baseball – Baltimore Orioles Continue Struggles in 2009
By admin | October 29, 2009
The Baltimore Orioles have been the small fish in the big pond for many years now in the American League East. At one point during the 2009 season the Orioles were leading the division – that was an ancient memory by seasons end. The Orioles finished the 2009 season with a 64-98 record for last place.
The Red Sox had early success against the Yankee beating them their first 8 meetings. The Red Sox couldn’t sustain any long term success despite their outstanding record – the Yankees got hot and stayed hot all season long. David Ortiz struggled all season and never found his “Big Papi” mojo.
Playing the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox potentially 19 times each per year has taken its toll on the Orioles. The Orioles are typically good starters but fade fast as the season progresses. Only one pitcher on the Orioles starting staff had 10 wins and that was Jeremy Guthrie – but he also had 17 losses. When the ace of a pitching staff has 7 more losses then wins with an ERA over 5.00 – the team won’t win many games and the Orioles didn’t.
The team’s pitching was up an down all year never finding consistency. Josh Beckett did have 17 wins on the year leading the team, John Lester followed Beckett with 15 wins and leading the team in strikeouts with 225. Daisuke Matsuzaka had an off year and never was able to stay healthy.
If things remain the same for the Orioles as they have for the last decade – Orioles fans will have many heart breaking season in the future. The Orioles have a couple talented players – now it’s time to add some more talent
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