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Hmm, even ESPN is noticing now. Guess it took a drubbing of one of their teams to get some attention.

"Just how potent are the Birds' bats? They're currently leading the AL (or tied for the lead) in runs, homers, average, slugging and OPS. They've faced both Chris Archer and Price -- the two best starters the AL East has to offer -- and slapped them around like pi?atas, tallying a combined five dingers and 11 runs in just 10 innings. They've gone yard 10 times in their last four games and are now on pace for 301 bombs, which would shatter the current record of 264, set by the '97 Mariners."

http://espn.go.com/blog/baltimore-orioles/post/_/id/652/maybe-its-time-to-start-believing-in-the-baltimore-orioles

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The Orioles were talked about on Around The Horn yesterday as well. Fairly complimentary except for the NE homer Bob Ryan.

The lady from NY (can't remember her name) brought up the point that the O's have the best record in the AL East since 2012 and then said they were for real (with emphasis).

Was nice to see a sports writer from NY giving props to the O's.

My favorite part of the article was when he called the O's "LongBalltimore". :D

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Hmm, even ESPN is noticing now. Guess it took a drubbing of one of their teams to get some attention.

"Just how potent are the Birds' bats? They're currently leading the AL (or tied for the lead) in runs, homers, average, slugging and OPS. They've faced both Chris Archer and Price -- the two best starters the AL East has to offer -- and slapped them around like pi?atas, tallying a combined five dingers and 11 runs in just 10 innings. They've gone yard 10 times in their last four games and are now on pace for 301 bombs, which would shatter the current record of 264, set by the '97 Mariners."

http://espn.go.com/blog/baltimore-orioles/post/_/id/652/maybe-its-time-to-start-believing-in-the-baltimore-orioles

Yeah they can demolish Price and Archer. And will get no-hit by someone like Marco Estrada hah.

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Yeah they can demolish Price and Archer. And will get no-hit by someone like Marco Estrada hah.

Perhaps, but that's what makes baseball the greatest game in the world! It's the game where Jeff Ballard can flirt with a no-hitter in the 9th inning of a major league game.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Man I love watching this team!! Can't wait to be back out there soon! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Birdland?src=hash">#Birdland</a></p>— Kevin Gausman (@KevinGausman) <a href="

">April 13, 2016</a></blockquote>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My brother-in-law Brian, the emperor of Baltimore, has thanked me for picking <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Orioles?src=hash">#Orioles</a> last and graciously offered me lodging in October.</p>— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) <a href="

">April 13, 2016</a></blockquote>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Man I love watching this team!! Can't wait to be back out there soon! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Birdland?src=hash">#Birdland</a></p>— Kevin Gausman (@KevinGausman) <a href="
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My brother-in-law Brian, the emperor of Baltimore, has thanked me for picking <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Orioles?src=hash">#Orioles</a> last and graciously offered me lodging in October.</p>— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) <a href="

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This might be a dumb guess but he's not talking about Brian Roberts is he?

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Can you imagine this lineup hitting a pinata? Can you?

It doesn't invoke "slapping" to me, like the author suggests.

More like global thermo nuclear warfare.

I'd imagine we'd swing and miss a few times but when we do connect.... oh boy.

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Yet Buck Showalter's club has ripped off seven straight. Which, by the way, is the same number of W's that the Royals reeled off to start last year, when they won a little something called the World Series.

My favorite part of the whole article.

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This might be a dumb guess but he's not talking about Brian Roberts is he?

Naw' date=' just a big Orioles fan.

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My phone blew up seconds after Wilson Betemit hit his three-run walk-off homer Sunday, lifting the Orioles to a 5-2 victory over the Athletics.

It was my brother-in-law, Brian, doing what he does every season when the Orioles get off to their usual hot start.

Making postseason plans.

“And the magic continues,” Brian said in a text. “First place on the first of May.”

Never mind that one day remains in April, and the Orioles could fall out of their first-place tie with the Rays when they make their first visit to Yankee Stadium on Monday night.

Never mind as well that the Orioles were 6-1 in 2011, 6-2 in ’09, 6-1 in ’08, 11-7 in ’07 and 20-9 in ’05 — remarkable starts for a team that has produced 14 straight losing seasons.

It’s nice that the Orioles are at it again, opening 14-8. But now they will play three games in New York and three in Boston, followed by nine at home against the Rangers, Rays and Yankees.

Not that Brian is worried.

“If you want, you can stay with us in October,” he said. “Most of Taiwan will have the downtown hotels booked.”

That would be a reference to Taiwanese left-hander Wei-Yin Chen, who in Brian’s view is the leading candidate for the Rookie of the Year, Cy Young and Most Valuable Player awards.

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