Monday Bird Droppings

The White Sox come to town as the Orioles inch back towards the top of the AL East. The O's are now 1.5 games back from the collapsing Blue Jays. The White Sox anchor the bottom of the AL Central, but any team that can boast talent like Jose Abreu and Chris Sale is going to have a puncher's chance.

Croatia v. Mexico is probably the World Cup match of the day...

Orioles Continue To Stymie Yankees' Masahiro Tanaka
Looking back at the New York series...

Norris hopes he's able to pitch on Friday | Comcast SportsNet Baltimore We hope so, too, Bud.

Orioles sign pitcher Randy Wolf to Minor League deal | MLB.com: News NOW, it's ON!

School of Roch: More praise for Pearce We are the Team Steve Appreciation Society...

Camden Depot: The Case for the Orioles Acquiring Nick Franklin and Sending Schoop to Norfolk Nick Franklin would look good in the orange and black...but at what price?

Quality of opponents matter for Baltimore Orioles pitching staff
"The Baltimore Orioles pitching staff has faced some stiff competition. How much of their performance is to be taken seriously though?"

On this day in 1957, Hal "Skinny" Brown shutout the Tigers 6-0 as the O's began a streak of four straight shutouts.

It's the birthday of Mark Hendrickson.