Labor Day afternoon: Game 1 of the Orioles biggest doubleheader in decades

[dtk9119]

Susler warming for mop up time

[tntoriole]

1 minute ago, baltfan said:

In a double header I understand why we have to pitch Hall, but he just isn’t ready to pitch in high leverage situations.   It doesn’t help that he seems to get a bit nervous.   

It is a little hard to understand we have completely green rookies starting AND finishing the most important game of the season.  The being tired argument is getting a bit damn old. 

[Pat Kelly]

Hyde continues to deploy the strategy of lose the battle win the war.  Saving all of the good BP arms for the nightcap if/when the Os have the lead.  

[eddie83]

Just now, dtk9119 said:

Piling on now.. just don't understand Hyde bringing him in today other than throwing in the towel 

Didn’t want to use big 3. Used JK, BB. 
 

I guess he could have went Akin. 

[mrbig1]

Somebody shoot me

[Tony-OH]

Stop with the bullcrap slider... Stop calling that pitch against right handers. Where is the changeup???? 

Terrible game calling on top of Hall's crap stuff. 

[dtk9119]

Just now, Pat Kelly said:

Hyde continues to deploy the strategy of lose the battle win the war.  Saving all of the good BP arms for the nightcap if/when the Os have the lead.  

Problem is with this offense I have no confidence of that happening 

[Moose Milligan]

Hall makes Baumann look like Sandy Koufax. 

[Tony-OH]

This is partly on Hyde. Why is Hall pitching on a high leverage situation? What had he done to deserve to be in this game down by just one?

[Pat Kelly]

But that’s a bad strategy when every game matters.  Nice job letting the jays put the game out of reach.  

[tntoriole]

Taking him out there is just a crap bs decision .. maybe getting clobbered will light a fire under him at Norfolk next year 

[Brian88]

1 minute ago, Pat Kelly said:

Hyde continues to deploy the strategy of lose the battle win the war.  Saving all of the good BP arms for the nightcap if/when the Os have the lead.  

Just wait until you see the lineup he throws out for game 2.

[baltfan]

3 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Lots of 95s in there. He should be sitting 97 and touching 99 in short stints. He really doesn't have the command and throws too many uncompetitive pitches.

Thank you for saying this. It’s like people haven’t seen that we got a retread from the Reds that throws left-handed and hits 99 mph regularly.   He has no idea where it is going. I don’t know what his attitude is like, but this needs to be a wake-up call for him that he has to get better at locating because the raw stuff is not that special for a reliever. 

Edited September 5, 2022 by baltfan

[terpoh]

The blue jays offensively are just flat out more talented than the Orioles. 

[eddie83]

1 minute ago, Tony-OH said:

Stop with the bullcrap slider... Stop calling that pitch against right handers. Where is the changeup???? 

Terrible game calling on top of Hall's crap stuff. 

He let up 2 RBI hits off change. 
 

 

He doesn’t have the command yet to compete up here.