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Frobby Hangout Grand Counsel

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Does anybody like our chances tonight with Wade Miley versus David Price?

Our odds are less than 50/50. But let's not pretend they're zero. There's just about no matchup in baseball where a team has less than a 1/3 chance of winning. That's the nature of the sport. And we should be coming to Boston in a good frame of mind after taking 2 of 3 in Detroit.

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You can talk about strength of schedule (Tigers, Blue Jays) and momentum (Yankees) as advantages that favor other teams but the Orioles advantage is the current standings. We have the two game wild card lead and are tied for first wild card spot. I guarantee you the Yankees, Astros, Royals, Tigers, and Mariners would love to be in our position right now. Those other teams have to play well and hope that some or all of the teams ahead of them play mediocre or worse. The Orioles just have to play well. That's a huge advantage. It is still not easy but I'd much have to worry about winning our own games unlike the teams behind us who have to worry about winning and (one, two, four, ect.) other teams losing games.

I also like the idea that we play a team ahead of us, tied with us, and close behind us down the stretch. If we win, we are going to gain ground. Some of the other teams cannot say that at all and none of the others have as many opportunities to do that as we do.

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You can talk about strength of schedule (Tigers, Blue Jays) and momentum (Yankees) as advantages that favor other teams but the Orioles advantage is the current standings. We have the two game wild card lead and are tied for first wild card spot. I guarantee you the Yankees, Astros, Royals, Tigers, and Mariners would love to be in our position right now. Those other teams have to play well and hope that some or all of the teams ahead of them play mediocre or worse. The Orioles just have to play well. That's a huge advantage. It is still not easy but I'd much have to worry about winning our own games unlike the teams behind us who have to worry about winning and (one, two, four, ect.) other teams losing games.

I also like the idea that we play a team ahead of us, tied with us, and close behind us down the stretch. If we win, we are going to gain ground. Some of the other teams cannot say that at all and none of the others have as many opportunities to do that as we do.

I hear what you're saying but the Tigers are in solid spot. Including tonight they have 10 games remaining vs the twins and braves.

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Frobby Hangout Grand Counsel

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We wont win a game in this series after Mileys start tonight..along with our defense that didnt show up.Just unbelievably bad.

That makes no sense. We all knew this was the worst matchup of the three. It has virtually no bearing on the next two games.

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We wont win a game in this series after Mileys start tonight..along with our defense that didnt show up.Just unbelievably bad.

Roy, you know baseball is the least predictable of all the sports. What was the saying, momentum is the next day's starting pitcher.

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