6/27 vs Texas Rangers

[Aristotelian]

2 minutes ago, Hallas said:

...Kjerstad looks like Jack Cust in the outfield.

So, 2-3x better than O'Hearn? 

[25 Nuggets]

Just now, Malike said:

It didn't look pretty, but it was a routine play. He was sort of lucky, the ball hit the heel of his glove and he held it.

How many plus defenders in the outfield do the Orioles and Tides even have I wonder?

[Aristotelian]

Gunnar is just on fire. 

[spiritof66]

5 minutes ago, baltfan said:

Melanie said Cowser “smashes it”  and then described that 3 Rangers converged on the ball. That seemed odd to me, so I checked the statcast.  He smashed it 75mph. 

I rarely listen to games on the radio for more than a few innings. Last night I heard almost the whole game on radio. I learned (or started to learn) not to react to Newman's initial calls, which were often wrong, confusing and/or incomplete, and to wait until after the play, when she usually will describe what happened. 

[Roy Firestone]

Cmon Adley . park one...let's bust this game open..

[Malike]

1 minute ago, 25 Nuggets said:

How many plus defenders in the outfield do the Orioles and Tides even have I wonder?

I honestly don't know lol.

[Roy Firestone]

every hard swing by Adley he is off balance and takes a knee...

[HowAboutThat]

6 minutes ago, dtk9119 said:

She is so bad. Can Wagner just call the entire series?

Ha! Listen to the Rangers feed. They are far better than anything the Orioles offer, and they are very respectful of the Os.

[Roy Firestone]

could use a bomb here...but Ill take a SAC fly...

[Malike]

Let's see if Mounty can add 10" to this next ball and get a HR.

[Roy Firestone]

Mountcastle RISP is NOT good...around .200

[Malike]

Just now, Roy Firestone said:

could use a bomb here...but Ill take a SAC fly...

They might still be batting in the bottom of the first if Westburg didn't get thrown out at 3rd!

[Natty]

1 minute ago, Roy Firestone said:

every hard swing by Adley he is off balance and takes a knee...

Yep. I don't recall Adley falling to his knee like that last year so much.

[SteveA]

16 minutes ago, allquixotic said:

This is an abomination of English, and you should be ashamed. However, I smiled, so don't take this personally.

Still a really terrible construction.

Jon Miller liked that.   He felt it was more "correct".

Like his refusal to call what we call ground rule doubles, ground rule doubles.   He said that is a baseball rule, not a ground rule, so he called them an "automatic double".   A ground rule double would be like in Wrigley if the ball gets stuck in the Ivy it is a double.   That is specific to the grounds at Wrigley.

Edited June 27 by SteveA

[Roy Firestone]

I'll take it! A rare SAC FLY by our guys..