Jump to content

I consider Jones to be the goat of this game

Frobby

By Frobby
in Orioles Talk

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 148
  • Created
  • Last Reply
csgordos Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

csgordos

Posted
Posted
I realize JJ blew the save and Matusz got the loss, but to me Jones' "too cool for school" pursuit of Jeter's fly ball makes him the goat of the game. The 9th inning HR by ibanez doesn't matter if Jones makes a catch that should have been made.

Said it all night. My son will be crushed.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
waroriole Hangout Grand Counsel

waroriole

Posted
Posted

Me too. He's really selfish right now. He's trying to take on this "so amped up that I'm psyching myself out" persona, but it seems to me that he wants to be the hero above anything else. Just go the other way when you're pitched outside. Stop swinging for the fences on every pitch. Thome, or someone, needs to take him aside and set him straight. He's really hurting this team right now because he won't trust in his teammates.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
LookitsPuck Hangout Grand Counsel

LookitsPuck

Posted
Posted
I didn't see the triple. Very disappointing if Jones went for style points over making sure he got to the ball.

Essentially when the ball was hit, Jones came in for a split second, then realized that it was going further. He ran, but leisurely. Looked like he lollygagged it while blowing a bubble, nonetheless.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
waroriole Hangout Grand Counsel

waroriole

Posted
Posted
I didn't see the triple. Very disappointing if Jones went for style points over making sure he got to the ball.

I don't think it was style points, I think he just made a really poor read on the ball initially and then didn't go full speed to get back far enough. I don't know if the ball kept carrying farther than he thought, or what.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
ChuckS Hangout Grand Counsel

ChuckS

Posted
Posted

There are certain things you can control and certain things you cannot control. Getting hits in any given at bat is not one of them. 95 percent of center fielders in the majors make that play 100 percent of the time. This loss is SOLELY on Jones no matter what anyone says. I don't want to hear all this it's a team effort and we didn't do "this" right crap....

Link to comment
Share on other sites
LookitsPuck Hangout Grand Counsel

LookitsPuck

Posted
Posted
There are certain things you can control and certain things you cannot control. Getting hits in any given at bat is not one of them. 95 percent of center fielders in the majors make that play 100 percent of the time. This loss is SOLELY on Jones no matter what anyone says. I don't want to hear all this it's a team effort and we didn't do "this" right crap....

Funny, it was 2-1 and all Johnson had to do was keep it that way. He threw a meatball to a notorious fastball hitter.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
tinamodotti Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

tinamodotti

Posted
Posted
I don't think it was style points, I think he just made a really poor read on the ball initially and then didn't go full speed to get back far enough. I don't know if the ball kept carrying farther than he thought, or what.

I agree. At the last split second, about 5 or 6 strides before the ball drops, he starts to sprint because he realizes where it's going to land, but he was too late.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Tbone83 Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

Tbone83

Posted
Posted

I am LOVING the fact that the O's are in the playoffs, but it is a bit disheartening to know that our star centerfielder may not be ready for prime time. For that matter, our star closer and catcher. All our All-Stars have been no shows in the playoffs.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
ADZ23 Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

ADZ23

Posted
Posted
I am LOVING the fact that the O's are in the playoffs, but it is a bit disheartening to know that our star centerfielder may not be ready for prime time. For that matter, our star closer and catcher. All our All-Stars have been no shows in the playoffs.

This team doesn't really have all-stars.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing

  • Posts

    • Frobby
      O’s cap every game

      By Frobby · Posted

      I must be in the minority.  I pay no attention to what uniforms and caps are worn on a given day.  You could ask me five minutes after the game what caps the team wore, and I wouldn’t be able to tell you. But I could tell you what happened in the game in vivid detail.  
    • Bemorewins
      Speculating on how the O's handle the pitching logjam

      By Bemorewins · Posted

      I don’t see any kind of “logjam”. That would imply some sort of challenge with having too much talent in one place/spot. What we have is a hodgepodge of mediocre to below average pitchers who are very interchangeable in terms of their talents (or lack there of). Of the pitchers that you mentioned, probably Bradish (who we don’t know about right now coming off the elbow injury) and maybe Suarez (very small sample size) are any good.  The rest …. They can be swapped out for one another and I don’t think any real difference is made. I hope Means can be the John Means of 2021. But the reality is that was a long time ago at this point. I don’t think that it is very probably that he will make it through the season and pitch effectively into October and be healthy the whole time. That’s probably pie in the sky/wishful thinking at this point.
    • cboemmeljr
      O’s cap every game

      By cboemmeljr · Posted

      This question was kind os answered today on BaltimoreBaseball.com.  I seem to recall that the choice was scheduled, Friday was black jersey and O's cap (before the city connect) and Saturday was the orange jersey.  Wondering when they changed to starting pitcher's choice.   https://www.baltimorebaseball.com/2024/04/26/midday-mailbag-orioles-wear-black-jerseys-often/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=midday-mailbag-orioles-wear-black-jerseys-often&utm_source=BaltimoreBaseball.com+List&utm_campaign=06dfb0fd98-RSS_MAILCHIMP&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cddc084dff-06dfb0fd98-47594557&mc_cid=06dfb0fd98&mc_eid=f169a521ef
    • Tony-OH
      Cade Povich 2024

      By Tony-OH · Posted

      Most quality major league starter's hold their velocity throughout their starts. They may cruise for a bit, but have it when they want it. Typically command goes long before velocity.
    • Yossarian
      Setting the rotation for the four game Yankee Series

      By Yossarian · Posted

      Do we not want to throw a left hander and take advantage of the spacious left field?
    • Tony-OH
      4/25: Bowie Wins, Only Team Above .500

      By Tony-OH · Posted

      Thank goodness a minor league system is not judged on wins and losses, because they are putting many Ws up of late. Delmarva is pretty much an embarrassment right now from the hitting side. The first real wave of international position prospects have been left wanting after the first month or so of the season. The Shorebirds are scoring a league low 2.29 runs per game and slashing a league worse .182/.259/.263/.523. The Tides pitching outside of Povich and McDermott to a lesser extent has been pretty bad minus a few decent relieves in Vespi, Krook and Charles.  Elias/Sig's thought on being able to identify pitching talent through pitch shapes and spin rates through the draft after the 10th round has been a pretty big failure. Armbruster was the flag ship pitcher and he's been a flop this year so far, though I had already seen major red flags from him last year. Not surprisingly these guys struggle at the high levels and why they were available that late. Glad to see Elias made a change in his draft philosophy last year and went after some younger, higher ceiling guys like Forret vs 21-year old juniors in those later rounds.   
    • EdwinRip
      Speculating on how the O's handle the pitching logjam

      By EdwinRip · Posted

      Akin currently has a FIP of 1.11. He’s struck out 15 and walked 3 in 10 innings without yielding a homer.  I consider that well.

  • Popular Contributors

×
×
  • Create New...