Baltimore Orioles @ Seattle Mariners Aug 11-13

[ivotuk]

ryder ryan gave me a whole lot of sewald vibes

Same here! I expected to see him put his glove to his ear...

Paul's illegitimate son...

 

[Chapow]

That's just a good old fashioned best down right there.

 

[Shanegotyou11]

Everything changed after dumping Wong and Pollack, and bringing up Marlow. When fans speak out change happens. I think they hold onto Wong the entire year if fans were quiet.

Yea...like they kept sewald for the fans....lol

 

[sutz]

Nice way to kick off the series. Ryder with some rookie nerves, but got it done for a nice inning. Ty is starting to look like Ty again. Nice production from the bottom of the order, too.

We are now tied head to head with the O's IIRC, so we have a shot at winning the tie-breaker with them.

 

[Echawks]

god i wish we had dipoto with felix

 

[sutz]

Back up tomorrow night!

Baltimore Orioles at Seattle Mariners Preview - 08/12/2023

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Probables: Cole Irvin (1-3, 5.44 ERA) vs George Kirby (10-8, 3.32 ERA)

First pitch: 6:40 pm PDT

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Working on another series win.

 

[Echawks]

Ohhhh I love this matchup

 

[Hawk-Lock]

Went to the game today, not much to complain about.

Seemed like Baltimore kind of waived the white flag by leaving their starting pitcher in that long. It was clear from the beginning he didn’t have it, everything was hit hard.

Nice to see Castillo look like an ace again.

 

[NoGain]

I like this match up too. Kirby's just got this quiet maturity, poise, and confidence well beyond his years. Talent too, of course. Our top three starters I put against anybody's. Along with a fairly deep bullpen (I hope the Sewald trade doesn't come back to haunt us), if we just get some consistency from our lineup at the plate, raise our runs-per-game average, we're a dangerous team.

That's why me and others b*tched about the off season. We were on the precipice of being a true WS contender with the addition of a couple of good bats, someone with a high BA/OBP, and someone who consistently drove in runs. They just got cheap and rolled the dice with what they had.

But let's see what we can do. There's no reason why we can't be a WC team again. Maybe even make a little late season noise out of the divisional race, though I'm not sure we have enough to achieve that.

 

[Crizilla]

"Everything changed" a month before they got rid of Pollock or Wong. They started winning a lot more than losing July 1st. They dumped Pollock July 31st, and dumped Wong August 1st. They dumped Wong because they acquired Rojas, not because of the fans.

That's true they started playing better in early July but I still think they hold onto Wong all year if fans weren't going nuts. Ms fans have been more outspoken this year we are expecting playoffs again. This is a new chapter

 

[hawkfan68]

god i wish we had dipoto with felix

Dipoto was here with Felix from 2015-2019

 

[IndyHawk]

Same here! I expected to see him put his glove to his ear...

Paul's illegitimate son...

Ryder Ryan..Sounds like a cool closers name

 

[Threedee]

Dipoto was here with Felix from 2015-2019

Was Felix here all the way to 2019? I just remember he began to physically fall apart mid-2015.

 

[Echawks]

Dipoto was here with Felix from 2015-2019

meh i am talking about having prime felix and a guy who knew how to build a team..

 

[NoGain]

meh i am talking about having prime felix and a guy who knew how to build a team..

What? You weren't pleased with the Bavasi and Zduriencik years?

 

[NoGain]

Okay...I shed a tear.

 

[Hawk-Lock]

Happy for Felix. He had a tough ending to his career here, but looks like he is happy, and looks great.

I kind of feel bad he got stuck on crappy teams his entire career, but he made a ton of money and will probably be known as the greatest M’s pitcher to this day.

 

[Chapow]

Trying to set a record for fastest game in baseball this season.

 

[Hawk-Lock]

Trying to set a record for fastest game in baseball this season.

Not if it goes to extras tied at zero.

We got some base runners, let’s see if we can score.

 

[Echawks]

i mean on a felix night you kind of have to waste a great pitching performance