Tonight's Game

Overall, tonight's game was an accomplishment(even though it was against the Royals.). Our bullpen was OUTSTANDING and the starting pitching was also pretty good. The one disappointment I have is with our hitting. We have so much talent on this team, but what do we have to show for it? Gibbons , even though he drove in the winning run, had other opportunities during this game where he failed. Same thing goes for Kevin Millar. These guys are the potential leaders of this team and need to step up. Congrats on tonights win, but more offense is needed. Here is a recent blog about the Orioles season so far.- this is from Slate.com

"Ten years ago this month, the Baltimore Orioles beat the Kansas City Royals on Opening Day, claiming a share of first place. After a week, they were 4-2 and still in first. And they stayed in first for another week, and another. First baseman Rafael Palmeiro slugged 38 home runs, second baseman Roberto Alomar batted .333, and superstar manager Davey Johnson used savvy, mature starting pitchers and a dominant bullpen to keep opponents off the scoreboard. The Orioles won 98 games in 1997 and led the division from April through September.

Now, for the first time since that heady summer, the Orioles—the team I've rooted for since I was an infant—look like a potential champion. The first baseman eked out 21 home runs last year, bouncing between two other teams. The second baseman hit .286 and grounded into 16 double plays. The manager, a semianonymous Baltimore lifer, has never skippered a winning major-league season; the starting rotation features one emerging ace followed by a mix of raw youngsters and sore-armed has-beens. A week into the season, they were in last place with a 2-4 record.

At first glance, the Orioles might not seem like championship material. But championship material means the material of which champions are made. And as of the 2007 season, that means mediocrity. The reigning champs of baseball are the St. Louis Cardinals—a team that rode the sixth-best hitting and ninth-best pitching in the National League to 83 wins, a Central Division title, and a ticket to the postseason. Eleven playoff wins later, they took their place alongside the 1967 Cardinals and the 1927 Yankees: World Series winners. A week into this new season, the Cardinals were 2-4, just like the Orioles."-

http://www.slate.com/id/2163857/fr/flyout

This was just an excerpt, but it sums it up pretty well so far.