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AL Batting leaders:

1. Manny Machado, BAL .407

2. Mark Trumbo, BAL .370

3. Ian Kinsler, DET .365

4. Elvis Andrus, TEX .354

5. Joey Rickard, BAL .350

Can't remember ever seeing 2 O's in the top 5, much less three!

I was just going to start a thread on this. Not only were the O's #3 in MLB in OBP going into tonight's game, they had 10 hits, 6 walks, and one HBP.

Also we are #1 in SLG and OPS.

Also it seems like our starters are getting shelled every game, but our team ERA is in the 3.6 range.

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This rotoworld blurb on Machado made me smile:

"Manny Machado went 2-for-5 with a double and two RBI in Thursday's win over the Blue Jays.

Two hits and two RBI is just another day at the office for the third baseman, who is now batting .407/.462/.780 with nine RBI and 13 runs scored on the year. He owns a 14-game hitting streak, having hit safely in every game this season, and he leads the AL in batting average, slugging and OPS. There is surely a pitcher capable of slowing the 23-year-old, he just may not have been born yet."

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This rotoworld blurb on Machado made me smile:

"Manny Machado went 2-for-5 with a double and two RBI in Thursday's win over the Blue Jays.

Two hits and two RBI is just another day at the office for the third baseman, who is now batting .407/.462/.780 with nine RBI and 13 runs scored on the year. He owns a 14-game hitting streak, having hit safely in every game this season, and he leads the AL in batting average, slugging and OPS. There is surely a pitcher capable of slowing the 23-year-old, he just may not have been born yet."

...and HURT his batting average.

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Is it fair to say that Rickard is the frontrunner for ROY so far? You could make a case for Byung Ho Park of Minnesota having a better offensive year, but he's a DH.

I was thinking about this. He's gotta be on the list for consideration at this point, I would think.

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I remember in 1977 when Ken Singleton edged Mickey Rivers by 2 points for the Bronze in the American League (.328), while Al Bumbry also finished in the Top-10 at .317.

I believe the last Oriole batting champ, non-Frank Robinson edition, MLB-only, was Willie Keeler (.385) in 1898. Maybe it the parks, maybe some randomness, but the O's just haven't been a high batting average team, at the major league level, since my great grandparents were toddlers.

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I remember in 1977 when Ken Singleton edged Mickey Rivers by 2 points for the Bronze in the American League (.328), while Al Bumbry also finished in the Top-10 at .317.

 

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That was a great season, also.

97-64 with 1 rain-out. Tied the Red Sox for 2nd place.

I remember listening to the radio (we got WBAL up here in Brewster after 7 PM), and the final out of the game on Friday night, which mathematically eliminated the Orioles was a groundout. Chuck Thompson said, "They've been eliminated from contention on the 3rd to last game of the season, but let's give a hand to the Orioles of '77."

 

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