Monday June 21: First summer game sees Orioles host Astros

[Gurgi]

I am tired of Severino, Franco and Stewart.....none of these guys are playing at a very good level.  

[Beysbol]

1 minute ago, Gurgi said:

I am tired of Severino, Franco and Stewart.....none of these guys are playing at a very good level.  

I'm tired of them as well. I really hope not one of them, but all of them are gone by next season. 

[jabba72]

1 hour ago, KillerTofu said:

Hope the Orioles brought their bats because this Houston team can rake!

Umm. No

[SteveA]

1 minute ago, Gurgi said:

I am tired of Severino, Franco and Stewart.....none of these guys are playing at a very good level.  

I'm willing to see the season through with DJ.  I'm done with the other two.  Franco is the first Oriole in a long time that I haven't been able to find anything to like about.  Steve Kline comea to mind.  (Dmitri Young and Francisco Rodriguez, for different reasons).

[SteveA]

Only one reason to keep watching now.  To see if we get a hit 

[Gurgi]

Are we even trying to win games?

[HowAboutThat]

Just now, Gurgi said:

Are we even trying to win games?

You’re asking the wrong question. You should be asking, “are we deliberately trying to lose?”

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, Gurgi said:

Are we even trying to win games?

Not sure what you mean?  They aren't throwing games but the roster wasn't built to be competitive.

[Gurgi]

1 minute ago, Philip said:

You’re asking the wrong question. You should be asking, “are we deliberately trying to lose?”

Years of this tanking is wearing me down.  It is annoying to watch a team so inept, so inept that Palmer has rants of our stupid play day after day and game after game.   

I find this kind of rebuild to be distasteful.  

[Beysbol]

Keep thinking it's gonna be a hit, but it goes straight to a defender. Very frustrating.

[SteveA]

Manny with a 3 run 1st inning bomb off Urias as the Dodger/Padre season long battle resumes.

[HowAboutThat]

14 minutes ago, Gurgi said:

Years of this tanking is wearing me down.  It is annoying to watch a team so inept, so inept that Palmer has rants of our stupid play day after day and game after game.   

I find this kind of rebuild to be distasteful.  

Agree. No argument at all.

[spiritof66]

3 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Not sure what you mean?  They aren't throwing games but the roster wasn't built to be competitive.

By fielding a team that was built to be neither competitive nor temporarily non-competitive in order to give younger players opportunities and experience, the Orioles (and some other clubs) are disrespecting and harming the game that provides their livelihood. The Orioles compound that misconduct by repeatedly failing to make plays, in the field and on the bases, that a good high school team should make and a decent college team would make -- and apparently making no serious effort to correct those glaring errors. If they have a manager and coaches who are working to improve their level of play or correct hose errors, it's not apparent.

It's not quite the 1899 Cleveland Spiders, but there are some disturbing similarities.

[SteveA]

Oh my God.  An audible "Let's go Astros" chant at an Oriole game.

[SteveA]

Shouldn't Castro be tossed for throwing the bat after disagreeing with Angel Hernandez's call?