Sunday afternoon July 23: O's go for Series win vs. the Rays

[Roy Firestone]

thats all she wrote...Wells was lousy today....AGAIN.

[Uli2001]

There you go.

[O's84]

Walks the 9 hitter and then gives up a bomb.  Tyler just throw the fastball in the 3-2 count and make him put in play.  Now he gets on and then he gives up a bomb.

[Mooreisbetter27]

Wells needs to be taken out. He’s got nothing. Bring Irvin in. Weld may be dealing with a dead arm. So frustrating to just give those 3 back because of walks.

[NashLumber]

29 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Well, it LANDED in the field of play, in the outfield.   After hitting a catwalk way, way out there.

Maybe Statcast can add a "expected landing spot" stat in the HR stat line, using physics to chart the rest of the arc of the ball's path.

Reggie Jackson probably wishes that was a thing in the '71 All Star Game at Tiger Stadium. 

[Tony-OH]

Well you know it's a matter of time for the homerun with Wells. Unfortunately there was a man on.

[Hank Scorpio]

Not a very encouraging start considering he’s only given up one hit.

[Dibbs31]

Offense puts up a crooked number then goes cold for almost the entirety of the game. Need to avoid these cold spells

[HandsomeQuack]

It's one thing to struggle but he went from confident to completely lost. Bizarre.

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, Uli2001 said:

I think it was Mike Flanagan who used to say during the Orioles TV broadcast that if you are wild, aim at the middle of the plate and hope it doesn't end up there. Especially with a 3-run lead. What you can't do if you are wild is to try and paint the corners. Flanagan used to know a thing or two about pitching, you know.

He stole that from Davey Johnson.

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He recalled watching pitcher Dave McNally struggle to hit the inside corners during one particular start. Between innings, Johnson said to him, “You’re in an unfavorable chance deviation.”

 

Edited July 23, 2023 by Can_of_corn

[Billy F-Face3]

Hyde was right the 1st time when he warmed up Baumann, but he let Wells talk him out of the right decision.

[dtk9119]

Predictable. Wells has had terrible command today. Hyde probably should have pulled the trigger to start this inning 

[Just Regular]

Another day of evidence here 68 needs to be tapered down.

I wish Hyde could have took the emotion out of it and not sent him back there, granting Wells has earned himself a good amount of equity with his team.

[MDK02]

These Rays players really feel themselves in everything they do. Even on walks, they think they’re hot sh’t. 

[Roy Firestone]

This lead was never insurmountable but its disappointing that Wells couldn't hold it...