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Bautista drives me crazy

Wasted opportunity there

That Yankee pitcher should be DFAd for walking Mateo

How are they not pinch hitting Hearn here?

Daggone it Hays… can’t advance the runner

Frazier

Hyde no good at big game management.. he should treat this like a playoff game

They needed to take him out two hitters ago

So in one half inning .. he gives up every bit of the lead .. great

Well there is all you get against Cole .. Mateo is good for a pitcher to get back in the groove

Way to settle down ..

Great Bradish all over the place

Frazier hitting with .845 OPS in 71 appearances in May ..

I think Nessum Dorma would be good

Many things about games have no point .. that is what makes them games. Why Cracker Jack? Why hot dogs? Why peanuts? Why 7th inning stretches, why not 5th or 6th? Why shout O in the National Anthem? Rituals serve unconscious needs, not rational ones.. thus they seemingly have “no apparent point”

“The Orioles have tried to implement new seventh-inning stretch music over the years: “Orioles Magic” in 1980, Rick Dempsey’s “Old Time Rock and Roll” cover in ’87, and others. None caught on like Denver's “Country Boy,” though the song was taken out of circulation from '88-93 by owner Eli Jacobs. It returned after Peter Angelos bought the team and remains to this day, played immediately after “Take Me Out To The Ballgame.” https://www.mlb.com/news/orioles-john-denver-seventh-inning-stretch-connection

https://wror.com/listicle/the-story-behind-why-we-sing-sweet-caroline-at-fenway-park/# Not the case. Sweet Caroline was first played at Fenway Park in 1997 after a Red Sox employee in charge of music at the park played the song as a tribute to a friend who had given birth to a baby named Caroline. The song caught on and has played before the bottom of the eighth since.

Like Sweet Caroline and Boston? Lol

The largest internal migration in US history was in the 1950s from Appalachia to cities like Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit etc My Dad was one of those.. left the hills and came to steel factory in Baltimore. He was always a country boy and loved the song and the Os. Many families in Baltimore have ties to rural America. Tradition is a beneath the surface phenomena. I hope the song remains part of the experience of Os baseball but I would understand if it is changed.

6-3…. sweep the MFYs and announce our presence with authority lol In fact, for me, I will declare the 2023 season done, over if they sweep the MFYs no matter what happens next.

I would double down on a strength to make 7,8,9 complete shutdowns .. Give me Zack.

Palmer, Frank .. easy picks out of the box? Peak Zack Britton.. Cano, Bautista, Zack .. money

At least not named Angelos lol

Except .. just to make my point. Urias is on the IL and Mateo is hitting like Joe Schmoe. And the ones “banging their head”.. Vavra and Ortiz both helped us win games this weekend. I will trust Elias in maximizing our chances THIS year by having strong reinforcements ready to go as well as Elias waiting a half season before pulling a trigger on a major need deal by having the chips showcase on the best MiLB team and keeping their trade value high. If you pulled them up now and they went through the inevitable 1 for 25 starts what does that do to their trade value at the deadline vs smoking hot at Norfolk ?

Like Franklin Morales who almost became the late Franklin Morales