# MLB: May 2012 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 1, 2012, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2012/620514 "2012-05-01T14:36:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 148
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2012/620514/148 "2012-05-13T02:35:08Z")
Here’s what i said about Baltimore near the end of last month: > [@MLB: March/April 2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2012/617055/343): > > Their next 15 games are against the Yankees, Red Sox, Rangers, and Rays. If they can play .500 or better over that stretch, i’ll begin to believe that they might be more than a flash in the pan, but my prediction is that they won’t be at the top of the division by the middle of May. Well, they have now played 12 of those 15 games, and have gone 8-4 over that stretch. Three of those four losses came against the Rangers; the Orioles are 7-1 against the Yankees, Red Sox, and Rays over the past couple of weeks. At 22-12 overall, they’re 3 games over their X W-L, so they’ve been a little bit lucky, but even at 19-15 they would be doing far better than i expected before the season started. Keeping my fingers crossed that they can keep it up. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2012/620514)._