April 10, Game 1, at Texas

[NOVA OriolesFan]

You might want to amend that to say lack of patience in scoring situations. Because we did have 5+ walks and work Millwood for 110+ pitches in 7 innings IIRC.

EDIT: It was 6 walks and 111 pitches.

True that's a better point. We would have some innings where we worked Millwood really well then others when guys would swing at the first pitch. I am not that upset. 6-2 is better than I hoped for.

[jfish]

Trax threw great today. Who would have marked him down for 6 1/3 quality innings today? I'm always reading about how bad of a signing he was...GREAT outing today. The pitch he threw to Young was a good pitch, he just got beat by a good hitter, it happens. And with Ramon...ease up a bit. First off, it was a tough pitch to throw on (low and outside, if I remember correctly...maybe it wasn't) and Fahey needs to throw his body in front of it and knock it down.

[NOVA OriolesFan]

Was it? We had six walks today. Millwood threw 111 pitches through 7 IP so it appears we worked him pretty hard. I just don't see "impatience" as any part of the reason we lost.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=280410213

I think we lost because some times you lose and sometimes the other guys win. Today was a bit of both. We hit the ball pretty hard right at people several times today. They had a few bloopers. We didn't play flawlessly in the field. It happens.

You're right, I stand corrected. .

[IHeartMASN]

LOL, the info on DirecTV for right now says "Between game filler".

[Scrat1]

I'm listening to Orioles Magic a few times before the next game. Trying to get some karma going.

[orayole]

I'm listening to Orioles Magic a few times before the next game. Trying to get some karma going.

Me too. I tried listening to it in the 9th but it was taking too long to load.

[Scrat1]

As several people who are much smarter than I have said in the past, a team's momentum is only as good as the next day's starting pitcher. Millwood is paid a lot of money to shut down the other team. He did it today. Kudos to him.

Yeah. Hey, we did better than the Angels against him. Can't complain about that. Well, a little complaining maybe.

[blueberryale77]

I have to tell you, VT, I disagree with your criticisms of Ramon. Ramon's throw to 2B was right on line, but bounce in front of the bag - no tail off on the throw at all. Moore needs to stop that ball.

Regarding the play at the play, Markakis' throw is several feet on the first base side of home plate. Ramon made a nice catch and swipe effort. No chance he could have blocked the plate and caught the ball at the same time.

Ramon's throw was on line, but very weak. It was not an acceptable throw from a major league catcher, particularly considering how frequently that happens with him and the fact that earlier in the same inning he had dropped the ball and not even been able to make a throw when Kinsler stole. That being said, it shouldn't have gone into center field. Fahey should have been able to knock it down and if not Roberts was right in position to back up and should have been able to stop it from scooting on by his feet. Perhaps they were taken off guard by how low the ball stayed to the ground, but either one of them could have saved Ramon from the error.

[orayole]

No one starting a game 2 thread?

[blueberryale77]

No one starting a game 2 thread?

Every time I try to start a game thread somebody else starts one while I'm cutting and pasting the lineup so I don't try any more. You could start one though.

[Icterus galbula]

I'm listening to Orioles Magic a few times before the next game. Trying to get some karma going.

I don't get the people who say the song is dated. I think its retro cheese is a major part of its appeal for me.