10/2 Orioles vs Royals Wild Card Game #2

[royalstillman]

Anything can happen in the playoffs,except for the Orioles.Nothing happens with them.

[waroriole]

21 minutes ago, Gurgi said:

Worst winning Oriole team in my life.  No soul.  No nothing.  

I’ll go so far as to say my least favorite Oriole team of all time, regardless of record. 

[jdwilde1]

4 minutes ago, Yossarian said:

I can't think of two baseball games that I have enjoyed less than these two games.   And I have sat through youth games where the pitchers can't throw strikes and the fielders can't field.   These games thoroughly took the air out me.   There was one hit that even made me perk up.  Just a couple turds for baseball games. 

I was just telling my wife the same thing.  I have watched terrible Orioles teams and always have enjoyed it.  I am talking about the 1988 team, teams where Daniel Cabrera was the ace, and teams where the team gave up 33 runs on the front end of a double header.  But this team somehow brought less joy for the last three months than those teams.   I guess expectations plays a part, but there was something that was just not fun about this club and quite can’t put my finger on it.

[ShoelesJoe]

Is Brandon Hyde going to pull out the “ we just need to do a better job” boilerplate or is he coming up with another way to say the same thing? 
 

It’s easy to be snarky right now. There’s choking under pressure and there’s whatever the team has done over the last couple months. “Choke” doesn’t begin to cover the gag they threw up the last two nights when the season was on the line. Fans leaving the stadium right now aren’t just disappointed, many of them feel betrayed. Hard to blame them. I wonder if Elias might feel the same way. 

[FloridaBirdFan]

We have a lot to talk about this winter.  I hope the obvious needed trades take place.  

The owners cannot expect to ever make it to the World Series without the assembling best or second best squad.  

See y’all in March!

[Uli2001]

It’s simple. A team full of may-be’s and never-were’s is not a championship team. The only bona-fides star on this team is Burnes, and the only star in the making is Henderson. That’s just not enough. You need some people whom the others can look to in these big moments.

[WSFan]

I’m sure that this overreaction is due to disappointment. They tried their best, but injuries and issues with stranding runners ultimately caught up with them. To be fair, there were some great defensive plays that also made the difference.

[mrbig1]

2 hours ago, baltfan said:

Elias needs to send a message to these guys that this isn’t going to fly next year.  He also needs to break up the apathetic team. 

Thank you. With new ownership, I hope we can sign a big-name FA.

[RavensNOsGuy]

1 hour ago, Uli2001 said:

It’s simple. A team full of may-be’s and never-were’s is not a championship team. The only bona-fides star on this team is Burnes, and the only star in the making is Henderson. That’s just not enough. You need some people whom the others can look to in these big moments.

Not convinced Henderson is any kind of real star. Looks to be like Lamar. Fitting he struck out to end the game just like Lamar threw that garbage INT in January against the Chiefs (and played like crap in general). Neither one is considered a game changer who can win it all or carry a team.

[Marshmellow]

Add a couple of seasoned professionals who know how to win. Solid players who have been around a while. These young guys are talented for sure, but that’s not enough. They need to learn to play better as a team and know what it takes to win consistently. 
I honestly think they get caught up in reading about how good they are, not proving it on the field day after day.

[Uli2001]

2 hours ago, WSFan said:

I’m sure that this overreaction is due to disappointment. They tried their best, but injuries and issues with stranding runners ultimately caught up with them. To be fair, there were some great defensive plays that also made the difference.

I don't think anyone is saying that they didn't try their best. The issue is that their best was found lacking in the playoffs once again.

[LA2]

42 minutes ago, Marshmellow said:

Add a couple of seasoned professionals who know how to win. Solid players who have been around a while. These young guys are talented for sure, but that’s not enough. They need to learn to play better as a team and know what it takes to win consistently. 
I honestly think they get caught up in reading about how good they are, not proving it on the field day after day.

All the injuries disrupted "playing better as a team."

KC defense was crucial: Massey throwing out O'Hearn after the diving stop cut off a run. Urias got robbed of a double.

Meanwhile Westburg throwing to first instead of second on Witt's grounder cost us the game-winning run.

KC outplayed us and it had nothing to do with our supposedly weaker pitching, which had an ERA of 1.50.

Not having a spark plug like Mateo and the big guys (Henderson, Santander, Rutschman, Mountcastle, Cowser) not delivering at all, not knowing how to move runners up or hit a sac fly killed the offense.

Incredibly disappointing and boring.