It’s easy to blame Jim Johnson or Brian Matusz for the Baltimore Orioles loss in game three of the ALDS against the New York Yankees on Wednesday night.
Johnson gave up to game-tying home run to Raul Ibanez with an out in the bottom of the ninth inning and Brian Matusz followed suit in the 12th by serving up the game-winning homer to the 40 year old lefty.
JJ has been charged with a blown save and a loss in his first four postseason games.
I still can’t blame the bullpen though. The problem has been the Orioles lineup, who is hitting just .208 against the Yankees and has scored only seven runs in the first three games of this series.
Adam Jones said that he and Matt Wieters were “on vacation” during the first two games of the series and promised that they would return in New York. Combined, Jones and Wieters are 3-for-26 (.115 average), with 0 RBI and 3 strikeouts this series.
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If you ask Jones and Weiters and Reynolds and Hardy they would tell you it’s very hard to bat with two hands around your neck…………………….
Johnson and Maticz and Strop would say the same about pitching , those hands on your throat just seem to get in the way…………..
Uh oh…spy is back off the bandwagon.
Baseball was “dead” in April, May, June, and July.
“Wouldn’t last” in August…September saw him “climb aboard”
Now he’s pushing old ladies out of the way to jump off the bandwagon.
We see the way you roll…
What I see is two teams with problems,,,,,,,,,,the Yanks have an older ball club whose skills are diminishing while the O’s have a ball club that is a combination of over paid average ball players and a rew journeymen pickups,,,,,,,,,,,,I see a collective choke taking place on the ball field,,,,,,,,,,,I roll with the reality of the situation , I’m a realist and always will be , but I’m a fan also,,,,,,,,,,,,,I want the O’s to crush the Yanks but the reality is they won’t……………..getting real my friend…………………
I hope by about 8:30 tonight you are firmly entrenched back on the Bird’s Bandwagon.
I enjoyed the O’s this year , I just won’t commit to a long term deal with them because I know what Peter the Great is capable of doing to the great fans of Baltimore…………Lets’ see if he brings in a needed top tier bat , better yet , lets see if he brings in a true number one pitcher , my suggestion is ‘don’t hold your breath’,,,,,,,,,,,,