allquixotic

I'd rather watch the 2019 O's and their total, abject ineptitude than a team that's good enough to make it close, but bad enough to remind me of when I played in Little League.

I HATE watching this kind of baseball. Losing by horrific umpiring, missed throws and boneheaded plays. If Davis made a good throw, if the ump didn't SCREW Mullins on two balls that were out of the zone by at least a foot apiece, if Mullins didn't pretend like there isn't a 3B coach, OR kept running, OR stopped at third, we would still have a chance. It's like a plane crash. There's a "kill chain" -- a long series of events that all went wrong in a row to make it happen. How unlucky are we?

I'll take a clean RBI single.

Also, Mullins should have walked. By several feet around the plate. Umps killing the O's this series.

Are. You. asdjiopgfasjiorgf--ing. Kidding. Me. ARE. YOU. KIDDING. ME. How in the ---- do we turn a base hit. Into an out. ... The O's, ladies and gentlemen.

This guy has all kinds of weird moves on the mound. At least he doesn't try to hop toward the plate like Carter Capps.

Man, the Jays pen doesn't seem to have any scrubs like the Phils pen. "Get to their pen" might not be a very viable strategy here, unless we want to play to the 13th inning.

Givens!

Wow, we were super lucky there. We almost got ourselves out of an inning with the bases loaded without scoring. The throw beat him, but because the throw bounced off the 1B's glove, we tie it up. I'll take it, but that kind of luck is not sustainable. Much rather get a well-struck base hit there. Oh well, let's get 'em, now we have the chance.

"Why Not" for 20 games.

Well, guys, it was a good run.

OMG, the ump called a ball a strike a FOOT OUTSIDE. Not even exaggerating. It was a foot off the plate. Unreal. It was almost in the opposing batter's box.

Santander and Severino can carry this team together.

Here's some schadenfreude: Giants closer Gott blew 3 games over 1.1 IP with 5 HR given up. Friday, Saturday and Monday. A grand slam, a 3-run and a walk off 2-run are featured among them. Be glad he's not ours or the OH would be going crazy.

The same pitch that was a strike to Dwight Smith Jr walked their guy. Tate getting squeezed!

Pitches 5 and 6 are strikes? That's ridiculous.

It doesn't help that the Ump is wearing a Blue Jays uniform. Maybe he was born in Buffalo.

Called out on an obvious ball a full ball beyond the inside corner. That ump must need to get home for dinner.

Hugely expanded zone for the O's here. MF!!!

Man. They're just rolling over tonight. No hard contact, can't get it out of the infield, always hitting it at 'em. Feels a lot like our two losses to the Nats.

It's been a quiet game. I hate to think it or say it but they may be losing their mojo.

You have to think the Jays manager and hitting coach are going to tell them to take some pitches in the third inning to try to stretch him out a bit. If Cobb throws competitive strikes, he might strike out the side looking.

Don't blink now, but Cobb looks better after 2 than Scherzer!

Velazquez looked GREAT on that defensive play!