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6 hours ago, Sydnor said:
Has Elias ever called it a 5 year plan? My recollection is that he has been unwilling to place a timeframe on how long it will take because he is attempting to build sustained success.
I’m pretty sure that was Stalin.
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On 9/2/2019 at 3:49 PM, tntoriole said:
David Ortiz had a similar career arc in many ways. He had 27.4 WAR in 9 seasons prior to 32 and then 26 WAR from 33-40.
He obviously had steroid questions as well though he never admitted to it or was sanctioned. He had a substantial dropoff in his production in 2008 and 2009 in ages 32-33 season at 1.7 and 0.7 WAR. But then he took off again as he aged from 34-40 and accumulated nearly as much WAR as before through age 40 and closed his career with a 5.2 WAR season at 40.
Are these two simply outstanding Dominican American ultra hitters who became more and more productive in this modern era...or are they simply undetected, long term PEDs users...could be either or, I suppose.
They did both test positive though, right?
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5 hours ago, drjohnnyfeva said:
I had to laugh yesterday when I clicked on the OH in my bookmarks for an update after school let out. The connection was denied because the OH is classified as porn. Tried it again today during work hours and after... same. LOL. So---- so long during the workday.
#sportsporn #forumporn #oriolesporn #orioleshangoutporn lmao maybe it's the "hangout" part... lol. Literally.
Same thing happened to me at my school!
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6 hours ago, Philip said:
Well so far his bat is an issue as well.
Perhaps, but he and Severino are tied for sixth best hitting performance on the team this year. 96 OPS+ is above average for a catcher.
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9 hours ago, RZNJ said:
The shift giveth and taketh away. The anti shifters seem to only notice the giveth part. Harold Reynolds cracks me up when he only points out when a shift didn't work.
Just wanted to share why he might have been frustrated
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7 hours ago, Frobby said:
Well, the hell with that! I say in the absence of a playoff, the team with the best regular season record is the champion. And that is your GCL Orioles, who at 38-15 have five more wins than any other team in the league.
Congrats to the GCL Champion Orioles! Now they can celebrate by taking some Geritol and having a bran muffin and a nap.
They should do it like NCAA football where you declare yourself champion.
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He gave up two hits on what would have been outs if the team was in a traditional defense.
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16 minutes ago, Philip said:
I’m curious as to why Richie Martin isn’t playing more? Are they trying to showcase Villar at SS For off-season trade value purposes? Jace Peterson has been bad on defense and he doesn’t hit, so I’m curious why he’s at second. I’m actually curious why he remains on the team at all.
All in all, this lineup is not designed to maximize quality defense.
But I’m just here for the pitching. I want Wojo to do well.
Mancini is the only righthanded bat in the lineup
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How many brooms do you think we will see in the stands?
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1 hour ago, webbrick2010 said:
So assuming Chris Davis gets 3 AB's against Scherzer, I figure that is about a 90% chance of 3 strike outs
So the real challenge is how many pitches will it take?
Scherzer is a no nonsense sort of pitcher, so I'm thinking 11 pitches to get the hat trick
What you say??
1 bomb, 1 double, 1 backwards k
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26 minutes ago, ScGO's said:
I hope the MLB Wild Card game turns into a best of 3 one day
On one day!
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2 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:
I was looking for something else when I found this. Irish.
That sounds way better than when the guys at church play it
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56 minutes ago, Philip said:
Wasn’t sure where to put this question so here goes:
I missed the game but wanted to ask if Blach was ok? The results aren’t good but the defense destroyed the game. Did he pitch well enough to warrant another chance?
When he left the mound he had given up 3 runs with two guys still on base. A ground ball double play would have made his line look good.
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1 hour ago, waroriole said:
With our pitching we could experiment with 4 OF.
Sonoma Stompers have done that as a shift
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23 minutes ago, LookinUp said:
I can't imagine getting mad when someone else who was mad accidentally hit me on the foot with a helmet unless 1) I was already fed up with him or 2) it hurt like hell. The latter seems really unlikely.
What if they had an OPS+ of 56?
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1 hour ago, Ripken said:
You know, stuff happens, and all that... but on a team where just about anyone can get some playing time if they show the slightest competence, Stewart has had a terrible time. That was brutal. Hopefully he can do something useful going forward.
At least the ball didn't bounce inside his shirt!
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2 hours ago, sportsfan8703 said:
.317 avg. AL leader is at ,330. Alberto isn’t going away. Just sayin.
I absolutely loved when he broke up that perfect game by hitting a routine ground ball to beat the shift.
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Camp started today. Too bad.
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I didn’t think he threw that hard.
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Did Ynoa just hit 95?
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Did Straily have another year of team control?
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1 hour ago, TonySoprano said:
Cobb (9) gave up more HRs than Wright (5) and he did it in 7 fewer games
That is a good argument for Mike Wright to use at arbitration.
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2 hours ago, TonySoprano said:
The opponent has something to do with it. In April, NYY and OAK both tagged the O's for 10 total HRs in back-to-back games; MIN went 1 better hitting 11 HRs in the 4/20 DH. For the season against the O's, NY and OAK average 3 HR/G and MIN is just under 4/G (3.83). The O's get NYY for 7 games in August to finish the season series with them.
Mike Wright might have had something to do with it too
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1 hour ago, orioles22 said:
No data. It all seems excessive to me, the way pitchers are handled across baseball. I miss the four-man staffs when Palmer had 20-plus complete games every year and won 20 games eight times. Guys like Ryan pitched 20-plus years and were so durable. It seems there are more injuries now, but I don't have any proof or the time to look it up.
Waiting a week between starts for Rodriguez this year has made me think about it more, I guess, since I have spent so much time following the minor leagues with the Orioles struggling.
You might like to read the book “The Arm”. He started the book with the same questions.
Minor League Summaries are up
in Orioles Talk
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Kind of messed up that Betances is pitching in the AA playoffs.