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BohKnowsBmore Hangout Grand Counsel

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Rays lose; Jays win. No matter what happens' date=' as bad as we have been, we are no worse than 2 games out of first place.[/quote']

Love it! This team is better than their record to this point. We're still in it and will be fighting for a playoff spot all season. I hope too many don't jump off the bandwagon, because it will definitely be picking up speed as the season goes on. :)

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Let's hope so. Being 2 games back is fine, but being under .500 is not. It may be indicative of some larger problems that we'll be seeing all year. I hope not. But we're only 2 games back because it's early. We're under .500 because we're not playing well.

I don't know. 2 games under .500 ain't too bad considering the schedule we've played so far and given the facts that Davis only has 1 HR, Ubaldo has struggled badly, half of the other starting pitchers are struggling as well, Machado hasn't played at all, and Hardy has been hurt. The ability to hang on and not lose a lot of ground during tough stretches is the mark of a good team. All teams will face these trying times during the season. The Orioles have handled this one pretty well so far, imo.

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Let's hope so. Being 2 games back is fine, but being under .500 is not. It may be indicative of some larger problems that we'll be seeing all year. I hope not. But we're only 2 games back because it's early. We're under .500 because we're not playing well.
I don't know. 2 games under .500 ain't too bad considering the schedule we've played so far and given the facts that Davis only has 1 HR, Ubaldo has struggled badly, half of the other starting pitchers are struggling as well, Machado hasn't played at all, and Hardy has been hurt. The ability to hang on and not lose a lot of ground during tough stretches is the mark of a good team. All teams will face these trying times during the season. The Orioles have handled this one pretty well so far, imo.

Regardless of whether or not you put a positive spin on it, or a negative spin on it, it's really fun to be involved in a pennant race this late in the season.

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Undefeated in Fenway in 2014!

And they pissed that undefeated record away today.

A golden opportunity to gain ground on the Yankees coming down the home stretch with only 146 games left to play, and they come up snake-eyes.

I'm sick of these guys.

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And they pissed that undefeated record away today.

A golden opportunity to gain ground on the Yankees coming down the home stretch with only 146 games left to play, and they come up snake-eyes.

I'm sick of these guys.

They stink! They make me sick. I'm actually starting to bleed an orangish sort of color.

Seriously though. I'm sick of the sox. Manfra is laying into Ross (as well as the ump crew) on WBAL right now. Angel trying to rein it in a bit.

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Reaction after today...

1. Don't want to resign Hardy.

2. Davis isn't going to be the $200 million dollar contract we thought he was after the last two years.

3. Wieters may end up being the only one of the three worth resigning.

4. We need Manny's solid defense back at 3rd base pronto.

5. Why didn't we sign Koji last year?

6. Ross needs one in his ear hole tomorrow night.

7. Why didn't Buck pinch run for Matt in the 9th?

8. The golf tournament really sucks this weekend. No top stars. Thank God for the Ladies tonight.

9. I wanna cold beer and I wanna see something naked.

10. Happy Easter everyone.

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That was an absolutely demoralizing loss when you consider the factors that went into it. The replay system has to be tweaked, there's no two ways around it, but even beyond that, the team is not the same defensively with Machado not at 3rd, and it's exacerbated when Hardy is not at short.

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