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Good article in today's WaPo about Cal Ripken and "the streak." The 25th anniversary of the streak is coming up.
Excerpt: “My dad taught that being ‘an everyday player’ is literally every day,” Ripken said. “My rookie year reinforced it. We tied the Brewers after 161 games. But we lost the last game of the season.” After missing that trip to the AL Championship Series “we kept asking ourselves, ‘Where could we have made up that one game?’ Well, playing every day might help.” The search for that one extra win matters most when the challenge is hardest. “We played a 15-inning game in Boston one night, then had an early game the next day — 11 a.m. because of the Boston Marathon, I think,” Ripken said. “I was about 0 for 20, and Roger [Clemens] was pitching. That’s the game to take off, right? “No. I got two hits, singled to drive in the go-ahead run and we beat him. The game was most gratifying when you pushed yourself through.”
Another example of why I'm an Orioles fan, no matter where I live.
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O's now in first place in the AL East after Tampa held that all season. They beat Tampa Bay tonight by playing small ball in the 10th. The ghost runner on 2nd base got to third on a sac bunt then scored on a long fly ball out. Whatever works.
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O's now in first place in the AL East after Tampa held that all season. They beat Tampa Bay tonight by playing small ball in the 10th. The ghost runner on 2nd base got to third on a sac bunt then scored on a long fly ball out. Whatever works.
Orioles are a fun team to watch. What a turnaround.
Orioles are a fun team to watch. What a turnaround.
I hope they win the AL East.
This was the type of thing I had been expecting when Mike Elias became GM in Baltimore. He's approaching this much like he had when he assisted Jeff Luhnow in Houston a decade ago. What he brings to the Orioles is what Oriole fans hope will become a sustainable winner. And that's a game-changer in a division previously owned by the Yankees.
O's made just one move at the end of the trade deadline, that being to acquire starting pitcher Jack Flaherty from St. Louis. The team is going to roll with the team they have rather than make a bid for a superstar.
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O's made just one move at the end of the trade deadline, that being to acquire starting pitcher Jack Flaherty from St. Louis. The team is going to roll with the team they have rather than make a bid for a superstar.
Smart move. Why disrupt the team chemistry when you don't have to?
Today's NY Times did a feature length article on this year's Orioles team.
Title: A New Generation of Oriole Magic
Sub Title: One of the youngest and cheapest rosters in Major League Baseball has powered Baltimore to the best record in the American League. The Orioles are just getting started.
Excerpts:
- "Between innings, the scoreboard showed clips from the Orioles’ last championship clincher, 40 years ago this fall. When the game resumed, the current players did a sharp imitation. . Flawless defense, stingy pitching, clutch hitting, heady baserunning. A sold-out crowd. Fireworks. A splash zone in the outfield stands — the Bird Bath — to hose down fans after big hits. Another win for the best team in the American League. Oriole Magic, revisited."
- After a weekend sweep of the moribund Mets, the Orioles stood at 70-42, atop the A.L. They are doing it with a $70 million roster — only Pittsburgh and Oakland spend less — stocked with blossoming prospects, value-priced imports and a few regulars under 30 years old who weathered a deep rebuild. “It happened a little faster than I thought, honestly,” said first baseman Ryan Mountcastle, whom Baltimore selected out of high school in the first round eight years ago."
There's a ton more info in the article to tell who led this turnaround and how he did it.
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What the hell is this with this whole Kevin Brown situation?
His statement today.. Or his posts on social media.. Really seem to further backup that he was suspended for that graphic. And it makes management look even worse.
Why don't they just come out and say "We screwed up"?
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