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Friday, July 29: Game 100 is an early evening start in Cincinnati

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My son is 7 years old, so bedtime is usually late in the game. I fell in love with the O’s in 1979 because they were so damn fun to watch. On an almost nightly routine, my son keeps asking me to stay

tntoriole
tntoriole

Exactly.  His swing path is ALL pull.. he has not gone with a pitch to right field in a month.  Mancini same way.  When these guys slump it is usually they are trying to pull every pitch.    An

justD
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Finally! Let’s Gooooo!!!!

now Perennial All-Star

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Yet another example of the Birds doing what the '90s-'00s Skankees always used to do to us: giving up false hope of an early lead, biding time, then coming back  with late rallies and a shutdown bullpen. Not a bad formula, thanks NYY!

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