Monday Bird Droppings: Tilly's back

Three straight series wins. Alright,alright,alright.

The Orioles have gotten off to a solid start on this crucial road trip and will end it, no doubt, in dramatic fashion during their final visit to Fenway Park this season. Actually, I'd settle for some boring, no doubt about it wins, truth be told.

Chris Tillman's return an encouraging sign for improving Orioles rotation - CBSSports.com
Definitely an improvement over Tillman's last start.

Bourn displaying unusual power with Orioles | CSN Mid-Atlantic
"Every game there's a different star. THAT'S the magic of Orioles baseball!"

White Sox Release Right-Handed Pitcher Ryan Webb
So, I may have been wrong way back when in hailing the untapped potential of Ryan Webb.

Camden Depot: Cup of jO's: Three Ideas about Roster Changes You may have heard Buck disparage the expanded roster concept. Here, Jon Shephered proposes his own tweaks to the existing system.

On this day in 2014, the Orioles swept the Yankees in a doubleheader, but Chris Davis was given a 25 game suspension from MLB for violation of the league's drug policy.

It's the birthday of 80s O's Keith Hughes and Mark Thurmond.