He should have given Berg a chance to close out. I was watching online so I can’t say how he looked in the 8th, but he only had 107 pitches I think. I believe this game would have had a different outcome…shoulda, coulda, woulda.

I have a feeling this may be our first unanimous MBP. Although, Ripken did not get 100% vote into the HoF so we shall see.

we had a 4-run lead…and bringing in our two BEST pitchers doesn’t seem to be a bad decision. The fact is we did everything right untill the 9th. Something about 4 walks in the inning seems bad. Besides Sherill had Varitek struck out (the home-plate umpire even had him K’d), but Nooo…Varitek the effing cheater that he is (see invisible HBP) asked down at first base…which was probably one of those freakin’ umps from yesterday or Monday. On that note the Umpire today was surprisingly better…a few spotty calls, but much better!

Berg was awesome today…anyone still think he can’t be a No. 3 pitcher on a good pitching team…everything about him is good pitching…remarkably consistent.

It’s really a damn shame we couldn’t go out west with some serious momentum. But, I guess that’s what we’re in for with these 2009 Orioles. Flashes of brilliance to give us hope for the future followed by cruel letdowns back into reality.

Still feels pretty good about last night. It just feels really shitty about today too. What a rollercoaster ride.

so in my opinion this loss is actually a win because we have Bergeson on our team.

It should have been Bergesen or no one.

Sherrill had like two strike threes that were called checked balls.

Everyone in my section was upset, and our usher too. It was absolute horseshit. Even 70 year old Boston fan said it wasn’t a good call.

But what about the hitting situations late in the game? Personally, I would have felt a lot more comfortable with Wieters or Jones coming in late to pinch hit for some of our less reliable bats. Granted Wieters hasn’t proven himself reliable on this level yet, and AJ is slumping and slightly banged up…I still would’ve rather seen them up late in the game.

I think it’s relatively obvious…

He put the guys in the situations they should be pitching in. They just didn’t perform. You can’t always go blaming the manager. If he had kept Bergesen in and he had gotten knocked around everybody would be second-guessing that too. I thought it was the right decision and the players just have to perform.

I had to leave and missed the collapse, so that mutes the sting of the collapse. Usually the O’s lose and you just know they will continue to suck.

But the O’s did not roll over and play dead in this series. Lester owned them, but otherwise, the O’s battled and should have won two. Get this team some decent pitching (which is percolating in the minors) and another bat and good things are brewing. I want to see them battling like this late in the year with a chance to knock the red sox out of a division title or some such. I’ll take my chances with Bergensen on the mound, and he’s one of the unheralded call ups. Just keep battling, that’s really what I want to see. Oh, along with no stupidity on the bases.

This is about as positive as I’ve felt about the team after dropping a series to the red sox.

But every time I look at Bergensen’s pitching line (and the one time I got to watch a game he was pitching) I can’t help thinking we have a real gem. I know we have to see what happens after teams start seeing him for the second and third time, but so far I’ve been rather impressed. If he’s considered to be on the low end of the Baltimore system’s pitching depth and quality, then maybe we really do have something to get excited about.