Saturday afternoon August 14: Chris Sale makes his first start of the season

[Robh21223]

#@$% the Orioles! Go RAVENS tonight!

[Can_of_corn]

26 minutes ago, KillerTofu said:

When did Mountcastle get hit in the head with that glove? I mean, NFL players get hit way harder than that and are back way sooner than this. I don’t understand.

Not everyone responds the same way.

[KillerTofu]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

Not everyone responds the same way.

I know. I was a little frustrated when I wrote that. I just want him back in the lineup. My bad.

[KillerTofu]

4 minutes ago, Robh21223 said:

#@$% the Orioles! Go RAVENS tonight!

Is Jackson playing tonight?

[spiritof66]

I watch this game and think, with a 4-0 score and Sale pitching and no Mountcastle or Mullins, the chances of the Orioles winning this game are very, very small. Do the players feel that way when a game's like this. 

I just can't believe that the constant losing, and especially the numerous clobberings, doesn't undermine the enthusiasm and confidence of Oriole players. Some of those players are expected to be part of a winning team in a few (two? three? six?) years. I wonder whether being part of last-place team after last-place-team -- with an owner, a GM and a manager who seem to think that's perfectly OK -- will have a lasting effect on some of them.

[KillerTofu]

Wow, man. How embarrassing 

[SteveA]

A silver lining might be that we send Plutko out to eat 4 or 5 innings, and maybe tomorrow with Akin going, we DFA Plutko to bring up a fresh arm.   This could be the impetus to close the book on the Plutko era.

[KillerTofu]

1 minute ago, SteveA said:

A silver lining might be that we send Plutko out to eat 4 or 5 innings, and maybe tomorrow with Akin going, we DFA Plutko to bring up a fresh arm.   This could be the impetus to close the book on the Plutko era.

Hasn’t Akin been just as terrible as Plutko though?

[spiritof66]

1 minute ago, KillerTofu said:

Wow, man. How embarrassing 

You would be embarrassed. I would be embarrassed. But I don't think CEO Angelos, GM Elias, or manager Hyde is embarrassed or troubled or concerned or appalled by a game like this. Just another day at the office, and they're all well paid to accept the crap show they're providing us.

[SteveA]

1 minute ago, KillerTofu said:

Hasn’t Akin been just as terrible as Plutko though?

Yes, and Akin would have lost his spot in the rotation tomorrow and probably gone to Norfolk, if Zimmerman hadn't sprained his ankle.

[Can_of_corn]

6 minutes ago, KillerTofu said:

Wow, man. How embarrassing 

I'm not embarrassed.  I don't expect better.

This is working as intended.

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, spiritof66 said:

You would be embarrassed. I would be embarrassed. But I don't think CEO Angelos, GM Elias, or manager Hyde is embarrassed or troubled or concerned or appalled by a game like this. Just another day at the office, and they're all well paid to accept the crap show they're providing us.

Hyde might be.  Elias isn't.  Who knows if the Brothers Angelos are even paying attention.

[Robh21223]

13 minutes ago, KillerTofu said:

Is Jackson playing tonight?

Harbaugh wouldn't say

[eddie83]

2 minutes ago, spiritof66 said:

You would be embarrassed. I would be embarrassed. But I don't think CEO Angelos, GM Elias, or manager Hyde is embarrassed or troubled or concerned or appalled by a game like this. Just another day at the office, and they're all well paid to accept the crap show they're providing us.

The body language from Hyde over the year would say otherwise.  

[scOtt]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

I'm not embarrassed.  I don't expect better.

This is working as intended.

Only 2 1/2 games behind Arizona for the "lead"!