Saturday, August 27: Orioles go for their 6th straight win at Minute Maid Park

[Baltimorecuse]

6 minutes ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

Seems like the O's are just a team of destiny.  No way they should be able to go head to head with the Astros.  The talent gap is too big.  Maybe this is our year.

Pitching is the big equalizer.

[dtk9119]

3 minutes ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

Seems like the O's are just a team of destiny.  No way they should be able to go head to head with the Astros.  The talent gap is too big.  Maybe this is our year.

What's amazing to me is that the O's swept the Astros in Houston last year. Prior to that MMP had been the house of horrors basically since the Astros had gotten good circa 2015.

So maybe this incarnation just likes playing there.

The Astros are so good at home and so far this has been a pleasant surprise. 

[Can_of_corn]

21 minutes ago, ORIOLE33 said:

Hayes hit a mammoth shot and looks like he’s in a bad mood. Lol

Probably heard that SG wants to trade him for Trout.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

Double play ball and now it's two outs with no runners on base!

[survivedc]

Nice to know Palmer thinks the in game betting is as ridiculous as the rest of us think.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

I was hoping Urquidy would have a harder time going through the Orioles lineup a third time. 

[Morgan423]

2 minutes ago, survivedc said:

Nice to know Palmer thinks the in game betting is as ridiculous as the rest of us think.

"Next up, here are the odds that the fan in Section 38, Row 4, Seat 8 is going to pick his nose in the next five minutes..."

[seak05]

6 minutes ago, survivedc said:

Nice to know Palmer thinks the in game betting is as ridiculous as the rest of us think.

Palmer's Pete Rose comment cracked me up...except that of course Rose managed to place bets while managing even back in his day

[oh-wee-ohs]

The Houston broadcast is LOL. Getting sliced and diced two nights in a row (no jinx!) and they are coming up with all sorts of excuses for the offense.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

2 minutes ago, seak05 said:

Palmer's Pete Rose comment cracked me up...except that of course Rose managed to place bets while managing even back in his day

Sports writer Rick O'Reilly tells a story of writing an article on Pete Rose in the 1980s and thinking Rose was a big sports fan because he wanted to find out the scores of NBA games.  Obviously Rose was checking to see if his bets won that day. 

[mrbig1]

This team reminds me of the 2012 Orioles.

[SteveA]

Hays flashing the power and the speed tonight.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

2 minutes ago, mrbig1 said:

This team reminds me of the 2012 Orioles.

The 2012 Orioles were 66-57 through game 125 in comparison to this year's 66-59 record. The 2010 O's went on a 25-12 tear to close out the season. Can this year's team pull off something comparable? 

[mrbig1]

Well, that sucks

[SteveA]

Urquidy started the 3rd time through the order in the 4th inning.  Kremer won't until the 7th.