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Sunday, August 20: Orioles go for a sweep in Oakland on last game of west coast trip


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1 minute ago, SteveA said:

A foot higher and it would have been a homer.

Anyone complaining about swinging at the first pitch?

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No?   Just checking.

I made a “promise” not to post more negativity in the thread which kept me from doing just that after each Westburg AB so far 😬

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Just now, Can_of_corn said:

It was a routine fly ball.

That's not hate, that's an observation.

You'd expect the O's to make that play right?

I would hope they would but he had to go a long way, the Sun appeared to be a bit of an issue, and he had to deal with the wall

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Just now, Gurgi said:

I think if the cut off man had caught the ball and made a good throw Mateo was easily out at home.  Our scouting reports must of said they are not good enough to turn it and they sent Mateo.  They proved to be correct. 

Yeah that send was some disrespect to Oakland.

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16 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Is there a better hitter in baseball since the All Star Break?

(I honestly don't know... asking...)

Perhaps Austin Riley? I think they said that the other day on MLB Central but haven’t looked it up.

JRod has to have taken over the past 4-5 games tho. 

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