Official 2012 Baltimore Orioles Thread

[MonkFan8]

Pretty listless game. They look tired. Injuries suck.

Hope Hoes gets his chance next game. Not a lot a lineup can do when you have Chavez/Ford and Andino in there. Maybe Hoes can give us a spark.

[DM72]

They need to stop getting clowned by these teams out west.

[fullnelson9999]

Feeling down, but this team did just sweep Tampa so I'm thinking positive.

Definitely don't want to play Oakland in a one game playoff at the Coliseum. Gotta take the division for sure.

[abdcskins]

I'm pretty worried guys. I know we just swept Tampa but we have looked really soft against Oakland. Not taking advantage of any opportunities. Not even making opportunities.

I'm just gonna remain quiet and hope we pull it together. Because with 17 games left I am extremely worried. To come this far and to fold down the stretch would be such a travesty.

[KingGibbs]

Boneheaded play by Reynolds. When a major league ball player attempts to run on a ball hit in front of him to the SS you have to question his intelligence. He is reverting back to the Mark Reynolds we know.

WTF were you thinking Jones? Second and third with NO outs could have led to a nice inning. Strange first two games so far for the O's.

Let's get this **** back in order. TODAY!!

[TD_washingtonredskins]

I'm pretty worried guys. I know we just swept Tampa but we have looked really soft against Oakland. Not taking advantage of any opportunities. Not even making opportunities.

I'm just gonna remain quiet and hope we pull it together. Because with 17 games left I am extremely worried. To come this far and to fold down the stretch would be such a travesty.

I know this isn't fair of me considering where my expectations were in April, but here's my primary concern above and beyond fading completely and missing the playoffs entirely:

We continue this magical season and do hold on to the second wild card slot (Oakland runs away with the first wild card and the Yankees hold us off as the AL East champs). So, this entire feel-good season will come down to....a one-game playoff in Oakland where we seem to sleepwalk through games. I know anything can happen, but it would be pretty discouraging for a game like last night being the last impression we have of this team.

We'll see. This series feels a whole lot better if we can do anything to steal today's game. But bigger than this series I really feel like we have to grab the East or we're not going to get a ALDS series. We just can't beat this team...especially on the road.

[fullnelson9999]

At least one team is winning.

[MonkFan8]

Looks like Andino and Chavez saw what I wrote last night, lol.

An Os win would wash some of the bad taste out of my mouth after that Redskins loss.

[pjfootballer]

Well, we salvage one game and only 1 game back now.

[DM72]

At least the O's took care of business today. Nice win.

[abdcskins]

Pretty huge win today. Need to carry it on to Seattle.

[DM72]

Do we avoid Felix Hernandez?

[TheDoyler23]

82.

I know, I know. This season is more than that. One game out of first on Sept 16 and holding onto a wildcard playoff spot. But if you offered me 82 on April 1, I would have jumped up--spraining my knee-- to take it. In July, I would have taken it. Hell, even a few days into August, I would have taken it.

Win or lose down the stretch, our boys made it to 82. Winners.

I hope for so much more to come.

[TD_washingtonredskins]

82.

I know, I know. This season is more than that. One game out of first on Sept 16 and holding onto a wildcard playoff spot. But if you offered me 82 on April 1, I would have jumped up--spraining my knee-- to take it. In July, I would have taken it. Hell, even a few days into August, I would have taken it.

Win or lose down the stretch, our boys made it to 82. Winners.

I hope for so much more to come.

[EBoz]

Do we avoid Felix Hernandez?

Negative. He's pitching Wednesday.