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I'm so disgusted by this lack of fundamentals. It's same g-d pattern many times a year.

1: Orioles start off well, getting a few runs in the first few innings.

2: Orioles then let a prime chance(s) to score slip away

3: The opposing pitcher gains confidence

4: Our pitcher loses confidence, and gives up 3-4 runs in 6-7 innings. Not a bad start, but see step 5.

5: Our team pouts about missing chances to score, becomes

a)overaggressive b) doesn't learn from their mistakes, and cannot adjust to a certain pitch/location.

6: Orioles lose

I'm not saying it's going to happen today, but this fits the above pattern. Anyone who has watched enough of team knows exactly what I'm talking about.....right? I hope?

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I'm so disgusted by this lack of fundamentals. It's same g-d pattern many times a year.

1: Orioles start off well, getting a few runs in the first few innings.

2: Orioles then let a prime chance(s) to score slip away

3: The opposing pitcher gains confidence

4: Our pitcher loses confidence, and gives up 3-4 runs in 6-7 innings. Not a bad start, but see step 5.

5: Our team pouts about missing chances to score, becomes

a)overaggressive b) doesn't learn from their mistakes, and cannot adjust to a certain pitch/location.

6: Orioles lose

I'm not saying it's going to happen today, but this fits the above pattern. Anyone who has watched enough of team knows exactly what I'm talking about.....right? I hope?

I feel like we see this all too often. We get a guy on the ropes or close to it, and then the bats just straight disappear and their pitcher gains some confidence and settles in.

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Because St. Nick is looking for a walk...build up his OBP.

Nick got shafted on an outside strike and then had to prtect on the outside. If I was a hitter I would think they would work away again as well since the ump was so generous away. The O's have been horrible with runners in scoring position.

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I'm so disgusted by this lack of fundamentals. It's same g-d pattern many times a year.

1: Orioles start off well, getting a few runs in the first few innings.

2: Orioles then let a prime chance(s) to score slip away

3: The opposing pitcher gains confidence

4: Our pitcher loses confidence, and gives up 3-4 runs in 6-7 innings. Not a bad start, but see step 5.

5: Our team pouts about missing chances to score, becomes

a)overaggressive b) doesn't learn from their mistakes, and cannot adjust to a certain pitch/location.

6: Orioles lose

I'm not saying it's going to happen today, but this fits the above pattern. Anyone who has watched enough of team knows exactly what I'm talking about.....right? I hope?

Sad but true.:mad:

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I'm really hoping we're going to see Wigginton at 2nd quite a bit until Roberts comes back. Lugo is virtually helpless against a righty with a decent slider.

I was thinking the same but do we really want Wiggy playing second. Maybe Turner?

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Again, Wieters took a pitch he could have absolutely clubbed, swung at one he should have taken, and took a great 2 strike pitch on the outside corner. It isn't about patience. It is about swinging at the right pitch regardless of the count most of the time.

A virtual replay of his last AB last night.

The point to being patient isn't to take pitches for the sake of taking pitches. It is to look for a certain pitch in a certain spot. If it's not there, you take it. If it's there, you're looking to drive it.

If he's not looking for that pitch in that spot, I don't know what to say.

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