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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Tarp back on the field at Camden Yards</p>— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) <a href="

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Tarp now coming off the field.</p>— Eduardo A. Encina (@EddieInTheYard) <a href="

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Here's to hoping we actually show some offensive life tonight.

If not, I'm going to start getting a little worried. Going to prematurely apologize if I bash AJ swinging at everything.

I'll allow it. AJ really needs to settle down. He did that all spring long from what I saw on TV. But now we can start getting a little worries bc we arent in ST anymore...

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I'll allow it. AJ really needs to settle down. He did that all spring long from what I saw on TV. But now we can start getting a little worries bc we arent in ST anymore...

I feel like the scouting report for pitchers on AJ right now is just to continuously pitch out of the strike zone to him. It wasn't even just this ST, he was doing this for a better part of last year as well. Incredibly frustrating as a fan, can only imagine how frustrating it is for the team, as well as himself as well.

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