Boston 3 & 11 & 9, Baltimore 1 & 5 & 3
I spent the weekend not in Baltimore and was thus spared from what looks like a horrendous weekend of Orioles baseball. In case you wonder how I can possibly get through a weekend without watching substandard baseball, fear not. I spent Saturday in Queens watching the Mets beat the Nationals 3-2. I had hoped to see all sorts of crappy team hijinx, and I wasn't let down. Poor John Lannan was averaging under 10 pitches per inning for six innings but was losing 1-0 for most of the game. But then the poor defense picked up. Adam Dunn singled in Cristian Guzman, who was only on third due to a passed ball, to tie the game. In the bottom of the 7th, David Wright was on 2nd via a legit double, when Jeff Francoeur hit what should have been a routine fly ball to right. Whatever sub-replacement level Nat was in right field sprinted in only to have the ball land over his head where he was originally standing. Then Adam Dunn booted a ground ball at first and the Mets were back on top 3-1. They tried to give it away with some incompetence of their own as their pitcher took what should have been an easy ground out and instead fired the ball 100 mph to the first baseman who couldn't catch it and let it go all the way up the right field line. It was great.
But enough of that. You're all probably thinking, "I can't take it anymore! This is an Orioles blog, not a Mets or Nats blog!" I'm pretty much choosing to pretend like this weekend never existed. I mean, if the O's get swept and nobody watches (except poor Nina at the game today), do they still lose? I will mention that Brian Roberts had 2 doubles this weekend to increase his team record to 54. With 13 games left on the season he has a chance to get to 60, which would be just awesome.
The O's next two series are on the road against the Blue Jays and the Indians, both teams they have much better success against than the team that is rumored to have been in Baltimore this weekend.
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well
i sure hope Wieters stays top of line-up
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by Michael18 on Sep 21, 2009 12:05 AM EDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
amen brother
he’s one of the few reasons i’m still watching….
by twistedlogic on Sep 21, 2009 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yup
Him and BRob’s doubles is really all I’m pulling for these days. It’d be nice for Markakis to look a little less awful before the end of the year too. Finish above .300.
by O'sFan21 on Sep 21, 2009 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
that too
but hes had a fairly good season when essentially everyone around him sucks. not that there’s ever a good excuse to phone it in
by twistedlogic on Sep 21, 2009 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That pompous, loud mouth boston area sports writer was correct
The red sox got no resistance this weekend from a team that is shut down. Tillman, Matusz, Bergesen, Jones, Reimold all shut down for the season. The guys left on the field may be trying, but they aren’t the crew that will win much.
Good to see Wieters waking up.
by drj on Sep 21, 2009 11:29 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs















