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Yes I’m serious. There are 160 games left. This isn’t late September. This is like a horrible call goes against you with 10 minutes left in the first quarter and you lose by 2 points. 
 

The outfield defense so far has been high school like. 

Yes, there are 160 games left.  You're not wrong there.

But games in late September don't count for more.  

Yes, if we miss a playoff berth by one game, I will gamble that Ryan McKenna dropping a flyball a Little Leaguer could have caught will probably be the easiest play amongst the games we'll blow this year.  It doesn't matter that it happened in April.

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1 minute ago, eddie83 said:

Yes I’m serious. There are 160 games left. This isn’t late September. This is like a horrible call goes against you with 10 minutes left in the first quarter and you lose by 2 points. 
 

The outfield defense so far has been high school like. 

Pretty sure a win in April counts the same as they do September 

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2 minutes ago, eddie83 said:

Yes I’m serious. There are 160 games left. This isn’t late September. This is like a horrible call goes against you with 10 minutes left in the first quarter and you lose by 2 points. 
 

The outfield defense so far has been high school like. 

I get your point, but a loss now is worth the same as a loss in September. The best thing I can see is the pitching should only get better with Means, Grayson and likely DL Hall to get a call up. Plus Givens and Tate will come off the IL.

With all the young talent, I expect the team to improve over the course of the season like in 2022. I'm not sure if it translates into more wins, but there's going to more talent on this team over last year's squad.

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1 minute ago, Moose Milligan said:

Yes, there are 160 games left.  You're not wrong there.

But games in late September don't count for more.  

Yes, if we miss a playoff berth by one game, I will gamble that Ryan McKenna dropping a flyball a Little Leaguer could have caught will probably be the easiest play amongst the games we'll blow this year.  It doesn't matter that it happened in April.

You have time to overcome it. That’s the point. 
 

I doubt in the 70 seasons of Orioles baseball what we saw today ever happened before. 
 

Good teams overcome. Don’t use it as a crutch. 

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3 minutes ago, Bahama O's Fan said:

Anyone want to talk about the reviewed plays? Those calls were inexcusable 

I'm not sure what the point of replay is if they don't overturn blatantly wrong calls. I may be misremebering but I think the Santander call at third cost a run, as the next batter doubled. And it cost a Mullins infield hit later because they lost their challenge. 

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I'm not sure what the point of replay is if they don't overturn blatantly wrong calls. I may be misremebering but I think the Santander call at third cost a run, as the next batter doubled. And it cost a Mullins infield hit later because they lost their challenge. 

Yes, you are correct, and that hit batsman, wow, just wow!

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You have time to overcome it. That’s the point. 
 

I doubt in the 70 seasons of Orioles baseball what we saw today ever happened before. 
 

Good teams overcome. Don’t use it as a crutch. 

Losses count no matter what time of the season they happened in.  Last years team had all the time in the world to make up for a bad April.  If they had played well in April, they would have made the playoffs.  It's that simple.

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