NEW YORK — At 10:35 p.m. ET Tuesday, 14 minutes after the Baltimore Orioles defeated the New York Yankees , a roar erupted inside the visiting clubhouse at Yankee Stadium. The Minnesota Twins had lost to the Miami Marlins , clinching a playoff spot for the Orioles for the second straight season.
It was time to party.
Players, coaches and support staff gathered in the middle of the room to bathe each other in champagne and beer. In one corner, members of the franchise’s ownership group celebrated the achievement. In another, a beverage station for 20-year-old rookie Jackson Holliday was set up with a small tub filled with ice, bottles of “Baby Bird Bath Water,” a toddler-sized No. 7 Holliday jersey and a letter board reading “Baby’s First Clinchmas 2024.”…