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Tillman on DL.

Britton on DL.

Trumbo not hitting.

Manny not hitting.

If you knew those 4 things would happen, we would have all said we will be lucky to play .500. Look what we did, we are at the top. 

Wait till Tillman and Britton come back, and Trumbo and Manny start hitting...

 

 

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46 minutes ago, Natty said:

Tillman on DL.

Britton on DL.

Trumbo not hitting.

Manny not hitting.

If you knew those 4 things would happen, we would have all said we will be lucky to play .500. Look what we did, we are at the top. 

Wait till Tillman and Britton come back, and Trumbo and Manny start hitting...

 

 

I think you can say things like this about most teams.   For example, the Yankees have Gregorius and Sanchez out of their lineup, and Carter, Gardner and Bird not hitting.   Every team has their issues at any given time.    Tampa has 11 players on the DL.   

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I'm hoping that just about the time Miley and the surprisingly successful spot starters go into a tailspin, Gausman will have corrected his game and Tillman will be delivering.

Brach hasn't hurt us as closer, especially now that O'Day and Givens seem to be back on track and Hart is beginning to prove that last year wasn't a mirage.

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It is not whether you can win when every cylinder is firing, it's winning when you are not at your best. If anyone thought the O's would be 13-6 at this point, my hats off to them. When I looked at the opening month, through May 4, I thought .500 as decent. Buck plays to win series and sets up things to do just that. When you have enough talent, sometimes there is just enough to get by. Over the long haul it may not work, but short term it may.

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31 minutes ago, UpstateNYfan said:

It is not whether you can win when every cylinder is firing, it's winning when you are not at your best. 

Aren't those two ways of saying the same thing?    To me they're synonymous.   

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2 hours ago, Natty said:

Tillman on DL.

Britton on DL.

Trumbo not hitting.

Manny not hitting.

If you knew those 4 things would happen, we would have all said we will be lucky to play .500. Look what we did, we are at the top. 

Wait till Tillman and Britton come back, and Trumbo and Manny start hitting...

 

 

TB's bullpen has been struggling all season.  They have like 4 relievers on the DL.  Last night their bullpen pitched 9 innings of 2 hit, shutout baseball.  Flukey things in baseball happen all the time.  See Jeff Manto's HR streak and David Newhan's month of hitting .400+

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2 hours ago, Frobby said:

Aren't those two ways of saying the same thing?    To me they're synonymous.   

Winning when all is good...hitting, D, pitching, etc is synonymous with winning when some of those pieces are missing??? The only synonymous thing is winning.

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