vs. RAYS, 9/05

[scOtt]

Buck is giving the A team the night off.

Buck is doing his BEST with what he has to work with. He above ALL NEVER quits.

[WEAVERMAN]

Good job Joe, now we need some base runners, choke it out TB, we know you can do it.

[TouchemAll]

Nice gb dp...

[FlipCup]

Smyley is no day at the beach tomorrow. Hellickson on Sunday.Tough sledding ahead.

We play better against good pitchers and have shown that this whole year.

[O's84]

Ok... 3 runs ain't bad

More than we can probably afford though with 1 inning left.

[PaulFolk]

The only thing that bothers me about losing this game (because every team loses games) is that the loss falls squarely on the Orioles' "B" squad. Webb and Meek were in the minors for most of the season for a reason.

See, that's the thing that doesn't bother me about this game. If the O's lose, they will have lost because of a bunch of pitchers who won't be on their postseason roster anyway. Kind of like in spring training, where the O's lose with a bunch of players who aren't going to make their major league roster.

[dtk9119]

Get the DP ball Joe, get it done.

Got it, but I don't see us doing anything off of McGee.

[O's84]

Orioles vs Yankees Mystique, who comes up with these dumb ads?

[Guest]

Our regular pen needs a blow.Tonights pen did the blowing.

Or the Bats did the blowing too. Cant win when you don't score.

[FlipCup]

More than we can probably afford though with 1 inning left.

Agreed. Not like we've scored at least 6 runs in one inning in the past few games....

[JR Oriole]

I think this was just one of those nights when we weren't going to score even if the game went 20 innings.

I think it is a pretty harmless loss since NY lost. And if Boston can steal this game in the 9th, then the division will look the same as it did this morning.

Look at the bright side.....we don't have to see that MF Cobb until 2015. I would rather face Kershaw than deal with this dude again. Dammit he kills our hitters. I still remember that game he threw at us at the end of 2012....we literally stopped hitting after that.

[scOtt]

Smyley is no day at the beach tomorrow. Hellickson on Sunday.Tough sledding ahead.

Smyly is a dotcom bubble if you ask me.

[O's84]

We've lost twice to Smyley already this year.

He won't be smiling when were done with him.

[MrOrange82]

See, that's the thing that doesn't bother me about this game. If the O's lose, they will have lost because of a bunch of pitchers who won't be on their postseason roster anyway. Kind of like in spring training, where the O's lose with a bunch of players who aren't going to make their major league roster.

Yeah, I can see both sides. I just don't like handing the Rays an easier path after Chen (and the defense, mostly) gutted out a strong 7+ innings. If it refreshes the "real" bullpen for more important games going forward, fine. But it's just a little irksome tonight.

[scOtt]

I see you Joe.

Shakin' dat ass!