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Today was the season in a microcosm

Man, this game was the fitting ending to the slowest train wreck of a season imaginable.  It had ALL the elements.

Good outing by starter

Hyde pulls him too early

No offense.  Not one guy comes through with a RISP.   Not one.

Nothing from Henderson, Westburg, Cowser, Santander, Mountcastle…..

Bases loaded no one out.  Hyde lets  Cowser bat and of course he strikes out. Can’t even hit a fly ball (along with Santander). Zero runs scored !  You have to be extra talented to get no runs in that situation.

The Perez-Cano combo work their bullpen magic to give up the winning run

This game had everything.  The definition of Orioles 2024.

Someone turn the lights out on this pathetic collection of chokers.

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1 minute ago, Chelsea_Phil said:

This is worse than 71 and 79

Gotta disagree. Those two WS's were brutal losses for the world championship after taking series leads. Still stings. Every time I hear We are Family I wanna puke.

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2 minutes ago, Wavetrapper said:

 

Bases loaded no one out.  Hyde lets  Cowser bat and of course he strikes out. Can’t even hit a fly ball (along with Santander). Zero runs scored !  You have to be extra talented to get no runs in that situation.

 

Really just this. Didn't Santander kill us in the exact same spot last week? 85% chance of scoring and we didn't get it done. 

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3 minutes ago, Wavetrapper said:

Today was the season in a microcosm

Man, this game was the fitting ending to the slowest train wreck of a season imaginable.  It had ALL the elements.

Good outing by starter

Hyde pulls him too early

No offense.  Not one guy comes through with a RISP.   Not one.

Nothing from Henderson, Westburg, Cowser, Santander, Mountcastle…..

Bases loaded no one out.  Hyde lets  Cowser bat and of course he strikes out. Can’t even hit a fly ball (along with Santander). Zero runs scored !  You have to be extra talented to get no runs in that situation.

The Perez-Cano combo work their bullpen magic to give up the winning run

This game had everything.  The definition of Orioles 2024.

Someone turn the lights out on this pathetic collection of chokers.

The bullpen gave up two infield hits and a bloop on a run in 5 innings.  They gave the team a chance to win.  The offense did nothing when they got guys on base.  

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It was a tale of two seasons.  Somehow the hitting fell apart in the second half -- yet somehow the pitching hung on.  I'm actually impressed with the pitching these two games -- especially the bullpen.  The hitting just vanished, but like others have said the clues were there that might happen.

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1 minute ago, TomDominick said:

Gotta disagree. Those two WS's were brutal losses for the world championship after taking series leads. Still stings. Every time I hear We are Family I wanna puke.

Yeah definitely.  I was at the last game of the '79 series.  I'll forget 2024 but I'll never forget '79.

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The bullpen gave up two infield hits and a bloop on a run in 5 innings.  They gave the team a chance to win.  The offense did nothing when they got guys on base.  

Talking specifically about Perez-Cano.   Yes obviously the offense sucks 

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Gotta say you have to be a very special type of choker to strike out with the bases loaded on a pitch that hits you.

I guess Cowser was so excited to see something besides a change up that he swung even though it was a foot inside.

I really don't know who on this roster I want back for next season. Gunner (although he completely quit on the last AB of the season), Westburg but the rest are very very mediocre.

I really think we are back in a multi year rebuild unless they triple the payroll.

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