[Tournament] 2007 MLB Discussion Thread

Originally Posted by GoldfishX

Fear the Orioles...We are the Detroit Tigers of 2007. We just need some pitchers...And two good hitters...And find a way to restore team/fan moral...And we're good to go!

I mean, we have the pitchers, we just need Leo Mazzone to make them good. Bedard, Cabrera, Loewen, and Penn are all very talented young pitchers and with the right tutelage the Orioles could have a dominating rotation. The Oriole's biggest problems last year were their complete lack of any bullpen (we're fine as long as our starters can get us all the way to Chris Ray) and inability to hit it out of the ballpark. As usual the Orioles are full of potential that they will not come close to living up to in the regular season.

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Originally Posted by Winter Storm

I do think he took steriods when he hit 73. I mean Barry is well past his prime. If he was really that strong he would have done that very early in his career. Well Atlanta has nothing to be proud of anymore. Our last remaining piece of pride was snatched away.

I feel compelled to point out that the most home runs Hank Aaron hit was 47. When did he hit that total? At the ripe old age of 37. When Barry Bonds was 37, he hit 73 long balls out of the park. Not that Bonds' 73 dingers were earned without the use of drugs (especially when you consider that his next highest was 49), but hitting them at 37 doesn't seem that unreasonable. I'd imagine that homerun hitting ability doesn't diminish that quickly with age as compared to things such as speed and throwing power.

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