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5 hours ago, Frobby said:

I’m curious what you consider a rough patch, why it’s inevitable that they’ll go through one, and what is the time frame you’re talking about.  

The O’s lost 6 of 7 from June 27 - July 4.  Do you think it’s inevitable that they will have a stretch this year that’s worse than that?   

The O’s responded to that stretch by winning 8 games in a row.

 

I remember when that happened; we were seeing posts like the O-s will be under .500 by August.  At least the actual players are resilient.

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Character is one of those terms that is more easily defined by what it isn’t than what it is. With a sit down interview it’s hard to weed out the predators, psychopaths, and just the harmless nutters that nevertheless make people not want to come to work. Good luck intentionally melding personalities so that you have a social love juggernaut. There are lots of winning teams that had key pieces who were A-holes. 

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First time I've bumped a thread but today's game with Gunner made me think of this. Read a good artticle about Gunner and not stopping at first base in the 8th. I don't know enough to drop it here but the gist was he's the kind of ballplayer the Orioles are developing and why they are in first place. Loved Gunner's interview after the game. I've said this before, but my wife of 61 years watches all the Oriole games with my son and me because of Gunner. When we explained "the cycle" to her she said Gunner is going to be a super star because he thinks of team first and not self. I think we have a team like that and are so fortunate to be on this ride with a great group of young men. Whether we win it all or not, how can you not embrace this team? The Beer Is Cold!!!!!!!!!!!!

One other thing. Different subject. Has anyone heard how Palmer is doing? I'm surprised there has been no updates or perhaps I have missed them. He would have had fun today. Ben and K B did.

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53 minutes ago, Too Tall said:

 

One other thing. Different subject. Has anyone heard how Palmer is doing? I'm surprised there has been no updates or perhaps I have missed them. He would have had fun today. Ben and K B did.

I can't access Twitter since I don't have an account, but I believe Palmer tweeted that was released from the hospital yesterday.

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2 minutes ago, rm5678 said:

I can't access Twitter since I don't have an account, but I believe Palmer tweeted that was released from the hospital yesterday.

I meant to say he tweeted that "he" was released from the hospital yesterday.

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