Orioles vs. White Sox 4/21/09 Game 1

[mrbig1]

Hit the warehouse Huff daddy.

[jets4ever]

4-4!! Who does he think he is, Ian Kinsler?

[DrLev]

If Nick keeps producing even relatively similar to this level, it'd be a pretty darn big travesty if he isn't outright voted to the All Star game.

[JTrea81]

Bah, DP kills the rally. Still some more insurance runs...

[8istheman]

With this fast start, Nick's agent is kicking himself for not getting more.

Nice to see a pro having a great year after signing a long term contract.

Go O's.

[baseballnelie]

Markakis is single handedly caring my fantasy offense tonight. My team so far is 8 for 28 with 4 of those hits coming from Nick.

[JTrea81]

Wow, so Baez has turned into a ROOGY. WTH?

[Miller192]

They were unearned, but the error was on a very hard hit ball and he gave up two solid singles to the guys to get runs scored. The same way we shouldn't go overboard in condemning Pie, we shouldn't go overboard in our praise of Bergeson. He pitched well. I'm happy for him. However, he walked two guys including the lead off hitter in the 4th in front of the heart of the line up. He got hit MUCH harder the second time through the order. He pitched from behind a good amount of the time. He had 4 ringing outs in the game - 2 to Wiggy, the liner to the wall, and the slider that Nick caught deep in right field.

It wasn't the first fly out. The #2 hitter hit the ball to the warning track in right earlier.

He did lots of good things. I liked the tempo. I liked a lot of stuff. However, we should be very honest. He was good, but also a bit lucky IMO.

I don't get the Pie and Bergesen comparison but BB pitched as well as you could ask of any major league pitcher.

They all get hit hard at times and I don't think a couple of walks is anything to worry about.

No he wasn't dominant in the sense of what you'd expect of a top prospect but he isn't that either.

[jets4ever]

With this fast start, Nick's agent is kicking himself for not getting more.

Nice to see a pro having a great year after signing a long term contract.

Go O's.

Nicer to know that he'll be an Oriole for another six years.

[mrbig1]

get them Ray.

[Hank Scorpio]

Really? You sure you want to stick with that assertion? I'll give you a shot to take it back before I point out all the balls that were hit hard.

He was the only guy who hit the ball hard in the air!!!

I think.

[baseballnelie]

We are getting totally squeezed on the outside corner tonight, while Contreras got tons of calls on that corner.

[Hank Scorpio]

Ray up in the zone.

[Why Not?]

AT is particularly comely tonight.

[JTrea81]

I don't get the Pie and Bergesen comparison but BB pitched as well as you could ask of any major league pitcher.

They all get hit hard at times and I don't think a couple of walks is anything to worry about.

No he wasn't dominant in the sense of what you'd expect of a top prospect but he isn't that either.

Right, he pitched like the #3 starter he's being asked to be. Nobody should have expected him to dominate.

I mean the guy had a no-no for 4 innings. That's better than anything any other SP has done for the O's this season...