Monday Bird Droppings

The weekend is over and the Orioles have dropped another series. They now embark on an eight-game road trip with four games each in Minnesota and Cleveland. In case you missed the latest injury news over the weekend, Jason Hammel is having knee surgery today and will be out at least three weeks. Robert Andino hurt his shoulder on a dive yesterday and came out of the game. He's having an MRI today, but Andino talked about it as though it wasn't a major thing.

Orioles’ Jim Johnson finds his opening as Baltimore’s closer - The Washington Post
We've known how awesome he was all along.

Taylor Teagarden talks about his national TV oops - baltimoresun.com
His mommy called him to tell him about saying the S word on TV.

Dylan Bundy allows one unearned run through five innings - baltimoresun.com
Bundy pitched on Saturday, going five innings with eight strikeouts, one walk, and two hits.

Steve Melewski: Steve Johnson talks about his major league debut
"He said congrats. Probably will be a little hugging a little later, but he just shook my hand and said you pitched well," Johnson said.

School of Roch: Showalter speaks after 4-0 loss (So does Andino)
Hat tipping to Verlander, praise for Gonzalez.