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Agreed. I think the old school vibe about team chemistry has something to it — but so hard to give it WAR value.

Yes it is. I think I’ll finally exhale and get fired up about it when the final MLB owner vote is announced.

Are there sources for Hyde getting the daily line-up handed to him? I imagined a briefing or a pre-game from the FO and then he sets his line-up.

Rinehart tried to make it a game — O’s hold on 7-3. Hennen 3 pitches, 3 strikes for the save.

I think so.

Stowers Strikes Again! Birds up by a touchdown.

Yeah, that catch kept the inning from going off the rails.

All of the O’s starters now subbed out except for Mayo and Kjerstad to start the 7th - Birds up 5-0.

Robinson in for Hays on first.

Hays with a very nice single - 3 RBI’s on the day.

Nice to see some offense.

Hays home run, Birds finally on the board! 1-0.

One inning for Terehan - kept everything around the plate for a shut out inning.

Tate looked decent too - Mounty flashing the leather over at the first base bag.

O’s making Stroman look like Cy Young.

Terehan looked decent.

I jinxed him. My bad.

Decent interview with pitching coach Drew French.

I know Wong is likely a depth move, but he looks in mid season form with the glove so far.

It feels like Irvin is being squeezed a bit, he should have got the strike call before the soft single.

Yeah, CF camera is not making me dizzy today.

Irvin gets out of the jam - solid D from Wong and Kjerstad. Early strike zone seems small the way the Ump is calling it.

It would definitely be a huge home town discount extension. I like Santander and wouldn’t mind if the O’s do find a reasonable deal to keep him, but there is a key wild card here — new ownership. We don’t know what the payroll budget is going to look like David Rubenstein and company are in charge. I imagine their first days will be hanging out with Mike Elias and trying to figure out a budget to extend or keep some of the younger stars.

Yeah, the Braves announcers seemed mildly impressed with his inning.

Hoffman’s third K of the ninth earns him a save - O’s hang on 2-1. Fast game 2 hours, 14 minutes!