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As you probably know, the O's season turned dramatically for the worse immediately after John Means' no-hitter.  We lost 20 of the next 22 games and are again mired in a protracted slump after a brief respite.  We still haven't won a road game since the no-hitter in Seattle. 

Could this be a curse?  The O's hadn't had a solo-thrown no-hitter since Jim Palmer's over 50 years ago...even as great a pitcher as Mike Mussina never threw one.  Perhaps the Orioles aren't intended to throw no hitters.  Perhaps the baseball gods were offended by Means' audacity to throw a no-hitter and have retaliated by cursing the team.  

So part of me was hoping that the O's would get no-hit tonight.  Maybe getting no-hit would be a way to expiate our sins and remove the curse.  But it was not meant to be, so we will likely continue to play very poorly.   

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1 hour ago, hutchead said:

The funny thing is that Arizona also hasn't won a road game since their no-hitter on April 25. They've lost 23 straight since Bumgarner's "seven inning no hitter."

Maybe "the curse" is that we and AZ just suck. ?

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Just now, maybenxtyr said:

Pitching for sure, but the hitting is lackluster as well.

We have hitters coming too. Adley, JJones, Yusniel, Leyba maybe, Gunnar.

 

And if you have the pitching, and defense with it... the hitters matter less. Almost icing on the cake.

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6 hours ago, maybenxtyr said:

No. There's a no talent curse.

Beat me to it. This team is starting Steve Wilkerson, Maikel Franco and Pedro Severino almost everyday. The lowest ERA of any current active starter is 5.95. The bullpen has three relievers with an ERA under 4.07. Pat Valaikia has the most PAs at 2B and has a .529 OPS. No outfielder has an OPS over .700 besides Cedric Mullins. 

Outside of that we're probably just cursed. lol

 

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14 hours ago, Three Run Homer said:

As you probably know, the O's season turned dramatically for the worse immediately after John Means' no-hitter.  We lost 20 of the next 22 games and are again mired in a protracted slump after a brief respite.  We still haven't won a road game since the no-hitter in Seattle. 

Could this be a curse?  The O's hadn't had a solo-thrown no-hitter since Jim Palmer's over 50 years ago...even as great a pitcher as Mike Mussina never threw one.  Perhaps the Orioles aren't intended to throw no hitters.  Perhaps the baseball gods were offended by Means' audacity to throw a no-hitter and have retaliated by cursing the team.  

So part of me was hoping that the O's would get no-hit tonight.  Maybe getting no-hit would be a way to expiate our sins and remove the curse.  But it was not meant to be, so we will likely continue to play very poorly.   

No curse was apparent after Palmer's no-hitter in 1969.  The Orioles went on the road after that game and won their next five in a row.

Of course, it didn't hurt that the first four of those were against the expansion Seattle Pilots.

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2 hours ago, Tony-OH said:

Beat me to it. This team is starting Steve Wilkerson, Maikel Franco and Pedro Severino almost everyday. The lowest ERA of any current active starter is 5.95. The bullpen has three relievers with an ERA under 4.07. Pat Valaikia has the most PAs at 2B and has a .529 OPS. No outfielder has an OPS over .700 besides Cedric Mullins. 

Outside of that we're probably just cursed. lol

 

Oh come on, they are only 1 call up away from being contenders!

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