That sound you hear is O’s nation moving their respective sausage fingers from picking crabs to getting ready to push the panic button. Old Bay fingers and all. That’s because the Baltimore Orioles might have just had their most disappointing home stand since Buck Showalter was named manager in late 2010.
Is that a full bushel?
Splitting a six-game series vs. the Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners is about as satisfying as eating only fruits and vegetables during vacation. No offense to our vegan readers, of course. But you get my point. Losing 2 of 3 to the Mariners without having to face Felix Hernandez or Hisashi Iwakuma is the equivalent to dropping a game to the BaySox. And although the Birds needed newly acquired Bud “The Stud” Norris to “secure” the series win over the “Lastros”, they still lost 11-0 to them the day before. 11-0.
Is that crab poo on your fingers?
Just last week I was puffing my almost 40 year-old chest out writing/saying that the “Orioles will go 12-5 or at worst 11-6 over the next 17 games.” Please. For that to happen they will need to take at least 4 of the next 5 games vs. the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants on the left coast. And I’m not saying that is impossible as both the Pads and Giants have done their best Sam Koch impressions on the 2013 season (punting the season, if you didn’t know.) But remember, the same Padres squad stole two wins in Baltimore already this year and the Giants do have great starting pitching, despite their record.
Hey, you missed a good piece of crab meat with that finger.
The end of the trip is against the Arizona Diamondbacks where they throw a party and a baseball game breaks out each evening. Swimming pools, party decks among other circus-like activities can distract even the most focused teams. Especially one that have been partying in areas like my hometown San Diego and San Francisco days before. How about the club sticks to early BP and spends less time in Scottsdale is all I’ll say on the matter.
Pass the pitcher of Natty Boh with those fingers much?
The defacto captain of this team, Adam Jones, will be the key on and off the field during this trip, IMO. Being a SD native with a house and plenty of “old friends” looking to get their time with him could be a distraction he nor this team needs at this point in the season. Especially since they were off Monday (Heard some of the boys were getting after it in GasLamp Quarter Monday Night) and have a early game on Wednesday (12:40 pm local). Can you say Johnny Manziel at the Manning Camp? I’m not saying, I’m just saying. Better keep ’em focused, @SimplyAJ10.
Hey, do you change your kids diapers with those fingers?
As I’ve stated many times and will continue to spew, there are no must wins in baseball until mid September at the earliest for teams that are still in contending “mode”. But if the Orioles continue this annoying trend of dropping games to lesser teams, then that contender moniker will be stripped from their locker room wall.
That’s because a losing West Coast trip could have all of Ocean City/Bethany Beach vacationers pushing that proverbial panic button with those crab-infested fingers long before the Ravens head to Denver for their “opener”. And don’t get me started on that, please….At least not today. #KeithUrban
Chase Field is nothing as you describe it (on a normal game night). Yes there is a swimming pool in right field, but for the most part the stadium lacks atmosphere and energy. If the O’s struggle in places like AZ it won’t be because of the venue. -Andy in AZ
I’ve been there. Plenty of extracurricular activities off the diamond, IMO. Not a bad thing, but you can’t say it’s like a “regular” ballpark. Marlins park it’s not, but still plenty of distractions. #hotties
Push….something is missing from last year. Just not the same team and add Tampa getting hot, things don’t look good.
Things look better for Jim from Dundalk, I heard he got a new place in Upper Essex with Chow.
Who cares. It’s football season now.
Preseason foot ball ain’t football. That’s like spending a vacation in Dundlak…..it stinks.
Agree,,,,,,,the O’s gave us minimal entertainment value to get us through the summer but now the summer is almost over and so are the O’s,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Josh Burns has no relation to the “author” of this piece. For you waiting for the Os to go away, keep dreaming.
I tuned in the game last night at 1000 already confident that the Rays and Sox had wins knotted up. To me, the game last night could have broke the backs of our Birds. Low and behold, Buck rallies them again and the season is still kicking two games later. They have to win 27 more games to total 90 which is what I think they’ll need. 27-21 the rest of the way.
No problem if they played the Padres the rest of the way , problem is they have to play too many teams in their own division,,,,,,,,,,,will be difficult to do as they have blown a few games they should have won,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,They have a chance since the addition of the second wild card but it does seem this second wild card was added just for the O’s , doesn’t it…………………….
Actually they have a better winning percentage against winning teams than they do against under .500 teams.
I do realize that , it’s just I believe this year is slipping away from them and I do want them to make the playoffs,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Panic button needs to be pushed. Os need to win them games. How come they dont show up to beat the rays buck? Seems like yall lost the chemistry yall had last year.