The Tanking Will Continue Until Morale Improves: the 2022 Baltimore Orioles

So when is that?

I've read the 23rd

I'll put my money on the 29th or 30th in case we're still in the hunt for the easy wild card

still waiting to see what they do w/ that extra 40 man roster spot. have to imagine it goes to stowers or henderson, but...who knows?

stowers is just twiddling his thumbs hitting grand slams in Norfolk, he's 24, what does he have to learn at this point?

it's nuts w/o even getting into what guys like cowser and norby at bowie.

Officially half owners of the mickey mouse wild card

DL Hall reportedly joining the big team!

DL Hall is expected to start tomorrow night for the Orioles, a source tells The Baltimore Sun https://t.co/NX7bjVGGKG

— Andy Kostka (@afkostka) August 12, 2022

yay!

...but please promote stowers and gunnar henderson, next!

third place

stowers incoming. adios, brett phillips.

But.... the third reboot of The Richie Martin Show instead of Henderson????

Wild game going on--Orioles up 15-10 in the 6th. (I've had it on in the next room--no Jays broadcast tonight--nothing but frantic yelling from the broadcasters.)

Even more surprising than the Orioles going on a 10-game winning streak is the Orioles following that up by just.... consistently playing like a normal and marginally contending baseball team, week after week?

i was just thinking that. there was some panic on twitter, but they've seemed to still chug along and win more games than they lose. bor-ing, right?

I really do feel like you notice the absence of Mancini and Lopez when you watch the games though.

had pretty good seats for the cubs game last week and i have to say, i don't think i had appreciated how easy cedric mullins makes center field look and how inadequate tv is conveying the jorge mateo experience.

re: mancini, lopez

bullpen definitely has not regained the spring in its step. sorta thought they were gonna push hall as a multi inning for the rest of the year...would a made sense.

he is being "converted to a reliever" in AAA to be called up again apparently. probably could've just done that process in the majors but this way he conveniently stays a rookie

kyle stowers contributing, ilx gets results, you're welcome baltimore

ho hum...another series win in the bag.

today hurt - o's lose, rays jays and M's all win - but at least this is finally happening

Gunnar Henderson and DL Hall are flying to Cleveland tomorrow to join the taxi squad, per source #orioles

— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) August 31, 2022

Happy Gunnar Day everybody! (Batting 6th and playing 3B against the Guardians today.)

Well that went well!

https://www.mlb.com/orioles/video/triston-mckenzie-in-play-run-s-to-gunnar-henderson?t=moonblasts

it was glorious.

ho hum...

Can't say that having Baltimore at your heels is not comforting. They've got to be playing so loose right now; the Jays, meanwhile, have all these expectations.

Double negative...it's not comfortable, is what I meant.

I was surprised to read that the orioles and jays still play each other 10 more times this season. Could be interesting!

Nine Jays-Rays games, too.

toss in the yankees and it's really looking like a dogfight down the stretch.

the way the jays rays and mariners are playing i'm thinking the yankees falling out completely is the only way we make it in

I know Gunnar's not THIS good but I sure am enjoying this (and the hair)

situation w/ the jays will resolve itself head to head, i think.

1982 redux. sort of.

'89 for these two teams--Jays won the division by 2.0 over the Orioles, with the final three games in Baltimore. The Orioles had to sweep to win, two Baltimore wins would have left them in a tie. (I don't know if they went by head-to-head records then or a tiebreaker.)

right down to the "this team sucked real bad last year what happened???" factor

I'd forgotten all about that! That was the team lost their first 21. I have a very clear memory of the clinching win in '89: Henke struck out somebody and pumped his fists. It was a big deal after blowing it in '87.

Larry Sheets (who had one big year, if I remember correctly).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8ztJxMpVt8

team is absolutely screwed if they have to play a single day game in the playoffs

7 sunday losses in a row! why has this been a thing for so long? feel like we'd go on these streaks back in the dave trembley days

this team will never win a day game

Does a 5pm start count as a day or night game??

gonna say day for this one

i'd like to be able to blame today on needing to rely on 2 AAA pitchers for both games of a doubleheader but the offense has felt inert for a while.

feels like it might be the end :|

I woke up this morning feeling "this is the day that makes or breaks the season" and sadly I still agree with myself

Very necessary win. Rougned being Rougned to nearly the greatest extent physically possible.

well, that sucked.

i don't think we're gonna come back from that series. there's always a chance but.... no

Have you met the 2022 Blue Jays? We're a tad streaky.