Tonight at Camden Yards, the Evil Empire – aka, the New York Yankees – come into town for a three game series.
Well, the Yankees are winless on the season and after being outplayed by the Tampa Bay Rays, they’ll be hoping for a reprieve in Baltimore.
However, the Orioles have been playing very well – having earned a series sweep over Minnesota.
In an earlier post James did a mini-preview of tonight’s game, but the story will definitely center on southpaw Brian Matusz.
We all know about his struggles from last year and the historic mark he sent. There’s no need to repeat it here.
Then again, Matusz pitched well down in Florida and it looked like that he exorcised the demons from 2011. He’ll face a challenge tonight against the Yankees and their powerful, potent, and veteran-filled lineup.
As it is, if Matusz can go five-plus innings and contain the Bronx Bombers, then it is mission accomplished for him.
The pitching has been phenomenal the first three games, and if Matusz can keep it up – that would be something.
The Birds will only improve in the standings if the pitching can hold itself together, and Matusz – no matter what you think of him – is a key to the future of baseball in Baltimore.
I suspect he will be much better off in 2012 than he was last year.
I’d love to go to the game tonight, but I have a prior engagement involving fake entertainment with men in tights who fight in staged matches down in Washington, D.C.
Wednesday night will feature the debut of Wei-Yin Chen in a Orioles uniform – and in the majors.
Finally, pretty much every game should be available on TV if you want to watch the Orioles via MASN. You can get the station on various providers such as Comcast, Cox Cable and DirecTV.
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