vmax Posted September 15, 2016 Posted September 15, 2016 Wow!I watched until the 3rd inning and then I had to go to bed. I wondered jokingly can the O's win a 1-0 game?And they did! ORIOLES LONE WINNERS IN WILD AL EASTBaltimore was the only AL East team to win Wednesday, as the divisional race continues to be MLB's most interesting.1. Red Sox: 81-632. Orioles*: 80-65, 1 game back3. Blue Jays*: 79-66: 2 games back4. Yankees: 77-68, 4 games back...........As he's done all season, Zach Britton closes it out, an easy 1-2-3 inning against the heart of the Boston lineup. He's 43 for 43 in saves and the Orioles have moved just one game behind the Red Sox in the AL East. Quote
GrubberRaven Posted September 15, 2016 Posted September 15, 2016 Thanks, Duquette! Did you thank him for Miley? How about Pearce? Plus, I didn't see him pitching... Go O's Quote
varaven45 Posted September 16, 2016 Posted September 16, 2016 After Gausman's gem in beantown, Gallardo lays the big egg at home tonight. Disappointing but not surprising. From here on, Buck and boys ought to start Gausman, Jiminez, Bundy and Tillman. That's it. gallardo and Miley are automatic Ls and a guaranteed 6-7 runs per start. If we have any thoughts for playoffs, Bucks got to limit our SP to the above guys - no Gallardo or Miley. Quote
papasmurfbell Posted September 16, 2016 Posted September 16, 2016 Ubaldo can easily revert to a black hole also. Also you have to think about arm rest for the 4 of them. Bundy is still being watched for health. Quote
cravnravn Posted September 17, 2016 Posted September 17, 2016 Don't think I can handle many more 9th innings like that one again. Quote
vmax Posted September 17, 2016 Posted September 17, 2016 Don't think I can handle many more 9th innings like that one again. It was Sweet! Quote
thundercleetz Posted September 17, 2016 Posted September 17, 2016 That play by Kiermaier was insane. Even though he didn't make the catch he still managed to save three runs knocking the ball back into the park. That guy is something else with the glove. Quote
dc. Posted September 18, 2016 Author Posted September 18, 2016 Did you thank him for Miley? How about Pearce? Plus, I didn't see him pitching... Go O'sI guess I'm still just wondering what you would have preferred. Most fans this past off season were wildly saying resign Davis or else, no matter the price. Most were also saying sign a pitcher, any pitcher, but season start. Gallardo was a pretty popular pick up among the general crowd crying for any kind of arm. Unless you can go back and highlight your distinct opposition to these things, what exactly are you looking for him to have done? What piece do you think this team should have that wouldn't have cost it another piece? Could have David Price at the cost of Davis but no one would have gone for that in January. I said Thanks after the Gausman outing in part because almost annually we here about how we could trade x or y to get z, and why not just do it! Gausmans name has been on that list before, but Dan refused to ever consider it. No credit for that? Quote
dc. Posted September 18, 2016 Author Posted September 18, 2016 Ubaldo can easily revert to a black hole also. Also you have to think about arm rest for the 4 of them. Bundy is still being watched for health. That's why they are pitching a 6 man rotation, even if two of the starts kill us... Quote
GrubberRaven Posted September 18, 2016 Posted September 18, 2016 I guess I'm still just wondering what you would have preferred. Most fans this past off season were wildly saying resign Davis or else, no matter the price. Most were also saying sign a pitcher, any pitcher, but season start. Gallardo was a pretty popular pick up among the general crowd crying for any kind of arm. Unless you can go back and highlight your distinct opposition to these things, what exactly are you looking for him to have done? What piece do you think this team should have that wouldn't have cost it another piece? Could have David Price at the cost of Davis but no one would have gone for that in January. I said Thanks after the Gausman outing in part because almost annually we here about how we could trade x or y to get z, and why not just do it! Gausmans name has been on that list before, but Dan refused to ever consider it. No credit for that? Nothing. We gave up something to make a move. I'd rather have an uncertainty, than a mediocre 3/4 starter. Quote
cravnravn Posted September 18, 2016 Posted September 18, 2016 why do we pitch to longoria. god dam it Quote
dc. Posted September 18, 2016 Author Posted September 18, 2016 Nothing. We gave up something to make a move. I'd rather have an uncertainty, than a mediocre 3/4 starter. Is that re: Miley or Gallardo? Either way, you say that now but it's not true... were this team pitching Tyler Wilson, Vance Worley, TJ Macfarland and Mike Wright every 5th start, we know what we get... and we know what you'd be posting. "Thanks, Duquette" ... for not making a move and leaving us with these bums/uncertainty. That's my only point. DD is damned if he does, damned if he doesn't... either he tries and fails and gets crap or he doesn't try and fails and gets crap. We're all armchair GMs/managers. I'm just done being one. Quote
GrubberRaven Posted September 18, 2016 Posted September 18, 2016 Nope not at all. I know our farm system is not a goldmine...I'm fine with that. Quote
GrubberRaven Posted September 18, 2016 Posted September 18, 2016 Nope not at all. I know our farm system is not a goldmine...I'm fine with that. Quote
dc. Posted September 18, 2016 Author Posted September 18, 2016 Nope not at all. I know our farm system is not a goldmine...I'm fine with that.You're fine with that... now. When it was a season of maybes, you were less fine? We're placing our entire starting/pitching roster on 'potential'...scaryIt's not a bad thing. But separate of your own views, you can't claim DD would have walked out of the offseason looking like roses had he not made a move re: pitching. So what's a guy to do, try or not? Either way, fans hate him. Or hey, we could have signed JA Happ and gotten lucky? Quote
GrubberRaven Posted September 19, 2016 Posted September 19, 2016 When your pitching isn't getting you over the 'hump', a move would be nice, but when he signs guys that are no better than what we have, why do it. That's my point. Quote
dc. Posted September 19, 2016 Author Posted September 19, 2016 I don't disagree entirely, but it's also a hard call to make in the moment. Wiley has had good years and it's not DD scouting this alone. Gallardo stat-wise was a more than welcome addition to what we were looking at. Second-guessing is easy when the results don't pan out. Just like it's easy to say, "See, I told you we wouldn't win the WS!" ... as if there weren't already a 97% chance of that being true. Quote
GrubberRaven Posted September 19, 2016 Posted September 19, 2016 Can we agree that Mookie Betts needs to be beaned...hard? Quote
thundercleetz Posted September 19, 2016 Posted September 19, 2016 He needs to be given the Bonds treatment and walked every time. Quote
varaven45 Posted September 22, 2016 Posted September 22, 2016 Wow; mustering up a measly 1 run on world beater and 5 run era guy Clay Buchholz? Man, when the wheels come off the cart they really come off. Quote
GrubberRaven Posted September 22, 2016 Posted September 22, 2016 This team and it's ownership can eat a dick. People don't want to pay for mediocrity dick heads! Quote
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