Monday Bird Droppings

If you celebrate St. Pat's, hope you did so enjoyably and are now diligently working on your NCAA brackets. The Orioles' roster is now down to 48 bodies and the competition at the back end of the rotation doesn't seem all that clear...in a good way. I think.

Jonathan Schoop and The Netherlands square off against Pedro Strop and the Dominicans in the WBC Semifinals tonight at 9 pm. The winner goes on to face Puerto Rico in the finals.

Johnson puts in his bid as Orioles beat Twins 7-1 | CSN Baltimore A Son of Steve-focused piece on the race for five.

Orioles option of L.J. Hoes to Norfolk | orioles.com: News Little Jerome has left the building. I have a feeling we haven't seen the last of him.

School of Roch: The McFarland debate There's a McFarland Debate? Is that like the McLaughlin Group (this is how I imagine the McFarland Debates, but sub Buck or Duq McLaughlin and switch out the roundtable for the Orioles' beats)?

Baltimore Orioles usher famous for 'Zillbilly' dance has stage 4 lung cancer - baltimoresun.com

Athletics Release Garrett Olson: MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com The Birds long planned revenge against the KBO?

Multiple teams interested in trading for Ramon Hernandez | HardballTalk This guy...good grief.

It's the birthday of Dick Littlefield and Geronimo Berroa. On this day in 1984, Charlie Lau passed away.