-hoc reaction episode, to record our feels about the offseason so far. It’s a no-frills affair. Enjoy our lack of frills. Everything Is Boring and Terrible Other teams are getting better and the Orioles are getting Adam Frazier. That’s about how it’s going. We talk about what we expected when we heard “liftoff,” and how unlike the current situation is from any of those expectations. We’ve set our expectations, lowered them, and lowered them again. At this point, our expectations have moved to Nashville. Your Turn Love it? Hate it? Confused? Let us, and other listeners, know! As always, we appreciate the support. Please leave a rating and review for our show, wherever you get your podcasts, whether it be Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play Music, Spotify, or… wherever! You can email the show – contact at birdseyeviewbaltimore dot com Get connected: you can find us on social media: 512.png?ssl=1">

Leading Off It’s over. But though the Orioles season has gone gently into that good night, we won’t stop appreciating the excellent – and unexpected – baseball we were so privileged to watch. 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 * magn8606 * jakee4025 This Week on the Twitters Orioles fans…Thank you for hopping on this extraordinary ride with us at MASN this season. Your joy, passion, enthusiasm and kindness helped make it the most unforgettable season of my broadcasting life. Can’t wait for what’s next.As a thank you, here’s Shep in a floppy hat. pic.twitter.com/bFEHvvcm4O— Kevin Brown (@kevinnbrown) October 7, 2022 Our sincere thanks to the @orioles for sending a wonderful care package for my daughter that included a baseball signed and personalized by Felix Bautista. She is delighted. Thanks also to Orioles Twitter for spreading the word about her Felix story. Love ya, #Birdland https://t.co/d2dDrBE9gB pic.twitter.com/yLJoRDyBmI— Matt Taylor (@roarfrom34) October 7, 2022 Jorge Mateo and Cedric Mullins are the first pair of teammates to finish first and second in their league in stolen bases since 1992 and the first in the American League since 1971. It's never happened in #orioles history.— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) October 5, 2022 Heston Kjerstad DEEP into the Arizona night!The No. 9 @Orioles prospect sends one an estimated 424 feet away in the @MLBazFallLeague. pic.twitter.com/4Ekre5MmTR— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) October 4, 2022 Hi, we miss you.— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) October 9, 2022 Around the Bases We go Around the Bases to review this week in Orioles Baseball: First Base: Let the emotions flow Now that the season is over, we talk about how it makes us feel. We sift through how we feel about the status of the rebuild, and pick out a few favorite memories from an unexpectedly fun 2022 season. Second Base: Awards Season Let’s not be coy: Should Brandon Hyde be the AL Manager of the Year? Does Adley Rutschman have legit AL Rookie of the Year credentials?

Leading Off There is so little season left, but this team is going to make us pay attention, right to the end. The 2022 Orioles are fun. Really fun. 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 * magn8606* jakee4025 This Week on the Twitters Kicking off Fan Appreciation Weekend with a salute to the best fans in baseball 🧡 pic.twitter.com/h5MZ3ijxsc— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) September 23, 2022 7 more punchouts for @G_Rodriguez16 last night!Grayson is up to 103 strikeouts in just 70.2 innings this season 👀 pic.twitter.com/6OcJnkEiBU— Orioles Player Development (@OsPlayerDev) September 22, 2022 I have decided that I am comfortable with the Orioles missing the playoffs because that means the Rougned Odor era will end sooner— Orioles Fan Problems (@OriolesFanProbz) September 17, 2022 Around the Bases We go Around the Bases to review this week in Orioles Baseball: First Base: Is there something in the water? Orioles starting pitching has been incredible this week. If you thought Jordan Lyles was impressive, then you should have seen Kyle Bradish. Not impressed by Kyle Bradish? You should have seen Dean Kremer. Starting pitching was exciting this week. Second Base: What is it about Detroit? Why do the 2022 Tigers have the 2022 Orioles’ number? s there something about this particular team that explains why they dominate the O’s, or is this a bit of weird small sample size business? Third Base: Say Something Nice We’ve said the season is (competitively) over. We’ve said a lot of things. But we don’t want to be confused for being negative. So we go out of our way to say some nice things about the Orioles: * Jorge Mateo is truly special* Gunnar Henderson has been better than advertized* Adley Rutschman doesn’t even look like a rookie* Pitching we weren’t planning on has been fantastic* Rookies (Stowers and Vavra) have made an impact, recently Home Plate: Does Fort McHenry still overlook Baltimore Harbor? The Angelos family has reportedly hired Goldman Saks to help assess the market for a potential sale of the franchise. Do we… think this will happen? Is this bad? Does a sale necessarily mean a relocation? Can you find Nashville on a map? Experiences at the Yard Scott and Jake went to separate games at OPACY this week,

Leading Off The Orioles continue to hang on to Wild Card relevancy, as the season enters its final stretch. Welcome to Nervous Bird’s Eye View. 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 * magn8606* jakee4025 This Week on the Twitters Solid night for the Orioles, of course, but also the Nationals' grounds crew because they didn't have to use a tarp— Matt Kremnitzer (@mattkremnitzer) September 14, 2022 As the Orioles approach a record turnaround, Brandon Hyde’s players believe it makes him the obvious choice for American League Manager of the Year.“There isn’t anybody that’s more deserving for that award than Hyder.” https://t.co/EnvuQ1PlZj— Nathan Ruiz (@NathanSRuiz) September 15, 2022 MLB 2023 rule changes expected to be voted in Friday: pitch clock, shift restriction, larger bases. Story with @EvanDrellich: https://t.co/CYVzNNVzm9— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) September 8, 2022 Around the Bases We go Around the Bases to review this week in Orioles Baseball: First Base: Wild Card Watch We provide an update on the Orioles’ Wild Card prospects… with a bit of editorialization. Second Base: 5th Starter Austin Voth made an appearance in the bullpen this week, which makes us wonder if the rotation is in flux, when it comes to the fifth starter. The O’s have their best three (Lyles, Bradish, Kremer) lined up for the Toronto series. But… do they have any other options for the fifth starter? And might that person own a gas can? Third Base: Mortal Traits Adley Rutschman is human, after all. Just ask left-handed pitchers. We talk about whether this is something to lose sleep over, or whether this will round out in the end. We expand the conversation to cover Cedric Mullins, and his recent struggles against left handed pitching. After switching away from being a switch hitter, and regressing from an all-world career year, what is going on with him and lefties? And will it ever get better? Home Plate: O’s Media Notes Last week, Jake whined about the ALL NEW MASN APP. But have you heard us whine about the radio? What about AppleTV? The media landscape is changing. Who will adapt better: the Orioles, or their fans? Are You Ready for Some Football (Talk)? The Baltimore Ravens had our full attention this week,