Sunday August 22: John Means' turn to try to end the streak

[eddie83]

5 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Depressing cloudy day to watch the Orioles suck and Grayson Rodriguez get knocked around in Bowie today.

Good for him to have an off day..... see how he responds 

6 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Lol... Mancini, Santander and Hays dominated like minor leaguers. None of these guys are middle of the order hitters. The Orioles are going to have a very tough decision on Mancini this offseason. 

There is no way he isn’t back next year. 

[O's84]

Gotta make that DP.

[HowAboutThat]

1 hour ago, SteveA said:

We sent McKenna down.   Stewart is our 4th outfielder right now.

I understand that, although I certainly don’t agree with sending McKenna down, and I DEFINITELY don’t agree that Stewart is an outfielder.

[eddie83]

Just now, O's84 said:

Gotta make that DP.

Yep. A better LF this game may be tied still. 

[spiritof66]

19 minutes ago, vab said:

Might have been a business decision there by Mullins not to lay out. If so, can't blame him. 

I don't know what Mullins was thinking, but if he dives for that ball and doesn't catch it could be a HR. 

[O's84]

Good stuff from Lopez, 2 K's that inning.

[eddie83]

Just now, spiritof66 said:

I don't know what Mullins was thinking, but if he dives for that ball and doesn't catch it could be a HR. 

I think he took a poor route. His angle was off. Not deep enough. 

[mrbig1]

I hope it's not a quick 1-2-3 9th inning.

[eddie83]

Just now, O's84 said:

Good stuff from Lopez, 2 K's that inning.

He may never amount to anything but you don’t release an arm like that on a team Iike the Orioles. 

[spiritof66]

Just now, eddie83 said:

I think he took a poor route. His angle was off. Not deep enough. 

I didn't see the route, but the ball looked high enough to be catchable.  I was a little surprised Cedric wasn't waiting for it. 

[Moose Milligan]

Gonna be a tough luck loss for Means.

Ugh, quite frankly if we lose...just tie it up and lose it in extra innings so Means doesn't have to factor in the decision here.

[Tony-OH]

3 minutes ago, eddie83 said:

Good for him to have an off day..... see how he responds 

There is no way he isn’t back next year. 

Well, he's a DH that is OPSing under .800 who has been really below average when he has played 1st base. He'll play at 30 years old net year and does not have a skill set that ages well.

Take away his great story and the quality person aspects, from a baseball standpoint, seems like an expensive guy to bring back. 

I do think he'll be back since they would take a huge PR hit if they let him go for nothing, but he should be a guy they looks to move this offseason from a baseball standpoint.

[mrbig1]

Nice start.

[SteveA]

Tie run at the plate.

[scOtt]

At least we made Atlanta bring in their closer for this one. Baby steps?