4/18 game thread v. the Middling Red Machine

[catatonia 10]

No Mancini in the lineup.

 

Like to see Manny do his best Brooks impression during this series.

Or has it gotten to the point that Brooks was doing his best Manny impression?

Edited April 18 by catatonia

[BayAreaBmore 10]

Arroyo has no velocity whatsoever. So runs may be hard to come by for the Orioles lol.

 

The concern being all these guys are gonna try to hit the ball 600 feet and may end up popping up, whiffing, grounding out etc

[Struds 10]

No DH. Lots of empty seats; seems like the norm this early in the season.

[catatonia 10]

Gausman needs to concentrate on his pitching and remember Earl Weaver's advice:

"Team speed, for crissakes, you get [expletive] [expletive] fleas on the [expletive] bases, getting picked off trying to steal, getting thrown out, taking runs away from you. You get them big [expletive] who can hit the [expletive] ball out the ballpark and you can't make any [expletive] mistakes."

 

Trumbo being his usual infuriatingly tentative self in right.

 

That up and out 97 fb was the best pitch he's thrown so far.

Edited April 18 by catatonia

[Struds 10]

Gausman remarkably unlucky so far.

[catatonia 10]

I think Brooks actually errored on his first chance in 1970, so ...

[catatonia 10]

Gausman remarkably unlucky so far.

Yeah the defense has sucked this inning.

 

And Davis and Trumbo got schooled by slop.

Edited April 18 by catatonia

[BayAreaBmore 10]

Can't believe Hamilton didn't throw home I think Castillo woulda be toast at the plate. He is beyond slow

Edited April 18 by BayAreaBmore

[BayAreaBmore 10]

Yeah the defense has sucked this inning.

 

And Davis and Trumbo got schooled by slop.

No surprise there. They might go combined hitless tonight off Arroyos stuff. Hope I'm wrong Edited April 18 by BayAreaBmore

[mlatoman 10,418,634]

I love me some World Series. But I loathe interleague games.

[BayAreaBmore 10]

Just as the Orioles starting staff starts to receive some National praise, Gausman comes out and does this. So predictable.

[johnpolitics 10]

Grand Slam, 6-1, time to watch the Braves!!!!

[85Knight 10]

Wow. Gausman has been terrible.

[Struds 10]

Maybe UJ should have started.

[Mr. Buzzcut 837]

Was that an 0-2 grand slam?

[Tootsie 10]

0-2 pitch and the guy hits a granny. Unbelievable

[Tootsie 10]

Was that an 0-2 grand slam?

Yup

[catatonia 10]

Jimenez couldn't have been any worse that Gausman. OK, your defense is letting you down and some speeders are irritants on the bases. But even against Votto, you don't get down 0-2 and then walk him, and then give up the four-pack on some kind of glorified eephus pitch on 0-2. He's got nothing tonight

Edited April 19 by catatonia

[BayAreaBmore 10]

Sometimes I wonder if he has much in general. Can't figure out what his problem is. Maybe it's that he came up through the Orioles system which struggles mightily developing talent when it comes to pitchers

Edited April 19 by BayAreaBmore

[Mr. Buzzcut 837]

Yup

 

I thought those ridiculous pitch calls were gone with Wieters.

[catatonia 10]

Now he's pitching like Wright was for Boston the other night. At least the relay worked. Schoop threw to the right base this time.

[BayAreaBmore 10]

Gonna need a huge night from the offense

[catatonia 10]

oh well maybe Gausman will knock one out.

[catatonia 10]

Gonna need a huge night from the offense

That would require putting Mancini in for Trumbo, among other things.

[pitbull 736,392]

Orioles trailing by 7 in the second inning and Jim Hunter calling the game on TV.

 

Guess I am watching hockey.