4/30: Red Sox at O's

[Hank Scorpio]

Have we ever come back to tie a game in the 7-8-9 innings this year?

Maybe once, I dunno. But if we did, we gave it away or tried to in the end.

We haven't won a game comfortably all year, I don't think.

[JTrea81]

Who pitches the 9th inning?

Well somebody has to cough up the winning run right? :laughlol:

[Cporioles8]

This may be the first time I've posted here in about a year and a half...though I always keep up with what all of you wise fellow fans have to say- provides a lot more insight than ESPN!!!!

This stuff hurts, as a lifelong fan, because "lifelong" for me means 23 years. I was 11 when the Orioles last made the playoffs. If I'm not mistaken, the first curse words I uttered in front of my parents were directed at Jeffrey Maier...

It's just really, really tough to watch this keep happening. I haven't had anything to root for in years. And, as a Redskins fan as well...ugh. It's just truly depressing to be a sports fan these days. I like the characters on this team- I like Trembley, I like Markakis, I like Guthrie, I like Roberts...Wieters, Matusz, even Wigginton...

And yet they are the sorriest bunch, overall, that I've ever watched. It makes it really difficult to justify continuing to be an avid fan, year after year, with the incredible (and unnecessary) disappointment that always comes with it.

I salute each of you that sits here and- whether you constantly lurk like me, or provide some sort of interesting commentary- suffer through rooting for the worst major league franchise not named the Pirates. I feel the pain that all of you express every night with your "smilies" and your angry internet-lingo phrases.

Goodnight.

....P.S. Pretty great homerun by Tejada there. Kinda sums it all up, huh?

[backwardsk]

13 pitches if you're scoring at home...or if you're watching by yourself.

[isestrex]

Who pitches the 9th inning?

If it's still tied, I say Hendrickson... even though he pitched last night.

[Slappy]

Thank god for Miggy. He's really earning his check this year. Guy is a pro.

[theobird]

Lou is another of the players on this team that need to go. We are gonna need a stretch short bus.

[shorty122dude]

Who pitches the 9th inning?

Heck. Put Tejada out there. He's on cloud nine and we don't have to use the bullpen.

[Camden_yardbird]

Miggy hits a home run and my wife starts singing that 80's song "Oh [Miggy] your so fine..."

She does the same thing for "Wiggy"....

its pretty funny.

[mrbig1]

Ha ha!! Nope, but I was thinking of it when Miggy swung.... (Was away for about 13 pages--sorry).

We have to put ours on in the 9th.

[backwardsk]

Simon time?

There you go!

[cindyluvsbrady]

Lets go os!

[nbrger]

what happened? My brown bag slipped over my eyes?

[shorty122dude]

I like Simon coming in. Even if he has a rough outing, he seems like a kid that has a short memory. He can handle a bad inning.

[backwardsk]

I'd bring in Wieters here to pitch...maybe Markakis or Jones.