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8-9 playing without Manny. I can think of 3 games that if Manny and Hardy play we win. Just play .500 till we get Manny back and i'm happy.

Agree. I'll take a little over .500 though, at least. Because to make the playoffs, we will likely need to be 20 games over .500 and Manny while good, doesn't make THAT big of a difference. If we start hitting more homers, and our slumping hitters pick it up then we will be just fine.

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Sorry, but this is a reactionary thread. Optimists have plenty of other threads in which to bash us reactionaries. That is the thing about optimists, they continue to follow you around and continue to tell you why you should not be pessimistic, that the sky is blue, until you want to scream. Repeat after me....the season is lost. There you go, that's better. lol.

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By the way, can I just say that when Lombardozzi and Lough are hitting behind you, grounding out weakly to the right side to move a runner to third is not a "professional at-bat." Wieters is not a "gamer" for moving up Jones so that Lombardozzi could hit the ball three feet and Lough could wave at three pitches.

Oh, and if Hardy is going to be unavailable for even a few days, DL HIM. He's not hitting anyway, and you're just painting yourself into a corner where you have no extra infielders and Lombardozzi and Flaherty get to be overmatched in key at-bats late in the game. See that big green thing in left field? That's a short porch. You may remember it from Gomes hitting the 2014's second shortest home run so far. See those bulky righties on your bench? They hit the ball in the air, usually in the direction of that green thing. Lombardozzi batting instead of Pearce or Young was terrible and was the direct result of horrible roster construction.

What a difference a couple days make.

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Sorry, but this is a reactionary thread. Optimists have plenty of other threads in which to bash us reactionaries. That is the thing about optimists, they continue to follow you around and continue to tell you why you should not be pessimistic, that the sky is blue, until you want to scream. Repeat after me....the season is lost. There you go, that's better. lol.

You're right. It's best to be glum.

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Sorry, but this is a reactionary thread. Optimists have plenty of other threads in which to bash us reactionaries. That is the thing about optimists, they continue to follow you around and continue to tell you why you should not be pessimistic, that the sky is blue, until you want to scream. Repeat after me....the season is lost. There you go, that's better. lol.

Isn't it legal to react optimistically or does "reactionary" only have a negative connotation? Oh wait.....you forgot the sarcasm emoticon, I get it! ;)

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Showalter's job is in danger.

Tommy Hunter's life is in danger.

The very existence of the American League East is in danger.

And there is no guarantee that the game of baseball will ever be the same again by the end of the week.

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The only thing that needs to be said. The Tigers are just a better team then Orioles.

I'll wait until the all star break at least to come to that conclusion. The position players as a group have played as bad as anyone ever would have expected, Hardy, Davis, Machado, and Wieters have been hurt and we are still 20-17.

If the Tigers had injuries to Cabrera, Martinez, Kinsler, and Jackson where would they be right now?

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I'll wait until the all star break at least to come to that conclusion. The position players as a group have played as bad as anyone ever would have expected, Hardy, Davis, Machado, and Wieters have been hurt and we are still 20-17.

If the Tigers had injuries to Cabrera, Martinez, Kinsler, and Jackson where would they be right now?

With that pitching they would be fine.

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The only thing that needs to be said. The Tigers are just a better team then Orioles.

So, should the thread be closed, or should the mods just close down the entire board?

Considering that you asserted that that is only thing that needs to be said, then there really isn't anything else to talk about.

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