After taking two of four from Kansas City, the Orioles travel north to face the Yankess for three games, and then head south on a quasi-road trip down 295 to face the woeful Washington Nationals this weekend.
The Orioles have run into the Yankees at the wrong time, sadly. New York is in the midst of a six-game winning streak, and Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixiera, and Johnny Damon have all found their stroke as of late and are now one hell of a dangerous squad. Furthermore, Baltimore faces C.C. Sabathia in game one of the series and as we all know, he touched up on him during Opening Day; however, he dominated us only a few weeks ago at Camden Yards.
Thereafter, the Orioles head to Washington — a team which has been nothing but shameful thanks to a horrible bullpen, errors, and bad pitching from Scott Olsen and Daniel Cabrera — on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. If there’s one team that can instill confidence in anyone — it’s Washington.
The Nationals have an incredible offense, but are the worst team in baseball for reasons listed above. I would not be surprised if Baltimore swept Washington just by the luck they have had; however, if their pitching could ever get straight, they could have something down there. Moreover, if the ownership group — headed by the Lerner family — decides to open up the purse strings, spend some money and keep rebuilding through the draft, the losing might end sooner rather than later.
Then again, most Oriole fans know that feeling all too well.
