Baseball is full of quirky stats. For instance, did you know that Ken Griffey Jr. is one of three active players whose fathers have also homered at Yankee Stadium? Jerry Hairston Jr. and Gary Matthews Jr. complete the trio. Another one that caught my eye this morning is that the Orioles have lost 11 straight Sunday games. They've lost at home and on the road and against teams from both the American and National Leagues. Beyond overdoing it on Saturday night, letting your mind linger on the pastor's homily or a Gremlin-like aversion to sunlight, there's no rhyme or reason to this. This isn't college where you have certain starters for certain days of the week, after all. It's the same group of players who take the field every other day of the week.
The Sunday futility is really hurting the team. The Orioles are 1-11 overall on Sundays this season and 37-25 on the other six days of the week. Just one more win a month on Sunday and the Orioles are four games out of first instead of seven, a pretty good spot for a team not expected to challenge for anything this season. It doesn't explain anything about the team's ability, no more than winning six straight Tuesdays does, it's just weird and something to ponder when the O's take the field at Nationals Park this weekend.
