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Friday, June 30: Orioles vs Twins with Floppy Hats, Smog, and Shaq


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1 minute ago, WillyM said:

I don't remember how many years ago it was, but I remember a year when the Orioles introduced gray caps to be worn in road games.

They really weren't bad looking caps, but Cal didn't like them, so they were abandoned very quickly.

Too bad the Orioles don't have any players on the current roster who (A) have the kind of clout Cal had and (B) hate the City Connect uniforms as much as Cal hated the gray caps.

1995.  Not sure how many times they wore them. 

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Just now, justD said:

That slide involved so many off-the-field issues as well as regressing to who they were as a team.  I don't think all that s^&% is going on with this team. 

I hope. 

That 2005 team was seriously overachieving. I was questioning their success the whole first half thinking can they really keep this up?

The 2023 Orioles probably need some tweaking if they want to make it to the playoffs, but I don't watch this team thinking they've overachieved. This team is loaded with young talent top to bottom.

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Baseball is funny how at the beginning of the year if you'd asked me are the Orioles better than the Twins, I would have said, Of course not, and watching tonight looks the same way, but a half season of baseball has been played and our record is 10 games better.

Long season though.

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1 minute ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

Will Can of Corn be there?  I would think he is a big DJ Diesel fan.

I have no idea.  I was just making a joke about how long it will take the O's pitchers to finally finish the game.

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1 minute ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

That 2005 team was seriously overachieving. I was questioning their success the whole first half thinking can they really keep this up?

The 2023 Orioles probably need some tweaking if they want to make it to the playoffs, but I don't watch this team thinking they've overachieved. This team is loaded with young talent top to bottom.

The 2023 team has been the definition of overachieving. I hope they get everything back on track, but let's not pretend that they are a sure thing.

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2 minutes ago, maybenxtyr said:

The 2023 team has been the definition of overachieving. I hope they get everything back on track, but let's not pretend that they are a sure thing.

Not a sure thing, but I don't see them crashing and burning like the 2005 team finishing 74-88. This is an above .500 team.

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