The Orioles will try to break their Sunday jinx today, but nothing about the matchup with Detroit Tigers pitcher Edwin Jackson points to a win. The O's are 1-6 on Sundays this year and their problems on this day of rest date back a lot farther than that.

This isn't a reverse lock entry, because the Orioles have won seven of their last nine games and are playing pretty well. Even last night, when they lost to the Tigers, I thought they showed something in the way they hung in against Detroit ace Justin Verlander and came very close to knocking him out on a couple of occasions.

Matt Wieters (DH) and Luke Scott (LF) are both in the lineup today, but I don't get your hopes up when it comes to Luke. I'm pretty sure Tigers manager Jim Leyland has told his pitchers that the next fastball strike anybody throws to Scott will result in some particularly gruesome form of corporal punishment.

Personally, I'm so bearish on the club today that I'm giving it a wide berth. I'll be watching from afar and popping in here a couple of times, but I'm largely taking the day off and enjoying Maryland's wonderful Eastern Shore.