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

[JR Oriole]

They have a .290 hitter batting 8th in their lineup.  I think it’s fair to say they are a lot better.

[dtk9119]

Hyde bringing in Hall almost borders on throwing in the towel.

 

[eddie83]

Good spot for DL.  

[bpilktree]

Horrible pitch calling.  Baker hasn’t been good with anything off speed.  You got 100mph fastball use it.

[Moshagge3]

Just now, dtk9119 said:

Hyde bringing in Hall almost borders on throwing in the towel.

 

He has never allowed a baserunner as a big league reliever.

[CynBeth]

Hope everyone has been having a nice holiday weekend.  I had a bad feeling about yesterday and am worried we are on a downward spiral and part of a long losing streak again.

[Just Regular]

Still a ways to go, but if I was composing the game story and no one provides a rewrite from here, its the Jays capitalizing on the infield defense.

This game feels somewhat a microcosm of the season.    That we're in it as much as we've been is the gift, regardless of how it finishes.    

And win or lose we're watching Gunnar, Hall, Adley and who knows what's next?

[tntoriole]

3 minutes ago, Moshagge3 said:

Jim Palmer not there to complain about Baker's cutter.

Calling that pitch a cutter is a joke.. cutters that don’t move at all are called fat mistakes. 

Getting beat on that rather than the 100 mph fastball is just really bad pitch call and poor execution 

 

[Just Regular]

2 minutes ago, JR Oriole said:

They have a .290 hitter batting 8th in their lineup.  I think it’s fair to say they are a lot better.

Honestly entering this year the Jays more than the Rays or Yankees seemed to me like the team it'd be toughest for the Peak Adley teams to get by.  

They are maybe having a 20th percentile type season to our 99th percentile one.    Manager switches and Gausman looking like a nervous Nellie are a little encouraging for the Vlad v. Adley longterm.

[dtk9119]

This makes yesterday's loss even bigger. Playoff teams take care of business vs crap teams like the Jays did yesterday 

[Moshagge3]

I don't like that we're counting on Lyles and his 102 fever or whatever he has in Game 2.

[mrbig1]

Our best hitters due up.

[tntoriole]

If we are not going to go the playoffs, I would prefer just going out as quickly as possible .. 

[Moshagge3]

Just get on for Mountcastle.

[dtk9119]

Just now, tntoriole said:

If we are not going to go the playoffs, I would prefer just going out as quickly as possible .. 

You might get your wish by Wednesday night the way this team is hitting