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I said it then and saying it now. The Yankees will surpass us in the standings. We will finish 4th, well out of the race.

Buck bringing in JJ in game 3 was a changing point.

We should have signed Reynolds btw in hopes of getting a spark.

Not being negative but very confident a bigger swoon is upon us.

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The offseason ended our season before it started. Boston improved, KC improved, Cleveland improved, Oakland improved.

TB made the trade for Myers to help their offense.

What did the Orioles do? They gave extensions to Buck Showalter and Dan Duquette and make a video celebrating the 2012 season ending in an ALDS loss to the Yankees while making no major improvements to the roster.

This team is reverting back to the talent they actually have instead of overachieving. They needed more last offseason and simply didn't get the job done.

Had it not been for Machado and Davis being hot in the beginning of the season, this team would be in 4th place right now quite easily.

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Bottom line is we lead in all 3 games. Yes we could of done more offensively but we handed our pen the lead. Last years team won 93 games with a lot smaller margin or error than this years team. We have a better defense and offense this year. It isn't fair just to look at one guy but when you are a team with a lack of TOR starters you need to have a good closer and this year JJ hasn't been good. That is the difference, the bullpen.

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I have faith in this team to get hot and to pick up some ground in the wild card race. I think we'll either make the wild card game as the second "seed" or finish right on the cusp of it. I think there's some Orioles Magic left in the tank but I do think that the Arizona series and the confidence depletion that is affecting us right now might have ended our chances at the division title.

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I have faith in this team to get hot and to pick up some ground in the wild card race. I think we'll either make the wild card game as the second "seed" or finish right on the cusp of it. I think there's some Orioles Magic left in the tank but I do think that the Arizona series and the confidence depletion that is affecting us right now might have ended our chances at the division title.

I wish I had your optimism. I know at some point we will play well again but things can get out of hand in a hurry if it doesn't start soon.

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The offseason ended our season before it started. Boston improved, KC improved, Cleveland improved, Oakland improved.

TB made the trade for Myers to help their offense.

What did the Orioles do? They gave extensions to Buck Showalter and Dan Duquette and make a video celebrating the 2012 season ending in an ALDS loss to the Yankees while making no major improvements to the roster.

This team is reverting back to the talent they actually have instead of overachieving. They needed more last offseason and simply didn't get the job done.

Had it not been for Machado and Davis being hot in the beginning of the season, this team would be in 4th place right now quite easily.

Exactly. This team rode the status quo hoping for a repeat. But the scouting reports got out. Machado is pitched differently. JJ was exposed in the playoffs. Maybe this is a transition year. This team needs to be supplemented with bench and bullpen upgrades. How many games did we blow because of our DH production/5th starter production?

Our bullpen is one arm short because of Mac. What role do you ever see him having on the ML team. LOOGY or long reliever. We could have given this guy back and helped our bullpen months ago. We are a good team. But it takes the little money things to make it better. Like adding Koji or getting a legit DH and 5th starter. We may disagree about DH's and 5th starter but everyone wanted Koji back even Koji.

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The offseason ended our season before it started. Boston improved, KC improved, Cleveland improved, Oakland improved.

TB made the trade for Myers to help their offense.

What did the Orioles do? They gave extensions to Buck Showalter and Dan Duquette and make a video celebrating the 2012 season ending in an ALDS loss to the Yankees while making no major improvements to the roster.

This team is reverting back to the talent they actually have instead of overachieving. They needed more last offseason and simply didn't get the job done.

Had it not been for Machado and Davis being hot in the beginning of the season, this team would be in 4th place right now quite easily.

So what would you have done? Signed Hamilton? Signed Reynolds? I see all these posters who wanted us to upgrade but no one says what they wanted done during the offseason. As for me, based on what was out there, I wanted them to sign Koji, possibly Napoli and trade for Smoak (see, this is what honesty is). They didn't do any of those things, but keeping Davis at 1B was the right move and I was wrong. In the end, I'm not sure any of those moves would have made a big difference.

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I have faith in this team to get hot and to pick up some ground in the wild card race. I think we'll either make the wild card game as the second "seed" or finish right on the cusp of it. I think there's some Orioles Magic left in the tank but I do think that the Arizona series and the confidence depletion that is affecting us right now might have ended our chances at the division title.

Wow, you are truly delusional. We are more likely to sign the entire 2013 AL All Star team to our roster RIGHT NOW (the moment I'm typing this) than we are to make the playoffs.

And, well, I got done typing this and Roch didn't tweet anything about signing Chris Sale or MCab, so there's our season in a nutshell. Over. And out.

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The offseason ended our season before it started. Boston improved, KC improved, Cleveland improved, Oakland improved.

TB made the trade for Myers to help their offense.

What did the Orioles do? They gave extensions to Buck Showalter and Dan Duquette and make a video celebrating the 2012 season ending in an ALDS loss to the Yankees while making no major improvements to the roster.

This team is reverting back to the talent they actually have instead of overachieving. They needed more last offseason and simply didn't get the job done.

Had it not been for Machado and Davis being hot in the beginning of the season, this team would be in 4th place right now quite easily.

What is especially frustrating is I expect more of the same this winter. No they shouldn't have thrown a boat load of money around but there were moves that could of been made.

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I'm willing to wait until the end of this homestand to bury this team. I think we really need to go at least 6-3. Tonight was not a good way to start it.

I really don't know what to think of this team. I think the old adage of "you're not as good as your are..." is applicable. This team's flaws are extremely apparent (bad BP, horrible OBP) when they lose. I sure hope they find a way to make this team better.

And...note to Buck...get Markakis into the 2-hole. Yes...I know it SHOULDN'T matter where a guy hits, but Markakis has an .873 OPS hitting second in his career.

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