After a miserable post-All-Star break performance, the Orioles are providing fans with some September highlights.
The Birds are still losing more than they're winning with a 6-7 mark this month; however, the team already has exceeded its September win totals from 2008 (5-20) and 2002 (4-24).
The O's are already more than halfway to their traditional 10 September wins, a mark they reached in 2007 (10-19), 2006 (10-18), 2005 (10-18), and 2003 (10-16).
The team's best September mark this decade came in 2004 when they went 18-10, which they followed up with a 42-28 start to the 2005 season. How does 60-38 sound?
Nevertheless, I've argued multiple times (here, here) that the team's second-half record in 2009 offers little indication of how the O's wil ...
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Five 2009 Moments that Give Baltimore Orioles Fans Hope
Posted: 17th September 2009 by Matthew Taylor in MLBComments Off on Five 2009 Moments that Give Baltimore Orioles Fans Hope