Jump to content

Orioles in 1st place

oldbird

By oldbird
in Orioles Talk

 Share

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 840
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Popular Posts

NashLumber
NashLumber

If you had told me in January that the O's would be tied for first in late July 2020 with a .667 win percentage, I'd have laughed at you.  Yes, that was tongue in cheek.       

OFFNY
OFFNY

o   I have to get my Cheap thrills any time that I can with this team ........     BALTIMORE ORIOLESllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll 2-1 llllllllllllllll

bobmc
bobmc

As long time (ago) rabid Oriole fan @cindyluvsbrady used to write on these hallowed walls (sic), " B E L E I V E  "

Posted Images

weams Hangout Grand Counsel

weams

Posted
Posted

Darren O'Day to MASN

"I don't think the standings necessarily are a big deal yet. We are a proud team and we won the division last year. It's going to be a challenge with everyone coming for us, but we've been playing better baseball lately. We knew we would, it was just a matter of time."
Link to comment
Share on other sites
scOtt Hangout Grand Counsel

scOtt

Posted
Posted
Darren O'Day to MASN
"I don't think the standings necessarily are a big deal yet. We are a proud team and we won the division last year. It's going to be a challenge with everyone coming for us, but we've been playing better baseball lately. We knew we would, it was just a matter of time."

[video=youtube;4g8gC8OfqzE]

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Rene88 Hangout Grand Counsel

Rene88

Posted
Posted

Nobody is out of this division, that scares me. The Sox could make a couple of moves and they may awaken. Moreso with Evil Empire, they will def make moves.

Someone will break away, but who?

Toronto scares me the most.

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Rich Mac Major Leaguer

Rich Mac

Posted
Posted
Going to be at least one more. Yanks are off today and 1/2 back. Even a loss won't knock us out of 1st. Of course, a win would be nicer.

Amusingly, ESPN dropped us down below the Yankees in the standings. I shouldn't have expected anything different - they probably just did it alphabetically :rolleyes:

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 9 months later...
harp6 Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

harp6

Posted
Posted (edited)
I don't like the rule, but it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

"My feet were aiming straight at the bag," Bautista said. "I felt like I was within reach. I didn't go directly at him. As far as I understood, I was assuming contact was still OK and obstructing his path was still OK as long as you stayed within reach of the bag and your feet were headed towards the bag. I feel like I respected the rule, felt like it was absolutely a clean slide. It's just disappointing and somewhat embarrassing to lose a Major League Baseball game [that way]."

Bautista did not know that intentionally tripping a fielder with hands was also illegal under the old rules and still is illegal without the new rules. When I saw it I was reminded of the Arod swatting the glove incident.

They did not need the new rule in this case. It is interference similar to the Arod swatting the glove situation. Bautista intentionally grabbed at the foot of the fielder to trip him. Even with the old (still in existence) interference rules, if a baserunner willfully and deliberately interferes with a ball or fielder with obvious intent to break up a double play, then the batter is also out and it becomes a dead ball at that point. It would have been up to the umpire to decide if it was willful or deliberate and it also had to look obvious. Under the interference rules, it was hard to decide if a break up slide into second base was willful or deliberate as long as they were in reach of the bag and didn't do something stupid like Bautista did. But even under the interference rule, if the player grabs a foot with his hand to intentionally trip the fielder, or grabs his jersey to yank the fielder down, or swats at the arm to break up the double play, then it would have been classified as deliberate and the player would be called out at first for a double play. In slow motion, it was very obvious that Bautista intentionally grabbed at the fielders foot to trip him and even under the interference rules, it should have been called interference. But I think under the interference rules, interference still would have not been called last year in that situation. In live action, it is hard to see that it was deliberate. Under the interference rules, even though it was a violation of rules to intentionally trip a player like that, I don't think that it would have been reviewed and watched in slow motion. I think with the emphasis of the new rules, it was challenged and was in violation of the new rules and the existing (old) interference rule.

Edited by harp6
  • Upvote 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites
weams Hangout Grand Counsel

weams

Posted
Posted
Roid ragers have a hard time controlling their actions and following the rules.

It's not their fault. Addiction is a disease. I used to be angry with Ortiz as well about the phone. Now I just feel sad that he does not have the help in his life that he obviously needs.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Posts

    • Brooks The Great
      Gunnar Henderson 2024

      By Brooks The Great · Posted

      It's fine, but I would personally prefer having Cowser and Adley taking tons of pitches back-to-back before Gunnar further punishes the opposing starting pitcher with high exit velo barrels. 
    • Brooks The Great
      Gunnar Henderson 2024

      By Brooks The Great · Posted

      I was going to say pretty much the same thing about Cowser in my post, but left out my thoughts to keep the post more Gunnar-centric. But I totally agree that Cowser fits the best as this team's leadoff hitter, especially since Holliday doesn't look like he's going to make an impact offensively as early as most of us thought heading into the season.  Going back to last season, I've said Cowser has the best mix of patience, hit tool, power, and speed to be a great leadoff hitter. The strikeouts are most likely always going to be high with him, but he has .380-.400+ OBP makeup, and having someone like that hitting leadoff with Adley and Gunnar hitting directly behind Cowser is going to set things up for an elite offense which is much more dynamic and less one-dimensional than the what we've seen up until this point. Cowser Adley Gunnar Westburg O'Hearn Santander Mountcastle Is an ideal top 7 against RHP for right now, with Kjerstad (replacing Hays) and Mayo (essentially replacing Mateo and bumping Westburg to 2B) making the lineup legitimately scary within the next couple months. Mullins and Hays need to be phased out, with Santander and Mountcastle not far behind if those two continue struggling and not reaching base enough to justify hitting in the middle of the order.
    • Hallas
      Gunnar Henderson 2024

      By Hallas · Posted

      A lot of teams (likely driven by analytics) are putting their best overall hitter at 2 (like the Yankees batting Soto 2, and the Dodgers batting Shohei 2) to maximize ABs while guaranteeing that a high-OBP guy is batting in front of him to give him opportunities with men on base.  That's probably what we want.  It seems logical considering how thoroughly debunked small-ball in the first inning has been.  Rutschman at 3 is fine.
    • Hallas
      Gunnar Henderson 2024

      By Hallas · Posted

      Realistically I think Adley as the leadoff guy is the best lineup for us but if he has trouble batting leadoff in half the games because he can't get his catcher's gear off fast enough then I get it.   Cowser has continued to be incredibly patient, and if Adley can't be our leadoff guy then Cowser is probably our next best option.  Of course Cowser also hits a lot of bombs, so it'd be interesting if he goes on another heater.   If Cowser gets off the schneid then Cowser leadoff and Gunnar at 2 could be incredibly potent.  I don't think Cowser is actually playing that badly, he's just been running into some bad luck.  And he's starting to wake up a little bit anyway.
    • Brooks The Great
      Gunnar Henderson 2024

      By Brooks The Great · Posted

      Agreed, appreciate the stats. Gunnar isn't a leadoff hitter - he's a prototypical #3 hitter or cleanup hitter. Hyde writes poor lineups, and Gunnar hitting leadoff has been one of the consistent problems with the offense this season. Gunnar hitting mostly solo shots is both a consequence and reflection of this offense's flaws - the O's have too many low-OBP hitters in the lineup (hitting in less-than-optimal spots for the most part) and are too reliant on solo homers to generate runs. At least Hyde has started hitting Westburg leadoff against LHP, which is progress, but Hyde is way too stubborn and too slow to make the correct adjustments. He's very similar to Buck Showalter in that respect.  Anyway, I look forward to Hyde waking up and moving Gunnar down to #3/#4 against RHP.  
    • Hallas
      What are the best and worst trades in Orioles history?

      By Hallas · Posted

      While the return on the Tettleton trade wasn't ideal, 1: I don't think you can really expect a 30 year old catcher to put up a career year and then follow it up with another one, and 2: we had Chris Hoiles who played quite well for us following Tettleton's departure.  If we had forward thinking GMs we probably would split them at C and give them DH/1B/OF games on their non catching days, which is what Detroit did with Tettleton to prolong his career after 1992.  (He was basically the same hitter from 1993-1995 but he stopped catching with regularity so his WAR was much lower.)   The Davis trade was so completely undefensible on every level, not the least of which because we already had a player who was at least as good as Davis was on the team, but he didn't fit the stereotypical batting profile of a 1B.  At least today teams wouldn't be so quick to dismiss a 10 HR first baseman if he's got an OBP of .400.
    • OsFanSinceThe80s
      What are the best and worst trades in Orioles history?

      By OsFanSinceThe80s · Posted

      The Glenn Davis trade was so bad it overshadowed another really bad trade in team history. The Orioles traded Mickey Tettleton that same offseason for Jeff Robinson in part because Tettleton had an off year in 1990 with a .223 batting average and a .381 slugging percentage. Except Tettleton drew 116 walks making his OBP .376 and his OPS+ was 116. Jeff Robinson was coming off a 5.96 ERA in 145 innings pitched. I have no idea what the team was thinking with this trade. Robinson did manage to lower his ERA in 1991 to 5.18 his only Orioles season. There's no way this trade is made today in the age of analytics. Tettleton meanwhile put up 171 home runs and an .859 OPS for the remainder of his career. 😬 Just a bad trade that doesn't get talked about enough thanks to Glenn Davis.

  • Popular Contributors

×
×
  • Create New...