A National Baseball Writer Picked The Orioles Over The Rangers

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Oct 5, 2012

Orioles at Rangers Wild Card preview — Image Credit: Mitchell Layton/Getty Images

Rany Jazayerli just made a whole lot of friends in Baltimore. Count me as one of them.

The Grantland columnist and founder of Baseball Prospectus previewed Friday night’s American League Wild Card matchup between the Baltimore Orioles and Texas Rangers and picked our beloved O’s as the winner. Good on you, Rany.

Here’s his logic.

So we’re throwing caution to the wind here. We went through the looking glass on the Orioles’ season a long time ago. Nothing about this Baltimore team has made sense all year long, so why should it start now? The Orioles win, and then set their sights on the Yankees. If I were Jeffrey Maier, I’d be very afraid right now.

Ugh. That kid.

UPDATE: Turns out the Sporting News also picked the Orioles to win.

Zach Wilt

Zach Wilt is the Founding Editor of Baltimore Sports Report and lifelong Orioles, Ravens, and Capitals fan. He grew up on Maryland’s eastern shore, graduated from Towson University, and now lives in Central Florida where he roots for his teams from afar. The best sports moment he witnessed live was when he witnessed Delmon Young drive in three on a double down the left field line in game two of the 2012 ALDS.