Orioles Winning!

Nationals Update...They have yet to lead going into an at bat this season!
Their only win came on a walk off hit, and they have not led at any other time this season. Remember how bad the Tigers were several years ago. The Nationals might be ten times worse!

On to the Orioles...It was a very exciting weekend watching them play baseball. If not for a very forgetable 2 innings on Saturday they would be ahead in the win column right now.
After their disastrous series in Minnesota, the Orioles got things going in NY. Loewen, Bedard, and Trachsel were excellent, which is huge for the Orioles. Offensively the O's also got great production by scoring 6,7, and 6 runs over the weekend. While winning 2 at Yankee Stadium certainly is exciting, the loss on Saturday was like a kick to the nuts.

After a poor spring training, it was a great feeling to see Steve Trachsel shut down the Yanks going into the 7th inning. With 7 runs on the board against Igawa, it really seemed like the O's had the Yanks on this day. All they had to do was send it to their revamped 2007 bullpen for the win. I couldn't believe the way they lost.

The Yanks truly didn't beat the Orioles. Thats what pissed me off. Walking two batters and letting Jason Giambi hit a 3 run homerun was ridiculous. Danyz Baez had to friggin' pitch to Abreu and Rodriguez. I'd rather give up a solo homerun to one of them than walk them and set up Giambi for a 3 run shot.

Chris Ray was no better in the 9th. He got 2 outs and looked to be on the way to another save. The hit to Cano is understandable...The guy is a good hitter. Walking Jeter is stupid...make him put the ball in play! And hitting Abreu was awful as well. Now up comes the 25 million dollar man, and he steals a win from the O's and gives the whole NY fan base an orgasm as they realized he finally came through in the clutch. Ok...ARod won the game for the Yanks. But the O's never should have let him hit in that situation. The game should have long been over.

Following that game I felt awful. My wife the Yankees fan had to rub it in after I was giving her crap all day. My sister in law called about a minute later, and her cousin's boyfriend had to comment about it at Easter dinner on Sunday. I saw a kid in an Orioles hat later on Saturday and it drove me into a quick depression.

Thankfully the O's have come back over the last 2 days to help me forget about ARod debacle. Erik Bedard and Daniel Cabrera both looked like the players O's fans expect them to be. If Cabrera can manage to pitch without giving up walks like he did today, he will be just plain silly.
Kevin Millar also woke up and hit a couple of homeruns in that many days. I'm happy about him contributing in some way, but I'm not sure what to make of his Ray Lewis impersonation.