Cafardo: Despite losses, Orioles still perched on top in AL East

[weams]

I guess in your eyes the Giants were lucky too? I would love to be lucky 1 year and win it all.

No. The Giants are actually sustainably great.

[25 Nuggets]

I guess in your eyes the Giants were lucky too? I would love to be lucky 1 year and win it all.

Me too! Anything can happen in the playoffs, all you need to do is get there.

[Guest]

No. The Giants are actually sustainably great.

But they only won 88 games last year i was told that was lucky to get you in?

[weams]

But they only won 88 games last year i was told that was lucky to get you in?

They have been at that level or better through good play, power, and starting pitching for a five year stretch. Not one lucky season when all the competition folded.

[Guest]

Look i hate the Royals a lot now too. But that wasn't luck that pen was lock down. Look what they did to Oakland in the wild card game they ran all over them to set up runs not luck.

[Can_of_corn]

But they only won 88 games last year i was told that was lucky to get you in?

I certainly didn't say that.

[25 Nuggets]

No. The Giants are actually sustainably great.

Meh. The Giants were an 88 win team with a Pythag W-L of 87-75. Not a great team. They were Madison Bumgarner and friends in the playoffs.

[Can_of_corn]

Look i hate the Royals a lot now too. But that wasn't luck that pen was lock down. Look what they did to Oakland in the wild card game they ran all over them to set up runs not luck.

No one is saying that their pen was lucky. You only need a three person pen in the playoffs and they had the best top three.

[Number5]

How has hitting all those HR worked out for us?

Wait a minute. You are now downplaying the importance of power hitting? So we shouldn't try to add any power hitters? Am I understanding you correctly?

[weams]

Wait a minute. You are now downplaying the importance of power hitting? So we shouldn't try to add any power hitters? Am I understanding you correctly?

Moar Cowbell!

[25 Nuggets]

I have the answer! More walks AND more home runs! And he's left handed!

Bring Adam Dunn out of retirement. :wedge:

[Frobby]

Look i hate the Royals a lot now too. But that wasn't luck that pen was lock down. Look what they did to Oakland in the wild card game they ran all over them to set up runs not luck.

We're getting off point. The Royals were not as good an offensive club as the Orioles, period.

I'm fine with hitting a lot of homers. But let's not forget that in 2012 when we made the playoffs, we hit 214 homers but were 9th of 14 teams in runs scored. Homers alone don't guarantee a good offense. Houston was 3rd in the AL in homers this year, and 14th of 15 in runs scored.