Melvin got a bad break on that call. How can the ump say if hit him when it was such a hard ground ball over toward the dugout. I think the fact that it took so long to make the call (first base ump made the suggestion 3 minutes later), no one really had a recollection of what the ball did. The fact that they let Dave argue for so long tells you they were not real certain of their call.

Is anyone else as sick of Melvin Mora as I am? First, he pulls that jacka-- routine trying to get thrown out of the game in the second inning. Then he's standing 5 feet away from Robert Andino (who is properly covering third base) on the David Wright single in the top of the fourth and fails to get in position to cut off Reimold's throw from left field. Add in his constant boneheaded baserunning blunders, and I, for one, have had enough of this guy. Mora epitomizes the Orioles' losing brand of baseball this decade.

Mora should not be playing regularly at third but I'm afraid we are stuck with him for the rest of the year. Trembley knows if he doesn't play every day he will have an even bigger scow on his face and Trembley doesn't want that. How can you swing at a ball that hits you? Hopefully theyt won't bring him back next year but the way the Zero's operate who knows.