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Swinging bunt. You mean error? Manny blew the game on a play he should have made. The game was lost in the 9th. McFarland has stunk this year and the game was lost in the 9th. Manny was great last year but this is this year. He's making errors, some good plays, but he's been average overall. We expect better.

Would have been a great win, coming back from 5-0. It's on Manny. If you are going to hit like a wet noodle at least get it done with the glove.

1. A tough play that I'll concede Manny should have made.

2. A walk-off game winning double from a pitcher to score a runner from 1st.

Obviously #2 doesn't happen without #1, but in a vacuum one is FAR worse than the other.

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Swinging bunt. You mean error? Manny blew the game on a play he should have made. The game was lost in the 9th. McFarland has stunk this year and the game was lost in the 9th. Manny was great last year but this is this year. He's making errors, some good plays, but he's been average overall. We expect better.

Would have been a great win, coming back from 5-0. It's on Manny. If you are going to hit like a wet noodle at least get it done with the glove.

Yep, he makes that play last year for sure. I don't think he's 100 % yet though so he should improve a lot. Still a heartbreaking way to give up the lead.

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Why are we intentionally walking the winning run? We did it twice this game. Both dumb dumb decisions by Buck.

It was a smart move man. Mark can beat you with 1 swing. You face the pitcher everyday of the week and twice on Sunday

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/OriolesChiefs">@OriolesChiefs</a> That pitcher can hit a little, Reynolds isn't very good, and again, no one was on base. Bad move.</p>— keithlaw (@keithlaw) <a href="

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