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This is a huge PA for Gunnar.. And of course he's down 0-2.

How many pitches has Senor automatic out seen this game?

I'm taking credit for that reverse jinx!

Let's just hope McCann only makes one out and doesn't hit into a DP.

Hey, what do you know another hit for Cowser. Hays gets more worried!

The one thing that Gary Thorne always knew was when to yuck it up and when to bring it down a bit. Kevin never really has gotten that feel. I mean he's still yucking it up over Mr. Splash. I mean seriously, how is that still a thing in April?

Hays is obviously pressing at this point. He had a crap spring training and is now off to a cold start to the season. He knows that Cowser, Norby and Kjerstad all play his position. He's not dumb.

The weather being crappy and the fact we haven't seen the sun here for what seems like 18 years is not helping my mood either! You obviously would hope for a 4-2 start after seeing the schedule, but it is what it is at this point. It doesn't help that the prospects the Orioles sent down are all pretty red hot in AAA. I mean, I get why they were sent back, but it doesn't make it easier.

True, that was a good at bat. I wonder if someone actually said something because they looked good until Santander.

Did you expect them to suck after starting off 2-0? Did you expect them to lead like one inning in the last 4 games? Are you watching these games? Of course none of this really is any indication of where this team will end up in October, but it's frustrating as hell watching the team have no approach four games in a row with no changes... Well up until this inning, not surprisingly started by Adley.

Adley is the only guy taking pitches and working the pitcher.

New to the team and pitchers. Pitchers don't call meetings to tell the hitters to stop sucking. Anyways, I don't think team meetings really help. I think they just need to get out of the cold, rainy weather. the Royals are young and hungry like the Orioles were LAST YEAR. Now we have the "veteranish" team that think they can just walk out there and win. They probably rather not be out there with the weather (nobody does) but the Royals are hungry, fast, and have had some very good at bats. They are taking close pitches and made Burnes work. The Orioles hitters just clearly don't have the right approach. It's like they scored all those runs the first two games and just thought they can show up and score that much. The last 4 games should tell them they can't. They need to change their approach.

Who? Who's the Veteran leader that's been there, done that? They don't even listen to their manager. What he says means nothing.

No doubt. They clearly have no approach. They clearly do not want to be playing in the rain and cold. This team is a bit weak mentally and there does not appear to be any veteran leadership to get them going. Don't worry, good 'ol Hyder will get them going. Oh wait, they don't listen to him either. Alright, I'm getting frustrated. This is not fun. Maybe they could use me tuning out to get it going? Somebody let me know if they have more than a 10 pitch inning the rest of the game.

See this is where I have issues with Hyde's leadership. He said in yesterday's presser that the team was not taking good at bats. So what do they do tonight? The exact same thing. No one changed their approach. No veteran leadership going out there and havinga good at bat, or at least working the starter that's dominating them? Nothing. Nada. No change.

How many pitches was that inning? Holy crap. This team has no desire to be out there tonight.

Roy, can you get a text into Kevin Brown and tell him DIAL DOWN HIS FAKE EXCITEMENT OVER MR. SPLASH on a cold rainy night when the Orioles are not hitting at all?

Mayo is single-handedly killing himself defensively this season no matter where you play him. Crazy how bad he's been.

Not at the magic 100 pitch mark this early in the season. Plus Hyde sees his bats are not doing anything tonight. You don't risk your ace on a night like this. The Orioles are going to need a Royals reliever to come in and really stink it up to have a chance tonight.

Actually that was a gutty, veteran performance by Burnes. Didn't have his A stuff or his command yet got them 5.2 IP.

Kevin Brown to Palmer, "What do you lose on a night like this, velocity?" Meanwhile Royals starter hitting 98 MPH. I hate when he forces questions to his analysts.

Nope. This guy is pitching really well with good stuff, but this offense has showed nothing since the 2nd game of the season. Hitting is contagious and the problem with this long time core (Santander, Hays, Mountcastle, Hays, Mullins *though not playing today*) is they tend to go cold all at the same time. None of them are the kind of guys that will grind out an at bat with the team is struggling but more apt to swing early and make quick outs. Now we had hoped that Rutschman, Gunnar and Westburg would be different. I'm not convinced they are yet. Maybe they will be, but they've gone awfully cold at the same time. Now maybe you have to tip your cap to the Royals pitching. Or maybe you have to look the fact this team does not have a legitimate middle of the order hitter that will carry a team when guys are struggling.

But they couldn't afford Montgomery because... well, because JA was just stealing money from fans.

Nah, Elias is like "I like my average guys." Why trade away his approximately 1000 prospects to get a true cleanup hitter when you can just run out Santander, Mountcastle and Hays.

Burns is battling tonight. It's not his fault the Orioles have decide hitting a baseball is very, very hard and they don't like to do it it in rainy cold weather. Maybe this team believes it can just show up and beat teams because now people expect them to be good?