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No I am not kidding. They had a 9-3 lead. You expect your worse relievers to end the game. Soto can pitch tomorrow if necessary. Blaming everything on Hyde when something goes wrong is just ridiculous. He has managed this team into the playoffs with more than their share of injuries.

And now Soto will be available tomorrow night if we need him against their tough left handers. Again more great managing by the reigning Manager of the Year.

Are you saying the injured players are better than the ones that replaced them? Wow!! Maybe that is why they didn’t win as many games as last year. I thought it was the bad General Manager, Bad Manager, and horrible coaching.

I guess it is 6 to clinch home wild card games. Lets win 6 more and play some home playoff games.

https://www.wsj.com/sports/baseball/david-rubenstein-baltimore-orioles-owner-e4c676e6?mod=hp_featst_pos4 Very nice article on David Rubenstein in the Journal on buying the Orioles. It is behind a pay wall so if you don’t have a subscription you most likely can’t read it. However here are some quotes that make me optimistic about the future. “I enjoy it, but I enjoy it more when we win,” he said. “When we lose, it’s no fun.” “I’ve chaired a lot of boards in the nonprofit world, maybe more than sensible,” Rubenstein said, ticking off a few: the Kennedy Center; the Smithsonian; some basketball school in Durham called Duke. “In all those things, I’ve never had people come up to me and want selfies.” “I find myself coming to baseball games at a pace that I never thought I would,” he said. One area Rubenstein said he didn’t insert himself was the baseball itself. He knew enough to know what he didn’t know. Steered by acclaimed general manager Mike Elias—“as good as you get,” Rubenstein said “I don’t think I’m competent enough yet to be able to really give [Elias] much input of value,” Rubenstein said of playing personnel. “I can say, well, I’m willing to spend the money for this.” “I told them I wanted the best Spring Training facility,” Rubenstein said. “I don’t want to be scrimping on it.” “What’s life about, but trying to make people happy?” Rubenstein asked. “As I’ve said many times in speeches, the most elusive thing in life is personal happiness. [Thomas] Jefferson wrote about it, but he never actually defined how you become happy.” “When you can please people by sports,” he said, “it is a form of happiness for me.”

What lack of hustle are you talking about? You may see a lack of hitting but point out where that translate to a lack of hustle by anyone on this club.

I am encouraged by the results of the poll. Despite the loud minority here that want a scapegoat most people here understand this isn’t Hyde’s fault. It does shock me the people who want Buck to come back. I was a big fan of Buck’s during the resurgence he oversaw but in the end he appeared completely set in his own ways and it was time to move on. It is correct this isn’t all on injuries. Many young players have failed to produce as expected. The combination of both those facts have really soured things the last 2 weeks especially.

No, Arizona was 84-78 for the entire season which is 6 games above 500 and played in the World Series. Texas was 15-13 in September and won the World Series. They didn’t play much better. I have never nor I don’t think many people here think everything is fine and dandy. In two weeks this same group of players with some added additions from injuries could play better. They could play closer to the team which played in April and May.

There is nothing “cute” about my point of view. That is the way I see it. Again last year’s World Series teams won 89 and 84 games and had their disappointments in September of last year. It is hard to say you have checked out when you keep making several posts everyday on how bad the team is and how much you dislike them.

If they are hitting like this in the playoffs then yes they are going to get bounced early. However that is not set in stone. The pitching has been better and hopefully Columbe and Grod make it even better. I still have hope that Santander, Adley, Cowser, and a healthy Westberg have a hot streak in them and they time it for October. Along with Gunner of course. So I am not, not looking forward to playoff baseball. Winning just one series will erase the second half mediocre play completely from my memories of this year.

Brandon Hyde has piloted this ship through many injuries to keep us alive for the division and at the least get us in the playoffs. He has been a very good manager for a very young team. The good news is he will continue be the manager of the Orioles for the foreseeable future despite the loud small lynching party that exists on this message board.

The reigning Manager of the Year isn’t going anywhere either.

When he was traded Westburg, Mateo, and Urias were still healthy. Jackson Holliday was always ahead of him. Hindsight is 20/20 and how things have turned out we could have used him but at the time he was not going to get playing time on this team.

Apparently Cedric is batting 2 in today’s lineup. I am so glad I have so much influence with Brandon Hyde!!!

I would consider moving Mullins to the 2 hole. He has been fairly consistent for a while now. It would put two fast guys up to the top of the lineup. Maybe take the pressure off of Adley.

Again, it couldn’t have been said better. Gunnar is in his second year and will more than likely get better at everything he does as a baseball player. Which is something to look forward to.

Great counter argument!

That couldn’t have been said any better. The best way to evaluate success or failure for a baseball team is their record. Last year they had the best record in the AL. This year with 20 games remaining they have the best record in the AL, despite more than their share of injuries. The other thing about trades that we don’t know and will never know are the deals Mike Elias turned down and what effect they would have had on the current team or the team in the future. Those may be the best decisions he has made.

This team is a lessor team without Grayson Rodriquez, Jordan Westburg, Columbe, and when Eflin was hurt. If all these guys come back they can be much better.

There is a take that makes sense. Weak team with a good record. You can’t fix stupid.

Yes this management has run this team right into the ground.

He will get his chances. When he is starting All Star games this period will all be forgotten. Hopefully he will be our third rookie of the year in a row in 2025.

Was Cade Povich in the movie Road Trip?

Was Cade Povich in the movie Road Trip?

How much of that check did you write?