Brandon Hyde turned Orioles from a laughingstock to a juggernaut

He had moments when he wanted to shout at the sky, moments when he was too tired to leave his office, and moments when he questioned why he had ever put himself through this suffering.

“Pain, a lot of pain,” Brandon Hyde says to USA TODAY Sports in a gentle manner. Many evenings passed that I wondered how I would manage. Although I was happy with the approach I was taking, losing so much makes you take things personally.

Before making the Baltimore Orioles manager position one of the most desirable in all of baseball, this was life as manager.

But running the Orioles for those first three years was like taking punches from Mike Tyson.

Night. following the evening. following each and every night.

Naturally, Hyde, 49, was aware of what he was getting into when he agreed to take the position following the 2018 season.

No amount of Chanel, Baccarat, or Clive Christian fragrance could ever mask the odor of the job.

In the winter of 2018, six managerial vacancies had surfaced, with this one being the worst.