Orioles in 1st place

[weams]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/PaulWFolk">@PaulWFolk</a> breaks down how this year's power packed <a href="https://twitter.com/Orioles">@Orioles</a> club compares to the 1996 team after 40 games <a href="https://t.co/y14pit2WvS">https://t.co/y14pit2WvS</a></p>— PressBox (@PressBoxOnline) <a href="

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[Bahama O's Fan]

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Only 2 teams in the division are over .500.

BALTIMORE ORIOLES,,OOOOOOOOOOoo.ll 26-16 OOOO),o - -

BOSTON RED SOX OOOOOOOOOOOOOO..ooo, 27-17 OOOo)... - -

NEW YORK YANKEES l)oOOOOOOOOOOool)) 21-22 OOOllllllll 5.5

TORONTO BLUE JAYS o)lOOOOOOOOOOo.. 22-24 OOOOOll. 6.0

TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS .....llooo)lOO) 20-22 OOOOOll. 6.0

o

Hey, wait. What are those Yankees doing up there? Better do something about that.

[ORIOLE33]

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The Orioles are out of 1st place for the first time since May 5th.

There is still time to catch the Red Sox, though. I've seen teams make up a 1-game deficit over the final 119 games of the season before.

We better start hitting better because I think Boston is legit.

[O's84]

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The Orioles are out of 1st place for the first time since May 5th.

There is still time to catch the Red Sox, though. I've seen teams make up a 1-game deficit over the final 119 games of the season before.

Impossible, were done and playing for the wild card.

[25 Nuggets]

Still only one game out after this miserable stretch of play.

[Bahama O's Fan]

Still only one game out after this miserable stretch of play.

Yeah, on one hand, I find that amazing and comforting, but the other side of me says we could have a lead now.

[Can_of_corn]

Still only one game out after this miserable stretch of play.

But everyone else is closing the gap.

A week ago it looked like maybe, just maybe, the O's and Sox would be able to separate themselves from the pack.

[SteveA]

The Cubs are the only team in baseball with fewer losses than the Orioles.

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[weams]

The Cubs are the only team in baseball with fewer losses than the Orioles.

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That's pretty respectable. Good catch.

[weams]

Yep. Top.

[allquixotic]

We're in first place (or tied, or mathematically ahead, or whatever) in June. June! We were doing great around this time last year too, but if I recall, we had a few too many hitting droughts and a few too many bad starts. We're having nearly a repeat year thus far, so all we need to do is figure out how to get Ubaldo back on track or let him wash out and find someone who can do a little better.

It's never as good as it seems, but it's never as bad as it seems either, as long as you're not in last place.

The way you have to think of it during the bad times, is: as long as we're earlier in the season than about the second week of August, and as long as we're not in last place (even a fourth-place team in a tightly packed division would have a good chance to at least get a wild card spot), we have a chance.

The way you have to think of it during the good times, is: our recent success greatly helps our chances, so let's celebrate that during the microcosm of the mid-season and thank our respective supreme beings for baseball.

[paulcoates]

Orioles will be at .5849 and the Sox at .5811 if they lose

[Palmoripken]

Red Sox lose. Bogarts hitting streak ends. Tied for first place. What a difference a few days makes,.

[weams]

Orioles will be at .5849 and the Sox at .5811 if they lose

They lost.

And we are a game ahead in the loss column.

[weams]

Red Sox lose. Bogarts hitting streak ends. Tied for first place. What a difference a few days makes,.

First place. Not tied.