Are the Baltimore Orioles for real???

jjgold · 04-24-12, 01:49 PM

I think with some luck Balt can finish 80-80

JMobile · 04-24-12, 08:12 PM

Come on Balti!

Vinnie Paz · 04-24-12, 08:26 PM

Jays bats are fukkin useless tonight

JMobile · 04-25-12, 12:24 AM

Cashed the Orioles!

JMobile · 04-30-12, 10:48 AM

Orioles mL vs Hiroki Kuroda

taxe91 · 04-30-12, 10:53 AM

Originally posted by jjgold

I think with some luck Balt can finish 80-80

80-80 seems feasible. need to play at their absolute peaks though and not sell off talent at the trade deadline

5teamparlay · 05-06-12, 01:33 AM

HANGING TOUGH ---------

American League East

SOUP · 05-06-12, 01:40 AM

Being a Braves fan I do not pay too much attention to the AL East but I love when you see different teams starting to put together winning seasons. Orioles are always the laughing stock it would be a great story "if" they can continue their success through the summer. I hope they keep it going. My 2 cents.

neverstoppers23 · 05-06-12, 01:41 AM

they are the clev, indians of last year. great young pitching roaring to start, and it will come back down to earth pretty soon. you see teams like this every year. in the NL its the dodgers.

i remember in 2003-2004 i believe brewers started 24-10 and ended up finishing under .500

johnmax · 05-06-12, 02:29 AM

Orioles are for real imo . still a long way to go but i think they have a decent foundation heading the rest of the season.
maybe pick up couple more pieces by the deadline.. i thought they should have taken abreau

JMobile · 05-06-12, 07:03 PM

Orioles are legit!

antifoil · 05-06-12, 07:13 PM

yeah i looked up the indians record on may 6 last year. it was 21-10.

HoulihansTX · 05-06-12, 07:54 PM

But the Indians last year, had no talent. Orioles have legitimate talent. Their outfield is top 5 overall, and the pitching is top ten.

antifoil · 05-06-12, 08:01 PM

starting pitching has regression coming. they have a really low babip. three of them are under .255.

and chen has a groundball rate of only 35 percent with a modest k rate, and a hr/fb rate of only 4.7 percent. that shit won't last either.

Ralphie Halves · 05-06-12, 08:14 PM

The good is that they've kept a nucleus for a few years, and it's paying off. Seattle too.

The bad is that Buck Showalter can never put a good full year together, and the O's are still a team that cannot afford a single injury to a starting player at this time. When it starts to happen, and it will, you'll see the collapse.

LostBankroll · 05-06-12, 08:39 PM

Showalter is the reason Oooooooooooooooos are where we are at.....

paranoyd androyd · 05-06-12, 08:45 PM

what's that chick's name jmob?

ArMaNiBoYnYc · 05-06-12, 08:53 PM

Yo j i guess that other dude was on the dodgers today

Ralphie Halves · 05-06-12, 09:27 PM

Originally posted by LostBankroll

Showalter is the reason Oooooooooooooooos are where we are at.....

I'd like to think so, but I fear it's the same as last year, where he's prone to streaks, and the bad ones he has no ability to control them.

frogsrangers · 05-06-12, 10:14 PM

No, remember the Indians last year? I believe Cleveland had the best record in the MLB for the first 2 months of the year

jbart28 · 05-07-12, 12:47 AM

Originally posted by frogsrangers

No, remember the Indians last year? I believe Cleveland had the best record in the MLB for the first 2 months of the year

Great avi- Obamination has terrible bankroll management.

JMobile · 05-07-12, 09:20 AM

Originally posted by paranoyd androyd

what's that chick's name jmob?

Which one?

Anyone taking the O's today vs the Rangers?

ShawNee922 · 05-07-12, 09:49 AM

How about a Chesapeake World Series? lol

JMobile · 05-08-12, 11:20 AM

Orioles tonight guys!

frogsrangers · 05-08-12, 11:22 AM

Originally posted by JMobile

Orioles tonight guys!

I remember the Rangers pounding Arrieta last year

Arrieta is a Frog though... but I am still going to pull for the Rangers tonight anyway. I think they can get to Arrieta again especially if Beltre is in the lineup. Feliz though has been scary since he can't seem to do anything but throw fastballs in the strike zone.

JMobile · 05-08-12, 12:25 PM

If anything, I'm taking my chances against Feliz. He is the only guy in this series that can lose this game. Hey, the Orioles still have Chris Davis as the secret reliever as well u know.

JMobile · 05-09-12, 08:36 AM

I lost........

JMobile · 05-13-12, 10:47 AM

I don't think the Rays will get swept today.

coop · 05-13-12, 10:51 AM

O's Magic Baby

don't get shut out

JMobile · 05-21-12, 07:32 PM

Where are all the ones who said that the Orioles would die out right about now?

brahmabull117 · 05-21-12, 07:35 PM

absolutely not, Boston/New York/Tampa will win this division

JMobile · 05-22-12, 12:39 AM

Originally posted by brahmabull117

absolutely not, Boston/New York/Tampa will win this division

That's a 75% chance of hitting when you have 3 teams involved.

HoulihansTX · 05-22-12, 12:43 AM

Brahma bets -300 favs exclusively. Do you expect him to say something interesting, or step out on a limb?

TheBack · 05-22-12, 01:48 AM

Being a resident of Baltimore i can tell you i have seen this song and dance before with the O's. I think it was back in 2006 when we were in 1st place in the division at the all star break. Everything was looking good. Then after the all star break i think we set the record for most losses after the all star break and finished dead last. I think we only won 19 gms after the break.

All the same signs are there just like in 06 i think it was we were in 1st place starting pitching was good our bullpen was great and our offense was on fire. So forgive me if i dont by in to the O's yet. I have been burned way too many times by them. Last winning season was in 1997. Thats 15 years of losing.

19th Hole · 05-22-12, 04:47 AM

Give credit where credit is due.
Buck has made a huge difference with this ball club.