vs. YANKEES, 7/29 (Home Opener)

[OFFNY]

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Let's go, O's ........

Let's go, O's ........

Let's go, O's ........

 

 

NEW YORK YANKEES

David John "D.J." LeMahieu - 2B

Aaron James "A.J."Judge - RF

Gleyber David Castro Torres - SS

Giancarlo Cruz Michael Stanton - DH

Aaron Hicks - CF

Mike Ford - 1B

Gary Sanchez - C

Giovanny Urshela - 3B

Brett Gardner - LF

Gerrit Alan Cole - RHP )) (1-0, 1.80 ERA) ) * ))) *

 

* )) Leads the American League in Winning Percentage (1.000), WHIP (0.400), and Hits-Per-9 Innings (1.800)

* )) Is officially given credit for 1 Complete Game, but it was a rain-shortened contest (5 Innings Pitched)

 

BALTIMORE O RIOLES

Austin Charles Brian "C.B." Hays - CF 

Anthony Santander - RF

Jose Antonio Iglesias Aleman - SS

Rio Ruiz - 3B

Hanser Joel Alberto Pena - 2B

Renato Nunez - 1B

John Dwight "J.D." Smith, Jr. - DH

Pedro Severino De Leon  - C

Demetrius Jerome "D.J." Stewart - LF

Randall Asher "R.A." Wojciechowski - RHP )) (4-8, 4.92 ERA)

 

https://www.mlb.com/starting-lineups

 

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[MountUrCastle]

Im calling it now: A Jose Iglesias single

[BohKnowsBmore]

Seeing NYY as -350 betting favorite on ESPN app. Not available at site I use (likely due to odds imbalance) 

[MurphDogg]

Davis not in the lineup. Smith at DH, Nunez at first.

Would rather see Davis than Smith, to be honest. Davis will have plenty of opportunities to be out of the lineup when Mountcastle is up.

[MurphDogg]

8 minutes ago, BohKnowsBmore said:

Seeing NYY as -350 betting favorite on ESPN app. Not available at site I use (likely due to odds imbalance) 

Wow, -350 is insane for any MLB team. I don't think the Yankees should be -350 against the Marlins right now.

Bovada has them at -370! (O's still only +285 though, same as the sites that have the Yankees at +315).

 

[VaBird1]

3 minutes ago, MurphDogg said:

Davis not in the lineup. Smith at DH, Nunez at first.

Would rather see Davis than Smith, to be honest. Davis will have plenty of opportunities to be out of the lineup when Mountcastle is up.

I would rather two better players were on the roster 

[WillyM]

Wojo appeared against the Yankees only once last year, on August 6.  He didn't fare particularly well, charged with five runs on six hits in four innings in a game the Orioles eventually lost, 9-4.

He did manage something that a lot of Oriole pitchers didn't last year, which was to hold Gleyber Torres in check.  Torres batted only twice in the game, popping up and striking out, before being removed due to an injured side.

He probably hurt himself swinging too hard, after having seen three Yankee batters hit home runs before he came to bat in that inning.

[MurphDogg]

Uh, so is he opting out or does he have it?

[weams]

 

[SteveA]

The least hyped home opener in Orioles history?

[OFFNY]

5 minutes ago, SteveA said:

 

The least-hyped home opener in Orioles history ???

 

o

 

Almost certainly. Salient/interesting observation. 

A lot of teams could probably say that, particularly the ones who opened on the road (as the Orioles did.)

You'd probably have to go back to the WW-II seasons (1942-1945) to find something comparable in terms of minimal hype for season-opening games.

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[Bill Swaggerty]

YES Network did a nice little piece on Mo Gaba on their pregame show. 

[SteveA]

I remember Kelly Paris as an infielder with the O's in the 80s.  Hadn't realized he had passed away.

[OFFNY]

23 minutes ago, Bill Swaggerty said:

 

YES Network did a nice little piece on Mo Gaba on their pre-game show. 

 

o

 

Thanks for the info, Bill.

I'll check it out on the rerun of the game, later tonight.

 

o

[allquixotic]

The first pitch was VERY emotional for me.

They honored some front line workers at Johns Hopkins. One of them threw out the first pitch and they had a bunch of them on the field.