O's/D-rays 2

[TheDoyler23]

The O's won 2/3 down in Tampa and hopefuilly will win 2/3 here in Baltimore. That's the goal of every series. The O's send Bedard (1-1 3.80) against Hideo Nomo (2-2, 6.41) Nomo no-hit the Orioles as a member of the Boston Redsox in 2001.

Lou Pinella will not be on the bench tonight as he will be serving his suspension for the fight against Boston.

I'm going tonight and with my $5 student ticket! Best entertainment value you can get for a friday night. Go Birds!

[TD_washingtonredskins]

I think the O's have a good chance to get tonight's game. They have the pitching edge and 2 full days off. The only downside to the time off is that they were hot before the rainout.

If they can get tonight's game then they have a great shot at winning another series.

On a side note, thanks for the series by series threads. I enjoy a little discussion throughout the season and this breaks it up nicely!!

:notworthy

[skinsfan83]

off to a very good start. 3-0 o's bottom of 1st. tejada 3 run shot off nomo.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Tejada is so damn good.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Bedard is great tonight...hopefully this is a sign of things to come...

[warpathRUskinsfan]

Os win 5-0. Bedard was nasty

[TheDoyler23]

Great start by Bedard. They didn't even hit it hard off him, and he didn't fall behind more than a couple batters.

Good to see Gibby hit one out. Lopez is heating up too. It'll be tough to take him out of the lineup (dh tomorrow?)

I got my $5 ticket and posted up in right field. Such a bargain!

Tomorrow is Ponson against Mark Hendrickson, the tough lefty. The O's used the right handed heavy lineup against him earlier in the month, knocking him out in the 7th with 4 earned runs, going on to win 5-1. Lopez hit a homer in the game as well.

Lets win this series tomorrow!

[mad4comp]

Yup, its gonna be a good game tomorrow. The thing is, we need Ponson to go at least 6 strong innings against Toronto, because Hendrickson will start to crumble around the 6th-7th inning. I just hope Ponson can keep the hits down and keep the runs under 2-3. Even if we get down 0-2 going into the 7th, its easy to makeup the runs as we've proven in Boston.. GO O's!!!!!

P.S Bench Sosa....what is wrong with him, he went 0-4 today, im all for Newhan right about now (just not tomorrow ;)).

[TheDoyler23]

BTW, I dunno if they showed this on TV, but when Sosa did his run towards right, Mora and Miggie did the finger in the air sprint to second base. I guess they'll have to do it tomorrow since they won.

I love how they keep it loose. You watch a Yankee game and they almost look panicked out there. The O's always look confident, even when down.

[sith lord]

You know a team is really good when they start beating teams constantly that they always had problems with.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Originally posted by sith lord
You know a team is really good when they start beating teams constantly that they always had problems with.

Amen. I hate tampa bay...i never understood why they gave us fits...

[PapaDRoc]

Originally posted by mad4comp
Yup, its gonna be a good game tomorrow. The thing is, we need Ponson to go at least 6 strong innings against Toronto, because Hendrickson will start to crumble around the 6th-7th inning. I just hope Ponson can keep the hits down and keep the runs under 2-3. Even if we get down 0-2 going into the 7th, its easy to makeup the runs as we've proven in Boston.. GO O's!!!!!

P.S Bench Sosa....what is wrong with him, he went 0-4 today, im all for Newhan right about now (just not tomorrow ;)).

Bench Sosa???

He's hitting .283 which is better than his career BA of .277

He has hit 4 homeruns with 11 rbi's
At this pace he will have 29 homeruns, and 81 rbi's on the season.

If you ask me Sammy is doing pretty well, and at least much better than Newhan could muster in a season.

:rolleyes:

[TheDoyler23]

Sosa had 2 hits last time Hendrickson pitched against the birds, though one of them was against the pen. That was one of the classic Erik Bedard gets no run support games, and Kline got the win after getting one out from Aubrey Huff. :laugh:

Sosa was going to have the third game at Fenway off, but it was fained out. I think if you're gonna start the mostly righty lineup +BJ, then keep any and all sluggers in the game. Gil will prolly get the start at C with Javy DH-ing and Gomez at first. You HAVE to keep Lopez in the lineup ahaionst Hendrickson. Javy owns him with 8 hits in 17 abs.

Gills opposite field swing and BJ have each done well battling against topugh leftys. It would be nice to get Gibby and Bigbie more AB's agenst left handed pitching.

Gibbons doesn't even have bad numbers against southpaws, with a .259 (career .260) average. However, both Gibbons and Bigbie have been DISMAL against Hendrickson, a combined 3-30.

[mad4comp]

Originally posted by PapaDRoc


Bench Sosa???

He's hitting .283 which is better than his career BA of .277

He has hit 4 homeruns with 11 rbi's
At this pace he will have 29 homeruns, and 81 rbi's on the season.

If you ask me Sammy is doing pretty well, and at least much better than Newhan could muster in a season.

:rolleyes:

Unless he learns to hit to the opposite field...i dont see why he gets to play. I know what his numbers are, but they are decieving. he hits into DP's like no other, and cannot hit to the opposite side. :/

[TheDoyler23]

Originally posted by mad4comp
Unless he learns to hit to the opposite field...i dont see why he gets to play. I know what his numbers are, but they are decieving. he hits into DP's like no other, and cannot hit to the opposite side. :/

Yes, very true. He stands away from the plate, begging the pitcher to throw to the outside corner. If the pitcher can hit the outside corner all three times, he'll whiff. If the pitcher misses outside middle, Sosa slams it somwehere. Sometimes he hist to the opposite field when he hits it off the end of the bat, but he's more likely to roll over to short.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Also little plate discipline...can't believe he struck out on those three shoulder high pitches in a row!

[TheDoyler23]

Originally posted by Spaceman Spiff
Also little plate discipline...can't believe he struck out on those three shoulder high pitches in a row!

Guys strike out, it happens...but on the same bleeping pitch three bleeping times. WTF?

[Spaceman Spiff]

7th inning, time to get ponson out...

[TheDoyler23]

Nice job of Kline to get Huff for the first out and 2 on.

[TheDoyler23]

Kline gets the DP. Time for the O to blast off!

[Spaceman Spiff]

Get Roberts and Mora on, Tejada takes it 400 Feet out to left field to put us up by 1 :)

[warpathRUskinsfan]

Tejada!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 4-4

[Spaceman Spiff]

Who called it!! only he tied it :)

[Spaceman Spiff]

What a sweet swing that was....awesome!!

[TheDoyler23]

Williams ends the 8th. Lets get a run and put this thing to bed with BJ.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Damn Roberts is the ****!!!

[mad4comp]

AHHAHAHA B-rob at it again...man are we good or what ?

[TheDoyler23]

DINGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BRIAN ROBERTS WITH THE THREE RUN HOMER...O'S UP 7-4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

[Spaceman Spiff]

that happened so fast...tampa bay has no idea what hit them :)

[mad4comp]

Even when we were down 4-0... i wasnt worried lol, and then i saw BJ hit that Homer and i knew we were gonna win.

GO O's!!!

Keep winning, the Skanks won today, so lets keep ahead of them.

[TheDoyler23]

Orioles Magic

[mad4comp]

Originally posted by TheDoyler23
Orioles Magic

Sigh....the memories......

[Spaceman Spiff]

dammit...oh well, still up two...

[mad4comp]

its okay..we still win.

[mad4comp]

K.

Take a seat Crawford

[Spaceman Spiff]

DAMMIT..come on Bj, no need to make this interesting...

[Spaceman Spiff]

Tejada=mvp x 2

[mad4comp]

Ryan = Clutch...nice catching job today by Gil.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Hell yes!

O's and Wizards win today!!

[mad4comp]

16 games in April...who woulda thunk it ?

[TheDoyler23]

That's the series. 7 in a row and a tie for the most wins in April for the franchise.

[mad4comp]

the Pig Unit better be kissing Miggy and B-rob's feet.

[Spaceman Spiff]

O's 16-7 > Nats 12-11 :)

[sith lord]

Everybody else in our division is sputtering and we're the hottest team in baseball.I'm lovin it!

[TheDoyler23]

All this team does is win.

[aejm1400]

How about that clutch Williams with 3 wins in 11 innings and a 0.00 ERA.

[Mooney]

Originally posted by Spaceman Spiff
O's 16-7 > Nats 12-11 :)



40,913 Fans > 19,920 Fans.

Cue the excuses.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Originally posted by Mooney




40,913 Fans > 19,920 Fans.

Cue the excuses.

Three World Series titles , 6 American League Champion crowns, 4 Twenty Game winners in one season, 5 Hall of Famers and another one on the way, A Triple crown winner, 2 All Star MVPs, 5 regular season MVPs, 6 Cy Youngs, 15 Silver sluggers and the stadium which all modern ballparks are based on.


We don't need excuses.

[Spaceman Spiff]

I think today is an important start for Chen, we need to see if he can keep his momentum going.

[TheDoyler23]

The Nats had 41k their since there were was a massive contingent of Mets fans. When Floyd hit the 3 run double, there were nothing but Mets fans in the shot behind home plate. So nats fans really don't have a leg to stand on when they talk about Fenway South or Yankee Park at Camden Yards.

I'll get a better look tonight since they'll be on Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Every game I watch, I hope and pray that this start by Roberts is for real. He's already got a hit and a steal so far today.

[Spaceman Spiff]

I don't get it. a ball hit down the line can hit the line and be considered FAIR...but when a ball hits on top of the wall, on top of the line, it's foul?

[Metalhead]

First post, hey yall.

But yeah, really ^ It hit the line, so it's fair. At first I thought we got away with one, but it's cool.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Originally posted by Metalhead
First post, hey yall.

But yeah, really ^ It hit the line, so it's fair. At first I thought we got away with one, but it's cool.

Welcome to the site!

Well on the broadcast they said it has to hit the pole, not the line for it to be considered fair...i'm confused...

[TheDoyler23]

The bounces go your way when you're hot.

[TheDoyler23]

Chen is just SNAPPING that curveball today. That last K went from neck to knees.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Roberts is having another awesome game!!

[TheDoyler23]

Originally posted by Spaceman Spiff
Roberts is having another awesome game!!

What else is new? :laugh:

[mad4comp]

Wow..now the rest of the lineup startin to heat up.

GO GIBBONS!!

[Spaceman Spiff]

Bye bye, Brazleton.

[TD_washingtonredskins]

I'm really impressed with how this team is playing. I realize it's just May 1, but when you have your platoon players pitching in more often than not, that's a really good sign.

This team is on fire and Sosa and Raffy really haven't contributed what you'd expect. I would love for this to be one of those years!

[mad4comp]

Imagine if Lou was in the dugout when Mora hit that 2 run homerun...he woulda gone ballistic lol.

[TheDoyler23]

Gibby is 1/2 way (the hard way) to the cycle!

Now if they can just get Bigbie hitting.....

[TheDoyler23]

Originally posted by mad4comp
Imagine if Lou was in the dugout when Mora hit that 2 run homerun...he woulda gone ballistic lol.

I just said that to a friend..it's a LOCK he would have argued till he was rung up. If I had to coach them, I'd get rung up too.

[TD_washingtonredskins]

Cycle is on its way for Gibby.

[TheDoyler23]

Originally posted by TD_washingtonredskins
Cycle is on its way for Gibby.

I know. when a guy like Gibby gets a triple, someone fell down. :laugh:

In this case, caught his spike in the wall.

[Metalhead]

Haha, you know that's true :laugh:

[aejm1400]

It's great for our pitchers to have our hitters get them runs so early in a game so they can just relax and throw strikes.

I just wonder how many runs we could put up if Sosa and Raffy could start getting consistant.

[TheDoyler23]

Dang, just couldn't get it done that inning. Lopez slashed it right to the third baseman.

[TheDoyler23]

Mora is playing GREAT at Third base. He's such a good athlete.

[TheDoyler23]

Kline gets Huff to end the 7th. Lets get some insurance runs.

[mad4comp]

WE ARE THE BEST TEAM IN THE MAJORS

[TheDoyler23]

MORA-TEJADA Back to Back JACKS!

[Spaceman Spiff]

Tejada and mora back to back!

[TheDoyler23]

First earned run given up this season by Williams. Oh well, he had a great run.

[aejm1400]

Originally posted by Mooney




40,913 Fans > 19,920 Fans.

Cue the excuses.

Guess all those Tampa fans that were coming up missed the bus...lol.

You know though, not counting today through the first 12 home games for each team it looks like this in the advantage of the O's:

387,660 Fans > 350,408 Fans

Cue the excuses.

[TheDoyler23]

2 K's for the kids in the 9th.

8 wins in a row!

[mad4comp]

8 wins in a row...WOW 17-7

Nice win, overall good job by the Bullpen. And great hitting by our lineup.

Mora - 2 Dingers
Tejada - 1 Dinger
Gibbons - 1 Dinger.

Great way to start off a new month.

[TheDoyler23]

The O aren't even manufacturing runs, just hitting DINGERS.

[TheDoyler23]

Attendance was around 31k. a nice showing for early may against the D-Rays.

Oh, also. SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!!!!!:notworthy :cheers: :notworthy

[mad4comp]

Originally posted by TheDoyler23
The O aren't even manufacturing runs, just hitting DINGERS.

That double steal where TB just threw the ball away....whats that called. ;)

[Mooney]

Originally posted by Spaceman Spiff
Three World Series titles , 6 American League Champion crowns, 4 Twenty Game winners in one season, 5 Hall of Famers and another one on the way, A Triple crown winner, 2 All Star MVPs, 5 regular season MVPs, 6 Cy Youngs, 15 Silver sluggers and the stadium which all modern ballparks are based on.



Great team. Rich tradition. Legendary players. Best ballpark in America. Crappy fans.

[TheDoyler23]

Originally posted by mad4comp


That double steal where TB just threw the ball away....whats that called. ;)

An error :laugh:

[TheDoyler23]

Originally posted by Mooney
Great team. Rich tradition. Legendary players. Best ballpark in America. Crappy fans.


I'm not a crappy fan, and I don't consider any of the O's fans on this board crappy fans. 7 Losing seasons would keep plenty of people away. It's going to change, and change for the better.

Why don't you concern yourself to YOUR team? I don't even think you post there. :laugh:

[Spaceman Spiff]

Originally posted by Mooney




Great team. Rich tradition. Legendary players. Best ballpark in America. Crappy fans.

If you mean rooting for the Orioles for the past several years, then ditching the team once the Nats got here all because of Angelos, then yes, crappy fans. :)

[mad4comp]

Originally posted by TheDoyler23


An error :laugh:

Cuz we forced it. ;)

[Mooney]

Originally posted by TheDoyler23
I'm not a crappy fan, and I don't consider any of the O's fans on this board crappy fans.



Your right. I apologize.

My anger at the O's organization dissipated when DirectTV started televising the Nats games.

I don't post much. And I don't start threads. But there is no need to take shots at the Nats. And when someone does, I swing back.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Originally posted by Mooney




Your right. I apologize.

My anger at the O's organization dissipated when DirectTV started televising the Nats games.

I don't post much. And I don't start threads. But there is no need to take shots at the Nats. And when someone does, I swing back.

Jeez man, relax. I wasn't that serious when I started that. Look, people are always going to be comparing the two teams now that they're close to each other and Angelos put up a fight. I'm sure there will be a time when the Nats are better than the O's. I look at it as a friendly rivalry, despite what a lot of other people think. It's not like the Nats are fighting us for a playoff berth or vice versa. Both teams will do well here.

[aejm1400]

Not to mention both teams are in different leagues. Honestly, me being a big O's fan I would love to see an O's/Nats World Series somday..with the O's winning of course.