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My O's Goal: 18-11 till the All-Star Break

This would give us 50 wins on the year and put us' date=' I believe, in great position for the post season.[/quote']

If, by some infinitesimal chance, we wind up going 19-10 or better in the time period that you specified, will you admit that you underestimated the Orioles ??? :laughlol:

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It's been nice to clean up on the Phils and Pirates, but it will be interesting to see how we fair against the rest of our inter league schedule. I'd be stoked to go 3-3 on this next road trip coming back home into the Nats series.

Hopefully we could take 1 of 3 for them going into a 4 game set against CLE and then a 2 game series against LAA. I could see a 4-2 in that stretch so I guess that would put us at 45-33 going into the west coast road trip.

From there, I have bad memories of getting run in west coast road trips, so I'll conservatively say we go 3-4, putting us at 48-37. I think that's pretty realistic at this point, and I wouldn't be too upset with that.

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Let's take a look at who they have to play,

1 @ Red Sox (28-28) (13-16 home) lose finale check

3 vs Phillies (28-30) (16-12 road) (2-1) series check

3 vs Pirates (28-27) (12-16 road) (3-0) series check

3 @ Braves (31-25) (12-11 home) (1-2) series

3 @ Mets (31-26) (19-12 home) (2-1) series

3 vs Nationals (32-22) (14-13 road) (2-1) series

3 vs Angels (29-29) (13-15 road) (2-1) series

4 vs Indians (30-25) (14-9 road) (2-2) series

3 @ Mariners (26-33) (9-13 home)(3-0) series

4@ Angels (29-29) (16-14 home) (1-3) series

They play just two sub .500 teams from now until the All-Star break and 5 series at home and 5 on the road. I'd say something like the prediction I made would get us to where we need to be and it is possible, but it would be difficult.

...and counting.

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