Tuesday, April 11: Gas Can T-Shirt Night, O's vs A's

[Emory Eagle]

How many times do you think OAK will manage to score five runs in an inning again this year?  Besides tomorrow of course.

[tntoriole]

The As have scored more than 7 runs once in their 10 games .. and lost that one 

[RVAOsFan]

4 minutes ago, tntoriole said:

He is not the same pitcher he was before the injury .. hopefully can regain it 

Can you expand on this? I didn’t really get to see him pitch much in the minors just followed the headlines. Did he have a lot more command previously or better use of secondary’s? Haven’t seen anyone post about it and would like to know a little more of what we can expect if he gets it back. 

[LA2]

5 minutes ago, justD said:

Haha, a down vote!  If a fan can't vent their disappointment in a game thread, I mean, really???

That's rich. 

Forgive him--He only came over after the trade deadline last year with Brett Phillips** and has only abt 300 posts. I don't think he knows who you are.

** Currently 0 for 1 on the season w the Angels

[eddie83]

1 minute ago, brooks1083 said:

In my mind it’s high leverage anytime the bases are loaded with less than 2 outs in a 1 run or tie game.

He basically had three options there. I would have yanked Grayson after second base runner reached as well.  
 

Voth has not looked right all year. 

[Mooreisbetter27]

Mounty!!!

[tntoriole]

Just now, Orioles0615 said:

Also how much is it on Elias as well? Elias should not be making lineup decisions, when I would bet he is. 

It is the way MLB is now.  All GMs have input and some have complete say over lineups 

[Tony-OH]

Hell yeah, Mountcastle may have found out how to get lucky. Just hit it over the fence!

[SteveA]

Now we have ourselves a game!

[Jagwar]

Wowza... Did not expect this kind of start from Mountcastle

[dtk9119]

Thankfully the As have worse pitching than we do..

[Gurgi]

Mountcastle learning how to hit in this crazy ballpark.   Just hit it far my boy and it will work out.

[RVAOsFan]

Wow that was crushed. 

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, Orioles0615 said:

Also how much is it on Elias as well? Elias should not be making lineup decisions, when I would bet he is. 

I don't know.

I'm actually fine with the analytics department having input into lineup decisions.  They should have the best data.

[Teddy OBP]

Oh my.