Official 2012 Baltimore Orioles Thread

[skins_fan1982]

LOLOLOL so Nationals fans had no team before 2005. LOLOL.

[No Excuses]

I've ALWAYS wanted to ask this....

who did Nats fans cheer for before the Nats existed????

No one. Started watching baseball midway through the Nationals first season.

[MonkFan8]

13 hits 2 runs, that ratio is not going to win you many games.

[Boss_Hogg]

Way too many Skankees fans in attendance.

---------- Post added April-9th-2012 at 10:23 PM ----------

Umpires were garbage tonight, or atleast the plate umpire.

[Bang]

Way too many Skankees fans in attendance
.

Unfortunately, that is all too normal. A lot of times I 'watch' the game with my back to it while I work.. I listen for the pitch and then glance at it. (It's good we have Gary thorne. He's a good play by play guy, and makes Palmer almost not boring. Almost.)
USUALLY the crowd helps cue me in to something to look at. But when the Yankees and Red Sox are in town, it's just as loud, if not louder when they do something.

~Bang

[Bibby]

I've ALWAYS wanted to ask this....

who did Nats fans cheer for before the Nats existed????

I didn't cheer for any team. I actually didn't even really watch baseball. I took interest in the Nats a couple years ago.

[sportjunkie07]

a little bit of reality.. these arent the twins. however, it was a winnable game. too many walks, error, untimely hitting

2 runs on 13 hits? gotta do better than that.

i think ^ will be a problem for us until we get some elite offensive talent. it seems, at least to me, that other teams are always better than us with RISP. it's like they know theyve got men on base and do what they need to do to bring them in, while we get shut down more often than not in those circumstances.

and our young pitchers have to be confident and attack. they need to trust their stuff and command the game.

[TD_washingtonredskins]

OK, I'm not going to break any news by saying this...but this season's success will come down to how we play in our division. I think that simply winning 30 of the 72 division games would put us in a decent position to win 75ish games this year. To me, that would be a pretty nice season for the O's.

We have had seasons where we've held our own against the Sox and Rays, but generally the Yankees and almost without exception the Jays have killed us. I think if we can win 7-8 games against everyone, we'll be in OK shape.

[ixcuincle]

OPACY has always been "Yankee Stadium South" / "Fenway South"

[Chump Bailey]

Anyone think Bundy makes an appearance this season?

[ixcuincle]

Someone on Twitter said he might later this season in September , but the O's won't rush him

[pjfootballer]

Two observations in the first 4 games:

1) when our starting pitchers throw first or second pitch strikes, they have been successful. Matusz was not throwing strikes and needs to trust his stuff. Why do our pitchers feel like they have to strike everyone out? Just throw a quality pitch and let the fielders do their job.

2) runners at 3rd or 2nd and less than 2 outs, we have to do a better job. That's how you get only 2 runs on 13 hits.

I think I would keep Bundy in the minors this year and let him make his way to Triple A and no further.

[MattFancy]

Not what I wanted to see out of Matuz. I didn't expect us to win, but was hoping Matusz would pitch well.

[Chump Bailey]

Not what I wanted to see out of Matuz. I didn't expect us to win, but was hoping Matusz would pitch well.

That's what hurting the organization more than anything right now: Matusz & Tillman. Wasting a 1st round pick on Hobgood does no good either obviously.

[MattFancy]

That's what hurting the organization more than anything right now: Matusz & Tillman. Wasting a 1st round pick on Hobgood does no good either obviously.

Yup. Hopefully this was just a bump in the road for Matusz. He looked pretty good during the Spring.