Orioles are in town. Battle of the birds, I guess? Sept 16-18.

vaff87 · Post #141 » by **vaff87** » Sat Sep 17, 2022 8:08 pm

Wow, what an inexcusable catcher’s interference.

Madvillainy2004 · Post #142 » by **Madvillainy2004** » Sat Sep 17, 2022 8:09 pm

Can the talking heads stop acting like Berrios is having a "good season despite a few blow ups" . He's lucky his ERA isn't a lot worst he can't miss bats.

StringerBell · Post #143 » by **StringerBell** » Sat Sep 17, 2022 8:20 pm

Yeah can't convince me Jansen is a better defensive catcher than Kirk.

And someone please tell Arash it ain't that serious.

vaff87 · Post #144 » by **vaff87** » Sat Sep 17, 2022 8:22 pm

Madvillainy2004 wrote:Can the talking heads stop acting like Berrios is having a "good season despite a few blow ups" . He's lucky his ERA isn't a lot worst he can't miss bats.

His FIP and xFIP are somewhat better than his ERA. On the other hand, his xERA is slightly worse.

vaff87 · Post #145 » by **vaff87** » Sat Sep 17, 2022 8:24 pm

Not sure about you guys, but I’m finding it hard to enjoy the game without hearing from Gunnar Henderson every couple of innings.

vaff87 · Post #146 » by **vaff87** » Sat Sep 17, 2022 8:31 pm

That was incredibly dumb.

duppyy · Post #147 » by **duppyy** » Sat Sep 17, 2022 8:34 pm

Oreos doing us a favour by playing Odor and trying dumb plays like that lol

GoRapstheoriginal · Post #148 » by **GoRapstheoriginal** » Sat Sep 17, 2022 8:44 pm

Crosses fingers just need 2 more solid innings from Berrios with 0 hits & 0 runs.

vaff87 · Post #149 » by **vaff87** » Sat Sep 17, 2022 8:48 pm

GoRapstheoriginal wrote:Crosses fingers just need 2 more solid innings from Berrios with 0 hits & 0 runs.

I’m thinking that one might be his last. He hasn’t exactly inspired confidence today.

vaff87 · Post #150 » by **vaff87** » Sat Sep 17, 2022 9:03 pm

Wow, Tapia. Definitely has that dog in him, right Madvillainy?

duppyy · Post #151 » by **duppyy** » Sat Sep 17, 2022 9:03 pm

Ride the Rocket!

GoRapstheoriginal · Post #152 » by **GoRapstheoriginal** » Sat Sep 17, 2022 9:12 pm

Nice! 1 more inning Berrios! Lets go! He needs this for his confidence

HangTime · Post #153 » by **HangTime** » Sat Sep 17, 2022 9:53 pm

OT:

do you think they'd ever treat 2nd and 3rd base like they do 1st base?

like you can run past the base, but if you don't make a move to 3rd base, or home, then you're called safe at the point of contact, and the play is dead.

Post #154 » by **Schad** » Sat Sep 17, 2022 10:08 pm

Just in case any doubt remained: we're absolutely making the playoffs. Now it's just a question of Wild Card seeding.

TOStateofMind · Post #155 » by **TOStateofMind** » Sat Sep 17, 2022 10:14 pm

Time to sweep. Nice season O’s but your time ain’t now.

Post #156 » by **Schad** » Sat Sep 17, 2022 10:46 pm

We lose a random July game: 75 posts.

We win to basically clinch a playoff spot: 17 posts from pregame all the way through to postgame.

Hottie McShotty · Post #157 » by **Hottie McShotty** » Sat Sep 17, 2022 11:43 pm

Still a chance to catch the Yankees for the division title!

LETS **** GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....

Parataxis · Post #158 » by **Parataxis** » Sat Sep 17, 2022 11:45 pm

Schad wrote:Just in case any doubt remained: we're absolutely making the playoffs. Now it's just a question of Wild Card seeding.

I guess after tomorrow, it's time to start cheering for the Orioles. Would be wonderful if they somehow catch up to Tampa. :nod:

Also, I guess that this win means that I'm making the next series thread as well? I'll have to start planning.

Lateral Quicks · Post #159 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Sun Sep 18, 2022 12:06 am

vaff87 wrote:
Lateral Quicks wrote:.

What a bum, amirite?

Read on Twitter

Absolutely. Because 15 games is the same thing as 80 games.

vaff87 · Post #160 » by **vaff87** » Sun Sep 18, 2022 12:37 am

Lateral Quicks wrote:
vaff87 wrote:
Lateral Quicks wrote:.

What a bum, amirite?

Read on Twitter

Absolutely. Because 15 games is the same thing as 80 games.

If Bo had anything like a .063 slg percentage over 80 games, you might have a point. But as you’ve been told a bazillion times, Bo was actually an above average hitter from the start of May to the start of September. He literally only had a bad April.

Juan Soto is one of the best hitters of this generation, he was traded for the largest prospect haul in history. The Padres are in a playoff race and desperately need this guy. Yet he’s slumping like that. Bo is not as good a hitter as Juan Soto, Vladdy is not as good a hitter as Juan Soto. And you certainly can’t say the guy can’t handle the spotlight of a playoff race after what he did in the 2019 postseason. It’s just baseball.

Also, Bo has an fWAR of 4.4 to Soto’s 3.0.