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ALDS Game 3: A New Hope: Orioles & Yankees

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If anything, ESPN Radio has been biased in favor of the O's.

Earlier, Herschieser said something like "if you didn't know who the players were on both teams and you just evaluated them based on their performance in the playoffs so far, you'd probably think the O's were the 200M team and Yanks were the 80M one. The O's are younger, more athletic and so far look like the more talented team."

I know, I was being facetious considering how much this board hates on ESPN for being anti-O's. ;)

I really like ESPN Radio. And the guys they get to call the games are generally really, really good. Much better than the TV guys on ESPN are, actually.

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Yes I've played baseball. But who cares about me. Check out the fact that Buck Showalter has consistently ignored the Yanks and their beanballs and has focused instead of winning games and not giving the Yankees extra base runners.

You may not think I know baseball, but Buck knows more than you and me combined, multiplied by a thousand and HE clearly disagrees with you.

Ok, point well taken. It's not Buck's preference. But Kuroda and other Yankee pitchers are throwing inside because they know there is no consequence and our batter are therefore in harm's way, and so I disagree with you and Buck. Fair enough. But if we hit a Yankee batter, the worst that happens is that both sides get warned. And if the Yanks hit one of our guys, maybe they get ejected. My guess is they throw inside with a lot less impunity, and our hitters see better pitches because of it. But I admit this isn't everyone's understanding.

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