vs. RANGERS, 6/29

[Palmoripken]

Joseph quietly having a decent game at the plate. Need to score here.

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[Moshagge3]

Very satisfactory game for CJ. It's time for the big bats to do something.

[O's84]

I don't think I've seen a starting pitcher throw this many breaking balls.

[OriolesMagic83]

This has to kill the team momentum to get a pitching start like this. The question isn't is Bud good enough to be a starter, its is he good enough to pitch in the majors.

For the love of God, Buck please send Bud somewhere other than to start another game. :angryfire:

[Guest roOsky]

lets get at least one back this innning

[sandiegosean]

Doesn't help that we score Norris 1 run in three starts. He's the guy that needs run support to get his shaky confidence right.

[backwardsk]

To be fair, I don't think there was a way to know then that Norris was going to be this bad.

Or that Jimenez would turn it around.

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[Flash- bd]

I am generally supportive of everything Duquette has done. Usually I see the logic even if I disagree. That said, he had a great opportunity to trade Norris this offseason. No matter how low the offers may have been, I have to think he would have gotten something back. Even if it was a bag of balls, he would have had $9M more to spend. DD dropped the ball on that one.

Well said.

No hindsight here, I was genuinely surprised he didn't take the chance to deal Bud in the offseason.

[TonySoprano]

Exactly. We could've had bases loaded and at least made a game of it; maybe a rally once Bud's out of the game.

Two straight hits since the Hirschbeck bogus K.

[Aristotelian]

To be fair, I don't think there was a way to know then that Norris was going to be this bad.

No, but his value was higher than it would ever be, and we are just wasting Gausman to make room for him at this point.

[O's84]

How about an Earl Weaver special Nolan.

[backwardsk]

Two straight hits since the Hirschbeck bogus K.

There was the Flaherty k.

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[Palmoripken]

It's time Nolan.

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[Guest roOsky]

man this empire is terrible, such bad strike zone

[TonySoprano]

Ducks on the pond, 1 out. Here we go.