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7 hours ago, O's are Legends said:

My natural high from the Orioles took a serious hit when I looked at the Twins remaining schedule. That's just depressing to see when you look at the O's schedule.

Oh well, way it goes. O's just need to take care of their own business and hope the rest takes care of itself.

Royals and Tigers won't be easy for them. They still play the Yankees, Jays, and Rays too. They'll lose, we need to take care of our business. 

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Orioles must continue to focus on what they control. The rest as they say will take care of itself. If the Os get to 85 wins they are probably in, a few more and it's a lock.   30 games from here. It's simple math really. It's a tough road, but it's right there. 

 

Edit it to add that this morning, the Orioles stand at 67-65. 

Yankees @ 70-60

Twins @ 68-63

Angels @ 68-65

and now trailing the Os:

Seattle @ 66-67

Texas @ 65-66

KC @ 65-66

Tampa Bay @ 66-68

Let's win one today and go from there!

 

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3 minutes ago, Lucky_13 said:

Lucky number 7. The Bird's haven't lost in a week. 

At 68-65 

1 GB of 2nd Wildcard (Twins play later) 

Currently 3GB of the 1st Wildcard (Yanks down 5-1)

7.5 GB of 1st Place (Red Sox play later)

Beginning tomorrow:

Red Sox  at Yankees for 4 games

Toronto at O's for 4

Could be some serious movement going on. Let's get another sweep!

 

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You have to root for the Red Sox to crush the Yankees.  If you look at the Sox remaining schedule, they are of no help to us in the WC race outside the division, as their only out-of-division opponents are the Reds, A's and Astros.  

Including a bunch of games vs the Rays & Jays, it wouldn't hurt me to see the Sox win another 20 games down the stretch, as long as none of them are against us.

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With a game against the White Sox tonight and then three vs. the Royals (while the Yankees play 4 against the Red Sox) it wouldn't surprise me to see the Twins tie or take over the #1 wildcard spot this weekend.

And then we get the Yankees at home starting Monday. 

Just jeep winning.

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4 hours ago, O's84 said:

The A's are absolutely useless, can't hold a 5 run lead up 8-3, and now they are down 10-8.  I kinda saw this coming once the score got to 8-5 but was hoping it wouldn't.

We're getting hosed by these other WC teams playing weak Schedules. We have a lineup with everyone basically being over an .800 OPS. LAA has just Trout. I'm not even checking the Twins because their division is sicker. 

We're going to have to handle business ourselves and catch the Yankees. 

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36 minutes ago, Bahama O's Fan said:

How much more do the Twins play Cleveland?

3 times in Clev.

Heres Clevs Sept Schedule:

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Fri 1 @DET  1:10 Tickets
Fri 1 @DET 7:10 Tickets
Sat 2 @DET 6:10 Tickets
Sun 3 @DET 1:10 Tickets
Mon 4 @CHW 2:10 Tickets
Tue 5 @CHW 8:10 Tickets
Wed 6 @CHW 8:10 Tickets
Thu 7 @CHW 8:10 Tickets
Fri 8 BAL 7:10-STOh Tickets
Sat 9 BAL 1:05 Tickets
Sun 10 BAL 8:00-ESPN Tickets
Mon 11 DET 7:10-STOh Tickets
Tue 12 DET 7:10-STOh Tickets
Wed 13 DET 12:10-STOh Tickets
Thu 14 KC 7:10-STOh Tickets
Fri 15 KC 7:10-STOh Tickets
Sat 16 KC 4:10 Tickets
Sun 17 KC 1:10-STOh Tickets
Tue 19 @LAA 10:07 Tickets
Wed 20 @LAA 10:07 Tickets
Thu 21 @LAA 4:07 Tickets
Fri 22 @SEA 10:10 Tickets
Sat 23 @SEA 4:10 Tickets
Sun 24 @SEA 4:10 Tickets
Tue 26 MIN 7:10-STOh Tickets
Wed 27 MIN 7:10-STOh Tickets
Thu 28 MIN 12:10-STOh Tickets
Fri 29 CHW 7:10-STOh Tickets
Sat 30 CHW

 

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1 hour ago, sportsfan8703 said:

We're getting hosed by these other WC teams playing weak Schedules. We have a lineup with everyone basically being over an .800 OPS. LAA has just Trout. I'm not even checking the Twins because their division is sicker. 

We're going to have to handle business ourselves and catch the Yankees. 

Gee, maybe we should've tried beating the Twins and Angels when we played them, instead of going 4-9 against them.   

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