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Baysox season ends

The Bowie Baysox fell victim to another home run by rehabbing major leaguer Travis Hafner and were eliminated from the Eastern League playoffs with a 5-1 loss to the Akron Aeros earlier tonight.

Hafner hit a two-run homer to go with his game-winning grand slam in Game 3 at Akron last night. Matt LaPorta also has a home run in the game -- his third in the best-of-five series.

Baysox starter Chris Tillman reportedly got hit in the arm by a shot off the bat of LaPorta and lasted just 2 1/3 innings, giving up four runs on three hits and two walks to take the loss.

Guess we'll find out in the next day or two whether 15-game winner Brad Bergesen will get a chance to audition with the Orioles for the rest of the season.

Posted by Peter Schmuck at 10:25 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)

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Please, for the sanity of Orioles fans everywhere, can the team just forfeit the rest of 2008 and get started on 2009 spring training tomorrow?

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Pete's reply: No, we can't start spring training until spring. The fans, and the writers, need the rest.

Posted by: Dave Mead | September 6, 2008 8:40 PM

Bring up the whole pitching staff at this point.

Posted by: Chris | September 6, 2008 8:50 PM

Wow. Can sports around here possibly get any worse? I spent $15 per ticket to take nine people to the O's game tonight for my 7 year-old's birthday. The game was so bad that I was ready to leave before the little kids who were with us were. We left in the fourth inning. I figured, why not go home and watch the Terps, whom I set the DVR for. My night went from bad to worse, if that is possible. Watching Chris Turner was as bad as watching Cabrera. Losing by 10 to Middle Tennessee may be a low point for this program. If Ralph can't start recruiting players to compete then it's time to find someone who can. Same with Gary, although he probably gets to decide when to go since he actually won a title.

Can all sports around here possibly be this bad? Between the O's, the Ravens and the Terps (both basketball and football) it can't get much worse can it? I don't root for the DC teams, but they haven't won anything in years either. Is there a curse? This is awful.

Posted by: terpfan | September 6, 2008 10:13 PM

You're kidding. The Orioles are still playing?

Posted by: easywriter01 | September 6, 2008 10:21 PM

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Peter Schmuck wants you to know that, contrary to popular belief, he is more than just a bon vivant, raconteur and collector of blousy flowered shirts. He is a semi-respected journalist who has covered virtually every sport -- except luge, of course – and tackled issues that transcend the mere games people play. If that isn’t enough to qualify him to provide witty, wide-ranging commentary on the sports world ... and the rest of the world, for that matter ... he is an avid reader of history, biography and the classics, as well as a charming blowhard who pops off on both sports and politics on WBAL Radio. That means you can expect a little of everything in The Schmuck Stops Here, but the major focus will be keeping you up to the minute on Baltimore’s major sports teams and themes, whether it’s throwing up the Orioles lineup the minute it’s announced or updating you on the latest sprained ankle in Owings Mills. Oh, and by the way, that’s Mr. Schmuck to you.

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