vs. Royals 5/18

[scOtt]

Can Nick ever advance on a WP?

Or deep fly to right?

[TouchemAll]

Let's have a BIG inning.

Yea come ON!! were not done yet run that pitch count UP!!!

[Can_of_corn]

Why doesn't Nick take the base on those types of mistakes?

He knows he is slow and doesn't want to risk making an out.

That is my theory.

[mrbig1]

3-1 O's. :clap3:

[Malike]

James Shields. Oriole Killer.

[weams]

This Sheilds guy is good hittin'

[Ori-Al]

And an opposite field sacrifice fly. The world may be coming to an end.

Now an opposite field single from Jones.

[nevadaO]

Machado going to come through with a double here.

Bah, he hit it where I thought he would, just too high. Nice sac fly.

Jones first pitch swinging again. Good result but still.

ARGH the "Tip your cap" line............

[allquixotic]

Joe Angel: "And that'll bring up... the Big Fella."

Me: "Wait, is he talking about that bum Chris Davis? "The Big Fella" is Cruuuuz to me, this year...." :slytf:

[MrOrange82]

SSS, but the team is stuffing mouthfuls of crow into both of our mouths at the moment.

I welcome any/all present and future crow. It'll take a LOT more than one game at this point, though. Let alone one inning in one game

[mrbig1]

Call me crazy but the Orioles score 7 today.

You are wise my friend.

[Morgan423]

I think most of the team's hitters carry poor approaches at the plate, and most people have down years. Maybe this is one of AJ's. I don't expect Chris Davis to hit 50 HRs again. Wieters is hurt (possibly for the entire year). Hardy's dealt with injuries that seem to have affected his hitting. Machado tailed off badly during the second half of 2013, and he's coming back from a major injury. Schoop is a rookie. Cruz has already been playing well over his head going by his career averages. Markakis is what he is. Fairly solid singles hitter.

Where's the major correction coming from?

Again, you're saying that every guy in the lineup is going to continue to regress for the remainder of the season. The odds aren't in favor of that.

Yes, several guys are struggling now and don't have an optimum approach. They'll make adjustments. To suggest that everyone will keep doing what they're doing now for the rest of the year... not going to happen.

[weams]

He knows he is slow and doesn't want to risk making an out.

That is my theory.

Probably a good theory. He can't be that slow though right?

[InsideCoroner]

If this were Star Trek, Sulu would now be saying, "Captain, we've lost all power in our Shields!"

[Can_of_corn]

3-1 O's. :clap3:

You just know there is a Royal fan on a message board going "Game over guys, I'm out. No way they score four runs.".