vs. ATHLETICS 7/27

[Leitch]

Good time for Hardy to park one and tie this bastard.

[alaniee]

We are getting to Parker. Good. Need to make it count now with 2 on and 1 out.

[Nigel Tufnel]

I'm a Reynolds guy. However, he reminds me of Glen Davis or Mike Deveraux (post beaning) or Jones prior, mostly, to this year. Get two strikes on them and not a good feeling for for Os fans.

For his career, he's got a 509 OPS once the count gets to two strikes. For comparison, Markakis is 646, Jones is 578, and Thome is 635. So nobody's that good with two strikes, but Reynolds seems to be worse than average.

[Tony-OH]

Good call, forward to Buck.

I'm pretty sure Buck know the numbers, but for whatever reason he prefers a set lineup then a lineup based on match ups.

[SrMeowMeow]

Bam!

Teagarden should be shot for not sliding there, though.

[alaniee]

Very nice send by Hale. I thought Teagarden was going to be out by a mile but he made it pretty easily. Good job Hardy!!!!

[eddie83]

Wish the other runners would have advanced there throw went all the way to the plate.

[whynot38]

Thome goes boom coming up

[LA2]

Wow, the opening ceremony is really awful compared to Beijing, Vancouver, and Sydney. Turning it off and switching back to the O's!

[Lucky Jim]

Bam!

Teagarden should be shot for not sliding there, though.

I will not hold that against Dan Duquette, though.

Good to see Hardy hitting. So valuable to this line-up.

[Tony-OH]

Inside fastball to HArdy. Parker missed his spot because that's Hardy's sweet spot.

[alaniee]

Wow Thome likes the ball high. Low is BAD. Come on parker make a mistake

[nate22]

Just to confirm: That's true of last year too? (B/c if it is it still doesn't explain the fall-off this year, unless the pitchers have learned to take advantage of it.)

Yeah. It's pretty drastic. (sorry I can't change the years in the links- you'll have to change them yourself but you'll see what I mean)

2011

http://hittrackeronline.com/detail.php?id=2011_204&type=hitter

2010

http://hittrackeronline.com/detail.php?id=2011_204&type=hitter

2009

http://hittrackeronline.com/detail.php?id=2011_204&type=hitter

[Il BuonO]

If he uses his change-up more, I'd be content with his current mix of pitches. So, yeah, I agree. But it's a feel pitch, and he doesn't have a ton of feel right now.

I don't know how much of this is his choice. It seems to be the plan handed down from on high that the FB needs to be established early. I'd like to see all of our guys mixing their pitches more, I just don't know if theres a choice.

[Leitch]

Thome will hit this pitch so hard it will literally develop a mouth and start screaming