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One of the beautiful things about baseball are the ebbs and flows throughout the season.   The lows make the highs that much more enjoyable.  

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This reply probably doesn’t belong in a game thread, and it’s full of opinion rather than anything that can be backed up with facts or proof. Buuutttt, my understanding is yes, the strategy is to

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RIdiculous take. The ball was off Phams glove. Did you see Cedric get doubled up? Say Mateo is rounding 3rd and Pham catches the ball. You and everyone else is screaming about how stupid he is. Say he

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6 minutes ago, Malike said:

Rodriguez has a terrible fastball. It has had negative run value on it and he's been missing arm side all year.

I feel like the arm side run is much more pronounced since he cam back from injury.  Are you seeing that to?

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Just now, LGOrioles said:

Lol. 0-2 to the worst player in the league and you end up walking him. Good to see Hyde really got the guys focused after they got swept in STL. 

I heard the pep talk went well. Shame Grayson didn't listen and not make terrible pitches. Hyde should go out and throw them for him.

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The Orioles should seriously hire Bartolo Colon and/or Freddy Garcia as coaches. Their role will be very simple.

Let them spend a month warming up to get back to their late-career MLB form, or close to it. Then, have them throw their famous junk balls for the Orioles hitters until they learn how to either (a) hit them, or (b) lay off them and work a walk.

A hitting coach that can pitch - with some deception and a lot of movement - would be like chicken soup for these guys. Give them tons and tons of practice with baseballs with movement.

Once they get that down, we can worry about hitting an elite closer's 100 mph sinker. Right now they can't hit off of 100 mph or 85 mph.

Walking in a run might be enough for the CWS to win.

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