vs. RED SOX 5/21

[Jagwar]

Go back and read my edit.

Gah!!! I missed the trickery again!

[Don Quixote]

I wonder if the offense will get out on 1-3 pitches every batter and keep Miller in for the rest of the game.

[Jagwar]

Oh well I didn't expect to win this game with Hunter pitching, and I was hoping mainly to avoid a sweep.

Wait... is the game over?

[Juanvald]

Back to the dog house with Gregg. If I see him come in a game where its tied or we are leading again this series, I won't be too pleased with Buck.

[Lucky Jim]

I actually think Gregg will be a productive part of our BP this year. He doesn't have elite, high-leverage stuff, but he has enough stuff to get your through a few innings where it'll matter. He's got good movement on his pitches right now - mostly got burnt by bad command on two pitches that inning.

I'll be rooting for him, though.

[Don Quixote]

Wait... is the game over?

In all fairness, last year (and the year before that, and the year before that...), it was a foregone conclusion. Past performance is not always indicative of future results, but if not for the hot start this year, most of us would be saying the same thing. I'm a knife edge from it myself.

[The Rick]

I actually think Gregg will be a productive part of our BP this year. He doesn't have elite, high-leverage stuff, but he has enough stuff to get your through a few innings where it'll matter. He's got good movement on his pitches right now - mostly got burnt by bad command on two pitches that inning.

I'll be rooting for him, though.

Why will you be rooting him? Just because it would benefit the O's, or do you like Gregg in particular for some reason?

[Don Quixote]

I just hope this series doesn't become an example of regression to the mean for both teams.

[Lucky Jim]

Why will you be rooting him? Just because it would benefit the O's, or do you like Gregg in particular for some reason?

Well, he's an Oriole. True. And I don't really like the way fans have piled on him. I've always been that way.

[Jagwar]

In all fairness, last year (and the year before that, and the year before that...), it was a foregone conclusion. Past performance is not always indicative of future results, but if not for the hot start this year, most of us would be saying the same thing. I'm a knife edge from it myself.

But come on... the bullpen (sans Gregg, and even including Gregg lately) has been so freaking good. I think it's more likely that the bullpen gives nothing up the rest of the way, and the O's get a few chances to tie the game.

[Hallas]

Avery didn't have much of a chance there.

Of course, if the "book" on Avery is to paint 95 mph fastballs on either side of the black, I think I'm okay with that.

[Don Quixote]

But come on... the bullpen (sans Gregg, and even including Gregg lately) has been so freaking good. I think it's more likely that the bullpen gives nothing up the rest of the way, and the O's get a few chances to tie the game.

That is true as well. I'm just saying there's little use in judging snap thoughts when quite a large sample size has conditioned folks to them, despite recent success.

[The Rick]

Well, he's an Oriole. True. And I don't really like the way fans have piled on him. I've always been that way.

Don't you think that he kinda deserves it given some of his pouting and awful results despite his ridiculous salary?

[Don Quixote]

Andrew Miller, the buzzsaw. FFS.

[OFFNY]

Don't you think that he kinda deserves it given some of his pouting and awful results despite his ridiculous salary?

It's our fault. We never acquired a taste for his pitching, did we ???