Wednesday, September 13: O's face former farmhand Rom on the eve of the Showdown with Tampa

[Spakman]

If you didn’t see this coming, I don’t know what to tell you

[Malike]

Just now, Tony-OH said:

Look, if we're facing some tough pitching and can't hit, you tip the cap. 

But c'mon. 

St. Louis can hit. They took 2/3 from the Braves and 2/3 from the Reds coming into this.

[Moose Milligan]

3 minutes ago, Yossarian said:

Is it just me, or are we getting worse against this guy rather than better?  We're not even close to figuring him out.

Nope. Not even close. Swinging and missing and no hard contact. 

[oriolediehard]

1 minute ago, baltfan said:

Watch us score 5 runs in 4 innings against Glasnow. 

I hope so

[baltfan]

Just now, Spakman said:

If you didn’t see this coming, I don’t know what to tell you

Take a look at the game thread yesterday.  I said it was coming about 20 times, and I was far from the only one.  This has to be in part how they train. 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

1 minute ago, Tony-OH said:

Bwahaha.. A no hitter for Rom? 

Every Oriole in the lineup should be forced to give their paychecks to charity. 

Rom couldn't get AAA hitters out but he's no hitting the Orioles thru 4? 

I mean, good for Rom to stick it to the Orioles for trading him, but good Lord, this is kind of a joke after getting embarrassed yesterday.

Hell If I was playing the Orioles I'd just pitch soft tossing AAA pitchers at them.

A random fan in the stands with a good Eephus pitch might be able to eke out a quality start against the Orioles hitters. 

[Roy Firestone]

LETS FREAKING GO!!

[Yossarian]

Couldn't ask much more from Gibson tonight.  Someone needs to hit the ball. 

[O's84]

Offense needs to get together, we're not facing Greg Maddux.

[Uli2001]

You have to commend Gibson. This is the only bright light today so far. If Gibson can regain his confidence with this game, that's a positive.

[oriolediehard]

1 minute ago, Malike said:

St. Louis can hit. They took 2/3 from the Braves and 2/3 from the Reds coming into this.

The Braves have a 16 game lead, no pressure for them to win!

[Moose Milligan]

5 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Bwahaha.. A no hitter for Rom? 

Every Oriole in the lineup should be forced to give their paychecks to charity. 

Rom couldn't get AAA hitters out but he's no hitting the Orioles thru 4? 

I mean, good for Rom to stick it to the Orioles for trading him, but good Lord, this is kind of a joke after getting embarrassed yesterday.

Hell If I was playing the Orioles I'd just pitch soft tossing AAA pitchers at them.

Seriously. Get into a playoff series against the Orioles and bring up soft tossers the Orioles have never seen before and we’ll be helpless. 
 

I bet Jamie Moyer could come out of retirement and face us and go 6 shutout innings. 

[oriolediehard]

2 minutes ago, O's84 said:

Offense needs to get together, we're not facing Greg Maddux.

Today we are!

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, Moose Milligan said:

Seriously. Get into a playoff series against the Orioles and bring up soft tossers the Orioles have never seen before and we’ll be helpless. 
 

I bet Jamie Moyer could come out of retirement and face us and go 6 shutout innings. 

I think the O's have seen Rom pitch before.

[Mooreisbetter27]

Okay guys. Let’s start slow. How bout a hit