For all Baltimore baseball fans, one of the most miserable seasons imaginable is finally over. It's sure been a long haul since the balmy days of late mid-to-late March when I first laid eyes on the 2018 Baltimore Orioles.
An oddball offseason last winter, when very little if anything of relevance was accomplished, gave way to so much uncertainty regarding the home team's chances of sustaining what had been a solid run from 2012-2017.
Neither Orioles executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette nor field manager Buck Showalter was under contract beyond 2018. The team's three key players -- outfielder Adam Jones, infielder Manny Machado and closer Zach Britton -- would be entering the final year of their contracts.
