Thursday, September 14: the Showdown with the Rays for the AL East begins... 7:15 pm on Fox TV

[rm5678]

5 minutes ago, baltfan said:

They fill up the zone with nasty stuff. 

Fairbanks was the definition of unhittable tonight.

[Dunk35]

2 minutes ago, baltfan said:

That wasn’t a choke. They got beat.  It happens.  Rays we’re just better tonight and have definitely been hot.  Orioles bats are a bit of a mess at the moment. 

What do you call losing 4 out of 5? 2/3 from the second worst team in the NL? They are CHOKING! 

[O's84]

2 minutes ago, LA2 said:

Yeah it's like playing KC in 2014.

I've had psychiatric sessions to blott out those memories, thanks for reminding me. 

[Gurgi]

1 minute ago, dystopia said:

It's a problem when you're getting outplayed by Wainwright and Rom. 

This loss wouldn't hurt if they hadn't played like chumps against a crap team.

I swear I felt a major change when we had the fiasco of the 13-12 win in Boston.  Gave up 23 hits.  No one could get anyone out.  

[rm5678]

7 minutes ago, LA2 said:

The whole Tampa OF does the Arozarena arms over the chest thing. Jeesh

They probably say the same about our sprinklers.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

1 minute ago, dystopia said:

It's a problem when you're getting outplayed by Wainwright and Rom. 

This loss wouldn't hurt if they hadn't played like chumps against a crap team.

Yeah not taking care of business against the Cardinals makes this loss sting even more. And now we have to hope Flaherty can somehow have an effective start tomorrow night.

[dystopia]

1 minute ago, LA2 said:

1.31 ERA after 21 games with the Twins to start the season. 0.00 after the first 13. The stuff is there.

Look, I like Jorge and hope he puts a zero every time out. He's a very easy guy to root for. But he has a 5.53 career ERA in 473 innings. He's just not good. 

[rm5678]

9 minutes ago, ArtVanDelay said:

The Rays bullpen is just significantly better than ours. 

Even Shawn Armstrong seems to be having a career year.

[Brian88]

7 minutes ago, fansince71 said:

lol at all the doom posting 12 year olds.

Ok boomer 

[RavensNOsGuy]

5 minutes ago, baltfan said:

That wasn’t a choke. They got beat.  It happens.  Rays we’re just better tonight and have definitely been hot.  Orioles bats are a bit of a mess at the moment. 

This is a sweep coming. Any Baltimore fan can see it coming. All of their teams fold when it really matters

[Gurgi]

1 minute ago, Dunk35 said:

What do you call losing 4 out of 5? 2/3 from the second worst team in the NL? They are CHOKING! 

They are a team filled with young guys and dumpster dive additions.  It was bound to happen.  We have not gotten swept so of course we will get swept in Baltimore by Tampa and lose the damn East.  It will be major media.  The baseball channels will be filled with it for a week.  

This is what is coming.

[rm5678]

3 hours ago, fansince1988 said:

FOX broadcasting a baseball game on Thursday eve? How long have they been doing this?

Next Thursday's O's game at Cleveland will be on Fox too. Same for the game on Saturday 9/30 against the Sox.

[Gurgi]

1 minute ago, RavensNOsGuy said:

This is a sweep coming. Any Baltimore fan can see it coming. All of their teams fold when it really matters

89 folded.  97 folded.  12 14 16 folded.  Its true we likely will fold this year as well.

[baltfan]

2 minutes ago, RavensNOsGuy said:

This is a sweep coming. Any Baltimore fan can see it coming. All of their teams fold when it really matters

It hasn’t always been this way. 

[Chavez Ravine]

Just now, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Good comp and the Rays ave a better lineup than that Royals team.

Those Royals were an anomaly. The Rays don’t get a thousand seeing eye Baltimore chop singles in a row.  Unlike the 2014 Royals, they rely on imperfect human talent not the magic 8 ball. Plus, if they were all that they would have buried us months ago.It’s not who is hot now, it’s who is hot two weeks from now.