Pray for Nick

[The Wedge]

Spare me the "season isn't over!!@" talk.

Any chance we had just went down the drain.

You cant replace Markakis, so save it.

This team has refused to roll over up to this point. I expect them to at least make a decent go of it. Spare me the fatalism.

[Orioles0615]

I disagree. It makes things much more difficult, but there's too many variables at play - both with the O's and with the other playoff contending teams - to be able to say that.

If our starting pitching stays hot, and if someone like Hardy gets hot, we definitely have a great chance.

Yea they just need to stay hot, but they got hot when Nick came back, and I think they said they were 16-19 without him.

[cindyluvsbrady]

Broken....6 weeks.

I do not think they know yet!!PLEASE GOD.........let Nick M be OK:pray:

[blid]

And with that, it's all but confirmed he's out for the year.

[NewMarketSean]

Spare me the "season isn't over!!@" talk.

Any chance we had just went down the drain.

You cant replace Markakis, so save it.

What was the Os record when Nick was injured earlier this year?

[Brooks The Great]

Spare me the "season isn't over!!@" talk.

Any chance we had just went down the drain.

You cant replace Markakis, so save it.

This much worse than the experts saying the Orioles had no chance at the playoffs in June. It's such a small sample size coming down the stretch that it's more than possible we can still make the playoffs if we get good production from 1 or 2 hitters like McLouth, Hardy (who has been a black hole for most of the team's run), or Machado, and continued sustained production from the starting rotation. Completely disagree with you.

[NICELADY]

Spare me the "season isn't over!!@" talk.

Any chance we had just went down the drain.

You cant replace Markakis, so save it.

You're kidding right? So the other guys should just give up and pack it in?

[Palmoripken]

I wouldn't mind if one of theirs got hit either. OFFNY pointed out that CC was griping with the ump and wanting the pitch called a foul. Really, the past seven years have made me hate the Red Sox a lot but these past two series have reminded me why the Yankees are always going to be the team I hate most. It's too bad none of our pitchers will ever get to pitch to CC.

[Bosibus]

What was the Os record when Nick was injured earlier this year?

16-19

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[Art Wing]

It's official

Steve Berthiaume ‏@SBerthiaumeESPN

#Orioles really bad news. RT / @richardjustice: Nick Markakis broken bone in thumb. Gone around six weeks pending more exam.

I feel this weighing dark hole in the pit of my chest right now.

[Brooks The Great]

What was the Os record when Nick was injured earlier this year?

16-19, but we were getting awful starts from Matusz, Tillman, and Arrieta, and that was before we got great production from Miguel Gonzalez, Tillman, and Britton. We also had an ice cold Reynolds butchering every other play at 3rd.

[crawjo]

Thing is, if the Orioles can play .500 ball the rest of the way they might make it into the playoffs. You just have to keep grinding. There's been a lot of injuries in baseball this year and a lot of teams have lost really important players for long periods of time. You just need to look around the AL East to see that.

[Palmoripken]

16-19, but we were getting awful starts from Matusz, Tillman, and Arrieta, and that was before we got great production from Miguel Gonzalez, Tillman, and Britton. We also had an ice cold Reynolds butchering every other play at 3rd.

Yeah this is a different team than it was. Hopefully someone steps up.

[Miller192]

Spare me the "season isn't over!!@" talk.

Any chance we had just went down the drain.

You cant replace Markakis, so save it.

You must run to the window every morning to make sure the sun came up.

[LookitsPuck]

Terrible news.

Nate in left. Platoon Davis and Lew in right?