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

[HowAboutThat]

18 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. 

Mancini doesn’t necessarily need to go but he should stay only if he accepts basically the same same salary.

I am Much more interested in dumping Stewart, who Just hasn’t shown anything.

[vab]

I'd be surprised if anyone on this current team will still be around on the next competitive Orioles team. I always say we are two years away from being two years away but even that is overly optimistic. 

[spiritof66]

7 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Well, you can at least give the Orioles credit for being consistent. 

Everyone that is part of this team should be ashamed. A bunch of random AAA guys should play better. Do you know how hard it is to lose 18 straight games?

Yes, I know a team with two Hall of Famers lost 21 straight (the 88 Orioles), but at least that was at the beginning of the year where guys are getting their bearings still.

It's just sad. Sad to be a laughing stock. Sad to not even compete. Mountcastle may be the only guy in this lineup that has a future with a winning Orioles team in the future. 

I could add a few more candidates. But it kind of depends on whether the next winning Orioles team arrives in 2024 or closer to 2030. 

 

[Tony-OH]

9 minutes ago, scOtt said:

Ced. M a y b e Hays...

Yeah, I should have said Cedric too, but he could be traded before then. I don't think Hays will end up staying healthy enough or hit enough against righties to be an everyday guy.

[LA2]

3 minutes ago, spiritof66 said:

The mind-blowing (to me, I realize not to most) thing about this crap team is that nobody's held responsible or accountable for their potentially record-breaking losing, their poor pitching, their inept hitting or their failure to employ baseball fundamentals. Either the leaders of this team are happy about what's happening, as some say they are, or they're pretty indifferent to the team's ineptness, occasionally throwing in a word like "disappointed" or "frustrated," but not doing anything to make things even a little bit better. 

It does feel a little too early to be just losing out the season. 39 games still left. They can start emulating the 4-32 end of 2002 in Tampa on Friday.

[Can_of_corn]

8 minutes ago, scOtt said:

My college Stats class almost assures me you should run into a win before 18. Getting to be a statistical anomaly.

Sure but you need to carefully craft a roster to even have a shot at a run like this.

This doesn't just happen, it takes hard work and dedication.

[scOtt]

I know I said I was DONE with the Orioles. And I didn't watch...Friday's game? Maybe Saturday's? But I watched this whole game because, you know... get a guy on, another guy gets a hit. We might tie it! We might WIN it.

These f-in Orioles...