You probably felt a little unsettled the last week without my World Series predictions to brighten your day, to bring you a note of hope amid a sea of pessimists who harp incessantly on our failings, overlooking our successes and forecasting the passing of another decade before our Os will be able to participate in any post-season play. Rest easy, my friend. My mission is to instill within you the faith in the resurgence of a little understood mystical phenonmenon known as Orioles Magic. It is back and it is here to stay. As is my trademark, I am here to serve, to continue to provide level-headed, rational, unbiased, factually-based, deeply grounded in scientific research forecasts and assessments of the team to be known in a few short months as the American League and World Champion Baltimore Orioles.

As I type this Oakland is making quick work of Toronto and Seattle is preparing to escort Boston towards the bottom of the standings, where they will stay for the rest of the season keeping company with the mutual enemy of us all, the Ys.

It is a happy, happy day in Birdland. I, for my part, will continue to try to be a note of cheer and encouragement.

Unless for some reason, I can’t or don’t.