What Happens if we Sweep KC?

[Bahama O's Fan]

I don't have any dreams of it happening, but just theoretically, would you think we still have a chance?

[OFFNY]

I don't have any dreams of it happening' date=' [b']but just theoretically, would you think we still have a chance?[/b]

I believe that we have a chance, regardless.

They can start by winning one game tonight.

[Morgan423]

I don't have any dreams of it happening' date=' but just theoretically, would you think we still have a chance?[/quote']

Barely. We would probably have to win 75% of the remaining games from here, assuming the wild card is at 88 or 89 games this year.

[Aristotelian]

Hell will freeze over, pigs will fly, and the Orioles will win the World Series.

[OrioleAL]

Ya gotta believe.

[FanSince88]

I mean, the past 4 games we've done nothing that resembles good or winning baseball and we're only 2 games out.

Someone ahead of us in the WC race is going on a run. Might be Texas, might be the Angels, might be the Twins, hell might even be Tampa Bay (who are a half game behind but still a decent enough team). But someone will get hot. And that is what will tank the O's. Even if, let's say, they only lose 12 times in September, the odds say someone else ahead of them will probably do just as well or even better.

There's just too many teams in the mix, and the Orioles are just not talented or focused enough to go on a major run. The starting pitching is very shaky, and when the starters do deliver, the offense fails to support it. If it was let's say just the O's and the Angels or just the O's and Texas, they'd have a much better shot. But with 3 or 4 other teams vying for that one second WC, it's not looking good.

[FanSince88]

Two games out in a crowded field of four or five contenders is roughly equivalent of five or six games out in the division. With all the head-to-head division games coming up, the O's might actually have a better chance at winning the division outright than finishing ahead of all the second WC contenders.

[Orioles0615]

I think they will then follow it by losing 4 in a row because that is what they have done all year.

[Rene88]

I don't think you need to worry about that.

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[MDK02]

You would then wake up from you dream.

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[Rene88]

All the negative comments is so anti-Oriole. You must not be true fans...."same old, same old" "all Cruz's fault, right" "same tired arguments"

We just had bad luck is all:)

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[SeaBird]

I don't have any dreams of it happening' date=' but just theoretically, would you think we still have a chance?[/quote']

The Magic 8 Ball says sweeping KC ain't happenin'.

[tntoriole]

Ha, ha, ha...the Royals just turned it on when they wanted to. They remind me of the line from Jim Bouton about the Orioles of the 1970s..."It was like being in school and pitching a no-hitter...until the big boys showed up."

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[olehippi]

Perhaps the question should be: what happens if KC sweeps us?

[Bahama O's Fan]

Okay, throw this thread into the depths.