I am glad I am not a fan of the Baltimore Orioles. The amount of heartbreak and losing seasons is enough. But you add in Gary Thorne, and it goes overboard. This is a guy who called many hockey games over the years when he was at ESPN. It's one thing to call baseball games, but to lose a lot.
When you're facing possibly one of the top teams in the American League, how do you react? How do you react to one player? The amount of heartbreak in Thorne is always high when the Yankees have Gleyber Torres up to bat. Baltimore bounced back after an embarrassing loss to the Astros Saturday. To play yesterday against the Yankees is no cakewalk. But it was back to embarrassment. The stats are no joke. A couple years ago, Aaron Judge was destroying the Orioles. Torres now has five multi-home run games against them this year. He has 13 against them, half of his season total of 26. The double header gave him three homers and seven runs batted in. It is to the point of absurdity that he can possibly tie Lou Gehrig's record of most home runs against a team in a single season, which was back in 1936.
While the O's have had really bad seasons, this will be one they will want to forget as soon as it hits the end of September. They did not win one game at their home field, Camden Yards, against the Yankees. As of today, 14 losses in a row overall. Giving up so many home runs. It's not just Thorne that is amazed by this. His opponent's broadcasters are also amazed. You don't see this kind of power hitting. Not to the level of what was seen back in the 50s. Thorne obviously wants to see some form of a comeback, but the Yankee offense keeps finding ways to hold on to the lead and win.
You have to appreciate a guy who is trying his best not to have a huge meltdown. I would love to see Thorne cover more baseball games. Fox should have him call at least a World Series game. There might be thorns in his ass whenever he sees Yankee home runs, but the man can still call a heck of a broadcast.
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