Wednesday, August 9: Orioles try to bounce back after tough loss to Astros

[gtman55]

I can't watch this game. Melanie Newman is horrible at play by play.

[Gurgi]

Just now, Hallas said:

A rookie hitting like a pitcher is kind of borderline embarassing to me.

Struggling to the tune of like .600 OPS is typical rookie struggling.  .425 is a little more than that.

I can understand people being quits on a guy like Mateo who has years of proof that he just might not be a success.  But a guy like Cowser who was a high draft pick who was mashing the ball in AAA and only has a small sample size does not really deserve a ton of angst over.  

[Uli2001]

This Hou pitcher has probably only one more inning in him. The question is, can the Orioles hit their relievers.

[Moose Milligan]

Great play, Gunnar!

[LA2]

6 minutes ago, Gurgi said:

A rookie struggling with less than 100 ab's is not embarrassing.  It is in fact kind of normal to be honest.

.125 / .286 / .161 / .446 (31 OPS+)

Only the OBP is near-acceptable even for a rookie w approx. 100 ABs.

Edited August 10, 2023 by LA2

[Malike]

Death by a bunch of seeing-eye singles.

[dtk9119]

This just feels like sweep.

They've been great bouncing back from tough losses but last night was an absolute gut punch.

Maybe the best thing is to head out on the long road trip.

Hope I'm wrong and we can just get one game.

[Jagwar]

Two thing I don't like. The O's trailing, and Melanie Newman doing PBP. 

[LA2]

Just now, Moose Milligan said:

Great play, Gunnar!

So glad we got to see it accompanied by Melanie & David's pretzel gushing.

[TopGunnar]

1 minute ago, Gurgi said:

I can understand people being quits on a guy like Mateo who has years of proof that he just might not be a success.  But a guy like Cowser who was a high draft pick who was mashing the ball in AAA and only has a small sample size does not really deserve a ton of angst over.  

I don’t think anybody is quitting on Cowser, he’s hopefully an important part of our future. But it’s still factual that hes playing quite poorly. Offensively and defensively 

[Uli2001]

Just now, Gurgi said:

I can understand people being quits on a guy like Mateo who has years of proof that he just might not be a success.  But a guy like Cowser who was a high draft pick who was mashing the ball in AAA and only has a small sample size does not really deserve a ton of angst over.  

There are AAAA players. I am not convinced that he is or isn't one, but he's not lighting MLB on fire exactly. In a pennant race, it's tough to continue to give him at-bats.

[LA2]

Just now, Jagwar said:

Two thing I don't like. The O's trailing, and Melanie Newman doing PBP. 

She's not even doing PBP--it's all about autism and then all the pretzel flavors.

[Jagwar]

Just now, LA2 said:

She's not even doing PBP--it's all about autism and then all the pretzel flavors.

I really want to root for her. But all I can think is... where the phat is Kevin Brown?

[LA2]

3 minutes ago, Malike said:

Death by a bunch of seeing-eye singles.

And cinnamon and brown sugar pretzels

[TopGunnar]

Man I love altuve. He’s such a gritty player. Going to be in the HOF