4-17-09 Orioles at Red Sox

[OStrohNattyBoh]

No lead is safe in Fenway.

It doesnt help when we are trying to give it to them either.

[Icterus galbula]

i started when the game did...doesn't help that much

Its helping me.

[weams]

Wieters update

By Roch Kubatko on April 17, 2009 8:19 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The Orioles have announced that Matt Wieters left tonight's game with a cramp in his right hamstring. He'll be re-evaluated tomorrow.

Wieters' removal was done as a precaution.

You can exhale. It doesn't appear to be anything serious, but we'll know more tomorrow.

Thanks Roch.

[Hank Scorpio]

Yeah it is. BUt stop scoffing at the leadoff walk when it was another inning that just saw everything go wrong afterwards.

It's unacceptable- yet I see pitchers do it ALL the time. But you're right- Guthrie is horrible and shouldn't be in the major leagues. We'd be better off without him. I'm so tired of this harping on a single mistake when so much else went wrong to lead to a bad inning. He's not perfect. He knows he f'ed up.

Get over it dude.

And every single time you see it, it's unacceptable.

You've probably seen the Orioles pitchers do it a lot lately.

Yes, it happens, and yes it's part of the game. But it's unacceptable. Jeremy Guthrie would be the first to tell you that, too.

I'll get over it if we manage to not blow a 7 run lead.

[Hank Scorpio]

Great inning from Guthrie, and very necessary.

If there's such a thing as momentum in baseball, we needed to stop it.

[Icterus galbula]

I'm so happy they keep trotting out Varitek's rotting corpse.

[ShoelesJoe]

Yeah there you go. He makes sure to throw a strike and it's HR. I'm sure you're much happier now right?

I'm happy that he went after the guy instead of throwing a four pitch walk. At least when the opposing batter puts the ball in play your defense has a chance of catching it. In 150 years they haven't found a gold glove for the four pitch walk.

[zff4]

Hey that 7 run lead came in real handy, eh? And we still got part of it left. In the bag, in the bag boys.

[Rex Thunder]

And every single time you see it, it's unacceptable.

You've probably seen the Orioles pitchers do it a lot lately.

Yes, it happens, and yes it's part of the game. But it's unacceptable. Jeremy Guthrie would be the first to tell you that, too.

I'll get over it if we manage to not blow a 7 run lead.

Exactly my point. I'm not saying it's good. He knows he F'ed up. But the way people pile on him because of a mistake- when realistically he should've gotten out of the inning only allowing 2 runs- is just going overboard.

[VeveJones007]

I'm not one to complain about umps...until now.

Guthrie is definitely getting squeezed more than Penny today.

On a side note, the Orioles are incapable of getting a big lead and then not making us fans sweat...

[OStrohNattyBoh]

Good to see the heart of the order coming up. Lets get some runs back!!!

[Scrat1]

Jones is just a completely different player now. I'm impressed.

[Hank Scorpio]

Exactly my point. I'm not saying it's good. He knows he F'ed up. But the way people pile on him because of a mistake- when realistically he should've gotten out of the inning only allowing 2 runs- is just going overboard.

I'm sure Jeremy won't be offended when he reads the game thread.

But I will say this: You make your own luck. We've seen it a bazillion times.

[Rex Thunder]

I'm happy that he went after the guy instead of throwing a four pitch walk. At least when the opposing batter puts the ball in play your defense has a chance of catching it. In 150 years they haven't found a gold glove for the four pitch walk.

Did you watch the at bat where he walked the guy? He was trying to throw strikes on the corners- he just wasn't getting ANY close calls. Then he started aiming and got out of whack for a few batters.

It seems like right now the ball has to be right down the middle to get the call.

[VeveJones007]

Thanks Roch.

Maybe that will scare the front office into bringing him up sooner if they were just scared that he was hurt. :clap3: