Never (or Hardly Ever) On Sunday - Why Not?

"We made too many mistakes," he said after the game. "We made some mistakes in a lot of areas. And that was the game."

Oh, you betcha.

That was the game.

So now you look again at the Orioles' Sunday record, which dropped to 3-9, and you wonder what in the world happens to this team on the final day of the weekend.

Aren't Sundays supposed to be relaxing for most people?

Isn't that the day we all sit around with our coffee and bagels and Sunday paper and get re-energized for the week ahead?

Right now that concept isn't working too well for the O's.

While we're on the subject, here's another mystifying thing about the Orioles: They're not so good in the daytime, either.

Yes, whether it's day games on Sundays or day games any other day, the Orioles don't seem to like playing in sunshine.

I say this because their record in day games is now 6-14, another thing no one in the clubhouse seems able to explain.

Maybe we shouldn't get into the fact that they're also 6-19 in series finales (5-9 at home), as this would be too many depressing statistics for just one column.

On the other hand, here's a suggestion: Move this team to the National League!

Look, the American League East is brutal, we all know that.

It's the toughest division in baseball, the most competitive, has the highest payrolls and blah, blah, blah.

But the O's - they love playing National League teams!

This season their sparkling 11-7 interleague record matched last season's mark.

Doing the math, that's 22 wins and 14 losses against NL teams in two years, which you would take in a heartbeat if you're an O's fan.

Too bad they have to play all those AL teams, too.

On Sundays, no less.

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