vs. RAYS, 5/17

[Tony-OH]

He could pitch Strop for an inning. I am sure he hoped Burnett could of gotten him thru the 6th. What guy from Norfolk will they call up tomorrow?

Arrieta hasn't pitched since the 7th. they could bring him back to act as the longman.

[eddie83]

He used them both on wed. for a short inning or so.

Terrible managing quite frankly.

What? Garcia was awful who was he suppose to pitch? McFarland hadn't worked in 5 days.

[mrbig1]

What's this thing called a hit.

[Tony-OH]

With as much bad baseball we've seen this week it's actually quite comforting that if we lose this game it will only be a three game losing steak. It feels much worse than it is.

JJ started the steak and JJ will end it. Cycle complete tomorrow.

The wierd two off days this week has made it seem like forever since the O's played well.

[orioles942]

Adam Jones " I will swing at any pitch you throw, no matter where you throw it"

[eddie83]

Escobar is a headcase, another example as why he has played for so many teams at such a young age.

[eddie83]

Hope Duquette is working the phones.

Prayer would not be a bad idea either.

[WEAVERMAN]

We have to forget about it and come back Saturday afternoon, win, and be in line to win the series on Sunday behind Tillman, we can do it.

[mrbig1]

Last week I told my wife we are going to win the AL east.

[Campmoon]

The wierd two off days this week has made it seem like forever since the O's played well.

That plus maybe the O's aren't used to playing at home with all the road games. A bit of homesickness and off-day lag or something.

[SteveO]

We have to forget about it and come back Saturday afternoon, win, and be in line to win the series on Sunday behind Tillman, we can do it.

Wish I could share your confidence. Feel good bout Tillman giving us a chance but not so good bout Jurrjens vrs Hernandez

[Norfolk orioles]

Wieters and hammels contracts in the offseason.....should be interesting.

[mrbig1]

That did not just happen.

[WEAVERMAN]

This ball game has me feeling numb.

[Jonesy10]

There's losing. There's having a bad game. And then there's just embarassing yourselves. I think we all know what the last 3 games have been.

The funny thing is the rays blew an even bigger lead than JJ did against the padres, just last night, and they come back and kick our asses the next night. We follow the loss with getting blown out twice and embarassing ourselves and looking terrible.