Monday, May 15: Grayson Rodriguez vs Shohei Ohtani

[Gurgi]

1 minute ago, Jagwar said:

I was at the last game of 82. A huge letdown after a great series comeback. 

I was also at the Brooks Robinson Hall of Fame celebration game. Huge rain delay for hours. I think the O's hit 5 straight singles in the bottom of the 9th for a walkoff win

82 was tough but I was amazed at how long the fans stayed after the game and chanted and celebrated.  It went on like a half hour.....all the players came back out for a curtain call.  It was almost a religious moment for me.  Standing with thousands of people yelling together in unison. 

[royalstillman]

Mountcastle is useless.

[Tony-OH]

33 minutes ago, ArtVanDelay said:

Hyde gonna burn half the bullpen instead of having Voth pitch multiple innings

This seems to be an issue with Hyde's bullpen management. 

[Hank Scorpio]

I am not a rational person when it comes to the Orioles. I freely admit it. 

I smashed a TV remote against the wall when Chris Ray gave up a walk off grand slam to A-Rod…. and then after I realized there were still some functional pieces, I smashed the rest of it into bits with a tack hammer. 

I was home alone at the time. 

I wouldn’t go as far as to do that now that I have kids.

Probably.

[spiritof66]

22 minutes ago, 24fps said:

That sounds about right.  1961 was my first year as a fan.  1961-1986 was a great time to be a new Orioles fan.

1961 -- you almost make me feel young, which would be quite an accomplishment. I became an O's fan in 1962.

But I became a baseball fan in 1957. I learned to read, in part, by working my way through overnight messages about Phillies' night games that my father left for me to see in the morning.

[Aristotelian]

Why the heck is Cano warming?

[dtk9119]

Mountcastle and Henderson rally killers.

[spiritof66]

1 minute ago, Hank Scorpio said:

I am not a rational person when it comes to the Orioles. I freely admit it. 

I smashed a TV remote against the wall when Chris Ray gave up a walk off grand slam to A-Rod…. and then after I realized there were still some functional pieces, I smashed the rest of it into bits with a tack hammer. 

I was home alone at the time. 

I wouldn’t go as far as to do that now that I have kids.

Probably.

Good thing Gunnar didn't have a hammer just then.

[SteveA]

Baumann

[EddeeEddee]

20 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

The person that set the criteria repped me for pointing out that Rodriguez didn't meet the criteria.

As for him being a top prospect?  Sure, but he was also the third ranked starting pitching prospect for the team and was having a down season when he was traded.

 

There was no criteria mentioned in the post I replied to.  Anyway, he's probably just a kid who doesn't realize there's no draft for international players.  I'm sure his repping you made your day.  

[Tony-OH]

2 minutes ago, royalstillman said:

Mountcastle is useless.

In a 20-game stretch ending on 12 May, Mountcastle hit .310/.341/.476/.817 in 88 PAs. But he is 0-for his last-11 with 6 Ks in his last three games.

[Tony-OH]

4 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

Why the heck is Cano warming?

In case Henderson or Mountcastle would have went yard and made it a one-run  game.

[OriolesMagic83]

1 hour ago, Tony-OH said:

Elias knew he needed starters this off season. Everyone knew he needed starters this offseason. He went out and got Gibson and Irvin.

That might have been all the money he was given in the budget by you know who.

[dtk9119]

Just now, Tony-OH said:

In case Henderson or Mountcastle would have went yard and made it a one-run  game.

Hyde was actually thinking ahead for once.

[Gurgi]

We should give Ohtani some chin music.