RickinBaltimore

For those of us out of the loop what happened

Last night is a good teaching point for the defense. The backwards pass was unfortunate, but I like the fact the team was trying to stay aggressive. Zay though really needs to come off the hands team, that's the 2nd time he's had that happen.

The tribute to Johnny Gaudreau by the Blue Jackets last night, if you watch it make sure you have tissues near by.

They saw the story about the factory in NC that didn't close and said "hold my beer"

Lamar is that man. And the King still is the King. Might have been one of the best games I've ever watched today.

10/10, would recommend this day to anyone.

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Ok, put up or shut up next season then. Also, I have a suggestion for a hire: a sports psychiatrist. Seriously, I think that would help with the mental aspect.

The skies here are...brightening? There's actual sun visible?

Hello darkness my old friend, we've gone one and done again... If yesterday's game wasn't the example of why Hyde needs to go, I don't know what is.

I honestly think if the O's pull this out today they win the series. The postseason losing streak is the elephant in the room right now, and they need to win to get that out of there. After that, they likely play a lot looser and more like they did the last week of the season.

If the O's lose this series, changes have got to be made. At the least enough with the co-hitting coaches

Oh boy. Time for payback from 2014.

High end talent and bullshit yet again. The Standard is the Standard.

Good to see the Birds sew up home field last night. Most likely getting the Tigers, hopefully they figured out those pitching matchups.

Meh, let the Yanks have the division. I'd prefer an O's win tonight, making the last 2 meaningless.

Consider me impressed. Getting back Westburg, Urias and Kjerstad seemed to have helped the offense. I'm thinking the O's get the top WC spot to host the Wild Card series at this point, but I'd rather not see the Tigers again.

I'm still trying to figure out how Dak didn't give up a safety either

They are going to back their way in at this point. That being said they are going to swept by whoever they play.

Harbaugh needs to go. I've been saying that for a while, but dear Lord this team is so undisciplined.

Since I said that the O's are 4-8. 6-12 was optimistic.

Was at the game last night. To say the crowd was deflated after that 9th is putting it mildly. Hyde needs to go. And yes, some of this is coaching. Why do you not at least try to suicide squeeze with Mullins up and Holliday on 3rd? Or have Holliday run on contact on a ground ball? Or on Santander's popup, tag up as soon as those 2 Tigers collided? Sending Adley in the 4th was also a decision that was mindboggling to say the least.

GrayRod isn't going to be back until next season from what Elias has said, at least how I've read it.

Here's the math: The O's with 2 more wins get to 87. Detroit at best can only get 87, so that's a tie. (Minnesota is irrelevant in this, I'll explain in a bit). The O's and Tigers would split the season series 3-3, again a tie. 2nd tiebreaker is intradivision record. At worse the O's go 30-22, at best the Tigers 30-22, again a tie. 3rd tiebreaker is interdivision record. With 2 wins against Detroit, the worst the O's could do is 37-27. The Tigers at best, 35-29, giving the O's that tiebreaker. Why Minnesota is irrelevant: If the Twins finish ahead of Detroit, obviously they are in and that doesn't matter. If the Twins finished at 87 wins as well however, the O's have THAT tiebreaker as well. The O's swept Minnesota earlier, so the best Minnesota could do next weekend is tie. Minnesota has already lost 23 games in their division, the O's at worse lose 22, again giving that tiebreaker to the O's.

If the O's win 2 of 3 this series they clinch a playoff spot. Hoping yesterday was the jump start they badly needed.