O's Pitching Staff Fastest Ever to Allow 100 HRs

[theocean]

On pace to shatter the current record of 258 with 338 homers this year. 20 of those home runs have come from the Yankees just in Camden Yards alone.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26796852/o-pitching-staff-fastest-ever-allow-100-hrs

[Il BuonO]

Woo hoo! Orioles, baby! I knew they’d be good at something.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

1 hour ago, Il BuonO said:

Woo hoo! Orioles, baby! I knew they’d be good at something.

[HowAboutThat]

Fastest to 200 as well, I’m a’thinkin’

[LA2]

3 hours ago, theocean said:

On pace to shatter the current record of 258 with 338 homers this year. 20 of those home runs have come from the Yankees just in Camden Yards alone.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26796852/o-pitching-staff-fastest-ever-allow-100-hrs

Well at least it wasn't like it was during the 14 Years in the Desert, when they walked so many batters that the home runs would have been even more devastating.

[sportsfan8703]

It’s not even summer yet, that’s when the balls really start flying. 

[DrungoHazewood]

This is what major league baseball wants, right?  Chicks dig the longball?  There's been 1.31 homers/team/game this year, and we haven't even gotten to the parts of the year where offenses heat up.  Chances are good that the league will destroy the all time home run mark by hundreds of homers.  It's plausible the league will set the all time record even after subtracting the O's pitcher's totals.

This is the least surprising thing ever, in an environment where homers and finishing last are incentivized.

[stillofan]

Another record of futility.  How many does this franchise own now?

[Camden_yardbird]

34% of our games have been against the two highest payrolls in baseball.  Of course they are breaking records.

The Orioles arent trying to be competitive, and luckily the unbalanced schedule is helping them achieve those not so lofty goals.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

1 hour ago, DrungoHazewood said:

This is what major league baseball wants, right?  Chicks dig the longball?  There's been 1.31 homers/team/game this year, and we haven't even gotten to the parts of the year where offenses heat up.  Chances are good that the league will destroy the all time home run mark by hundreds of homers.  It's plausible the league will set the all time record even after subtracting the O's pitcher's totals.

This is the least surprising thing ever, in an environment where homers and finishing last are incentivized.

Yeah and it’s not even a brand of baseball I particularly enjoy. It’s like watching a damn video game now. 

[Going Underground]

1 hour ago, DrungoHazewood said:

This is what major league baseball wants, right?  Chicks dig the longball?  There's been 1.31 homers/team/game this year, and we haven't even gotten to the parts of the year where offenses heat up.  Chances are good that the league will destroy the all time home run mark by hundreds of homers.  It's plausible the league will set the all time record even after subtracting the O's pitcher's totals.

This is the least surprising thing ever, in an environment where homers and finishing last are incentivized.

I think the Oriole homers will go down somewhat. Twins and Yankees were blasting them . Tigers and Blue Jays and Giants and Royals are not as big homer teams.

Tigers second to last. KC  and Giants are 26th and 27th. Toronto 24th.

[DrungoHazewood]

1 hour ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Yeah and it’s not even a brand of baseball I particularly enjoy. It’s like watching a damn video game now. 

I want to know if there's any way to watch Korean baseball in the US.  Looks like they score as many runs as MLB, but with maybe .75 homers/team/game, and 6 or 7 strikeouts.  Batting averages in the .270 range.  Last year Hyun Soo Kim hit .362 and only struck out 61 times in 511 PAs.  Someone named Eui Ji Yang had 40 strikeouts and 53 extra base hits.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

38 minutes ago, DrungoHazewood said:

I want to know if there's any way to watch Korean baseball in the US.  Looks like they score as many runs as MLB, but with maybe .75 homers/team/game, and 6 or 7 strikeouts.  Batting averages in the .270 range.  Last year Hyun Soo Kim hit .362 and only struck out 61 times in 511 PAs.  Someone named Eui Ji Yang had 40 strikeouts and 53 extra base hits.

I watched Japanese baseball on television in Kyoto a couple years ago. Reminded me of 1980’s baseball pre-steroids era. 

I’m sure there is a way to stream it legal or by other means.

[Frobby]

10 hours ago, Philip said:

Fastest to 200 as well, I’m a’thinkin’

At the current pace we’ll be there by July 19.

[byrdz]

Ugh, the Orioles can't just be a standard bad team. Too bad we don't get extra draft picks or compensation for setting new records like these.