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MrOrange82 Hangout Grand Counsel

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Maybe it's something the Orioles need to work more on. Bring in a specialist like Henderson, Raines etc., coach them some on it. Same with bunting, we seem to be pretty bad at it...

The failure to bunt in bunting situations and/or get good bunts when they're needed is something that absolutely kills me about this team. Once again, Jones seems to be one of the only guys capable of doing it, and he's the last person you WANT doing it.

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scOtt Hangout Grand Counsel

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Andino's never struck me as having great speed, honestly. I don't know what his times are to first, third, etc., so that's just my impression.

Anyway, you make the important distinction. Along with not having a ton of raw speed on the team, the O's don't seem to have many guys who understand how/when to steal.

To quote Earl...

"Team speed ferchrissakes! Ya get [expletive deleted] [expletive deleted] little fleas on the [expletive deleted] bases, gettin' picked off tryin' ta steal gettin' thrown out takin' runs away from ya."

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This is where that mental blunder by Flaherty hurts us... If he was on 2nd he would have scored. Of course can't really talk about "could haves" never know...

No real excuse for lack of hustle esp when youre trying to prove yourself

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