tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230895.post8180827398728219982..comments2023-10-30T06:29:55.545-04:00Comments on Left Field: So, About Those Orioles...Left Fieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096253129121716274noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230895.post-47031142393547063732012-08-30T13:41:44.832-04:002012-08-30T13:41:44.832-04:00Thanks for writing this. I've been thinking a...Thanks for writing this. I've been thinking about writing the same thing, but after this one:<br />http://replacementlevel.wordpress.com/2012/08/08/how-do-the-orioles-keep-winning/<br />where you made one of the snarky comments you reference above, I'm having a hard time doing a 180.<br /><br />In fairness to the Orioles, their Chen/Tillman/Britton/Gonzalez/soon-to-be-Hammel rotation is much better than the Arrieta/Matusz/Hunter group that is responsible for most of their awful run differential. There's reason to believe they're a .500 team as currently constituted, which gets them to 88-74 at year-end even without all the luck and close-game magic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com