8/23 vs Houston

[eddie83]

1 minute ago, terpoh said:

Two months of trash baseball just hoping the Yankees would lose as well. I guess we now have 1.5 months of trash baseball to look forward to just hoping the Red Sox lose.

I don’t care about NYY right now TBH. Not saying that to be snarky either. 

[OriolesMagic83]

3 minutes ago, RavensNOsGuy said:

Lmao were people clapping for him? He is awful. If he is the future of pitching then the O’s are going to be back to the dark ages.

Pitching, we don't need no freaking pitching, the O's are going to score 12 runs a game.

[slakattack]

I'm sick of the fat ass flannel-wearing guy in the Blue Moon commercial dancing.

And we need Tony to start acting like Tony again.

[OriolesMagic83]

Judge just hit his 49th HR.  Probably get 60 again.  Hard guy to hate.  I just hate Soto twice as much.

[terpoh]

Just now, eddie83 said:

I don’t care about NYY right now TBH. Not saying that to be snarky either. 

I know. I was saying we spent June and July hoping for the Yankees to lose, as we struggled. 

That ship may have sailed, so now we've moved on to hoping the Red Sox lose. 

If we happen to make the playoffs this will be one of the most glaring examples of "backing our way in" I can remember.

[Tony-OH]

Here they are once again, going into the 6t inning with two hits. Just embarrassing at this point.

[eddie83]

2-0 off plate and hacks. Relax   They keep pressing. 

[OriolesMagic83]

Just now, terpoh said:

I know. I was saying we spent June and July hoping for the Yankees to lose, as we struggled. 

That ship may have sailed, so now we've moved on to hoping the Red Sox lose. 

If we happen to make the playoffs this will be one of the most glaring examples of "backing our way in" I can remember.

Cheering for the O's to win a game this time.

[LookitsPuck]

Adley, Gunnar, Tony, O’Hearn 1-8 pathetic

[LGOrioles]

If the score holds, this could be the 4th time in their last 5 losses that the Orioles don’t get more hits than the other team scored runs. 

[Tony-OH]

So weird that the Astros invested in their bullpen by signing Hader and Elias went on the cheap and got Kimbrel and the Astros bullpen is rock solid while the Orioles is, let's just say, not rock solid.

[royalstillman]

Astros are minus Kyle Tucker too. Their offense didn't go into hiding.

[Keygans]

They need some major boost, shake up, SOMETHING.   They are FLAT, and FLAT hard to watch.      

[LookitsPuck]

1 minute ago, eddie83 said:

2-0 off plate and hacks. Relax   They keep pressing. 

Pressing and guessing. 

[spiritof66]

24 minutes ago, HowAboutThat said:

If Povich could cut his walks by 20%, he could be really something.

but, going back to the issue of Mike Elias’s off-season planning it was very unwise to go into the season with Povich and McDermott as your depth.

Elias built the team not to have meaningful pitching depth in the system. He apparently expected to pick  pitchers, many of whom would be acquired on the cheap after not making the grade with other teams and then improved by the Orioles' superior analytic and coaching tools. He did get starters to fill out the rotation, but did not build depth.

It hasn't worked out very well.