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Nice game for Beckham!

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 1, 2011 -> 09:04 PM) I'm now starting to wonder with our current 3-15 stretch if we can actually go 2-11 over the next 13 games to "reverse" match our WINNING streak last year? TWILIGHT ZONE TIME. 6 in a row lost at home, no more than 4 runs scored in any of those games. BTW, Oakland and the Angels are 1-2 in AL pitching, both with ERA's under 3. And we face Pineda and King Felix. Perfect Storm, here we come! 30 of 43 on the road with a struggling team = season over early

One observation on the year: Jeff Niemann must really suck

Orioles just have a swagger it seems like. Very good defense out there and a lot of confidence.

Don't tell caulfield that Indians just scored 2 runs to take the lead. 10 games out, here we come

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 1, 2011 -> 07:48 PM) The White Sox are horrendous at baseball, lol. For this next post, I'll use a synonym of horrendous Atrocious defense...check Atrocious offense...check Atrocious bullpen...check The only thing we've been solid at is our strating pitching has been good. Outside of that, from a performance perspective, we've done everything else poorly. And while I'm not writing the season off, these consistent slow starts get pretty old and I'd like to think at some point someone takes a fall for them. Starting pitching hasn't been all that good, as our ERAs are 3.06, 3.60, 4.46, 5.12, 5.86 (worst two are our top 2 starters supposedly)

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 1, 2011 -> 08:44 PM) You guys continue to have no idea what the average "4th starter" is. That's a guy with an ERA around 5.5. Is that true?

Did Hawk just say our starting pitching hasn't been bad?

Hawk, let me tell you that Konerko isn't on the same planet as D. Lee when it comes to scooping throws. Morel with some nice swings today, that's promising.

Beckham unable to get the hands extended (never does anymore), and hits a lazy pop up to right.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 1, 2011 -> 08:38 PM) It does appear his effort is less than stellar which was the exact knock against him in Toronto. Maybe its his toe injury, or maybe its the fact that he is very graceful and those guys look like they give less effort than they do, but hopefully he didn't think he shut up his critics with his first half last year, because he's been awful ever since. Between him and Dunn, I bet you're going to start hearing KW talk about acquiring "winning ball players".

Lillibomb! He should be playing every game, at least he's trying out there.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 1, 2011 -> 08:31 PM) At this point, it's pretty clear that Gavin Floyd is never going to be better than a 4th starter with occasional flashes of brilliance. Still has a lot of trade value though. There's a better chance he's our "#1" starter next year than him getting traded. I still feel like only a few people really realize the dire starting pitching issues we're looking at next year.

BOOING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nice mound visit by Cooper there.

Gavin's fastball seems to be an afterthought tonight. He's not setting up his pitches very well today.

Poor Orioles, they'd have a chance to win the AL Central if they were in our division.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 1, 2011 -> 08:23 PM) Why not Cooper? The vaunted starting rotation had the 8th best ERA in the AL last year, and are 9th this year. Cause he fixed Humber!

I'm at least excited to root for Daniel Hudson today. Gavin's lost it the last 4 batters. Sox seem to be involved in more blowouts lately than my 8 month old versus his diapers.

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 1, 2011 -> 08:21 PM) Ugh, this one is definitely out of reach now...10-19....ugh. Someone needs to get fired. My prediction is Walker on Thursday.

Hopefully Beckham gets a hit next time up to give us something to be happy about in this game. Another lazy play by Rios in CF.

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 1, 2011 -> 08:17 PM) Liriano has actually been horrendous this year. He has an ERA over 9. I wonder if Ozzie will play Dunn against him. I would have rather had Dunn sit vs Liriano and play against Britton, as the sinker ball is more in his wheelhouse than the Liriano slider.

This Orioles lineup is pretty damn good. Throwing anything straight to Reynolds is really foolish.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 1, 2011 -> 08:12 PM) WTF? You really think this is anyone's thought process? Yes balta, I absolutely do. You really think they'd fire Ozzie today and let that take away from Thibs winning the award.

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 1, 2011 -> 08:06 PM) The sad thing is, I do feel like the game is lost now. Well, good luck with the Sox hitting a solo homer off of him.

Gonna have to wait another few days for any possible coaching changes, as no way will JR make a move (Ozzie or Walker) with Thibs getting the Coach of the Year Award and Rose getting MVP tomorrow.