Monday, July 24: Orioles visit the Phillies

[CynBeth]

1 minute ago, Roy Firestone said:

we're lucky to be tied...but if it goes extras we are toast because we have no pen...

And we are not hitting.

[Moose Milligan]

Just now, clapdiddy said:

So, I'm not watching the game...he throws two fastballs to get ahead 0-2, then dicks around with a bunch of crap to allow the guy to get back in the count?   How many times does this guy have to do this?    I blame that on McCann.   Show the hitter a slider on 0-2, then go back to the hard stuff.  It seems like this happens to Baker EVERY FREAKING TIME.

Exactly. If he wanted to try to get him to chase out of the zone he should have tried a chest high fastball. 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

1 minute ago, Moose Milligan said:

That was awful. Had him 0-2 and then tried stuff away, too far out of the zone. And then had to groove a 3-2 fastball. 

It was just a horrific sequence of pitches by Baker and I could feel it coming even when he was up 0-2. 

[eddie83]

1 minute ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Relying on Coulombe and Baker in the playoffs in high leverage situations is going to lead to heartache. I'm begging Mike Elias to trade for a plus bullpen arm and maybe an additional reliever for the 5th/6th innings.

You think in playoffs we get 7 from starter the big boys won’t be available?  And yes, you are right need to add more. 

[Chavez Ravine]

17 minutes ago, Alasdaire said:

This is all before my day, so I'm just going to imagine that's Spiro Agnew next to him.

That’s the groundskeeper Pat Santarone. As far as I know, all the green he cultivated was completely above board.

[Moshagge3]

So, Hyde is bringing Perez in to face some righties? Somebody is going to need to explain this to me.

[Billy F-Face3]

@Roy we need you to command the offense to wake up again! Lol 

[Mooreisbetter27]

Why didn’t they pinch hit OHearn? Why Frazier?

[eddie83]

Just now, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

It was just a horrific sequence of pitches by Baker and I could feel it coming even when he was up 0-2. 

It was bad. 0-2 pitch was ok. Only threw one more heater. 

[Roy Firestone]

Dont see us winning this game without our back end of the pen..

[Ripken]

Need Gunnar to go deep...

[Pat Kelly]

Baker is really a freak show right now.  Some players will not be able to handle the pressure, pennant race. 

[sevastras]

2 minutes ago, Pat Kelly said:

Harper was safe, but Phillies used up their review on the 2B throw out from Urias. 

No he wasn’t and they could have asked and probably granted another look on that one. 
 

[Aristotelian]

Just now, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

It was just a horrific sequence of pitches by Baker and I could feel it coming even when he was up 0-2. 

We all did. Baker is just in a rut with inherited runners. 

[oriolediehard]

How many Baker fans are on this board?  How many more games are we going to lose with Baker?  Baker a Blue Jay cast off.