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allquixotic Hangout Grand Counsel

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Cliff Lee has the skill of a HOFer but the run support of Jeremy Guthrie. He is probably plotting revenge against the position players for giving him such horrid run support. If we score 2 runs off of him, it might be enough to win. Even if Hammel doesn't pitch that well, the Phils will probably lay down for him to ensure that they don't give any run support to Cliff Lee. :laughlol:

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It's a game out of first place with some of our most valued players on the DL or playing injured. I'd call that pretty great. But "great" is a relative term that's impossible to use in a journalistic context without qualifying it, anyway. Are we great relative to a little league team? Absolutely. Are we great relative to the MLB team with the most wins in a season of all time? Probably not. Are we great relative to the 2011 Orioles? Oh yeah.

It's a better team than last year; it's a fairly adequate club with some good bursts of play and a few very good players, but also with some glaring holes. Great it is not. The ballclub has potential, but is not now great. That said, yes, they have won some games that other recent iterations of the Orioles would have lost, but how much does that say? Mind you, a great team isn't required to win a championship...I'm looking at you, 2006 St. Louis Cardinals (83-78 regular season record; World Series victors), but the Orioles have a tougher row to hoe than that, this year and in the future.

Doing okay so far this inning, though some more runs would be nice.... :D

Though still too much to ask, apparently.

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