vs. Tigers 7/31

[royalstillman]

Can't wait for July to come to an end.

[Going Underground]

Chen has been the Orioles best pitcher this year.

[mikeh9779]

Bye bye Chen. Pitched like a bum.....again.

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[Malike]

Save your sarcasm. Chen doesn't have a clutch bone in his body. The mental makeup to pitch well when it's a must win game is NOT there.

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This might be the most idiotic thing I've ever read in my entire 47 years of existence, and that's saying something. Congrats.

[Norfolk orioles]

A playoff team, we are not.

[eddie83]

Save your sarcasm. Chen doesn't have a clutch bone in his body. The mental makeup to pitch well when it's a must win game is NOT there.

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And yet he beat the Yankees in the playoffs in 2012.

[Ori-Al]

Chen has been the Orioles best pitcher this year.

If the offense would've showed up on the days he pitched, it wouldn't just be one game over 500 right now.

[ArtVanDelay]

Chen has been the Orioles best pitcher this year.

That's not saying much.

[jjnono]

You can't count the runners twice.

Sorry, I was using individual LOB... yes, team LOB is less. Still pretty damn frustrating all the way around.

[mikeh9779]

This might be the most idiotic thing I've ever read in my entire 47 years of existence, and that's saying something. Congrats.

Ok... I almost feel sorry for you. But do you have any examples to prove otherwise??

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[Roy Firestone]

Mike Wright got lit up the last time he was in an Oriole uniform.He has a tough act to follow in the suctitude department.

[allquixotic]

2015 O's Mantras:

• If you're going to hit the ball hard, hit it right at a defender's glove, every time.
  
• When the O's score, always throw nothing but 85 mph straight meatballs middle-middle the next inning until the opposing team has tied or gone ahead.
  
• Always lose a lot of games to horrible teams by playing down to their level.
  
• Always lose a lot of games to good teams by being unable to play up to their level.
  
• If a starter does well, ensure that they throw a terrible game next time they get on the mound.
  
• Threaten every inning, but never score.
  
• Whenever the opposing team gets someone on base, make a concerted effort to let them score.
  
• Always GIDP when you can.
  
• Is your pitcher doing well? Then you should make sure to roll over or strike out every AB so you don't score.
  
• Is your offense doing well? Then you should make sure your pitcher gives up even more runs than theirs.
  
• Is both your pitcher and lineup having a good game? It's time for a couple errors in the field.
  

And the FO has their own set of rules:

• Be indecisive in any trading moves.
  
• If you're going to DFA someone, wait at least a month after it's blindingly obvious to everyone on the planet that they need to be DFA'ed.
  
• Only trade players that the club can't really afford to spare, and make sure you get a bag of balls in return for any deal you do make.
  
• Avoid buying ML players that would actually make a difference, at all costs.
  
• Avoid selling ML players for prospects that would actually make a difference, at all costs.
  
• When a starter puts together a long string of terrible games, do absolutely nothing except keep trotting them out there again and again.
  
• Make sure that any good players actually worth keeping are Scott Boras clients.
  

[mikeh9779]

And yet he beat the Yankees in the playoffs in 2012.

Ok. 3 years ago. 1 game....I cannot recall any other game where Chen was "the stopper" in the past 2 1/2 years.

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[eddie83]

Sorry, I was using individual LOB... yes, team LOB is less. Still pretty damn frustrating all the way around.

Very disappointing. We are facing a kid on the mound and can't get runs in and Chen gets hammered.

[Ori-Al]

Matt's arm has not returned.