Augustus Minimus

The Orioles are getting into this uncanny habit of having really bad Augusts:

August 1998: 14-14
August 1999: 12-16
August 2000: 14-15
August 2001: 11-16
August 2002: 14-16
August 2003: 11-20
August 2004: 13-15
August 2005: 11-17
August 2006: 12-14
August 2007: 8-15

Unsurprisingly, the last time the Orioles play over .500 baseball in August was....1997. Hard to go wire-to-wire and not play .500 in August.

And August, 2002 was a special case since the time sat at 14-6 on August 23rd, and not only finished the month under .500, but went 4-32 to finish the year...

I'm not even sure how to fix it. Certainly, it is not impeding their ability to compete for playoff spots, however it is somewhat indicative of the last ten years of mediocrity O's fans have been subjected to...