Wednesday September 21: Orioles try to avoid season sweep by Tigers

[Yossarian]

Mountcastle has come a long way with his defense at first base.  I wish he could figure out the hitting part and become that middle of the order, right- handed power bat this team will need to make its run at a title in the next few years. 

[eddie83]

3 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Sometimes it takes guys a little bit to get used to the upper decks. I did a lot of research on all of the flyballs hit to him and like I said on a previous post, he only has one ball where the catch percentage was over 50% (60%) that he didn't catch.

He's not as bad as some seems to think, even though his jump numbers aren't great, I think they will improve. 

The play vs the Nats he didn’t have much of a chance to catch it but he dove and the ball went past him. Cost the Orioles a run. 
 

He did remind me of Orsulak on those catches. The style and mannerisms. 

[NashLumber]

1 hour ago, Gurgi said:

Game thread kind of slow tonight.  I guess we all realize the Orioles aint getting into postseason.   

Awesome Hr by Stowers.  Good to see him getting playing time.   I dont want to see Odor again!

Like eddie83, I had stuff going on. Incredibly busy week. Even missing five chances to see Tides in my hometown of Durham this week. But while I enjoy the game threads (and I made an effort to be here more this year in memory of my friend ScOtt), I do find I end up watching my computer more than the game. That's not what I want. It's an art trying to be active on game threads and seeing the game at hand. Hats off to you guys who seem to manage it.

Exhibit A: I missed that Mountcastle grab while typing this. And almost missed Stowers' nice game ending grab. 

 

I do have a nice setup, but I hate missing action by typing or reading. 

 

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[LA2]

4 hours ago, NashLumber said:

Like eddie83, I had stuff going on. Incredibly busy week. Even missing five chances to see Tides in my hometown of Durham this week. But while I enjoy the game threads (and I made an effort to be here more this year in memory of my friend ScOtt), I do find I end up watching my computer more than the game. That's not what I want. It's an art trying to be active on game threads and seeing the game at hand. Hats off to you guys who seem to manage it.

Exhibit A: I missed that Mountcastle grab while typing this. And almost missed Stowers' nice game ending grab. 

 

I do have a nice setup, but I hate missing action by typing or reading. 

 

Very cool set-up! Who are the two figurines below the right-hand screen? One is Kenny Singleton, right?

[NashLumber]

8 hours ago, LA2 said:

Very cool set-up! Who are the two figurines below the right-hand screen? One is Kenny Singleton, right?

Thanks! It's a Weaver-Palmer bobblehead combo. And that guitar on the wall is what I call a "Birdcaster". A friend of mine who used to live in Baltimore years ago mailed it to me when she moved to Maine. According to Ebay, it appears to be from 2004.

 

[LA2]

8 hours ago, NashLumber said:

Thanks! It's a Weaver-Palmer bobblehead combo. And that guitar on the wall is what I call a "Birdcaster". A friend of mine who used to live in Baltimore years ago mailed it to me when she moved to Maine. According to Ebay, it appears to be from 2004.

 

Wow, How wrong cd I have been? It was the shadow.

A Natty Bo Birdcaster!

[NashLumber]

2 hours ago, LA2 said:

Wow, How wrong cd I have been? It was the shadow.

A Natty Bo Birdcaster!

And I was sort of scoffed at in the game thread the day before by pointing our the O's only needed to win 6 of the final 16 to finish above .500. Now it's just four more wins. Playoffs? A distant dream. One game over .500. Doable!