Orioles fans have to be breathing a little easier knowing that April is behind them. You’ve got to hope that the April showers are over and the Orioles, as the saying goes, will blossom in May. Turn the page on your calendar and don’t look back, it’s time for new beginnings.
With last night’s dramatic 10 inning win over the Boston Red Sox, I am hopeful that this club will play up to their potential for their remaining 139 games of the season.
May already feels better than April. Brad Bergesen is off to a new beginning with the Orioles after a strong confidence boosting performance in AAA Norfolk. Bergesen pitched seven innings surrendering only two earned runs on six hits. The hope for Bergy is that he will be able to once again find the release point on his sinker.
Koji Uehara will likely be activated to provide support for a struggling Baltimore bullpen. The Japanese relief pitcher has struggled with injuries and appeared exhausted in the Baltimore heat as a starter. A one inning role may be just what the doctor ordered for Koji.
The pop for Nick Markakis at the plate is just in time for the Orioles to begin playing the way they should have in April. Markakis is 13 for 42 in his last 10 games and is proving to be a patient hitter, an issue he has struggled with in recent years early in the season.
Though their “potential” can, and often is, debated on BSR, every fan feels that the Orioles underperformed in April. No one thinks this club will win 25 games all year. They have to put a terrible start behind them and not look back. Welcome to May.
And if Bip Roberts gets healthy…And if the law of averages evens out for Millhouse and Mattice…And if Adam Jones becomes anything close to the player many think he can be…And if Matt Wieters begins to live up to the hype…And if Arrietta and/or Tallman come up and produce a little…Well, maybe, just maybe, our O's might approach 70 Wins after all!!!
One thing for sure, the schedule sure looks sweet starting on/.or about 11 May!!!!
After they wrap up the BOS/NYY stretch things get a little easier. Especially if they keep hitting!
I believe things are going to improve. Sometimes a team gets so far down on it's self that their is only one way to go. I believe that is where the Orioles are. There will be a lot of ungly along the way but certainly 70 is reasonable with the talent we have.
Not sure how May could be much worse. And definitely the law of averages has to catch up. I mean this team can't go on winning 5 games a month. I think the first month of the season was good in some ways. Had they have jumped out to a decent start management may have thought the team was closer than they were, and the fans may have thought that way more so. The have some big holes to fill, start looking now. Get your game plan started and decide which of the free agents they need to target.
Looks like our boy Mark is the lucky horseshoe the club needed. Let’s all pitch in and get him a ticket for tomorrow.
Must be all that positive energy he brings to the park!
I think I saw him leading the let's go O's cheers!
What's funny is, the Orioles have 6 wins – 3 against Boston! Including 3 straight wins!
"Well honey, at least we got to eat Pizz-er at the Ha-bah…let's go home now"
Yea, positive energy.
That's what I bring!
No thanks.
Our idiot manager is putting his "B" lineup out there.
A sweep of Boston would mean more than just the notch in the W column. This team needs ANYTHING it can get right now and sweeping Boston would be great for them in many ways.
It's as if he's completely tone deaft.
No doubt about that. I told Zach last night, Wiggington won't be in the lineup today, he had too good a game last night. Wieters will sit. Even when I try my hardest to take the contrarian view, I can't even muster a halfway sensible argument as to why Trembles still has a job.
Way to go Mark! We here at the BSR thank you! Can we buy you a ticket for today?
Special…Trembley is the manager…And is gonna be the manager…Seems to me he's doing a damn fine job, considering he's missing two Opening Day starters and his closer…Orioles Win…Orioles Win…Theeeee Orioles Win!!!
"Let the Big Dog eat!"
You read it hear first…O's win 18, that's right, 18 games in May for their best month in years (in 2009, O's failed to play even .500 ball in any full month…Swept Canadians in October)…Bookmark it…Archive it…Stick it on your Frigidaire…18 Wins, Baby…Oh, Sheila!!! 🙂
2-0 in May. Let the blossom continue.
April showers bring May flowers…April blunders brings May O's thunder.
Win Thursday afternoon and split the four game set in Minny would put them at 5 – 2 and well on their way to the 18 Wins this month I predicted Sunday night…