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The O's have battled back to .500 on June 14 (32-32), June 18 (34-34), June 27 (38-38), June 29 (39-39) and August 7 (56-56), but we lost the next game each time.    We haven't spent a day over .500 since June 11.     Now's the time we gotta do it!

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Tillman has to get his 2nd win at some point.. right?

Hope the M's have a bad game tomorrow, they had 5 errors in the first inning and got pounded by the yanks.

Marco Gonzales is 0-1 with a 7.4 era in 4 starts with the M's since being acquired from the Cards, he has yet to get into the 5th inning with the M's. O's bats will need to continue that trend for Marco, hope Tillman has a decent start in him.

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15 minutes ago, Frobby said:

The O's have battled back to .500 on June 14 (32-32), June 18 (34-34), June 27 (38-38), June 29 (39-39) and August 7 (56-56), but we lost the next game each time.    We haven't spent a day over .500 since June 11.     Now's the time we gotta do it!

Trouble is Ubaldo pitches the next game.

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Gee, thanks. We just had the magic of a Roy Firestone reverse jinx work AT FENWAY, and have climbed back to .500.  There is no other rational explanation how the team managed to keep a 2-1 lead at Fenway.  None.   Now there's this??  Really?

Do I have to remind the crowd that on May 9th, the above thread was started, and the Orioles were a season high 22-10?  https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BAL/BAL201705090.shtml  

Oh, and to those who feel the uncontrollable need to declare there's no such thing as jinxes, and you know who you are, keep it to yourself.  B|   

 

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1 hour ago, TonySoprano said:

Gee, thanks. We just had the magic of a Roy Firestone reverse jinx work AT FENWAY, and have climbed back to .500.  There is no other rational explanation how the team managed to keep a 2-1 lead at Fenway.  None.   Now there's this??  Really?

Do I have to remind the crowd that on May 9th, the above thread was started, and the Orioles were a season high 22-10?  https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BAL/BAL201705090.shtml  

Oh, and to those who feel the uncontrollable need to declare there's no such thing as jinxes, and you know who you are, keep it to yourself.  B|   

I do believe in jinx I do I do I do

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