Nationals series

[SteveA]

5 minutes ago, larrytt said:

Maybe I'm the only one, but I keep thinking, if we go, say, 5-1 the rest of the way, and the Braves stumble a bit and go 2-4 . . . we tie them for best record in the majors. Winning the division is what's important right now, but tying for (or having) the best record would be a fun thing to achieve. Sweeping the Nats would be a good start. 

Unfortunately even if that happened, they have the tiebreak by going 2 of 3 from us, so they would still have home field advantage in games 1, 2, 6, and 7 of the World Series.  We'd have to do even one better than that to get home field advantage.

[CallMeBrooksie]

4 minutes ago, Frobby said:

I wouldn’t be disturbed, but I’d be disappointed.  I want to clinch the division with as little suspense as possible. 

Not me... the suspense helps me cope with the with my own dull and disappointing existence 

[SteveA]

4 minutes ago, Frobby said:

I wouldn’t be disturbed, but I’d be disappointed.  I want to clinch the division with as little suspense as possible. 

I'd love to go to the clinching game as I did in 2014, but I couldn't make it if it is tomorrow (or the weekend).   Only Thursday.

But I'll still root for them to win, and Tampa to lose, the next couple days.   If we clinch it and I can't be there, oh well.  I want it done as soon as possible.  

[justD]

Torn between stretching it out as long as possible for possible clinch when I’m there Saturday vs. nailing it down ASAP to get my travel plans in place for the ALDS. 

Tie-breaker is having them dominate the Nats. It’s always sweet to disappoint the fans who abandoned the Os when the Nats came to town.

You know who ya are, ya damn bandwagoners.
 

(Obviously want it ASAP for the team’s benefit and bc winning em all is the dream)

[Sanfran327]

14 minutes ago, Frobby said:

I wouldn’t be disturbed, but I’d be disappointed.  I want to clinch the division with as little suspense as possible. 

I agree, but I also think that there's a very strong chance that we start the Boston series with a magic number of 1. Not much suspense left there, IMO, with Toronto hosting the Rays for the final 4.

[CallMeBrooksie]

1 minute ago, justD said:

Torn between stretching it out as long as possible for possible clinch when I’m there Saturday vs. nailing it down ASAP to get my travel plans in place for the ALDS. 

Tie-breaker is having them dominate the Nats. It’s always sweet to disappoint the fans who abandoned the Os when the Nats came to town.

You know who ya are, ya damn bandwagoners.

Yeah, I would like to see them clinch ASAP mostly because the Amtrak train fare from DC will get more expensive the longer I have to wait to buy (no way in hell I'm willingly subjecting myself to the parking/traffic hell that Game 1 would be). If they win tonight I might just purchase.

[Moshagge3]

6 minutes ago, SteveA said:

I'd love to go to the clinching game as I did in 2014, but I couldn't make it if it is tomorrow (or the weekend).   Only Thursday.

But I'll still root for them to win, and Tampa to lose, the next couple days.   If we clinch it and I can't be there, oh well.  I want it done as soon as possible.  

I am going on Saturday and I have no interest in the Orioles dragging things out until then. I am more than fine with watching Jack Flaherty, James McCann, and Ryan McKenna get reps in a meaningless game.

[Frobby]

24 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Kyle Bradish needs 3.1 more innings to get the 162 necessary to qualify for the ERA title.

He won't get the ERA title, but with his ERA at 3.01, it would be cool if he could lower it under 3.   Seems like it's been quite a while since the Orioles have had an ERA qualifier with an ERA under 3.

If he gives up 0 earned runs, and gets the 3.1 innings, he will have an ERA under 3.

If he gives up 1 earned runs and gets exactly 3.1 innings, his ERA will be 3.00.   If he gets 3.2 innings or more, his ERA would be under 3.

If he gives up 2 earned runs, 6.1 innings would get his ERA to 3.00 and 6.2 would get it to 2.99.

 

I was going to make a similar post in the Bradish thread, but you preempted me!  I wonder if Brandon Hyde will have any of this in mind as he decides how long to let Bradish work tonight, depending on the game situation.  

Is it a foregone conclusion that Bradish won’t pitch the season finale if the O’s have clinched?  I think so, but he’s going to have a LONG layoff if he doesn’t pitch from tonight until Oct. 7.  
 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

24 minutes ago, CallMeBrooksie said:

Not me... the suspense helps me cope with the with my own dull and disappointing existence 

[Malike]

16 minutes ago, Sanfran327 said:

I agree, but I also think that there's a very strong chance that we start the Boston series with a magic number of 1. Not much suspense left there, IMO, with Toronto hosting the Rays for the final 4.

Toronto and Tampa play a 3 game series to end the season, not 4.

[Sanfran327]

16 minutes ago, Malike said:

Toronto and Tampa play a 3 game series to end the season, not 4.

LOL. Fine. Point stands. 

We'd still have 4 more bites at the apple of our own.

[Malike]

1 minute ago, Sanfran327 said:

LOL. Fine. Point stands. 

We'd still have 4 more bites at the apple of our own.

I have no opinion about what's going to happen, I was just pointing out the schedule, not sure why that's hilarious or whatever.

[rm5678]

1 hour ago, Moshagge3 said:

I am going on Saturday and I have no interest in the Orioles dragging things out until then. I am more than fine with watching Jack Flaherty, James McCann, and Ryan McKenna get reps in a meaningless game.

Saturday's game is on Fox, not MASN, so I definitely want to see them clinch as soon as possible. Fox won't show much of the locker room celebration, so we would miss out on seeing the festivities if they clinch on Sat.

[MCO'sFan]

I want to see them clinch against the Nats so all the people who used to be O's fans but switched have to watch. Although they probably aren't watching the games anyway.