IST - Orioles vs. Opponent

[Edgy MD]

Opponent Captain getting it done on offense and defense tonight.

[Edgy MD]

bmfc1 wrote: Yes it is in play.

Thanks.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Christ, Opposing Second Baseman plays close to the bag, doesn't he? That's about the fifth headed-for-centerfield-back-through-the-box liner/grounder I've seen that he's fielded with ease.

[Edgy MD]

More errors please. Thank you.

I sure hope Showalter wants this as bad as I want it for him.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Buckneresque, that was.

[metirish]

I can't take the annoucers anymore; it's like an infomercial for the MFYs.

Edited October 8, 2012 by Guest

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

What, no excuses for Hardy?

Yeah, I didn't think so.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Jeter's got shortstop so screwed up nobody can play it.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Hey! Welcome to the series, Matt Wieters!

[Edgy MD]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Christ, Opposing Second Baseman plays close to the bag, doesn't he? That's about the fifth headed-for-centerfield-back-through-the-box liner/grounder I've seen that he's fielded with ease.

And there is the b-side of that strategy.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

That was vintage Jetering by Reynolds.

[metirish]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Hey! Welcome to the series, Matt Wieters!

Cal's scouting report was hilarious ; pure guff talk straight from the old scouts in Moneyball.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Since I was in Washington this morning, I read The Washington Post. Looking through the pages of articles on the Nationals I could not find a single mention of the Orioles game in the entire sports section. You'd think there still be some O's fans in the Post readership, but I guess not.

[Edgy MD]

New Yorkers want to root for the Yankees but suddenly find themselves irresistibly torn by the tug of Tebow.

[Frayed Knot]

Mets � Willets Point wrote: Since I was in Washington this morning, I read The Washington Post. Looking through the pages of articles on the Nationals I could not find a single mention of the Orioles game in the entire sports section. You'd think there still be some O's fans in the Post readership, but I guess not.

Between the introduction of the Nats and the cutbacks in newspaper budgets over the last decade, coverage of the Orioles by the WP got tossed out the window a few years back.
Plus, since it was a Monday between the months of August and December, there's the obligatory 36 pages of Redskins coverage that tends to squeeze out other stories. Frankly I'm surprised they found room for Nats coverage.

[Edgy MD]

And Michael Wilbon is trying to build that national following by actually trying to be a bigger tool than Tony Kornheiser.

That's hard to do.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Funny: Showalter did about 4 or 5 questionable things in that inning, and they all kindasorta worked out.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

TRUE FACT: "Matusz" is Russian for "Dennis Cook."

[Frayed Knot]

Well, the ML saves leader is going to have a chance to close it out against the opponents. The only question is how large a lead.
Of course he's the same guy that coughed up a 5-spot last night.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

O's are made of tough stuff. Lotsa things going wrong tonight but still hanging in there.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

ENDY SIGHTING

[Frayed Knot]

Johnson's pitch count is under control so far: 1-pitch, 1 out.

[Frayed Knot]

This could be the best of all worlds: the Orioles hold on and Yanx fans all blame ARod for making the last out

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Put him away.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Opponent sucks!

[Frayed Knot]

I know
it's only game two
but I like it

[MFS62]

Frayed Knot wrote: This could be the best of all worlds: the Orioles hold on and Yanx fans all blame ARod for making the last out

Too bad he struck out.
I wanted him to make the last out on a liner to an Oriole third baseman, so I could honor their Hall Of Famer by saying, "Put it in the Brooks".

(OK, bad pun, and a stretch. But I'm giddy that the O's won.)

Later

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Frayed Knot wrote: Mets � Willets Point wrote: Since I was in Washington this morning, I read The Washington Post. Looking through the pages of articles on the Nationals I could not find a single mention of the Orioles game in the entire sports section. You'd think there still be some O's fans in the Post readership, but I guess not. Between the introduction of the Nats and the cutbacks in newspaper budgets over the last decade, coverage of the Orioles by the WP got tossed out the window a few years back. Plus, since it was a Monday between the months of August and December, there's the obligatory 36 pages of Redskins coverage that tends to squeeze out other stories. Frankly I'm surprised they found room for Nats coverage.

But they didn't even have the score of the O's game.

[Frayed Knot]

That sounds like it may have been a too-late-for-this-edition problem due to the later start plus the rain delay. Because, while the Post doesn't cover the Orioles beat anymore, its not like they go out of the way to ignore them in some sort of break-up with your ex rivalry, and they generally at least run wire service reports or occasionally scoop up (hopefully after paying for it) an article from the Baltimore Sun.

[Edgy MD]

ESPN Stats & Info ?@ESPNStatsInfo When Alex Rodriguez struck out to end the #Yankees game last night, he became 1st MLB player in postseason history with 4 game-ending Ks.