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3 hours ago, NelsonCruuuuuz said:


Bigbird reached out. Insider Scoop: Tampa bay clubhouse in a frenzy tonight taking turns call their mamas upon realizing they are playing the Baltimore Orioles tomorrow !😂😂

Did he lead with "A few things" or "For what it's worth"? 

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2 hours ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

1 1/2 back of Toronto and Boston for the last wild card spot.  Tampa just swept Boston, so the O's will have their hands full.

And to be clear: Tampa swept the Sox in a 4 game series!!! Yikes. Glimmer of hope: prior to that, they were swept by hapless Reds. 

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29 minutes ago, Chelsea_Phil said:

I did not watch the game.  Was is that idiot CM  Buckner?

There were two pitches to Adley that I felt were misses, although close. One was with the bases loaded. I forget who was umping. The only argument I would make was that he was consistently calling low strikes, some worse than what Adley got rung up on. But I think we were stealing a few strikes too, and probably should have worked lower in the zone knowing that.  I feel like the Rays just figured it out first and starting trying to put the ball down there.

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On 7/9/2022 at 11:12 PM, Pickles said:

Real lack of decorum being displayed here.

Now that it is over, and I mindfully did not belabor this during, in the universe of superstition/baseball faith, I'm 100% with Pickles here.    Like Crash told Nuke, you never mess with a streak, and for me part of that is basic no-hitter protocol.

I did have a lucky lunch during, and in the category of silver linings, am a bit relieved to get to change it up after near two solid weeks with offdays.     I am gonna stick with turkey sandwich if it starts another one tonight though.    It would have been a tricky contemplation whether maintenance was necessary had the truly rare streak made it to the All-Star break.

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