They’ve done it! The Baltimore Orioles are the 2023 American League East champions, defeating the Boston Red Sox 2-0 on Thursday night in Charm City.
The game itself may go down as a footnote compared to all of the context surrounding it.
First, there was the debut of the official jersey patch to honor the life of Brooks Robinson. The Orioles will wear it for the remainder of the regular season and throughout the postseason.
Then, a few innings into the game it was announced that the Orioles and the State of Maryland had agreed to a new lease.