The Orioles Suck Even More Than The Rangers

I'd like to thank each and every one of you who came up to me yesterday and pointed this out. The score is not a misprint. The Orioles lost a baseball game to the Rangers 30-3. Thirty. Even worse, the the O's were winning the game 3-0 in the 4th inning. So they blew yet another lead (which they would also do in the second game of the double header, blowing a 7-6 lead in the 8th).

Thirty runs is the most a team has allowed since 1897 by the Lousiville Colonels. Yes, a team so bad they don't even exist anymore. For a little perspective, the Baltimore Ravens football team hasn't allowed 30 points since November 27, 2005.

It was also Dave Trembley's first day as the Orioles full-time manager (dropping the interim tag). You think you've had bad first days? He doesn't even have his email address and he's already setting records for MLB futility.

Instead of calculating ERA, the O's should track the number of pitches it took per run scored. It is epic in its crappiness:

Cabrera (6 runs): 16.0 pitches/run
Burress (8 runs): 4.25 pitches/run
Bell (7 runs): 7.7 pitches/run
Shuey (9 runs): 7.6 pitches/run
OVERALL (30 runs): 8.4 pitches/run

I don't know quite what that means, but I know it sucks. About every eight pitches, the Rangers scored a run. And who says baseball is boring?

Luckily, after the O's lost two games of a doubleheader to the Rangers, setting records for lousiness on the way, I could then ask my emergency NL backup team to bail me out.

The Diamondbacks won 3-2, extending their division lead to 3 1/2. Thanks, guys. I needed that.