El Gordo Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 My eye tells me you're full of crap. Above average IF below average OF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scOtt Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Above average IF below average OF. That's fair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tntoriole Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Maybe it's just me, but this 2016 team reminds me of ANOTHER anniversary team. There are similarities, but they aren't EXACT. That team is the 1986 Orioles. They played pretty well, reaching a season-high 12 games over .500 on August 5, 1986 (my 20th birthday), then fell completely apart, mostly because of horrific pitching. As a matter of fact, the August 6th game, in my opinion, was the kickoff of the serious decline in Orioles' baseball. That was the game where they battled back by hitting 2 grand slams in the game, only to lose to Texas 13-11. This year's team plays better defense than the 1986 team, but the pitching is what ultimately undid them. Their hitting also fell off quite a bit after that August 6th game. I hope the results are different this year...but it's something that's stuck in my head recently watching this team. Little comparison between those two teams, imho. Cal led that team with 25 HRs for the entire season. Trumbo already has 27. Third base on that team was split between Floyd Rayford and Tom O'Malley. Manny is a bit better than those two. Jonathan Schoop vs. Alan Wiggins??? please. Their starting rotation of Boddicker, Flanagan, Davis, McGregor, Ken Dixon was mediocre at the time but all had ERAs under 5 and Storm was under 4. As a group their starters were a little better than ours though Tillman is a better performer this year than any of the 1986 group. Our bullpen is light years better than the 1986 group. Don Aase is nowhere near Zach. Their next group of Rich Bordi, Brad Havens, Nate Snell, Odell Jones are not comparable to O'Day (when back), Brach, Bundy, Givens at all. I also think their offense was nowhere near as good as this group. They scored 707 runs in the entire season and we are on a pace to score 830, almost a run more per game. This team may yet be able to overcome terrible pitching from 4 and 5 slots with their offense, defense. The 1986 group overplayed in the first half and fell to their talent level in the second half, imho. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OFFNY Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Pretty unusual for one team to have played 4 more games at the ASB than the other. Orioles will have played 87 and the Jays 91 at the break. So this business about the Jays catching us by the break is really a bit of a red herring. They are 3 games back in the loss column as of tonight's games. BLUE JAYS LOSE !!! BLUE JAYS LOSE !!! BLUE JAYS LOSE !!! BLUE JAYS LOSE !!! BLUE JAYS LOSE !!! BLUE JAYS LOSE !!! o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machado13 Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 BLUE JAYS LOSE !!! BLUE JAYS LOSE !!! BLUE JAYS LOSE !!! BLUE JAYS LOSE !!! BLUE JAYS LOSE !!! BLUE JAYS LOSE !!! o Need to win today and get some breathing room! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Fox Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Will we still be alone in first at the break? With the O's win and Jays loss today, the answer is yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OFFNY Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 BLUE JAYS LOSE !!! BLUE JAYS LOSE !!! BLUE JAYS LOSE !!! BLUE JAYS LOSE !!! BLUE JAYS LOSE !!! BLUE JAYS LOSE !!! o We need to win today, and get some breathing room! o ORIOLES WIN !!! ORIOLES WIN !!! ORIOLES WIN !!! ORIOLES WIN !!! ORIOLES WIN !!! ORIOLES WIN !!! o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDtransplant757 Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Got some room, thank god. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahama O's Fan Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 We have the smallest lead of all of MLB with two teams on our heels, welcome to the AL East. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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callahan09 Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 I think what surprises me most is how effective the bullpen has remained despite the absence of O'Day. Very resilient team! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OFFNY Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 o BALTIMORE ORIOLES,)OOOOOOOOOOoo... 51-36 OOOll.)o - - BOSTON RED SOX OOOOOOOOOOOOOO..ooo, 49-38 OOOo)..o 2.0 TORONTO BLUE JAYS o)lOOOOOOOOOOo.. 51-40 OOOOo..l 2.0 NEW YORK YANKEES l)oOOOOOOOOOOool)) 44-44 OO...lllllll 7.5 TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS ......ll)oo)OO) 34-54 OOOOO.ll 17.5 o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OFFNY Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 o ORIOLES WIN !!! ORIOLES WIN !!! ORIOLES WIN !!! ORIOLES WIN !!! ORIOLES WIN !!! ORIOLES WIN !!! o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machado13 Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Great win tonight. To be able to come back from a couple of runs down and pull it out late is beautiful. Keep grinding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OFFNY Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 oORIOLES WIN !!! ORIOLES WIN !!! ORIOLES WIN !!! ORIOLES WIN !!! ORIOLES WIN !!! ORIOLES WIN !!! o BLUE JAYS LOSE !!! BLUE JAYS LOSE !!! BLUE JAYS LOSE !!! BLUE JAYS LOSE !!! BLUE JAYS LOSE !!! BLUE JAYS LOSE !!! o 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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