I just saw Freddie Bynum watch a grounder slowly roll through his legs to allow the game winning run to score in the bottom of the ninth against the Toronto Blue Jays. It seems as though he may have been auditioning for the part of “Croquet Wicket #2″ in the Greater Essex Community Center play: Alice in Wonderland Goes to Jail. Either that or he momentarily forgot how to see.
Whatever the case, I think this game signals the end of the Orioles’ surprising success this year and points toward getting back to the rebuilding phase of the Andy McPhail plan. Remember, there are 3 phases to that plan:
1. Trade best players for highly touted, young prospects
2. Poison Peter Angelos
3. Win World Series
As much as a feel-good story it would be for the O’s to make a run this year, it’s not worth it. The bullpen is obviously not goint to hold up as much as it has already and the one run games are going to start to even out against the O’s. The Rays have already taken the underdog mojo anyway, I don’t think there’s enough mojo juice to go around. So to piggy-back off the two previous posts, the O’s should keep the plan they had in the offseason and stay the course. Staying the course worked for George W. Bush, right?
And sorry for the 3rd Orioles post in a row. Maybe we should have considered starting this blog back up when more than just baseball and tennis is going on. Although, at least we’re not talking about A-Rod and Madonna, ya know?
