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The Marlins are going to need to finish the season in Buffalo if this keeps up.

3.500 OPS is just slightly less than the combined total of the rest of the line up!

Great for Heim but certainly we wanted Seattle to win that game to stay ahead of the MFY’s in the wild card race! (Currently both are 2.5 gms back)

The catcher “rivalry” that the future may hold could be exciting! Let’s hope it lasts longer than the Manny & Harper “rivalry”.

Don’t forget Richie Martin who has just started his rehab with a game in Florida and another with Bowie. They are really testing him out too.... 4 SB attempts in the two games, 3 successful. I think he leapfrogs Leyba.

Considering the Nats COVID issues this week they might be considered a super spreader! ?

I just wish Dan could have called him up after trading Britton. You think Buck had problems with cream pies after a win? ?

Just to clarify, the homestand would support each of those occupations (I should not have used the “or” before barista). Probably 10 or more folks in room service!

Not much for the normal MLB city but for Buffalo it will prove to be noticeable. Probably a better comp would be the Sabres. If the Blue Jays were averaging 7,000 that would be about half the hockey night crowd. Sahlen Field and Key Bank Arena are in downtown Buffalo, the Bills play out in Orchard Park. Revenue from lodging the Blue Jays personnel and of course the visiting teams would be significant for a small market such as Buffalo. Taking it all the way down to hiring, a baseball home stand could support a full time work week for a bartender a dishwasher, a hotel housekeeper or a barista. That would have been true even last year with no fans only teams in hotels. Comparatively, one football game every other week gives a temporary spike over about a 36 hour period. The biggest long term benefit to Buffalo, if they close to build on it, is the money the Blue Jays put into Sahlen Field.

Yes please! Thanks for the tip! Gary with Keith Hernandez doing the color on the call for SNY. Mets at Pirates and they are doing the call from Citi Field in NY so the Orioles are not the only team not sending their announcers on the road. It ended up being a 3 1/2 hour 4-1 Pittsburgh win with a 29 minute rain delay in the 2nd inning. Gary was a joy to listen to and as always brought the best out of his color partner. There is no replacing his voice. Of course there was the occasional gaffe like when he called the Mets the Orioles. He caught himself quickly in the third inning after a batter walked and he said “two men on to start the inning for the Orio...METS”. The second time coming out of commercial to start the top of the ninth it was inescapable when he said something like last chance for the Orioles then said, “sorry Mets” even Hernandez said Or-Oh! Gary laughed and said “it was bound to happen.” This is must TV for this weekend! I mean unless you prefer Hanser Alberto’s Royals taking their turn with us. Yeah, put Gary & Jim back together!

John Means returns, pitches to expectations, and we never hear the words or phrases “tired arm”, “strain”, “wanted to give him an extra day” or “injured” in the same sentence as his name! Cedric Mullins continues his success and wins AL CF gold glove and silver slugger awards this year because.... Trout. After seeing Reggie Smith as honorary coach at the All-Star game, I can dream that Anthony Santander may aspire to that comp.

Thanks D but this one makes me nervous! Anthony Solometo LHP Bishop Eustace (NJ) That’s Billy Rowell’s Alma Mater ?

So I guess you’ll be riding Rutschman as hard as Buck rode Wieters! They’re not action figures!

I think this is a good thing because it takes Means out of the All Star Game convo. Gives Mullins and Mancini better chances of selection. And lest anyone has forgotten how Orioles’ aces get treated in the All Star Game........ Cito Sucks!

Confidence is hard to judge though. Mullins is currently exhibiting cool confidence playing at an elevated level. Exhibit A being the diving catch the other night. He calmly flipped the ball to Stewart after the catch. Compare to Hays and his exuberant chest beating after a couple of fence scaling catches last year. Cockiness and confidence may intersect but are not the same things.

Well Norfolk is playing this guys’ team, maybe seek out his opinion. https://www.mlb.com/amp/news/david-hess-throws-6-1-3-no-hit-innings-against-jays.html

Well if Hays can make it through his rehab (and I would max that out btw) McKenna will be back in Norfolk by July 1. It’s the managers job to put him in the right spots while he’s here. Hyde hasn’t buried him.

Sorry, I’m not a MASN subscriber, is Hyde starting to get the deer in the headlights look Perlozzo and Trembley ended up having during the pressers?

Kind of aggravating that the Red Sox were able to attach David Price’s bloated contract to Mookie Betts and still get back MLB ready Alex Verdugo in that deal with the Dodgers.

SAN TAN THERE

None other than Brooks Robinson highly praised a young third baseman named Ryan Zimmerman way back in the day. Looks like he still has game.

Remember when Mancini was struggling as a young player after some early success? He credited Trumbo with helping him out and getting back on track. Maybe Mancini paid it forward, and that would be great!

After last night, scheduled for mandatory remedial baserunning training.

“Bad read” = Dead duck” Twice in 8 days. My question here would be did Masolino switch up and say “go go go” upon seeing Soto overthrow the cutoff man? When Hays was told to stop, he did actually slow down and hesitate, shouldn’t it have become Masolino’s decision, not Hays’ to revise course? Hyde needs to be having a talk with one of the two and it needs not include the “I kind of understand” narrative fed to the press.

At times like these it’s fun to see that the last pitcher the Orioles faced yesterday was named Head and the last pitcher the Orioles faced today was named Hand.