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thezeroes
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They are on MASN or MASN  2.

SteveA
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I've said it before... all the people who are so damn eager to dismantle the team as quickly as possible and rebuild for the future:

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It will sting a lot more if the Red Sox come back and win. Apparently Dellin Betances has the night off, so say hello to closer Tommy Layne(?!)

It stings regardless. Each of these wins are important because the Yankees are very close in the mirror...and we finish the season against them. At Yankee Stadium.

I don't care if the team put up 6 runs. They were given *3* situations in innings 5, 6 and 9 that were golden.

Inning 5:

Runners on 1st and 3rd, 1 out. Reimold hits into a double play.

Inning 6:

Runners on 2nd and 3rd, 0 outs. Machado, Trumbo and Davis all choke.

Inning 9:

Runners on 1st and 3rd, 1 out. Trumbo strikes out LOOKING. And Davis strikes out on 3 straight.

I have no idea where Kim was tonight. But it would seem to me you want a fundamentally sound hitter...Kim would be the guy.

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Today's loss against the Yankees really stung.

As is always the case, the thrilling, come-from-behind wins and the stinging losses have occurred numerous times throughout the season.

The Orioles have one game left to do anything about it all.

A win tomorrow can make up for all those stinging losses through out the season.

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On 6/22/2016 at 1:49 PM, OFFNY said:

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The last 2 losses have been hard to stomach. Last night, the Orioles blew a 3-run lead heading into the 7th inning. The night before, they jumped out to a 3-0 lead early in the game, had the bases loaded with nobody out an inning later, and failed to blow the Rangers out of the water. The Rangers subsequently came back to win the game by a score of 4-3. The Orioles had a runner on 3rd base with less than 2 outs in the top of the 9th inning, and Matt Wieters struck out (we needed only a sacrifice fly to tie the game.)

Those games hurt a lot.

We've also seen it go the other way.

There was the game against the Yankees on June 5th which was so frustrating for the first 7 and 2/3 innings. It appeared to be a game that the Orioles were destined to lose, as they kept coming up short in situations in which they could have at least tied the game, or even taken the lead. But Matt Wieters, with 2 outs and 2 strikes on him, came through with a 2-RBI single up the middle, and a 3rd run scored on the overthrow when Aroldis Chapman failed to back up his catcher on the throw to home plate. Zach Britton shut the Yankees down in the top of the 9th to cap the Orioles' win.

Then there was the game against the Angels in which the Orioles were down to their last strike in the top of the 9th inning, trailing by a score of 1-0. Matt Wieters came through with a 3-run home run, saving the Orioles in an otherwise bad offensive game for the team. Zach Britton again came in to shut the opponent down in the final inning, sealing another Orioles win.

So yes, these losses sting a lot. The unexpected wins seem great. Unless you are a team like the 2001 Mariners, the 1998 Yankees, or the 1984 Tigers (all of whom could easily afford to blow a game here and there without it causing the team and its fans much concern about their place in the standings), both the stinging losses and the glorious come-from-behind wins are going to happen throughout the course of the 162-game season. When they go against you, there is nothing that the team can do except put it behind them and go out and try to win the next game. There is nothing that the fans of the team can do except root for their (proverbial) heroes to do just that. Let's go Orioles, against the Padres tonight.

 

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I think that I need to read this about a half a dozen times before I go to bed tonight.

 

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On 4/29/2017 at 0:41 AM, OFFNY said:

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I think that I need to read this about a half a dozen times before I go to bed tonight.

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(TWO DAYS LATER)

 

BALTIMORE O RIOLES Oll...lll.llil.))))) - 7

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo (11 INNINGS)

NEW YORK YANKEES OOOOOOo.....ll.l))) - 4

 

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