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I think individual posters will have favorite players where things like that will happen. Cowser, for instance, has been getting some of that treatment during his recent struggles. I was very positive about the state of the rebuild as it was happening. But that became an increasingly unpopular position as it continued, despite it looking better and better as it progressed. And I think a lot of it stems from unrealistic expectations. And that's kind of the thing I don't get. We're the Baltimore Orioles. We're on pace to win 100 games for the second consecutive year. This is as good as it gets. What in the last 40 years suggest we shouldn't be absolutely thrilled with being in this position? -
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By interloper · Posted
I still don't know. If he's DFA'd, he's the kind of guy that gets claimed like, within seconds. He's useful to both bad teams because he's under control for awhile, and good teams who need a decent UTIL IF replacement. -
By Moose Milligan · Posted
Off the top of my head, it's hard to recall specific details. But I've seen posts on here about O'Hearn's underlying numbers and how he's not a mirage, for example. -
Agreed. But "numbers" "evidence" whatever can always be twisted to make whatever argument you want to make, and people mostly want to make negative arguments regarding the O's chances or the performance of the players or management. When was the last time the team was playing poorly and you saw a thread about how the underlying numbers were actually encouraging?
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I actually force myself to do it now just so I can't be accused of being 100% contrarian.
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By interloper · Posted
I do this a good amount actually - I think it's good every now and then! -
I’m surprised that nobody mentioned in six pages that we seem to be getting a whole lot of luck. We’re not blowing teams away, winning 12 to nothing or eight to one. We often winning on what appears to be a lucky fluke. We’re not hitting well,( although we’re pitching and defending well) It just seems like we’re not overpowering anybody, and we should. This makes it much easier to complain about personnel decisions or manager choices. There’s a psychological condition called “the imposter complex,” which is when someone doesn’t give himself credit for his skill, constantly second-guessing his ability and being afraid that he will be found out for the charlatan that he is. it’s quite possible that there’s a little bit of that going on here, and the weaknesses that were seeing are “proof that were really not that good and we’ve got to do something right away or we will be found out as imposters” This is a good team, but sometimes it seems as if we’re also a very lucky team, and we’re all worried about what happens when the luck goes away.
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