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tntoriole Hangout Grand Counsel

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I'm honestly not surprised by any of this - and not because I think we suck. The trip to Oakland is a bear' date=' especially in September after an exhausting series against the Rays capped off by a 14 inning behemoth. Guys are sore, tired, jet lagged and in a stadium that doesn't play to their strengths. Let's just get out of here with a win tomorrow -- or at LEAST healthy.[/quote']

Yes, the league did us no favors with a turnaround game on West Coast and we are the only East team sent to West Coast in September.

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Absolutely no doubt in my mind that Steve Johnson deserves a start over Britton. No doubt at all. The Orioles need a break soon, they just have been in tailspin in Oakland, and Randy Wolf doesnt

appear to be a savior to me.Im not confident they will win tomorrow.At least they still have a 3 game pad in the WC..but they have to get the hell out of Oakland and play well in Seattle.

Roy, Johnson was gutty tonight, but he was also very fortunate, with 3 walks in 3 innings, and having thrown 68 pitches.

It doesn't have to do with him "deserving" to start, it's whether or not it's necessarily the best decision for the team. Right now Buck (and myself) thinks that he is doing fine just where he is at (long relief when the starting pitcher blows up), and he is leaving well enough alone.

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Absolutely no doubt in my mind that Steve Johnson deserves a start over Britton. No doubt at all. The Orioles need a break soon, they just have been in tailspin in Oakland, and Randy Wolf doesnt

appear to be a savior to me.Im not confident they will win tomorrow.At least they still have a 3 game pad in the WC..but they have to get the hell out of Oakland and play well in Seattle.

No disrespect, but Johnson going 4 innings does no more good than Britton. Johnson in the rotation would tax the pen as much, because he throws 20+ pitches an inning.

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