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Seriously, Albers has to go.

I have as much interest in seeing him in another game as an Oriole as I do Bob McCrory.

He sucks...He has no command and instills zero confidence.

And for DT to bring him in at this point in the game is enough to get him out of here as well...Freaking terrible managing and terrible pitching.

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Seriously, Albers has to go.

I have as much interest in seeing him in another game as an Oriole as I do Bob McCrory.

He sucks...He has no command and instills zero confidence.

And for DT to bring him in at this point in the game is enough to get him out of here as well...Freaking terrible managing and terrible pitching.

Sheep!!! ;)

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The thing about Mickolio is, he was sent down at the end of spring training because his mechanics and command were not sharp. Then he didn't pitch well at Norfolk...but he was called up anyway. Why not leave him at Norfolk until he had ironed out his issues?

Because it is the Oriole way to do stupid things over and over. Its called the "wing and a prayer" methodology and it never works out well.

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Specifically, Simon and Arrieta would be great additions to the pen. Tillman could be too in a short while. Too bad that odds are slim to none of this happening, but if this keeps up all options should be seriously looked at.

Go O'S

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Specifically, Simon and Arrieta would be great additions to the pen. Tillman could be too in a short while. Too bad that odds are slim to none of this happening, but if this keeps up all options should be seriously looked at.

Go O'S

sfosfan

Arietta should be the 5th starter in the majors until Bergesen gets his mojo back in Norfolk. But Simon for the bullpen is a great idea.

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It is pretty bad trying to be a manager on a team where the fans want you to use your two long man out of the bullpen in big spots.

It's pretty bad trying to be a fan of a team that keeps trotting the same lousy pitchers out in game situations to fail again and again, when better options are available but remain unused because the manager is overly fixated on keeping players in their roles.

Doing the same dumb thing over and over again is the definition of insanity.

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