dc. Posted August 7, 2012 Posted August 7, 2012 Funny... Papa seems to have gotten sick again right when the O's win a few with solid pitching; right after taking back to back series against division opponents... Quote
Spen Posted August 7, 2012 Posted August 7, 2012 He'll be back after they lose a couple in a row to say "I knew it all along". Quote
papasmurfbell Posted August 7, 2012 Posted August 7, 2012 No been watching. Still expect 4th place. Quote
dc. Posted August 7, 2012 Posted August 7, 2012 I don't doubt your expectations. I don't necessarily disagree. I just think it's sad that you can't enjoy good play while it is occurring. Sad that you can't recognize that - in August - this team just took back-to-back series against their two toughest division foes ON THE ROAD. Can't even muster the words, "wow, that surprised me" or "that was impressive." Nope. Can't manage it. Quote
Spen Posted August 7, 2012 Posted August 7, 2012 I don't think he enjoys good play. I think he enjoys saying negative things and "I told you so's". From my experience with him on this board and others previously that's what I see. Quote
dc. Posted August 7, 2012 Posted August 7, 2012 I also heard on the radio, a bartender from Fells Point, told the Fan that Papa makes all his money betting 'shorts' - aka betting the losses and downfalls. Quote
papasmurfbell Posted August 7, 2012 Posted August 7, 2012 If you can teach me how to short the market I do see another market crash in the not to distant future. Quote
dc. Posted August 7, 2012 Posted August 7, 2012 Funny. I was making a funny but it was true. Short selling is pretty easy... you can even do it via most online brokers if you want (like ETrade) with the right account. It's as easy as picking a stock you think will flop and having the funds to cover the cost of buying them back (as technically you are selling a stock you don't own) Quote
papasmurfbell Posted August 7, 2012 Posted August 7, 2012 Ahhh. I think they are just trying to hold it off for after the election. Quote
vmax Posted August 7, 2012 Author Posted August 7, 2012 The O's pitched something like 27 shutout innings before last nights run. It's August 7th and they are legitimently in the playoff race. Quote
vmax Posted August 8, 2012 Author Posted August 8, 2012 They've got 86 fielding and throwing errors to lead the MLB and they killed themselves doing that tonight. Quote
varaven45 Posted August 8, 2012 Posted August 8, 2012 They've got 86 fielding and throwing errors to lead the MLB and they killed themselves doing that tonight. Which makes their winning record all that more amazing Max ! Quote
vmax Posted August 8, 2012 Author Posted August 8, 2012 Amazing comeback!There's no quit in this team. 12th straight extra inning win. Quote
cravnravn Posted August 8, 2012 Posted August 8, 2012 Spanks lost again, 4.5 behind them.. TIED for a wild card spot.. Quote
Spen Posted August 8, 2012 Posted August 8, 2012 Could speaking to early be in order? Yes, this might be your best post ever. The you meant to mock someone else ends up as one that you could mock yourself with. Enjoy. Amazing comeback!There's no quit in this team. 12th straight extra inning win. Yeah, they have a lot of problems but they play until the end. My hopes are still to be 500, I don't really care what place they are in. If they make that anything else is a bonus. Quote
papasmurfbell Posted August 8, 2012 Posted August 8, 2012 Hey it was a good win. They got off to a poor start last night. Quote
cravnravn Posted August 8, 2012 Posted August 8, 2012 Spen. Unless they have that colosal collapse. 500 ball is in the bag..hell with the wild card. Take the friggin division Quote
Spen Posted August 8, 2012 Posted August 8, 2012 Spen. Unless they have that colosal collapse. 500 ball is in the bag..hell with the wild card. Take the friggin division It should be in the bag, but this team is more than capable of going on a good losing streak too. At this point I think they will make 500, but I am not sure. If and when they do I will be happy. Edit: Actually looking at the numbers I am not sure I think they will be 500. I could see them going 22-30 in their remaining 52 games to finish below. I dont want it to happen, but I wouldn't be amazed. So 500 is still my hope. Quote
dc. Posted August 8, 2012 Posted August 8, 2012 Some of the O's numbers this year are amazing... in good and bad ways. The two that hit me yesterday were of course the 12 straight extra inning wins: crazy. But then I saw that they are 22-6 in one-run games. In context: first, that's not a lot of one-run games. Most teams have over 30 one-run games played at this point. No other AL team has 20 one-run wins. Only 3 NL teams do - and all three have at least 17 one-run losses as well. That's just about .800 in one-run games. Which very readily explains how they can be 8 games over 500 while sporting a -50 run differential. (Which is so anomalous that it got the attention of ESPN in a story today. I find it odd that there aren't more breakdowns of the true value of run differential based on the article - I mean, it's obvious enough that +RD is good and -RD is bad, and there aren't a ton of exceptions. But the one-run games and blow-outs (the entire -50RD shows up in the team's 13-19 record in runs decided by 5 runs or more - 150 scored to 204 allowed. With the entire RD made up there, what difference does RD really matter?) Quote
cravnravn Posted August 9, 2012 Posted August 9, 2012 How cool is this os have the a game lead in the playoff run..And the yankees and tigers are in a bean ball game..4 batters hit so far Quote
dc. Posted August 9, 2012 Posted August 9, 2012 I was going to ask the other day why Steve Johnson wasn't in the majors... I was looking for stats on how Arrieta and Matusz have done in Norfolk (which is ok - not great, but ok). But it was Johnson's numbers that jumped out at me - poor W/L thanks to poor run support, but solid ERA, GREEEEEAT WHIP and nice K/9. Sure enough... with Britton throwing another awful start (not fully recovered or just a product of the O's?), here is Steve Johnson today... and here's a quality start and 9Ks. Granted, that's against the M's, but the same M's that put up 7 on Britton last night... By the way... if Steve does get the win tonight (any moment now), my understanding is that it will be on the same day his dad got his first win... during the 1989 Why Not season, 23 years ago. How cool is that? Quote
Spen Posted August 9, 2012 Posted August 9, 2012 By the way... if Steve does get the win tonight (any moment now), my understanding is that it will be on the same day his dad got his first win... during the 1989 Why Not season, 23 years ago. How cool is that? I had a good chuckle when I read it was 23 years to the day his father got his first. I remember that, if my memory serves he had a rough start but settled down and pitched a complete game at a very important time.Steve looked good tonight. Fantastic win, they were good in all aspects of the game. Quote
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