Here are the best two nuggets from the Orioles press conference involving Dan Duquette and Buck Showalter:

• Duquette and Showalter seem exhausted by all the attention given to the “friction” between them and have decided to mock it. They can’t let it become another distraction. They can’t let it be a topic of conversation all winter.

  More than once yesterday, Showalter made Duquette laugh as the executive VP was in the middle of an answer. I don’t picture them watching the Red Zone Channel together on Sundays and eating taco dip, but they’re trying to show the world – or at least our little portion of it – that they can continue to work together for the common good. And no, Showalter isn’t eyeing Duquette’s job and the Orioles aren’t considering Cal Ripken, Jr. as their next manager.

• The Orioles have stated that they need to improve their on-base percentage. Drink.