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HAHAHAHA. God, Rios....way NOT to make Showalter pay. And still off the hook for Alexei.

Jesus, Konerko is good. And Dunn, they're killing you with down and in breaking balls over and over and over again. But we've to the 3-1 lead now and our bullpen. Rios with the ultimate disrespect move by Showalter. Light 'em up.

Dadgummit Dunn. The 2nd strike was yours to drill.

There's our huge break. Let's make the Orioles pay. Morel getting down a solid, but not great bunt. But did the job. Chris Davis, he's not so good at defense.

Get 'em on, get 'em over, get 'em in. Follow the formula, just like 2005. Except Morel is no Iguchi, lol.

14 runs, 12 hits for Knights Conor Jackson, 3 walks McPherson with 3 run homer and a double Phegley hitting in the 340's, Danks over 300 Kuhn and Ozzie Martinez 0 fers

Jared Mitchell 1 for 4 with yet another triple...batting .333 so far.

Please do not put in Zach Stewart. One scoreless inning yesterday is not convincing enough. That'll work, hopefully we can score in the bottom of the inning and get Crain for the 7th.

Roger Bossard-induced single for Alexei. Now a blast? Or not. Would have preferred to see Alexei try to steal 2nd base there or a hit-and-run. Beckham showing warning track power and machete follow-through. Almost a bit like Frank Thomas, Hrniak style. I can't accept the idea they'll use Ohman here. 111 and counting for Humber, here. Playing with fire. 115 pitches, 69 strikes, struggled, but gutsy performance. In the second half last season, those type of innings were turning into crooked numbers consistently. Now to Ohman?

More worried about Ohman/Stewart/Jones for the 6th. If we can get to the 7th, then we have Crain at least, or Thornton. Maybe Reed.

Get the bullpen warmed up, Humber's only going to be able to go one more inning unless he REALLY keeps his pitch count down in the top of the 5th. So who do we go to this early? Jones, Stewart and Crain are the options.

That ball tailed right back over the plate at the end. Lucky we only gave up 1 run so far. Need another K. Huge strikeout, but don't let up now, need to keep it tied with how our O has been going. Playing with fire, Chavez has been cold so far but eventually his luck has to turn.

This is not looking good. Time for the DP grounder. Or K.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Apr 16, 2012 -> 08:01 PM) Who you want playing there? I like AJ in 5spot with what he has shown lately. Ramirez. But that doesn't leave much protection down in the order, just Dayan.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Apr 16, 2012 -> 08:00 PM) You're in for a long season. Dunn and Rios both in the 220's and they're mostly out of hot water compared to Beckham and Morel's awful starts offensively.

Okay, that HAS to be the end of the Morel in the 2 spot experience. Please, Robin?

Gas, he gown. That 2nd strike was right across the heart of the plate, not a chance for Beckham. To Charlotte, goeth thee former Sir Beckham, joineth the Knights and regain thy mojo.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Apr 16, 2012 -> 07:54 PM) best number five in the divison. With how the AL Central looks so far, not sure that's saying much. Overall, you'd absolutely have to take Verlander/Scherzer/Porcello and a healthy Fister, but they definitely have some issues at the back of their rotation for the time being.

Here comes dreaded Sox killer Nick Markakis. Thankfully AJ backhanded that earlier bad pitch. Good job by Phil, got ahead of the count on Markakis, didn't want to be forced to come with a FB behind in the count.

Gotta lay off those outside pitches, but hopefully Dayan can make some adjustments. Seemed he might be completely overmatched by the FB over the plate (Konerko missed one, even) but he at least made contact once or twice. That's typically the way pitchers always go after Uribe and Ramirez with 2 strikes as well. Twins leading our old friend Sweaty Garcia 5-3 in the middle innings, @ Fort Apache the Bronx.

AJ early season Sox MVP. Sign him to another extension, KW. Who knows, stranger things have happened, but there's so much wear and tear, he's got to break down sooner or later, doesn't he?

Those are some god-awful boots some of the Orioles players are sporting. Nick Johnson with that porn-stache looks like Billy Zane's (Titanic) diabolical brother. 6 up, 6 down for Phil. Looking good, so far. Let's not have Andino beat us this year, please. Surprisingly, the Royals have scored an early run against Verlander and threatening to take the lead back.

Nice recovery, Jones, Wieters and Chris Davis have been their best hitters so far.

Poor Adam. Frozen on the hook. Morel really pulled his head off that ball, cued it to the right side. What's new? Austin Jackson continuing his nice start, homer for the Tiggers. There's your early run, Mr. Verlander. (Of course, with the way the Royals pitching has been going, 7-13 runs isn't unanticipated).

Phil bringing the heat. I don't remember him consistently throwing 92-93 MPH in the 2nd half last year. Still has that dreaded Uncle Charlie, too. Hard to blame the fans too much, it's the Orioles, after all. They showed up this weekend, especially on Sunday. But April games (weeknight) are always difficult.