2018 – TheĀ Orioles’ awful season continues as they blow an early 8 – 3 lead againstĀ BostonĀ to lose, 19 – 12. This puts them 46 1/2 games back of the division-leading Red Sox, with 46 games remaining, meaning they areĀ mathematically eliminated. It matches the earliest date this has happened in baseball history, set by theĀ 1932 Red SoxĀ and copied by theĀ 1962 Mets, two notoriously awful teams, and the 46 games left to play at the time of elimination is a new record in the divisional era.

2018 – TheĀ Orioles’ awful season continues as they blow an early 8 – 3 lead againstĀ BostonĀ to lose, 19 – 12. This puts them 46 1/2 games back of the division-leading Red Sox, with 46 games remaining, meaning they areĀ mathematically eliminated. It matches the earliest date this has happened in baseball history, set by theĀ 1932 Red SoxĀ and copied by theĀ 1962 Mets, two notoriously awful teams, and the 46 games left to play at the time of elimination is a new record in the divisional era.