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Turning point of the spring for the O's.


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The turning point of the spring is April 4, when the games count. For me, the big takeaway from the last two days is Ubaldo and Gonzo pitched well and erased any big concerns about their rough first outings. Nothing else meant anything to me. I'd like to start winning some games just because I prefer to read about winning, but it's just not important.

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The turning point of the spring is April 4, when the games count. For me, the big takeaway from the last two days is Ubaldo and Gonzo pitched well and erased any big concerns about their rough first outings. Nothing else meant anything to me. I'd like to start winning some games just because I prefer to read about winning, but it's just not important.

Disagree wholeheartedly that winning isn't important. It's not as important now, due to the fact the games don't count, but winning always matters when playing competitively.

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Disagree wholeheartedly that winning isn't important. It's not as important now, due to the fact the games don't count, but winning always matters when playing competitively.

Are they playing "competitively"? :scratchchinhmm: Redmond for two or three innings?

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With the O's sending the 2nd and 3rd team on the road vs the other team's 1st team the odds are against the O's winning on the road. At home if the wind blows out the O's 1st team is going to hit a lot of homers.

The O's pitching will be fine if they can just pitch the guys that have a chance to help the team this year instead of guys that will be in the minors all year.

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With the O's sending the 2nd and 3rd team on the road vs the other team's 1st team the odds are against the O's winning of the road. At home if the wind blows out the O's 1st team is going to hit a lot of homers.

The O's pitching will be fine if they can just pitch the guys that have a chance to help the team this year instead of guys that will be in the minors all year.

The Red Sawx scrubs looked kinda tough vs our A team yesterday....:laughlol:

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Disagree wholeheartedly that winning isn't important. It's not as important now, due to the fact the games don't count, but winning always matters when playing competitively.

But they aren't playing competitively, they are in training. Winning the ball game is not the focus.

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Let me just sum it up real quick to nip a 75 page thread in the bud.

We'd all prefer they'd win. It would more reassuring if they won.

Losing a lot in the beginning of ST doesn't preclude a good season.

That about do it?

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Let me just sum it up real quick to nip a 75 page thread in the bud.

We'd all prefer they'd win. It would more reassuring if they won.

Losing a lot in the beginning of ST doesn't preclude a good season.

That about do it?

If they were winning, we'd all be: "winning early is important, it establishes the 'can-win' attitude"

When ST doesn't go our way it's all about " young players getting their feet wet, pitchers just warming up and not showing their real stuff and just working out 3rd and 4th pitches and new stuff. Hitters are just trying to make contact..."

If we go 10-2 the first 2 weeks of the season we are all: Great starts mean great ending"

If we go 2-10 the first 2 weeks, we are all " it's a]early, wait till the weather and bats heat up"

Baseball fans find any reason to be optimists or pessimists, irrationally and subjectively. Orioles fans are notorious for this. We'll make excuses for losing and turn utility players into HOFers.

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Let me just sum it up real quick to nip a 75 page thread in the bud.

We'd all prefer they'd win. It would more reassuring if they won.

Losing a lot in the beginning of ST doesn't preclude a good season.

That about do it?

Pretty accurate.

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If they were winning, we'd all be: "winning early is important, it establishes the 'can-win' attitude"

When ST doesn't go our way it's all about " young players getting their feet wet, pitchers just warming up and not showing their real stuff and just working out 3rd and 4th pitches and new stuff. Hitters are just trying to make contact..."

If we go 10-2 the first 2 weeks of the season we are all: Great starts mean great ending"

If we go 2-10 the first 2 weeks, we are all " it's a]early, wait till the weather and bats heat up"

Baseball fans find any reason to be optimists or pessimists, irrationally and subjectively. Orioles fans are notorious for this. We'll make excuses for losing and turn utility players into HOFers.

Not everyone, but some folks would.

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