O's vs Royals 5/5

[Pedro Cerrano]

Ugh Tillman! Not even giving us a chance!

[El Gordo]

Plenty of blame to go around that inning. I'm not a Tillman fan but he deserved better.

[waroriole]

Not really Tillman's fault. The defense has been pathetic today. Andino doesn't come up with any of the 3 balls in his direction (though not all his fault) and Fox can't hold anybody from running. I guess it's going to happen, but they better put some runs on the board today. Don't come out and quit like losers.

[OFFNY]

Fox ... you can take 10 seconds to throw the ball and expect to get an out.

Yeah, but he looked really good with his arm cocked in the air. That would make a great picture for his baseball card.

[crissfan172]

Unless you're watching the game, stop blaming Tillman for that inning.

If you are watching, and you are blaming Tillman, you might want to pay attention more.

[aggro5288]

Is there any doubt that he is hurt in some way? You don't just randomly lose 3-4 mph off your fastball at age 23. Something is wrong with him, or he's purposefully taking something off, but he's not going to survive with an 88 mph fastball.

[evenparthrough9]

I thought the Yankees were talking trash when they said, Tillman has lost 4-5 mph off his fastball since last year. I really see it now.

[Skeletor]

Not Tillman's fault, really.

[JDubs]

Yeah, that inning was a team effort. TEAMWORK! Buck is emphasizing fundamentals.

[eddie83]

Unless you're watching the game, stop blaming Tillman for that inning.

If you are watching, and you are blaming Tillman, you might want to pay attention more.

That's true but his balk didn't help. Focus on Betimit and get the damn out.

[Hank Scorpio]

I'm done with the Jake Fox experiment. Bring up Tatum or whomever.

Someone who has a fighting chance at throwing someone out.

[crissfan172]

Bruce Chen must think he's still pitching in Baltimore.

[square634]

Andino's defense was atrocious in the first inning. Terrible.

[Hank Scorpio]

It sounded like a lot of that was bad luck, but when your fastball is 88-89mph you cannot afford to get behind hitters.

Just cannot do it.

[JDubs]

OK folks, let's keep in mind that we are playing against Bruce Chen. I am sentimental about the guy, but today he is wearing the powder blue colors of the enemy. He gave up 9 runs in the 9 innings previous to today. We can get to him!