It's kind of strange to be posting this, but it's a decent description of the season so far.

I think that says it all. Right? Right.

The Orioles scored two runs whilst I was at work transcribing documents. Between the time it took me to go home, including picking up my brother, the White Sox scored two runs, as well. It remained like that for a while, but then things happened that I guess I can describe as ‘good.’ Three runs scored in the 5th inning – two of them on an Adam Jones homer – and the Orioles had a 5-2 lead. The White Sox pushed a run across in the 8th, keeping things close at 5-3.

Then we get to the 9th inning, where the exciting things happened…at least for the White Sox. They actually loaded the bases with two outs. To be fair, Jim Johnson really loaded the bases with two outs by hitting Paul Konerko on the hand. Somehow, he managed to get a strikeout – albeit one where the ball got away and Paulino had to run and grab it to tag the batter out – and the game was over.

I really don’t know how we win these, in all seriousness.

It’s strangely appropriate that the reliever the online fandom has dubbed Shutdown Sauce has gone off to a place where they put lots of sauce on chili, isn’t it?

Here’s the drill: the Orioles put Alfredo Simon on waivers the other day. He was just claimed by the Reds, which means he’s no longer our property. Since we also outrighted Jai Miller to Norfolk (he cleared waivers for obvious reasons) and reassigned Pat Neshek to minor league camp, there’s room on the 40-man roster for Ronny Paulino and Nick Johnson.

By the way, Neshek didn’t give up a single run this entire spring, which I think makes him a better option than someone like, say, Kevin Gregg, but whatever. Keep baffling us all, Orioles.

Opening Day is this week, so we’ve almost made it! Get ready to suck at baseball, everyone! (Well, maybe we won’t, but the chances of that are as slim as Jai Miller being picked up on waivers, so.)