Is it me or do Oriole coembacks seem to include some miscue from the other team?

[weams]

The dropped fly ball in Chicago opened up the gates for the extra inning win over
the White Sox. On Saturday night it is an overthrown ball by the catcher, along with
the misplayed ball in centerfield. Today its two balls thrown away in the ninth.
Of course, not all of the rallies begin this way, but it often seems like some flukey
thing happens to open the door. The Orioles take advantage of that opportunity and
for that they must get credit, but it often seems like the door must be opened for
them.In the past, it was the Orioles that opened the door for the opposition. Lets
hope the trend continues this way.
I think everyone in the Orioles corner knows that the next 10 days will tell us alot
more about the quality of this years team.But so far, this team looks much much
better than a year ago.

Interesting spin. Buck says everything has been about the pitching. I would have to agree. If you pitch well, the games can be close and the opportunity to come back is always there. Sometimes thing fall the Orioles way. Also, that team we just played haas some serious flaw that keep it from being an elite team. And we were fortunate to exploit a few of them.

[weams]

The dropped fly ball in Chicago opened up the gates for the extra inning win over
the White Sox. On Saturday night it is an overthrown ball by the catcher, along with
the misplayed ball in centerfield. Today its two balls thrown away in the ninth.
Of course, not all of the rallies begin this way, but it often seems like some flukey
thing happens to open the door. The Orioles take advantage of that opportunity and
for that they must get credit, but it often seems like the door must be opened for
them.In the past, it was the Orioles that opened the door for the opposition. Lets
hope the trend continues this way.
I think everyone in the Orioles corner knows that the next 10 days will tell us alot
more about the quality of this years team.But so far, this team looks much much
better than a year ago.

Also Roy, we have hustled pretty completely this year and that brings fom breaks. There has been an agression that leads to pressure on the other teams. Even the Yankees. We played them close. Just did not get the breaks there.

[sakata_catching]

Most comebacks include a miscue from the other team.

Clearly, these wins should be asterisked.

[OFFNY]

Clearly, these wins should be asterisked.

Isn't it fitting that the man who improvised by catching for one inning when we had no catchers left ... and then hit the game-winning home run in the bottom half of said inning ...... would fall onto the side of the "win any way you can, whatever it takes" fence?

[DrLev]

The thing is, good teams take advantage of miscues. They're part of the game and not "cheap" at all. If you hustle, you're going to pressure the other team's players to make mistakes (as we saw yesterday). The shoe has certainly been on the other foot, too. The O's have made plenty of mistakes in the past that other teams have taken advantage of. So no, I don't think O's comebacks require a miscue to occur. However, they certainly do help, and good teams act on them and pull wins out of certain losses.

[tennOsfan]

Also Roy, we have hustled pretty completely this year and that brings fom breaks. There has been an agression that leads to pressure on the other teams. Even the Yankees. We played them close. Just did not get the breaks there.

If the other team knows you're going to be running hard down the line, they're more prone to rushing throws. Which is a thought that was lost on many of the Oriole hitters the last several years.

[Hang10]

The dropped fly ball in Chicago opened up the gates for the extra inning win over
the White Sox. On Saturday night it is an overthrown ball by the catcher, along with
the misplayed ball in centerfield. Today its two balls thrown away in the ninth.
Of course, not all of the rallies begin this way, but it often seems like some flukey
thing happens to open the door. The Orioles take advantage of that opportunity and
for that they must get credit, but it often seems like the door must be opened for
them.In the past, it was the Orioles that opened the door for the opposition. Lets
hope the trend continues this way.
I think everyone in the Orioles corner knows that the next 10 days will tell us alot
more about the quality of this years team.But so far, this team looks much much
better than a year ago.

Roy,

You have been following baseball far too long to make a post like this.

[CrimsonTribe]

Other teams make mistakes; bad teams make more, while good teams make less. Good teams capitalize on those mistakes more frequently, while bad teams don't. We appear to be somewhere in between the two.

[TiredofLosing20]

The dropped fly ball in Chicago opened up the gates for the extra inning win over
the White Sox. On Saturday night it is an overthrown ball by the catcher, along with
the misplayed ball in centerfield. Today its two balls thrown away in the ninth.
Of course, not all of the rallies begin this way, but it often seems like some flukey
thing happens to open the door. The Orioles take advantage of that opportunity and
for that they must get credit, but it often seems like the door must be opened for
them.In the past, it was the Orioles that opened the door for the opposition. Lets
hope the trend continues this way.
I think everyone in the Orioles corner knows that the next 10 days will tell us alot
more about the quality of this years team.But so far, this team looks much much
better than a year ago.

More importantly, doesn't it seem like the Orioles are in a position to take advantage of other teams mistakes more often than in the past? In years past that would have been a 6-0 game and the five runs would have come up just short. Pitching has been fantastic so far.