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Tuesday, August 22: Orioles try to bury the Blue Jays and make it a 2-team division race

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Let's turn Swanson into a TV Dinner.

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I remember when they were a really mediocre mess .  It was glorious. 

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1 minute ago, Malike said:

He's already used his leverage guys, Do you think Fuji would have been the better option? He doesn't want to pitch Felix 2 innings every time he takes the mound, it's a long season and you have to account for all of these innings.

And Fuji just pitched back to back games 

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3 minutes ago, Malike said:

He's not a moron, he can see the bigger picture while you can't see an inch in front of your face.

This is the one of the most important series we have left. The schedule is soft after this, plenty of time to “keep Bautista fresh” during those games. Keep washing Hyde‘s balls though, we all know you can’t get enough of him. 

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1 minute ago, Dunk35 said:

For what? We haven't clinched a damn thing and I hate Toronto. Do not want to give that team life and Baumann just did. On. A. Silver. Platter. 

Actually I would rather them in the playoffs vs Seattle.  Still, you can’t risk hurting Bautista. 

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