Saturday, May 27: Ryan Mountcastle Bobblehead day vs Rangers

[Aristotelian]

3 minutes ago, HandsomeQuack said:

So far since the program started in 2021, no one has gotten new CCs. But some teams (Colorado, LA Dodgers) have ditched the dark pants, so there is some hope the O's will do that.

Interesting. I figured it was an annual gimmick thing. Maybe there will be a new one with a different name.

[dtk9119]

1 minute ago, Moshagge3 said:

Why isn't Santander pinch hitting?

Crap I forgot about AS. Good question. McCann looked awful 

[Uli2001]

Why was McCann and his sub-Mendoza batting average sixth in the order?

[allquixotic]

My mom is a curse on home games. We haven’t won a single game that she’s gone to since before COVID. Dunno what it is.

[LA2]

There was potential there: McCann has good power numbers vs. LHP. Oh well. Regained some dignity in the final score and Urías got his first XBH since returning from the IL. Let's win tomorrow. TB down by two in the 9th vs the Dodgers and so we may not lose any ground on them....

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

Just now, dtk9119 said:

Crap I forgot about AS. Good question. McCann looked awful 

Should have tried to tie the game then worry about losing the DH if Adley has to play catcher in extra innings. You can’t let McCann hit in that situation. 

[seak05]

I don’t understand how Hyde uses his bullpen and bench 

[Uli2001]

Win tomorrow and it's a season series split with the Rangers. I would take that.

[spiritof66]

Non-competitive AB from McCan't and his .522 OPS. I was hoping to see Santander. Wasn't he available? "Skip, I'm sorry, but I can't go out there in broad daylight wearing this stupid outfit. It was embarrassing enough last night."

[LA2]

6 minutes ago, dtk9119 said:

Crap I forgot about AS. Good question. McCann looked awful 

McCann has good numbers vs. LHP (double earlier in the game_ and Hyde may have been wanting to save Santander for lead-taking RBI(s) PH-ing forFrazier, McKenna or Mateo, depending on who they wd bring in to replace Smith (if anyone).

Edited May 27, 2023 by LA2

[Alasdaire]

2 hours ago, now said:

Thanks for the tip, hadn't thought of manually synchronizing (via pause). I was resorting to watching the Rangers feed. Anything but torture-by-Melanie!

No worries! I remember trying to Macgyver this exact thing as a kid because I loved Joe Angel on the radio so much. But it was really difficult even when trying to pause to just the right time on Tivo/DVR.

Seamless synchronization through the app now though, underrated feature.

Haven't tried this yet, but might also come in handy during a national TV broadcast if MASN isn't broadcasting but you still want homer announcers.

[now]

2 hours ago, Pat Kelly said:

Detest when Os play non-competitive games.   Texas looks like a complete team toying with the Os “juggernaut.”  Lost weekend. 

Yeah, it was guaranteed the word "juggernaut" was not going to age well.

[Tony-OH]

17 hours ago, eddie83 said:

I guess Givens knee hurt his cardio. 

He may have hurt getting back up to get to the Golden Corral Buffet the way he looks.

[Tony-OH]

14 hours ago, now said:

Yeah, it was guaranteed the word "juggernaut" was not going to age well.

Was the juggernaut thing a Kevin Brown hyperbole statement? 

He was also the guy who said, "Shohei who?" after they struck him out one time. That was just such a ridiculously immature and homer statement that it made me literally cringe when he said it. 

 

[now]

35 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Was the juggernaut thing a Kevin Brown hyperbole statement? 

He was also the guy who said, "Shohei who?" after they struck him out one time. That was just such a ridiculously immature and homer statement that it made me literally cringe when he said it. 

 

Amazingly, IIRC the quote was attributed to Kyle Gibson.