Orioles are Beating Everyone

[baltfan]

After today’s game, the Orioles have a .500 or better record against every team they have played except for Atlanta against whom they are 1-2. 
https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/2023-schedule-scores.shtml

[LA2]

And those two losses to the Braves were both by one run.

[Baltimorecuse]

55 minutes ago, LA2 said:

And those two losses to the Braves were both by one run.

And one of those  losses was because an outfielder dropped a can of corn, if I recall correctly.  

[Bahama O's Fan]

44 minutes ago, Baltimorecuse said:

And one of those  losses was because an outfielder dropped a can of corn, if I recall correctly.  

I think that was against Boston

[Baltimorecuse]

32 minutes ago, Bahama O's Fan said:

I think that was against Boston

Thanks.  We screwed something up in one of those Atlanta games.

[Jagwar]

We were arguably a hanging splitter away from sweeping the Yankees in the Bronx

[Sports Guy]

I still want to see them winning games easier. That’s the mark of a really good team. Their pythag theorem record is still 8 games over 500.  
 

Now, that is obviously not foolproof as some predictor and I think he tells you how great the pen has been but definitely would like to see some separation in runs scored and runs allowed.

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, Sports Guy said:

I still want to see them winning games easier. That’s the mark of a really good team. Their pythag theorem record is still 8 games over 500.  
 

That reminds me of the story Lou Holtz had about Notre Dame alumni.

[Sports Guy]

22 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

That reminds me of the story Lou Holtz had about Notre Dame alumni.

Happy to hear it.

[owknows]

5 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Happy to hear it.

Happy to hear the story?

 

Or happy to hear that something reminds him of a story?

[Sports Guy]

Just now, owknows said:

Happy to hear the story?

 

Or happy to hear that something reminds him of a story?

Happy that it reminds him. It was very pertinent to things.

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, owknows said:

Happy to hear the story?

 

Or happy to hear that something reminds him of a story?

He didn't know what to say but he couldn't resist responding.

 

[deward]

5 hours ago, Sports Guy said:

I still want to see them winning games easier. That’s the mark of a really good team. Their pythag theorem record is still 8 games over 500.  
 

Now, that is obviously not foolproof as some predictor and I think he tells you how great the pen has been but definitely would like to see some separation in runs scored and runs allowed.

They have the 5th best run differential in all of baseball. Things are going pretty well if that's the biggest gripe.

Sorry, tied for 5th best.

Edited May 26, 2023 by deward
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[Moose Milligan]

One of the funniest things about this board is that when the Orioles get good, posters get snippy with each other.

If this team was 15 games under .500 and headed towards a last place finish, I bet the tone around here would be a lot different.  Now suddenly that everyone cares and we're good, people are on edge cause...THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN.  And some of us don't know how to act.

[Sports Guy]

14 minutes ago, deward said:

They have the 5th best run differential in all of baseball. Things are going pretty well if that's the biggest gripe.

Sorry, tied for 5th best.

I’m not saying the run differential is bad but that the record is perhaps better than it should be.

The margin for error is slimmer right now than it should be for a team this far over 500.