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			<title>hold on to your seats</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:34:48 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[We're the First Team This Season ......]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 05:13:52 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[. 
...... to beat the Yankees in a game in which they scored first. 
 
http://www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/2013/05/hughes_faces_baltimore_orioles.html 
 
They were 19-0 (including last night's game) in such games until we beat them tonight.]]></description>
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...... to beat the Yankees in a game in which they scored first.<br />
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<a href="http://www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/2013/05/hughes_faces_baltimore_orioles.html" target="_blank">http://www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/...e_orioles.html</a><br />
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They were 19-0 (including last night's game) in such games until we beat them tonight.</div>

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			<dc:creator>OFFNY</dc:creator>
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			<title>Orioles are First in the AL in SB</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 05:12:31 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>They finished last in the AL in SB last year with 58. They have 34 so far this year, leading the AL. 
 
Nate McLouth: 13 
Adam Jones: 8 
Alexi Casilla: 5 
Manny Machado: 4 
Dickerson/Pearce/BRob/Flaherty: 1</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>They finished <i>last</i> in the AL in SB last year with 58. They have 34 so far this year, leading the AL.<br />
<br />
Nate McLouth: 13<br />
Adam Jones: 8<br />
Alexi Casilla: 5<br />
Manny Machado: 4<br />
Dickerson/Pearce/BRob/Flaherty: 1</div>

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			<title>How Impressive Has Chris Dickerson Been?</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 03:48:49 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>This guy looks real good. Great glove, amazing speed, some pop. 
 
What do you think? If I am Nolan Reimold, I am real worried right now.</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>This guy looks real good. Great glove, amazing speed, some pop.<br />
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What do you think? If I am Nolan Reimold, I am real worried right now.</div>

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			<title><![CDATA[I can't stand the Nats announcers.]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 03:48:33 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[How can any true fan listen to these guys? For example, Strasburg was batting with the bases loaded and two strikes. Strasburg obviously went around on a check swing, and the announcers were saying "that was a bad call" even after they saw the replay that proves it was the right call. 
 
What is...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>How can any true fan listen to these guys? For example, Strasburg was batting with the bases loaded and two strikes. Strasburg obviously went around on a check swing, and the announcers were saying "that was a bad call" even after they saw the replay that proves it was the right call.<br />
<br />
What is wrong with them? That's why I cannot stand watching the Nats and I hope they lose.</div>

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			<dc:creator>Ommaculate</dc:creator>
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			<title>Gausman being called up?????</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 02:54:01 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Sources: Orioles are calling up Kevin Gausman.</p>&mdash; Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) <a href="https://twitter.com/jonmorosi/status/337037726182424576">May 22, 2013</a></blockquote> 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Sources: Orioles are calling up Kevin Gausman.</p>&mdash; Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) <a href="https://twitter.com/jonmorosi/status/337037726182424576">May 22, 2013</a></blockquote><br />
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			<title>Need to sell my tix for tomorrow night, Yankees series finale</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 02:25:26 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Once again I can't make a game in my partial plan.  As in the past, I'd rather sell the tix to one of my OH pals than put them on stubhub.  The seats are in club 220, row 3, seats 1 and 2.  
 
Like before, shoot me a pm with an offer if you're interested.  Thanks as always. 
 
Adam]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Once again I can't make a game in my partial plan.  As in the past, I'd rather sell the tix to one of my OH pals than put them on stubhub.  The seats are in club 220, row 3, seats 1 and 2. <br />
<br />
Like before, shoot me a pm with an offer if you're interested.  Thanks as always.<br />
<br />
Adam</div>

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			<title><![CDATA[In and of itself: "Occam's Razor" video]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 23:32:33 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Thoughts on this local band?  
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLGjuzzjLkc</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Thoughts on this local band? <br />
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			<dc:creator>Tony-OH</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Yankees retreads > O's never-weres]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 23:08:29 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Last night, we unfortunately saw it in front of our faces.  Yankees retreads Hafner, Wells, Overbay, and Ichiro were more of an offensive force than Pearce, Casilla, and Valencia.  Those guys have been way better than our never-weres, who are the aforementioned trio, Flaherty, Reimold, and anyone...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Last night, we unfortunately saw it in front of our faces.  Yankees retreads Hafner, Wells, Overbay, and Ichiro were more of an offensive force than Pearce, Casilla, and Valencia.  Those guys have been way better than our never-weres, who are the aforementioned trio, Flaherty, Reimold, and anyone I've missed.<br />
<br />
Why did the baseball gods let this happen for the Yankees?</div>

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			<dc:creator>Ori-Al</dc:creator>
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			<title>vs.YANKEES, 5/21</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 20:45:25 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>. 
*NEW YORK YANKEES*  
 
Brett Gardner - CF 
Robinson Cano - 2B 
Vernon Wells - LF 
Travis Hafner - DH 
Lyle Overbay - 1B 
Curtis Granderson - RF 
David Adams - 3B</description>
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<b><font size="5"><span style="font-family: Courier New"><font color="#000080">NEW YORK YANKEES</font></span></font></b> <br />
<br />
Brett Gardner - CF<br />
Robinson Cano - 2B<br />
Vernon Wells - LF<br />
Travis Hafner - DH<br />
Lyle Overbay - 1B<br />
Curtis Granderson - RF<br />
David Adams - 3B<br />
Jayson Nix - SS<br />
Austin Romine - C<br />
<br />
<b>Phil Hughes - RHP</b> (2-3, 5.88 ERA)<br />
<br />
<b><font size="5"><span style="font-family: Courier New"><font color="#FF8C00">B</font>A<font color="#FF8C00">L</font>T<font color="#FF8C00">I</font>M<font color="#FF8C00">O</font>R<font color="#FF8C00">E</font> <font color="#FF8C00">O</font>R<font color="#FF8C00">I</font>O<font color="#FF8C00">L</font>E<font color="#FF8C00">S</font></span></font></b> <br />
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Nate McLouth - LF<br />
Manny Machado - 3B<br />
Nick Markakis - RF<br />
Adam Jones - DH<br />
Chris Davis - 1B<br />
Matt Wieters - C<br />
J.J. Hardy - SS<br />
Chris Dickerson - CF<br />
Yamaico Navarro - 2B<br />
<br />
<b>Miguel Gonzalez - RHP</b> (2-2, 4.58 ERA)<br />
<br />
<a href="http://baseballpress.com/lineup.php" target="_blank">http://baseballpress.com/lineup.php</a></div>

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			<dc:creator>OFFNY</dc:creator>
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			<title>Jurrjens sent down for Gonzales</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:57:29 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>From text from Baltimore Sun.</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>From text from Baltimore Sun.</div>

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			<title>MS Press Conference Now Live; Announcing new XB</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:56:31 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[YouTube Link to Watch it Live (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDml9zRChdQ) 
 
- official name is XBox One 
 
- 8 core CPU, 8GB system memory, 500GB HDD, Blu-Ray, built-in wireless, USB 3.0 
 
- sounds like there are 3 OS's running at the same time.  One for games, a Windows Kernal and a 3rd that...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDml9zRChdQ" target="_blank">YouTube Link to Watch it Live</a><br />
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- official name is <i>XBox One</i><br />
<br />
- 8 core CPU, 8GB system memory, 500GB HDD, Blu-Ray, built-in wireless, USB 3.0<br />
<br />
- sounds like there are 3 OS's running at the same time.  One for games, a Windows Kernal and a 3rd that integrates the other 2 and handles multi-tasking<br />
<br />
- Kinect upgraded: 1080p HD camera, 30 FPS color, Time of Flight Tech.<br />
<br />
- controller redesigned.  Not a LOT different.  The look kinda reminds me of the original XB S controller.  Integrated battery.<br />
<br />
- When XB Live launched in 2002, it was powered by 500 servers. When the 360 launched, there were 3,000 servers. Currently, there are 15,000 servers powering XB Live.  Now, there will be 300,000 servers powering XB Live when XB One launches.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
- EA announces <i>Ignite</i>.  A new game engine that will power a several of there sports games, beginning this year.  Not 100%, but sounded like he said the next FIFA game will be exclusive to XB.<br />
<br />
- showed off Forza 5<br />
<br />
- revealed Quantum Break; a new game from Remedy (<i> makers of Alan Wake</i>)<br />
<br />
- plans to release 15 XB-Exclusive titles during the 1st year of XB One; 8 of which are new franchises</div>

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			<title>I wonder if this would work!?</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:01:58 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[In the light of the losing streak were we have had some abnormally bad luck. 
 
It would be funny to dress up as a bunch of voodoo priests with orange and black paint on and tell the Yankee players we are putting the O's bad luck on them. 
 
We all know the power of suggestion and the reactive...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>In the light of the losing streak were we have had some abnormally bad luck.<br />
<br />
It would be funny to dress up as a bunch of voodoo priests with orange and black paint on and tell the Yankee players we are putting the O's bad luck on them.<br />
<br />
We all know the power of suggestion and the reactive mind! :thumbsup1:</div>

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			<title>Baltimore Orioles: A Comparison Through 44 Games (2012 vs. 2013)</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 16:40:53 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Just wrote this on my blog, and going to throw it up on ihatejjr.com, but wanted to post it here...mainly because I wanted to exercise some form of optimism because it has sucked around here lately: 
 
The Baltimore Orioles are in the midst of their longest losing streak of the season. During this...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Just wrote this on my blog, and going to throw it up on ihatejjr.com, but wanted to post it here...mainly because I wanted to exercise some form of optimism because it has sucked around here lately:<br />
<br />
The Baltimore Orioles are in the midst of their longest losing streak of the season. During this losing streak, they've seen their All Star closer blow 3 save changes in a row.<br />
<br />
I want to repeat that: blow 3 save chances in a row.<br />
<br />
I hope this brings some sort of perspective. Those 3 save chances saw our starting pitchers do the following:<br />
<br />
May 14, 2013: Chris Tillman: 7 IP, 1 ER<br />
May 18, 2013: Jair Jurrjens: 5 IP, 4 ER<br />
May 20, 2013: Freddy Garcia, 6 IP, 2 ER<br />
<br />
In that span, Jim Johnson's numbers have been horrific.<br />
<br />
2 losses, 3 blown saves, 2 home runs, a 30.86 ERA. 9 hits, 2 walks, 1 hit batsmen.<br />
<br />
Oh, and his slash line? 643/706/1.143 for a whopping 1.849 OPS.<br />
<br />
The reason I say this is because the Orioles were in a position to win each of those games. Their current record is 23-21. With those 3 wins they'd be 26-18. And I'm sure not many would be jumping off a building.<br />
<br />
This is (unfortunately) the ebb and flow (as Buck Showalter would say) of a 162 game season, especially one in which the Orioles' All Star closer is struggling.<br />
<br />
But there is a precedence for this. Some comparables from last season might shed some light (and optimism).<br />
<br />
From June 29, 2012 to July 27, 2012 (a stretch of 12 games), JJ blew 2 saves while sporting a 12.60 ERA. He allowed 22 hits, walked 2, hit one batter. And allowed 16 runs (14 earned).<br />
<br />
His slash line during that period? 431/463/510 - 973 OPS. Not nearly as bad as the 1.849 OPS during his current 3 game stretch, but that 2012 stat line was over the course of 12 games.<br />
<br />
How did he follow up that rough period? By throwing 14 scoreless appearances.<br />
<br />
12 strikeouts in 13 2/3 IP. <br />
128/146/149 - 295 OPS.<br />
Only 6 hits<br />
0 walks, 0 HBP<br />
<br />
Quite a turn around. And did I mention that *first* game of that scoreless streak was against the New York Yankees? Well, it was.<br />
<br />
Such is a microcosm of a pitcher who relies on ground balls to get his outs. He relies on control. If his sinker isn't sinking (or not on the outside part of the plate), he's going to get hit. JJ will turn it around. He's done it before. It just really sucks right now.<br />
<br />
Okay, so what about 6 game losing streaks?<br />
<br />
The Orioles had one last year from May 26th to June 1st. In that span, the losing pitchers were:<br />
<br />
Strop, Matusz, Hunter, Arrieta, Hammel, and Chen<br />
<br />
In case you don't remember, all 3 of Matusz, Hunter, and Arrieta were in the rotation last year.<br />
<br />
Let it sink in.<br />
<br />
In another words, the Orioles never had the perfect rotation last year. Just like this year. What is making things really hard to take is that the Orioles are patchworking a rotation right now of Hammel, Jurrjens, Garcia, Tillman, and (hopefully) Gonzalez. They're doing everything possible to stay above water while they wait for Wei-Yin Chen to rehab, Tsuyoshi Wada to rehab, and guys like Kevin Gausman to come up.<br />
<br />
Such is the life of the Baltimore Orioles.<br />
<br />
Such is the life of a Baltimore Orioles fan.<br />
<br />
But if you want some further perspective, after that 6 game losing streak in 2012, the Orioles went 3-3 in their next 6 games.<br />
<br />
Then reeled off 5 wins in a row.<br />
<br />
It's a long season, everyone. And while I'm certainly not happy about the state of the Orioles, it's important to note that they've only played 44 games.<br />
<br />
There's still 73% of the season left. That's what makes baseball so great.<br />
<br />
Go get 'em tonight, tomorrow....(and the day after that, and the day after that, etc.)<br />
<br />
Source: <a href="http://www.stephenpauladams.com/articles/baltimore-orioles-a-comparison-through-44-games-(2012-vs-2013)/" target="_blank">http://www.stephenpauladams.com/arti...2012-vs-2013)/</a></div>

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			<title><![CDATA[Lets hope that this is the "Big One"]]></title>
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