vs. PHILLIES, 8/12

[scOtt]

F-in RANDOM zone tonight. Pathetic.

[eddie83]

9 minutes ago, MurphDogg said:

Nicole Sherry is shaking her head at this field conditioning.

Wish we had sent him now. 

[Morgan423]

"It was close with two strikes."

No, it really wasn't.

[Aristotelian]

1 minute ago, eddie83 said:

Bring in Phillips if we score these??? 

Harper coming up. I don't know who is warming but I would think lefty, maybe Scott? 

[OFFNY]

o

 

Considering the umpiring for BOTH sides, it's a minor miracle that the Orioles are winning this game by 2 runs.

 

o

[scOtt]

Givens in. High leverage.

[scOtt]

Just now, Aristotelian said:

Harper coming up. I don't know who is warming but I would think lefty, maybe Scott? 

Was just Phillips and Givens. Haven't heard or seen anyone new.

[allquixotic]

To be fair, I've been watching every pitch closely this season, and that "near-strike" inside pitch gets called a strike VERY often -- both for, and against, the Orioles. And not only with this umpire, or in this park.

I know the strike zone is supposed to be a specific thing, but at least the umps as a group seem to favor pitchers on borderline calls this season.

I know this home plate ump has been very unpredictable and random tonight, and I don't like that, but at least on that specific call, he went with what the majority of umps this year are calling. I mind it less because it's a consistent thing across multiple umps and games, so the hitters should expect that pitch to be a strike. Of course the ideal would still be to strictly adhere to what the actual strike zone is.

[HowAboutThat]

15 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

 

I’ve been as down on Sisco as anyone, but I’m happy to see him improving and I heartily agree with you.

[scOtt]

I don't like to whine but it seems like a lot more of these bad calls are against us and not the Phils.

[ChuckS]

Most umps love to call the ball off the plate a strike.  The strike at the top of the box not so much.  Can't wait until we get an electronic strike zone. 

[SilverRocket]

Should we really be burning through pitchers when we used so many yesterday?

[Aristotelian]

Yikes, don't like this. Don't know why it's Givens here. 

[HowAboutThat]

1 minute ago, allquixotic said:

To be fair, I've been watching every pitch closely this season, and that "near-strike" inside pitch gets called a strike VERY often -- both for, and against, the Orioles. And not only with this umpire, or in this park.

I know the strike zone is supposed to be a specific thing, but at least the umps as a group seem to favor pitchers on borderline calls this season.

I know this home plate ump has been very unpredictable and random tonight, and I don't like that, but at least on that specific call, he went with what the majority of umps this year are calling. I mind it less because it's a consistent thing across multiple umps and games, so the hitters should expect that pitch to be a strike. Of course the ideal would still be to strictly adhere to what the actual strike zone is.

I agree, I don’t think there is any particular anti-oriole bias, although there may be some in an individual empire here over there.

I do think that when in doubt the batter should get the benefit. More base runners is always better than more strikeouts.

[BohKnowsBmore]

Just now, Aristotelian said:

Yikes, don't like this. Don't know why it's Givens here. 

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