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ALDS Game 3: Keeping hope alive

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Jagwar
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Hey, I passed the Series 7 Exam today. At least that's some sort of victory.

Tony-OH
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Hey, it was a good season. That's offense is just too hot. We hit a buzzsaw. If they stay this hot they will win it all.

jdwilde1
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I take the 162 game test over the short series.  It’s baseball and even the best teams can, and will, look bad over a 1-2 week stretch.  The Rangers went 4-16 in late August/September.   Did you see t

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8 minutes ago, Moshagge3 said:

Might as well ask now, what are folks thinking about the probable Rangers-Astros ALCS?

Do you:

  • Root for the Rangers because you at least want the Orioles to go out to the eventual champion
  • Root for the Astros because you're mad at the Rangers?
  • Boycott the series out of boiling resentment and try to find out as little as possible about it?

I don’t have anything against the Rangers so I hope they beat Houston. 

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3 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

I'm not giving up on DL Hall as a starter yet, but at least the bullpen is an option for him.

I hear you and is important for the O's to have another reliable LH starter playing in Camden Yards.  However, if he does not start, he has the stuff to close

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2 minutes ago, dystopia said:

Before everyone was lamenting how tired the team was and how badly they needed the time off. Now they want to blame that for us sucking.

I am not blaming the O’s performance on the 5 day layoff.  I do think that 5 days is too long of a break, but that doesn’t explain or excuse the last two starts.  I think that they had two really bad starts against a really good offensive club.  
 

And I think people were talking about how tired the bullpen was at the end of the 20-something game stretch with no days off.  But that was resolved after Means and Gibson put up 7+ innings in back to back starts.

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12 minutes ago, Jagwar said:

Give me Bradish, Means, #2-3 sign/trade, GRod, and Wells. Kremer can be a part of a trade package.  

Can Wells make it through a season though? Don't get me wrong, I really like him but I don't know what would make next year any different from this year. He's not exactly a young player. He's aged 29. I think it's safe to say that he is what he is at this point.

I would like to see us get another bat on the market (either trade or FA) that is in addition to adding Holliday. I don't know if it is safe to bet on O'Hearn replicating this again. He's never been this before.

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