The Baltimore Orioles find themselves licking their wounds in Cleveland this weekend after being handled by Houston all week. Keep in mind folks, Houston’s a small ball team – both offensively and defensively. The Orioles are most certainly NOT a small ball team. Houston used the Orioles’ aggressiveness against them, forced them to play their (Houston’s) game, and then beat them with experience.
However the phrase that pays there is beat them with experience. A team like Houston has experience with small ball. The Orioles do not. So if the Orioles are to get back on track with their winning ways, adapting to the small ball way of life isn’t the way forward.