Saturday afternoon August 20: Boog Powell Bobblehead Day vs the Red Sox

[xmichaelx]

BS call 

[bpilktree]

Just pathetic umpiring lately.  

[seak05]

Everyone tossing bats now (that was a totally BS strike) 

[PHRESH]

Not a fan of that strikeout call. Glad we didn't lose Mateo 

[dtk9119]

Terrible call. Would have completely changed the inning getting Mateo on base.

[Lurker]

Sometimes Kevin Brown should just STFU. Gives me a migraine with his statistical banalities. 

[CynBeth]

I feel like it is when the Ravens play where we are battling the other team and the refs but in this case for weeks for the O’s it is battling the other teams and the umps.

[O's84]

He's made awful calls all game but that last one was absolutely egregious.

[Moshagge3]

I didn't see the game yesterday but this has to be one of the worst umpired games of the year in terms of balls and strikes.

[bpilktree]

I have been against Robo umps for years but at this point I am now in favor of them.  It isn’t just the poor umpires but the lack of accountability they have for them when it is clear they are calling a poor game.  

[dtk9119]

Not very optimistic at this point. Wacha's pitch count very low and Red Sux have a couple good high leverage guys. This offense is just so frustrating at times.

[LA2]

1 hour ago, Moshagge3 said:

Yankees are going to be in the wild card chase at this rate.

I would bet against that and I'm not a betting man: their starting rotation is just too much better than everyone else's and the slumping or injured hitters will get hot enough in time.  It is amazing that they could have such a long tailspin and still be 6 games ahead in the loss column.

I'd rather the Jays and Rays expend all their ammo and energy trying to catch the Ys and come in too exhausted to win series against us. Since the target is the Wild Card I'm still completely hopeful.

[slakattack]

Good to see/hear Melanie back in her element...

[seak05]

Orioles offense is apparently now a part time employee. Only shows up once a week 

[Gurgi]

1 minute ago, bpilktree said:

I have been against Robo umps for years but at this point I am now in favor of them.  It isn’t just the poor umpires but the lack of accountability they have for them when it is clear they are calling a poor game.  

At first you will miss the umpires when they have robo strike zone....but after a short time you will ever forget baseball used to be in the dark ages and lazy humans called the balls and strikes.