Bipolar

[now]

Just marinating, on this day off, in the good vibes after those last two series-saving wins in Cleveland. With all cylinders clicking, the youth movement and new acquisitions out in force.

And in such stark contrast to the shoddy play in all aspects in the opening two games of that series. Fan sentiment around here certainly reflected that extreme mood swing between agony and ecstasy. 

How quickly it can turn around, in the space of one game or two. And of course it could still shift back the other way too. But I sense this is one of those larger moments in a season, like last year's pivotal series in Tampa, that signals a real turning point. 

Not to overhype it or jinx it, though! Because it's baseball, and the cliches still hold: You're never as bad as you think when you're losing, and never as good as you think when you're winning. And, you're only as good as the next day's starting pitcher (or however that goes).

[NedFromYork]

Inconsistent is a more sensitive description.

[maybenxtyr]

11 minutes ago, NedFromYork said:

Inconsistent is a more sensitive description.

Youth. Inexperienced. 

 

This team is stocked up in the talent department. Now it's time to get some cohesiveness over the last 49 games.

[Sanfran327]

This felt like the 4 game set in the Bronx last year around Independence Day, where we lost the first 2 of 4 looking pretty lethargic, then winning the last 2 to split. We went on to sweep the Twins in MN to close out the first half on a 5 game W streak. Heading up to Toronto tomorrow, it sure feels like we could do more of the same. In fact, we have a nice 8 game soft spot in the schedule coming up with 3 at TOR, 3 at TB, and 2 back home vs WAS before a pretty big 4 game home series vs the Red Sox.

We need to win 6 of these 8 "easy" games. Really, 5 at a minimum. But gotta make hay for sure, considering NYY's next 12 games are against the Angels, Rangers, White Sox, and Tigers. 

So let's hope that the momentum of the last 2 days carries over to these next few series and that we impose our will on these weaker teams. 

[Sports Guy]

6 minutes ago, Sanfran327 said:

This felt like the 4 game set in the Bronx last year around Independence Day, where we lost the first 2 of 4 looking pretty lethargic, then winning the last 2 to split. We went on to sweep the Twins in MN to close out the first half on a 5 game W streak. Heading up to Toronto tomorrow, it sure feels like we could do more of the same. In fact, we have a nice 8 game soft spot in the schedule coming up with 3 at TOR, 3 at TB, and 2 back home vs WAS before a pretty big 4 game home series vs the Red Sox.

We need to win 6 of these 8 "easy" games. Really, 5 at a minimum. But gotta make hay for sure, considering NYY's next 12 games are against the Angels, Rangers, White Sox, and Tigers. 

So let's hope that the momentum of the last 2 days carries over to these next few series and that we impose our will on these weaker teams. 

Yep. It’s time for this team to start consistently winning again.  Not this 1 step forward, 2 step back stuff they have been doing for the last 4-6 weeks.

I still worry about the pen, so I would like to see that group get on a roll.

Edited August 5 by Sports Guy

[webbrick2010]

46 minutes ago, now said:

Just marinating, on this day off, in the good vibes after those last two series-saving wins in Cleveland. With all cylinders clicking, the youth movement and new acquisitions out in force.

And in such stark contrast to the shoddy play in all aspects in the opening two games of that series. Fan sentiment around here certainly reflected that extreme mood swing between agony and ecstasy. 

How quickly it can turn around, in the space of one game or two. And of course it could still shift back the other way too. But I sense this is one of those larger moments in a season, like last year's pivotal series in Tampa, that signals a real turning point. 

Not to overhype it or jinx it, though! Because it's baseball, and the cliches still hold: You're never as bad as you think when you're losing, and never as good as you think when you're winning. And, you're only as good as the next day's starting pitcher (or however that goes).

You're never as bad as you think when you're losing, unless you are the 2024 White Sox

[OriolesMagic83]

2 hours ago, Sanfran327 said:

This felt like the 4 game set in the Bronx last year around Independence Day, where we lost the first 2 of 4 looking pretty lethargic, then winning the last 2 to split. We went on to sweep the Twins in MN to close out the first half on a 5 game W streak. Heading up to Toronto tomorrow, it sure feels like we could do more of the same. In fact, we have a nice 8 game soft spot in the schedule coming up with 3 at TOR, 3 at TB, and 2 back home vs WAS before a pretty big 4 game home series vs the Red Sox.

We need to win 6 of these 8 "easy" games. Really, 5 at a minimum. But gotta make hay for sure, considering NYY's next 12 games are against the Angels, Rangers, White Sox, and Tigers. 

So let's hope that the momentum of the last 2 days carries over to these next few series and that we impose our will on these weaker teams. 

I could see the O's going something like 8-4 and losing ground to the Yankees over that stretch. 

[Sanfran327]

22 minutes ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

I could see the O's going something like 8-4 and losing ground to the Yankees over that stretch. 

I think if we go 8-4 we are going to be just fine. The Yankees have been sliding as well, but their 12 game stretch is significantly easier than ours. Tampa and Washington are not good, but they are not as bad as the Angels, White Sox, and Tigers. 

[yark14]

Baseball is hard.

It's also easy to forget that every game we're facing the top 1% of the top 1% of players on the planet.  The difference between groundouts and monster homeruns is a fraction of an inch of bat placement, and the difference between throwing a runner out or him being safe is a millisecond.

Good and bad streaks happen to every team, even the legendary ones.  Sometimes those fractions of an inch or millisecond go your way, sometimes they don't, sometimes they run together good or bad.

[ChipTait]

4 hours ago, now said:

And, you're only as good as the next day's starting pitcher (or however that goes).

The modern version seems to be, "You're only as good as your next relief pitcher."

[Jammer7]

All of these young guys that everyone has been clamoring for are here. Now, we live with rookie ups and downs, and the mistakes. We are extremely young, and extremely talented. We are not very consistent. We had a ton of injuries in key spots.

We have young guys coming up and replacing long-time popular vets in some cases. We have 7 new faces from outside the organization. There has been a lot going on. Brandon Hyde has to feel like the Captain of a sinking ship in the Bermuda Triangle, at times. We’ll see how good a manager he is this year. If he stays the course and we win the division and get to the WS, that man needs to be the manager of the year again.