vs Rays 5/12/12

[backwardsk]

Very nice play by Ayala there. Quick bounce to get off the mound.

[Can_of_corn]

Very nice play by Ayala there. Quick bounce to get off the mound.

Can the O's put him at first after he is done pitching?

[crissfan172]

Hardy just made that play look simple.

[LA2]

Can the O's put him at first after he is done pitching?

Naw, he's needed more at third--and it makes better use of his arm!

[scOtt]

1-2-3

[allquixotic]

NICE pick by Hardy. Announcers didn't make a big deal of it except saying "it's not that easy" -- in other words, that takes skill to play that. :clap3:

Went away during the commercial break for the Orioles pitching change. Ate dinner, came back and the score is the same and we're an inning later in the game. Very nice.

[CA-ORIOLE]

Looks like the Rays have Badenhop coming in. Too bad they don't have Balfour still. Balfour and Badenhop would give me some good vibes.

[Il BuonO]

Can the O's put him at first after he is done pitching?

They could put anyone there and he would do a better job than WB. At least whomever it was might run after the ball if it got by him.

[RavNMadMan]

JJ get us started Buddy.

[jonhilsco]

Looks like a great crowd tonight!

[scOtt]

Looks like the Rays have Badenhop coming in. Too bad they don't have Balfour still. Balfour and Badenhop would give me some good vibes.

IIRC... we already ripped Ballfour a new one this year. No need to be greedy.

[SrMeowMeow]

Nice pitches.

[weams]

We need two more runs

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[Skeletor]

Nasty two-strike pitch.

[allquixotic]

WOW

Tampa Bay is 13-3 at home and 7-10 away. So do they have some kind of blowers down there that they manipulate to give their hitters an edge (or the opposing hitters a disadvantage)?

Seriously, that's a huge difference. They have an EXTREMELY winning record at home and a fairly bad losing record away. Two different teams!

I don't think you'll find teams with that kind of variance too often. Far and away the numbers are within 10 or 20% variance in win percentage. Tampa Bay's win percentage variance between home and away is a whopping 40.07 percentage points of win percent. They win 81.2% of games at home and only 41.1% of games on the road.