osfan83

Sounds like a smart business plan to me. Why wouldn't you want to be the most profitable team in the league? That's why these guys own these teams..... to make money.

And they are raking it in this year!

I think they only win 35 games this year.

It's not cheating. There is no rule that says you have to field a competitive team. There is no penalty for losing a lot.....Here is how I'm dealing with it....I just don't watch. I'll start again in April 2020, and when they get more than 10 under, I'll stop watching again.

Don't know about Baltimore, but here in Harrisburg, It's rained 8 straight Sundays and 7 straight Fridays.

I have been getting up at 5a for work the last 20 years.

62-63 wins.....we have some guys starting the season playing for their MLB careers.....that has to count for something right? Martin/Jackson/Mullins/Rickard/Rio/Nunez These guys have been given a golden opportunity, a couple will step up and surprise.

Start weeknight games at 5p, then you don't have to change a thing. Even if you miss the first hour commuting from work, you will still see the last 2 1/2 hours. I just cant stay up to 10:30 or 11p every week night to see the end of these games. Now, during O's season, I go to bed about the 7th inning, then watch the last two innings+ the next morning on the MLB App in my office.

Melvin Mora the last one?

Here we are on February 19th and Davis still does not have a hit! Odds are he wont have one again today. The guy just isn't trying!

One of my great sports watching accomplishments was staying up until 4AM to watch the curling gold medal game live......very happy I did.

I never liked soccer......my son (17) played little league, but never watches a game on TV, and really doesn't like going to games (maybe once a season). What he does like is watching professionals play video games and commenting on them.

I understand it's part of the charm of baseball...but isn't it weird that dimensions can vary from park to park? And why only the HR wall. Why not distance from the mound to the plate....some teams make it 80 feet...some make it 40 feet. Why can't teams change the dimensions of the bases? Why can't some NFL teams make their field 120 yards? Always thought it was funny that baseball allowed different sized playing surfaces. But it also makes baseball pretty cool.

We should just fold as a franchise, wait 10 years, then start again as an expansion team.

I've been to 5 or 6 games so far this year, and as recently as Aug 12th I saw plenty of Davis shirts in the stands. Why are they wearing the shirts if they can't stand the guy?

1) This season is done...we owe him a lot of money. Give him every chance at becoming a useful player again. 2) If you are in the "we need the #1 pick" camp, then playing Davis is the right thing to do. 3) Believe it or not many casual fans go to games to see players they know. Machado, Schoop, O'Day, Tillman, Gausman are all gone. Many fans wearing Davis shirts in the stands.

Here is what is happening with the Davis situation this year: -The O's owe him a lot of money over a lot of years. -This year is lost no matter what you do. -Since the year is lost, and they owe him a lot of money, they might as well play him everyday and HOPE he figures it out. They literally have nothing to lose. If you are thinking about cutting the guy loose next year, and pay him 3 more years, better make damn sure he is completely done. Besides, taking him out of the lineup might result in more wins, and a worse draft position.

Why would the players union care if he was sent down to gain his confidence back? He still gets paid, and hopefully he gets back to being a productive player. If I were Chris I might consider it. Would rather work hard at a lower lever to regain my confidence then look awful and risk this being the last year I play in the majors. Sure he will get paid, but I'm sure he loves the game and wants to play. If the O's DFA him after the season, nobody is going to pick him up, he will get paid, but be out of baseball.

They need to try and fix Davis....my suggestion is good old incrementalism. Davis needs his confidence back, and doing that against the best pitchers in the world is not easy. Send Chris down to Bowie for a month, let him regain his confidence. If he does well, then move him to Norfolk. He needs to feel like he can hit again. Find a level where he can hit....let him get comfortable, then challenge him at a higher level.

I think it's very possible...I really feel sorry for the guy. You almost want to see him go down to single A and try and get his confidence back.

Spot on! When this team gets dismantled, we will all be hoping that the new team will be as good as the 2012-2018 version of the O's!

Don't know that I agree with that. I assume pitchers in spring training don't throw at max effort all the time. I assume pitchers in the WBC are playing to win, not just tune up for the season, so they throw harder an with more purpose than ST.

Sorry, I can't blow up a team 1 game out of a playoff spot on July 30th. The goal every season is to make the post season....if you are close you have to go for it....if you are 10 games out of a WC spot, then you sell.

Well, maybe this year if we are tied for the last wildcard spot we will sell. We should always sell unless we have a 14 game lead for the division.

Turn that 1-9 to 5-5 and we are in the wild card game.