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Rough day for me. My plans to attend the Chicago show were canceled and then the Giants got crushed.
Looks like the Red Sox have been busy while I've been traveling out to Chicago, not one but two 5-2 beatings of the LET'S GO 0'S!!, including a win over Cy Gascan last night, the same guy who was lights out last week at Fenway.
Keep it up boys, 11 games to go................
Maybe there is a GOD and I ought to go to church more often. My hatred of the RS wanted them to lose O's and be knocked out of first, but here he has shown me his real plan. RS win division, only to be crushed in WC. O's and BJays lose most of last games and Yanks sneak into WC to crush RS. Last night, Rays hit 5 HR out of total 8 hits and LOSEEEEE to Yanks. Gotta be a sign, so lets go RS....ITS gods WILL to totally beat on George in the end^&grin..Michael
" My " lets go o's should be able to beat the RS since they are playing in a MLB ballpark and not a Little League field. Michael
Hopefully that will work as well as the last theory you put out there ..... ^&grin
And equally as well as last week's RS 4 game sweep beat-down of the MFYs. ^&grin
B.
Just covering for George while he's busy making big bucks in Chicago. :salute::
10 games to go and last night changed nothing in the NL WC race as all 3 teams lost. In the AL WC race, the O's have picked the wrong time to go into a tailspin. Like it has been all year, the starting pitching has been the achille's heel, but the offense has also played it's part in the recent slump. O's still have the 2nd WC, but only by 1 game and that can disappear at any time. Lots of pressure on Tillman tonight. Let's go O's! -- Al
When it rains, it pours. Sure hope Tillman can salvage the last game tonight. It really has become a 'must win' game. -- AlThree E's by the O's in last night's game. {eek3} The Davis E on what would have been the last out of the inning, allowed an eventual 5 runs to score. :rolleyes2: Not a stellar night on defense or offense. Red Sox pitching has stumped the O's for three games. Chris
What a mess. Tillman lasts 1.2 innings, 63 pitches and leaves trailing 3-0 with the bases still loaded. How much uglier will this get? A disaster of a series for the O's, as all 3 of their aces failed to come through. Bad. -- AlCertainly not the start to the game the O's were hoping for. Tillman only gave up 1 run but took 35 pitches doing it. At that rate the O's will be lucky to get 4 innings out of him. Hope he sharpens up. {sm2} -- Al
O's beaten again. Got to hand it to the Sox, taking 4 from NYY and 4 from the O's. They went and took it from us and NY, and have all but locked the division title up and maybe dealt a fatal blow to both NY and the O's. Time will tell, but the O's are fading just when they need to be surging. It's a shame to get to the last 2 weeks of the season and let it all slip away. O's aren't dead yet, but they need to find another gear or it's all over but the crying. -- AlWhat a mess. Tillman lasts 1.2 innings, 63 pitches and leaves trailing 3-0 with the bases still loaded. How much uglier will this get? A disaster of a series for the O's, as all 3 of their aces failed to come through. Bad. -- Al
O's beaten again. Got to hand it to the Sox, taking 4 from NYY and 4 from the O's. They went and took it from us and NY, and have all but locked the division title up and maybe dealt a fatal blow to both NY and the O's. Time will tell, but the O's are fading just when they need to be surging. It's a shame to get to the last 2 weeks of the season and let it all slip away. O's aren't dead yet, but they need to find another gear or it's all over but the crying. -- Al
The O's live. Trumbo's walk-off Hr (his 44th Hr of the year) gave the O's a win they had to have to remain a half game back in the WC race. Whew! -- Al
Sammy, you will be interested to know that the O's starting pitching was a main source of discussion/concern on the O's TV talk show this AM. The opinion amongst the 4 hosts was that Jimenez, (that's right, Ubado), is currently the best pitcher the O's have going. Various reasons were mention and talked about, such as Tillman's injury and Bundy's exhaustion, both of which you mention, and the apparent fact that Gausman is also hurt with some sort of intercostal injury (ribs). Tillman and Gausman hurt, Bundy way past his innings restriction (he has been ineffective in 4 of his last 5 starts, all innings past the point where the O's originally wanted to shut him down). Take away those 3 and that leaves Jimenez because Gallardo and Miley sure aren't it.:rolleyes2: Such is the state of the starting pitching. I won't give up but I must admit that I'm not optimistic at this point. Even so, as you point out, the O's have had a heck of a year, one to be proud of, and it ain't over yet. -- AlWell after wallowing in my misery for 3 plus days now be it stomach issues or Oriole play figure it was time to get back in the game sort of speak....speaking of which, my O's were picked to be one of the worst teams in all of baseball this year and be the AL East floor mat, well that hasn't been the case, in reality the O's kept a grip on first or 2nd place for a majority of the season, won a bunch of series and have played good ball with some hurdles along the way, at this point not sure if they will even be a wildcard being Tillman is hurting, Bundy has run of the gas, and the stellar relief pitching has become over used, with only a couple series left the season has been a tough one to watch as a O's fan esp. the 4 gamer against the Sox, that one I won't soon forget, maybe that was what started my stomach pains!! but in the grand scheme of things the O's certainly kept it interesting all season and hopefully a little fight left in them the last few series, be it either way my O's have had a good season and hopefully management can address some of the short comings they had as a team in 2016 and be more balanced in 2017...Sammy