Friday, May 12: O's vs. Pirates

[Dunk35]

If Voth wasn't ready to pitch, he needs to be a professional and honest with the staff. Zero reason to waste Felix's bullets except for Voth shttng the bed. 

[Mooreisbetter27]

3.5 games behind Rays. 

[mrbig1]

We played like crap but still won. Great start to the weekend.

[FlaO'sFan]

They let Cedric off the hook, barely got him with the Gatorade.

Edited May 13, 2023 by FlaO'sFan

[LA2]

O's just one win away from reaching .667 again (2 to 1 W/L ratio). Bucs only 3 games over .500.

[IllinoisOsFan]

This team has a lot of dog in them. Love it. 

[dystopia]

7 minutes ago, Billy F-Face3 said:

I also think that box on TV skews the perception of the strike zone.

There's no way the top of the box is the top of the strike zone. They need to adjust it.

[Aristotelian]

Very encouraging ballgame. Bradish and Felix looked terrific. Still feels like we haven't had the whole team clicking at the same time. If that happens look out!

[LA2]

Cardinals just scored 3 runs off of Jensen in the top of the 9th to take 8-6 lead over Boston. Sox have one out left w bases empty. Jensen retired zero batters. We'll soon be 3.5 games ahead of them.

[Billy F-Face3]

1 minute ago, dystopia said:

There's no way the top of the box is the top of the strike zone. They need to adjust it.

I was thinking the exact same thing. I was taught that the strike zone was the arm-pits to the knees. (Although in today's Pro baseball it seems to be slightly lower than that.) They had the top of the box around the waist.

[Gurgi]

1 minute ago, Aristotelian said:

Very encouraging ballgame. Bradish and Felix looked terrific. Still feels like we haven't had the whole team clicking at the same time. If that happens look out!

We have a wonderful winning percentage but we dont really feel like a dominate team.  Maybe we are better than it feels?

[bpilktree]

11 minutes ago, Billy F-Face3 said:

I also think that box on TV skews the perception of the strike zone.

Agreed especially tonight.  It looked like the MASN box thought a midget was up that last two batters.  The outside pitches were balls but the ones that looked high compared to the box were all strikes.  

[Uli2001]

Pretty soon it won't be early anymore, and this team continues to win.

[Aristotelian]

19 minutes ago, Gurgi said:

We have a wonderful winning percentage but we dont really feel like a dominate team.  Maybe we are better than it feels?

Exactly. We must be the weakest 25-13 team ever. Part of that is the division. Fangraphs actually has us in last place in the East in Playoff Odds. I think it is also that we come from behind a lot so a lot of these wins feel super lucky. Yet overall we are on pace to win more than the 2014 division winner.

[Yossarian]

I love me some Cedric Mullins.  Cycle Ced!!!