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Gameday Thread: Indians at Orioles, 05/07

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Game Time: 12:35 | TV: MASN, STO (CLE) | Radio: WHFS
Fausto Carmona, RH Steve Trachsel, RH (2-1, 3.76) (1-3, 4.08)

Carmona is coming back up after getting sent down following a really good start against the O's. He went down because Cliff Lee came off the DL, and is back because Jake Westbrook is on it now.

Trachsel is livin' on a prayer. Who doesn't love a Monday afternoon game?

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SCREW CLEVELAND!
Let's get this game! I bought my first Orioles hat and I'm freaking jacked today! Screw Carmona their hack 5th starter! Let's get about 10 runs and make Trachsel proud!

WHO'S WITH ME!?

by Baseball Savant @ Camden Chat on May 7, 2007 8:53 AM EDT reply actions  

YEAH!!!

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 8:55 AM EDT up reply actions  

BRING IT.
Ramon Hernandez is better than you.

by 2632 on May 7, 2007 9:16 AM EDT up reply actions  

This one
I bought this one:

http://mlb.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pMLB2-1314338reg.jpg

I saw some hats at Dick's Sporting Goods and it was between that one and this one:

http://lf.hatworld.com/hwl?set=sku[20042661],d[2004],c[2],w[250],h[188]&load=url[file:product]

I went with the former because I don't really like the stretch fit hats, but I did like the all-Orange.

by Baseball Savant @ Camden Chat on May 7, 2007 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions  

RE:
Fitted caps are the only way to go.   Best part is, friends can't take them.
"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle

by BirdFanInPhilly on May 7, 2007 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions  

Maybe this time...
our offense will realize that this guy is in fact not Cy Young, and perhaps the demotion after us/promotion before us will fire this gd team up.

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 8:58 AM EDT reply actions  

I'm ditching work early for this game
I just hope it's not too cold. It'll be my second time seeing Trachsel pitch, the first time being when he handled the Blue Jays. I'm confident. My record on the year so far is 3-1.

"If you know how to cheat, start now." ~Earl Weaver

by Stacey on May 7, 2007 9:28 AM EDT reply actions  

BRING IT
licious!!!

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions  

Oh man
I'm glad this is an afternoon game. This means I have half a chance in hell of accomplishing something tonight.

And boy do I have a lot to accomplish. Only 8 days left in the semester...!

by pipkin on May 7, 2007 9:40 AM EDT reply actions  

Great Another Day Game
Now I'm sure to be fired. Maybe I should just go out for lunch today and not come back.
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by BENNYBIRDMAN on May 7, 2007 9:46 AM EDT reply actions  

Luckily
I work with headphone on all the time, so nothing unusual there. Clapping and swearing are pretty par for the course, too. No one will know I'm listening to the game.
Ramon Hernandez is better than you.

by 2632 on May 7, 2007 10:07 AM EDT up reply actions  

Clapping is par for the course?
I don't recall ever clapping at work, unfortunately. You must have a way cooler job than me.

"If you know how to cheat, start now." ~Earl Weaver

by Stacey on May 7, 2007 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions  

No way, dude.
You're an international woman of mystery with top secret clearance. I got nothin on that.
Ramon Hernandez is better than you.

by 2632 on May 7, 2007 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions  

Shhhhh
I don't want to have to kill you for knowing too much.

"If you know how to cheat, start now." ~Earl Weaver

by Stacey on May 7, 2007 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions  

dude 2632
I don't know her but she sounds serious. Maybe her co-workers put her on the otherside of the bookcase for there own protection.
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by BENNYBIRDMAN on May 7, 2007 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions  

the rumors are true.
Javylicious is a force to be reckoned with.
Ramon Hernandez is better than you.

by 2632 on May 7, 2007 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions  

You are lucky
My back is to anybody entering my little hamlet here in Cuberville so I'm a sitting duck for Project Managers, Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Janitors, you name it.
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by BENNYBIRDMAN on May 7, 2007 10:12 AM EDT reply actions  

Ooh that sucks
I used to have one of those type cubes, it was horrible. But I recently moved to a new office where they didn't have any place in the cube farm, so I have a sitting area and a giant bookshelf dividing me from the rest of the office. Everyone acts like they're sorry I'm so isolated, but it's actually quite nice. When the O's have day games I totally just put on the radio. No headphones or anything. No one even notices.

"If you know how to cheat, start now." ~Earl Weaver

by Stacey on May 7, 2007 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions  

I have a cube,
But I use a laptop, so I never have to face away from traffic. I'm sneaky.
Also, my boss listens to Sox games on the radio in his office, so he doesn't care.

 

Ramon Hernandez is better than you.

by 2632 on May 7, 2007 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions  

I'm a HS teacher
with a BOE that firewalls ANY site worth reading except this one. So that $15 I plunked down for GameDay Audio? Can't even use it during my planning time or after school. Blocked. So I'm on my own, facing 3 more classes of 9th graders just JACKED to be in World History class.

Sucks.

"And when I punch you I feel happy inside..."

by duck on May 7, 2007 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions  

Don't teach World History
Teach Orioles history.  All of the world's problems can be solved by learning from the O's mistakes.

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions  

Solving Global Warming -- The Oriole Way!
By signing veteran mediocre pitchers with a history of arm problems, we can reduce the amount of cloroflorocarbons in the atmosphere!
oriolesupdate.blogspot.com

by BrianS on May 7, 2007 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions  

hey
a butterfly flaps its wings...

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions  

Six causes of WWI
  1. Militarism
  2. Nationalism
  3. Imperialism
  4. Secret alliances
  5. Murder of Franz Ferdinand
  6. O's trade Schilling, Finley and Harnisch for Glenn Davis
Yup, it'll fit right in....
"And when I punch you I feel happy inside..."

by duck on May 7, 2007 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions  

Uhhhh
you forgot about the ramifications of a unified German state.  That and the effect of the song "We Are Family" on the morale of the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates.

by Jonnypops on May 7, 2007 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

How much do you wanna bet
Paul Bako starts today?
  1. We have a chance to win the series as opposed to just splitting after winning the first two and Perlozzo is just mystifying, and not in a good way.
  2. We haven't seen him in a while
  3. Day game after a day game after a night game in which Razor Lagasse started both.
  4. Carmona is a RHP and Perlozzo thinks everyone on the team can slug away any RHP in the majors.
  5. Perlozzo is mystifying.

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 11:59 AM EDT reply actions  

6)
Ramon stole a base yesterday so Perlozzo thinks he's worn out.  Did I mention Perlozzo is mystifying?

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

don't be so quick to judge!
i'm not saying put the dude at clean up, but ole base knock bako has a higher obp than nick markakis, huff and gibby.

i know, i know...sample size, but still!

by jq higgins on May 7, 2007 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions  

it is offical
bako is in the lineup catching and batting last
They doubt us! But we shall rise from the depths and strike them when they least expect it! NOW! GO O's in '07!

by westcoastOfan on May 7, 2007 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions  

Damn!!!
I shoulda put some money on that!

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 12:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

No
You should've put some of the bank's money on  that.  Know what I mean?  Know what I mean?  Nudge, nudge.  Say no more.

by Jonnypops on May 7, 2007 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

Ahhh, higher education
Naturally, with just one week until finals begin, I'm skipping two classes to watch this game.  Priorities, dammit!

Go O's!

by zmb on May 7, 2007 12:17 PM EDT reply actions  

did you know
that esskay was there?? for the ripken years??
i certainly did not. i'm so glad they finally told me.
Ramon Hernandez is better than you.

by 2632 on May 7, 2007 12:32 PM EDT reply actions  

Yeah...
if they were in Europe in 1912 WWI may have never happened.

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

It's true!
The Egyptians used them as mortar to build the pyramids!  That and Spam.
"My wife left me, my daughter has a driver's license, and keeping the cosmos from chaos lacks so much of the razzle dazzle."

by Dr Orpheus on May 7, 2007 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions  

Esskay
was also the product of the first domesticated livestock in ancient Sumeria, between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what is ironically present day Iraq.

by Jonnypops on May 7, 2007 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

Uhhh...
Did Trachsel just take a shot to the chest by Hafner?  Is he Iron Man?
"My wife left me, my daughter has a driver's license, and keeping the cosmos from chaos lacks so much of the razzle dazzle."

by Dr Orpheus on May 7, 2007 12:45 PM EDT reply actions  

just saw the replay
and lets hope that's our quota for the year on balls inside the jersey this year.

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

Stevie Trachsel
Three up, three down; one K.  It's early, but promising nonetheless.

by zmb on May 7, 2007 12:45 PM EDT reply actions  

and if...
they were in Ireland in 1843-1849 they're would have been no famine.

See Duck some kids did pay attention during world history.  

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by BENNYBIRDMAN on May 7, 2007 12:48 PM EDT reply actions  

that was supposed
to be attached to an earlier comment.

sorry.

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by BENNYBIRDMAN on May 7, 2007 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

Garko?
Great name or the best name ever?
"My wife left me, my daughter has a driver's license, and keeping the cosmos from chaos lacks so much of the razzle dazzle."

by Dr Orpheus on May 7, 2007 12:54 PM EDT reply actions  

Gonnie Garko?
great movie.

by jq higgins on May 7, 2007 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

Does Garko
sound more like a super hero, or a super villian?

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 12:54 PM EDT reply actions  

Villian!
Same with Fausto.  "I am Fausto," women cheer with delight, "and you are welcome."
"My wife left me, my daughter has a driver's license, and keeping the cosmos from chaos lacks so much of the razzle dazzle."

by Dr Orpheus on May 7, 2007 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

Garko, Bat Lord of Ganymede
I'm thinking perhaps a dark-yet-morally-ambiguous character.

by NHZ @ Camden Chat on May 7, 2007 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

I was thinking
super hero with lizard qualities. But I'm liking these ideas too.

And this is pretty much the exact conversation Javylish and I had at the game Saturday. Weird.

Ramon Hernandez is better than you.

by 2632 on May 7, 2007 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions  

All right
Trot has been hitting us pretty well.  Hopefully he won't go 5-5 again today..the jerk.
"My wife left me, my daughter has a driver's license, and keeping the cosmos from chaos lacks so much of the razzle dazzle."

by Dr Orpheus on May 7, 2007 12:59 PM EDT reply actions  

hey, now.
Trot Nixon is one of my favorite players in basbeball.
That being said, I hope he's hitless for the rest of the day.
Ramon Hernandez is better than you.

by 2632 on May 7, 2007 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yeah
I like him as well.

But...seriously, strike out a million times today.

"My wife left me, my daughter has a driver's license, and keeping the cosmos from chaos lacks so much of the razzle dazzle."

by Dr Orpheus on May 7, 2007 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

Huff is up over .250
Wonders never cease.

by NHZ @ Camden Chat on May 7, 2007 1:03 PM EDT reply actions  

DAMN YOU MELVIN!!!!
"My wife left me, my daughter has a driver's license, and keeping the cosmos from chaos lacks so much of the razzle dazzle."

by Dr Orpheus on May 7, 2007 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

Whatever happened to the Mora
that hit .280ish? His plate discipline and pop are back, but not his average? Bizarre. Must be all that bunting.

by NHZ @ Camden Chat on May 7, 2007 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions  

actually...
i'll be curious to see if dropping him down brings back "hacky" mora, disciple of tony batista.

by jq higgins on May 7, 2007 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

F*ck you
Melvin Mora!!!

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 1:04 PM EDT reply actions  

JAY PAYTON!
With the legs!
"My wife left me, my daughter has a driver's license, and keeping the cosmos from chaos lacks so much of the razzle dazzle."

by Dr Orpheus on May 7, 2007 1:07 PM EDT reply actions  

Let's go, buckethead.
Ramon Hernandez is better than you.

by 2632 on May 7, 2007 1:08 PM EDT reply actions  

Maryland Lottery commercial
Anybody seen that commercial showcasing the woman who stands up during the seventh inning of an opening day game and looks like "you know who"?

Maybe it's the generation gap, but I have no clue who she looks like.  Help?

by zmb on May 7, 2007 1:13 PM EDT reply actions  

i've been trying
to figure that out also i think its marilyn monroe but thats just a guess.
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by BENNYBIRDMAN on May 7, 2007 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions  

nah...
it looks like it's supposed to be a bit more old timey than marily monroe.  maybe they just figure most people wouldn't know who the hotties were in the 30s and 40s.

i watch a lot of tcm and she doesn't look like anyone i recognize.

by jq higgins on May 7, 2007 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions  

yes but ....
in the commerical i belive the narrator (old man sitting on the steps of a brick rowhouse) says "The year was 1954 and it was opening day" or something to that effect. I'm just going from memory so i'm not postive.
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by BENNYBIRDMAN on May 7, 2007 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

I think Sizemore did
more damage yesterday in the field than nixon did at the plate.
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by BENNYBIRDMAN on May 7, 2007 1:13 PM EDT reply actions  

Has Bako
caught anyone stealing so far?

by Jonnypops on May 7, 2007 1:15 PM EDT reply actions  

besides nixon...
i think josh barfield and casey blake have also just eaten the o's up this year.  blake definitely has all or most of his homers against the o's.

by jq higgins on May 7, 2007 1:18 PM EDT reply actions  

I want to dress like Erik Bedard.
I'll be there tomorrow night, along with the 147 other people anxiously awaiting Tuesday-night, Birds-Rays baseball!

Feel the excitement!

by zmb on May 7, 2007 1:27 PM EDT reply actions  

Glad to see
the boys are being patient at the plate.  We made Fausto grind out a whole 6 pitches that inning.  

I have a feeling we'll light him up next inning - you heard it here first (unless I'm wrong).  

HLR: 2-3

by goonybananas on May 7, 2007 1:30 PM EDT reply actions  

Someone...
...very devious and dramatic.
"My wife left me, my daughter has a driver's license, and keeping the cosmos from chaos lacks so much of the razzle dazzle."

by Dr Orpheus on May 7, 2007 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

i've actually...
thought about it and the whole name would be cooler than fausto carmona...which sort of sounds like he could be a renaissance era violinist who sold his soul to the devil.

by jq higgins on May 7, 2007 1:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

Trotso's
consecutive base hit streak has ended at six.  Don't mess with Trachs.

by zmb on May 7, 2007 1:35 PM EDT reply actions  

all we are saying...
is give trax a chance!

by jq higgins on May 7, 2007 1:41 PM EDT reply actions  

Huff is a lucky man today
"My wife left me, my daughter has a driver's license, and keeping the cosmos from chaos lacks so much of the razzle dazzle."

by Dr Orpheus on May 7, 2007 1:42 PM EDT reply actions  

Trax
is gonna go 5-20 with a 3.80 ERA.
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by CStoneNo37 on May 7, 2007 1:44 PM EDT reply actions  

Can I get a witness
"My wife left me, my daughter has a driver's license, and keeping the cosmos from chaos lacks so much of the razzle dazzle."

by Dr Orpheus on May 7, 2007 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

Wow
Great AB Melmo.
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by CStoneNo37 on May 7, 2007 1:46 PM EDT reply actions  

What is this infield single business?
This isn't terrible!
"My wife left me, my daughter has a driver's license, and keeping the cosmos from chaos lacks so much of the razzle dazzle."

by Dr Orpheus on May 7, 2007 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions  

looked like a linedrive on gamecast.
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by BENNYBIRDMAN on May 7, 2007 1:46 PM EDT reply actions  

Two ugly base hits
but a two-out rally in the making ...

Just as I finish typing this, Payton goes the opposite way with an RBI single!  1-1, baby!

by zmb on May 7, 2007 1:46 PM EDT reply actions  

JAY PAYTON!!!!
"My wife left me, my daughter has a driver's license, and keeping the cosmos from chaos lacks so much of the razzle dazzle."

by Dr Orpheus on May 7, 2007 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

Correction ...
Huff reached on an error.  My mistake.

by zmb on May 7, 2007 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

Carmona
If it bleeds, you can kill it.  

by birdman on May 7, 2007 1:47 PM EDT reply actions  

When
did we decide to start taking pitches? Bases loaded for Scorey.
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by CStoneNo37 on May 7, 2007 1:50 PM EDT reply actions  

Kevin Moneyball Millar
draws the walk.  C-mon, Corey!

by zmb on May 7, 2007 1:51 PM EDT reply actions  

bunt!!!!!
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by BENNYBIRDMAN on May 7, 2007 1:52 PM EDT reply actions  

SALVEAU AUTEAU PARTS!
in beauuuuutiful belllllll air.
Ramon Hernandez is better than you.

by 2632 on May 7, 2007 1:54 PM EDT reply actions  

at least...
carmona's pitch count got jacked up a bit.  him and trax are about equal at this point.

by jq higgins on May 7, 2007 1:54 PM EDT reply actions  

Pitch count through 4
Trax -- 61
Fausto Carmona -- 58

by zmb on May 7, 2007 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

"I have a feeling we'll light him up
 next inning - you heard it here first (unless I'm wrong)."

Okay, so that wasn't exactly what I had in mind when I made that prediction, but I'll take it.  At least we tied up the game and chewed up some pitches.  

by goonybananas on May 7, 2007 1:56 PM EDT reply actions  

Everytime i think of Trax
I get this visual in my brain of Trashcan Man from Stephan Kings "The Stand". I don't mean "day after the superflu hit" Trashy but like "been out in the Nevada desert lokking for nukes" Trashy.
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by BENNYBIRDMAN on May 7, 2007 2:02 PM EDT reply actions  

this is vintage good trax...
i'm curious to see the replay later on check out the action on his pitches.

anyone get a sense on what kind of strike zone today's ump is calling?

by jq higgins on May 7, 2007 2:03 PM EDT reply actions  

The borderline off-the-plate pitch
is a strike.  But the borderline low pitch is a ball.  Fairly consistent zone for both pitchers.

Trachsel's breaking stuff has looked really impressive at times, freezing hitters.  But, at the same time, he's hung some fat pitches, too, that the Indians just missed.

by zmb on May 7, 2007 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions  

the radio guys
are talking about bako's "buttocks". I am icked out.
Ramon Hernandez is better than you.

by 2632 on May 7, 2007 2:06 PM EDT reply actions  

Yeah
this is getting weird.  Earlier Dempsey was talking about Trax unbuttoning is pants to get to a ground ball or something...  there's something very homo about the whole situation.

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions  

Paul Bako gets funky.

For a white dude.

Ramon Hernandez is better than you.

by 2632 on May 7, 2007 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

i think I find that
to be quite disturbing and I'm not even sure why!

by Gorilla Bird on May 7, 2007 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

Chris Gomez is not amused!
"My wife left me, my daughter has a driver's license, and keeping the cosmos from chaos lacks so much of the razzle dazzle."

by Dr Orpheus on May 7, 2007 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

Baseknock Bako
I guess I take back my other comment about you... you ARE serviceable.

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 2:06 PM EDT reply actions  

Wow
How many infield singles have we gotten this game?
"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle

by BirdFanInPhilly on May 7, 2007 2:09 PM EDT reply actions  

Infield Singles...
are the best.  Anyone can get one.  Just look at the two guys that are on base.  Opposite ends of the "infield single" spectrum.
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by BPinOK on May 7, 2007 2:10 PM EDT reply actions  

roberts...
is really in the zone.  he worked that count like nobody's business.

by jq higgins on May 7, 2007 2:10 PM EDT reply actions  

We've got 6 hits have
any gotten out of the infield?
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by BENNYBIRDMAN on May 7, 2007 2:10 PM EDT reply actions  

I know
Huff's did earlier in the game but he was promptly doubled out on a Mora ground ball.

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

Just
Huff's single to left in the second.  And Payton's RBI in the fourth.

by zmb on May 7, 2007 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

c'mon Aubrey
DO IT.

.184 with runners in scoring position? fix that.

Ramon Hernandez is better than you.

by 2632 on May 7, 2007 2:13 PM EDT reply actions  

dude...
are they pitching around huff to get to bunty mcbuntenstein?

by jq higgins on May 7, 2007 2:13 PM EDT reply actions  

bunty mcbuntensteiner
dr. bundt q. fitzbuntelshnausen, phd

by thewaywardO on May 7, 2007 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

NOOOOO
Fuck Grady Stealmore!!! I'm still pissed about yesterday.

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions  

wouldn't mind...
seeing the o's d do some takething here.

by jq higgins on May 7, 2007 2:20 PM EDT reply actions  

f-ing trot nixon
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by BENNYBIRDMAN on May 7, 2007 2:22 PM EDT reply actions  

i am
the winged avenger of the night.

i am the knight of the dark lord.

i am the stench floating in the breeze.

i am........Garko.

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by BENNYBIRDMAN on May 7, 2007 2:24 PM EDT reply actions  

RE:
You're fucking out.  Sit down; shut up.
"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle

by BirdFanInPhilly on May 7, 2007 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

I like Garko weilding an enchanted sword...
...or a plus 5 Mace of endurance and dexterity.
"My wife left me, my daughter has a driver's license, and keeping the cosmos from chaos lacks so much of the razzle dazzle."

by Dr Orpheus on May 7, 2007 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

BOOM!
Nick Mar-KICKASS!!!!!

by zmb on May 7, 2007 2:25 PM EDT reply actions  

How many OF assists have we had this year?
I've seen lots of bad throws and that's the first out I've seen.

by silverstadium on May 7, 2007 2:26 PM EDT reply actions  

Looks like
we've had 5 outfield assists.  Markakis now has 4 of them -- Patterson has the other one.

by zmb on May 7, 2007 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

is it me
Does it look like Bako missed him?

by birdman on May 7, 2007 2:26 PM EDT reply actions  

RE:
Well I'm just watching the balls and strikes being called on SportsLine; but from here I'm pretty sure Bako had him.
"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle

by BirdFanInPhilly on May 7, 2007 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions  

on gamecast
he was out by a mile and bako did tag him.
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by BENNYBIRDMAN on May 7, 2007 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

Nice....
Sounded like a good play from the reaction.
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by BPinOK on May 7, 2007 2:26 PM EDT reply actions  

um, awesome.
c'mon now offense.  trax is LITERALLY pitching his arm off for you!

by jq higgins on May 7, 2007 2:28 PM EDT reply actions  

think Trax will be back for the 7th?
I heard Bradford was warming up, but Trax only has 88 pitches and it's the bottom of the order.

by goonybananas on May 7, 2007 2:31 PM EDT reply actions  

I'm late to this party
Work network is super slow so this is painful to watch even on gamecast.

Anyhow, isn't it folklore or something that Trax falls apart after 86 pitches or something? no jinx.

by drj on May 7, 2007 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

so
even though Traxs has only given up one run who does Ssmmy P have warming up in the bullpen.
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by BENNYBIRDMAN on May 7, 2007 2:32 PM EDT reply actions  

MASN
has been keeping us up-to-date with a hot dog eating contest going on during the game between sportswriters Kilgore and David Ginsburg.  Both of them have downed 12 dogs each.

My roommate interns for the Sun.  Wonder if he knows his body will look like that in just a few short years.

by zmb on May 7, 2007 2:34 PM EDT reply actions  

hot dogs
"My roommate interns for the Sun.  Wonder if he knows his body will look like that in just a few short years."

Maybe not.  Did you see the Coney Island hot dog eating champ from Japan?  He ate something like 45 dogs and he's rail thin.  

by birdman on May 7, 2007 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

Another strong outing for Trax.
I can't imagine many of us expected him to pitch this well so far.

by goonybananas on May 7, 2007 2:34 PM EDT reply actions  

yet again
NOTHING to show for it.

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

I LOVE
two pitch outs for the opposing team.

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 2:35 PM EDT reply actions  

Know what else I love?
ChadBrad's 0.71 ERA.

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions  

WTF???
88 pitches, 1 ER and we pulled him???  Does Sammy think the pen needs to get some work in???
"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle

by BirdFanInPhilly on May 7, 2007 2:36 PM EDT reply actions  

It could be...
that when Trax went into the dugout after the 6th, someone patted him on the back and his right arm fell off.  I hear that occasionally happens to senior citizens.

by goonybananas on May 7, 2007 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

He's not D-Cabs
therefore he CANNOT pitch 14000 pitches.

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

He's an old man
Are they trying to protect his arm?

by birdman on May 7, 2007 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

no but is...
95 to many to ask for.

And thats not a knock on him he just pitched his heart out. That comment was for Sammy.

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by BENNYBIRDMAN on May 7, 2007 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

RE:
He isn't a friggin reliever either; 88 pitches is nothing for a starter.  Unless Trax asked to come out; he could have easily thrown in the 7th and probably the 8th.  I mean come on, 88 pitches????
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by BirdFanInPhilly on May 7, 2007 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

I love the way Sammy
blows through the BP like Kleenex.

by birdman on May 7, 2007 2:39 PM EDT reply actions  

Bradford was efficient
He only used 8 pitches to give up two hits.

by goonybananas on May 7, 2007 2:40 PM EDT reply actions  

Trax...
is going to end up blowing a gasket.  
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by BPinOK on May 7, 2007 2:41 PM EDT reply actions  

Seriously
He's going to be waiting on Parrish with a louisville sluggah!

by goonybananas on May 7, 2007 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

he may
pick up his arm and beat some ass with it.
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by BPinOK on May 7, 2007 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

It's pretty painfully obvious
Where this is headed, right?
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by CStoneNo37 on May 7, 2007 2:42 PM EDT reply actions  

Go ahead just BEAN him for Christ sakes
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by BENNYBIRDMAN on May 7, 2007 2:43 PM EDT reply actions  

Gameday
makes it look like JP is EVERYWHERE!  Does he really look that bad?

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by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 2:43 PM EDT reply actions  

re
Not sure but he threw one off my monitor earlier.
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by BPinOK on May 7, 2007 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

Hafner
has been dreadful against us.  That said, I've got a baaaaaaaad feeling about this ...

by zmb on May 7, 2007 2:43 PM EDT reply actions  

So help me
If we give up a freaking grand slam I'm gonna puke.

by Gorilla Bird on May 7, 2007 2:46 PM EDT reply actions  

Good job JP
If Wedge doesn't pull Carmona, the O's are toast.

by birdman on May 7, 2007 2:46 PM EDT reply actions  

Jesus
Not a single one of those was even close.

by zmb on May 7, 2007 2:48 PM EDT reply actions  

jesus christ
4 pitch walk with the bases loaded

by goonybananas on May 7, 2007 2:48 PM EDT reply actions  

Assuming you are talking about
the intentional walk to Blake, that was only after the count was 3-0.

by goonybananas on May 7, 2007 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

why walk
a guy to load the bases when you have a pitcher who pratically gives up a walk an inning.

by birdman on May 7, 2007 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

i come back to the game
just in time to hear john parrish walked in a run. fantastic.
Ramon Hernandez is better than you.

by 2632 on May 7, 2007 2:49 PM EDT reply actions  

Trotski
Just the guy you'd want to face with the sacks packed.

by zmb on May 7, 2007 2:50 PM EDT reply actions  

F*CK THIS GAME!!!!

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 2:52 PM EDT reply actions  

I guess JP didn't want
Bradford to have more ERs than him today.

by goonybananas on May 7, 2007 2:52 PM EDT reply actions  

I've held off long enough...
Perlozzo's management sucks.  To steal a line from someone else on CC, it is a "black hole of suck."  Even though I'm sure what that is I don't think it's good and I don't think Perlozzo is good or competent.  
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by BPinOK on May 7, 2007 2:53 PM EDT reply actions  

I'm with you.
I've tried to stay in the Perlozzo camp, but I just can't anymore.  He gives me no freakin' choice.

by zmb on May 7, 2007 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions  

I wrote it and I don't know what it is
but it does seems to describe Perlozzo's management style (as well as Aubrey Huff's contributions at the time).
"And when I punch you I feel happy inside..."

by duck on May 7, 2007 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

Jesus
Parrish's brief brush with being good is dead and buried and Perlozzo is fucking incompetent.

by Jonnypops on May 7, 2007 2:53 PM EDT reply actions  

In retrospect
It sure was a great move pulling Trax... what on earth was Sammy thinking?

by Gorilla Bird on May 7, 2007 2:53 PM EDT reply actions  

Maybe he is just in the habit
of picking up the bullpen phone before the 7th inning of every game...just a reflex.

Trax is probably hating life because there is no booze in the clubhouse...

by goonybananas on May 7, 2007 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions  

RE:
And I'm sure nobody is as suprised as Sam.  I mean, who would have guessed when you ask these guys to pitch two out of three days that they may end up getting hit.
"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle

by BirdFanInPhilly on May 7, 2007 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions  

wow
i just wanted a smoke not to come back to a 5-1 game. Man i friggin hat Sammy.
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by BENNYBIRDMAN on May 7, 2007 2:55 PM EDT reply actions  

HATE
thet was supposed to be HATE.
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by BENNYBIRDMAN on May 7, 2007 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

What...
do you guys think about Girardi?
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by BPinOK on May 7, 2007 2:56 PM EDT reply actions  

Why not davey Johnson?
I'm still mad at AngeLOSE for pushing him out to begin with.
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by duck on May 7, 2007 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

Just curious...
...but is Dusty Baker still available?  Or maybe we can get Charlie Manual.  Or Torre when he's fired.

Sure, none are better than Sam, but they aren't exactly worse either.

"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle

by BirdFanInPhilly on May 7, 2007 2:56 PM EDT reply actions  

No Way on Dusty
I can't stand Dusty Baker.
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by BPinOK on May 7, 2007 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

He is not a good manager
At all.
"My wife left me, my daughter has a driver's license, and keeping the cosmos from chaos lacks so much of the razzle dazzle."

by Dr Orpheus on May 7, 2007 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions  

and
what we have is?

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions  

Umm
The orangutan from Dunston Checks In is better than Dusty.
"My wife left me, my daughter has a driver's license, and keeping the cosmos from chaos lacks so much of the razzle dazzle."

by Dr Orpheus on May 7, 2007 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

I was being sarcastic...
My favorite Dusty quote: "On-base percentage is great if you can score runs and do something with that on-base percentage.  Clogging up the bases isn't that great to me."

The fact that this man wasn't fired immediately for these comments is beyond comprehension to me.

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by BirdFanInPhilly on May 7, 2007 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions  

how about Mr. Chimpo
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by BENNYBIRDMAN on May 7, 2007 2:57 PM EDT reply actions  

Corey and Paul
swung at 3 of the 4 .......

TAKE SOME FUCKING PITCHES!  You get 3 strikes!  3!!!!

by zmb on May 7, 2007 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

What I don't love
is two outs on four pitches right after you just gave up a 4-run inning.  Jackasses!!!

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 2:58 PM EDT reply actions  

owes us or owns us?
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by BENNYBIRDMAN on May 7, 2007 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions  

well
he OWES us too, damn it!!

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions  

Seven cheeseburgers with bacon
He's takin' us out to lunch, dammit!
"My wife left me, my daughter has a driver's license, and keeping the cosmos from chaos lacks so much of the razzle dazzle."

by Dr Orpheus on May 7, 2007 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions  

CATCH THAT
SIZEMORE... you little bitch!!!

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 3:00 PM EDT reply actions  

B-Rob!
Brings it back!

Take that Fausto, you fiend!

"My wife left me, my daughter has a driver's license, and keeping the cosmos from chaos lacks so much of the razzle dazzle."

by Dr Orpheus on May 7, 2007 3:01 PM EDT reply actions  

come on NICKY!!!!!
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by BENNYBIRDMAN on May 7, 2007 3:02 PM EDT reply actions  

You bastard.
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by BENNYBIRDMAN on May 7, 2007 3:02 PM EDT reply actions  

um, yes
I believe it may officially be a sophomore slump.

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 3:03 PM EDT reply actions  

I think...
maybe Perlozzo could use a day off.  Think we could just platoon him?
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by BPinOK on May 7, 2007 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

Whoa ...
when did Jamie Walker, Boy shave his head?  Is this new, or did I just miss it?

by zmb on May 7, 2007 3:05 PM EDT reply actions  

he shaved it last week, i think
Ramon Hernandez is better than you.

by 2632 on May 7, 2007 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

I think he had to.
Skillet related accident.
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by BENNYBIRDMAN on May 7, 2007 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions  

Trax getting pulled
We've been through this in a previous start when I whigged out when they pulled Trax after 80 sumpin pitches. Someone pulled a stat from MASN that says opponents start batting some obscene average off him after 85 or so pitches. I dunno if the guy would have imploded, but I can't say he completely screwed the pooch on that one.

by drj on May 7, 2007 3:08 PM EDT reply actions  

at least go with him
until he get into trouble THEN go to the pen. If it ain't broke don't fix it.
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by BENNYBIRDMAN on May 7, 2007 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions  

Frankly,
I think "screwed the pooch" is one of the coolest phrases I've ever heard.

by zmb on May 7, 2007 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

his arm might turn in to a pumpkin...
i've actually read comments day after trax pitches when we're complaining about him getting yanked, but he seems to ask for the hook.  he seems to actually be gassed by the time he hots the upper 80s.

by jq higgins on May 7, 2007 3:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

he's been around long enough
to know his own body and when to get out of there. and yeah, his stats after 85 pitches are just plain ugly, if i remember correctly.
Ramon Hernandez is better than you.

by 2632 on May 7, 2007 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

Christ
even the radio started cutting to commercial

by goonybananas on May 7, 2007 3:14 PM EDT reply actions  

CHRIST!!!
NOT AGAIN!!!

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 3:14 PM EDT reply actions  

This is why
we lose more games than we win.

Should've been out of the inning, then give up a grand slam.  Motherfucking fucker.

by zmb on May 7, 2007 3:16 PM EDT reply actions  

Guess
Hafner found a pitch he could handle.
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by BPinOK on May 7, 2007 3:16 PM EDT reply actions  

I don't usually say this, but...
...Walker should have hit Hafner.
"My wife left me, my daughter has a driver's license, and keeping the cosmos from chaos lacks so much of the razzle dazzle."

by Dr Orpheus on May 7, 2007 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

FUCK YOU!!!!
ORIOLES AND YOUR WHOLE GOD DAMNED ORGANIZATIONAL PIECE OF SHIT HEAD BITCH ASSES!!!!

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 3:17 PM EDT reply actions  

hahahahahahhahaha
hahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahah on my god i can't believe this heheheheheheheheheehe. this team is so horendously f-ed up. hahahahahahahahaha
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by BENNYBIRDMAN on May 7, 2007 3:17 PM EDT reply actions  

Poor Javylicious.
She's witnessing this in person.
Ramon Hernandez is better than you.

by 2632 on May 7, 2007 3:17 PM EDT reply actions  

RE:
At least she is probably drunk.
"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle

by BirdFanInPhilly on May 7, 2007 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

well, she's with her dad.
so, maybe not.
Ramon Hernandez is better than you.

by 2632 on May 7, 2007 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

Well...
They may both be drunk.  "Here, hun.  You're going to need about ten of these to forget about this game."
"My wife left me, my daughter has a driver's license, and keeping the cosmos from chaos lacks so much of the razzle dazzle."

by Dr Orpheus on May 7, 2007 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

At $6.50 a beer
I hope she's a cheap drunk or someone else is paying for them...
"And when I punch you I feel happy inside..."

by duck on May 7, 2007 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

I guess that
makes up for the 3 for 25 he HAD against Oriole pitching this season!!! FUCKER!!!

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 3:18 PM EDT reply actions  

Hafner does not fit in a skillet.
This team makes my eyes bleed.
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by BrianS on May 7, 2007 3:19 PM EDT reply actions  

:er
seod siht ekam ruoy seye deelb?

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

Walker
I don't why Walker is even out there with a four run deficit.  He's a key BP member.  Rest the guy and bring in the guy they just called up and the Todd.  

by birdman on May 7, 2007 3:19 PM EDT reply actions  

Does anyone else
find it odd that this team gets two outs, loads the bases, gives up the big hit, THEN (and only then) on practically the next pitch gets the third out?

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 3:19 PM EDT reply actions  

well of course
if they went ahead and got the third out we might be good. We can't have that now can we.
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by BENNYBIRDMAN on May 7, 2007 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

Let's recap.
Steve Trachsel:  6 IP, 1 ER
The Bullpen:  2 IP, 8 ER

by zmb on May 7, 2007 3:21 PM EDT reply actions  

That'll hurt
that BP ERA.

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

Are you sure?
"My wife left me, my daughter has a driver's license, and keeping the cosmos from chaos lacks so much of the razzle dazzle."

by Dr Orpheus on May 7, 2007 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yup
Now if she would bring back those glasses...

by birdman on May 7, 2007 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

actually i believe
the orioles are just trying to honor hank aaron by having his number up on the scoreboard. I mean come on what other reason is there to allow a team to score 4 runs in back-to-back innings of a 1-1 ballgame.
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by BENNYBIRDMAN on May 7, 2007 3:24 PM EDT reply actions  

So how many
Grand Slams have we given up this year?  I've lost count.  

by Gorilla Bird on May 7, 2007 3:25 PM EDT reply actions  

i think thats # 3 or is it #4
i don't know they all run together after a while.
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by BENNYBIRDMAN on May 7, 2007 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

A-Rod, Monroe, Pena, Hafner
4 and counting...
Ramon Hernandez is better than you.

by 2632 on May 7, 2007 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

Gotta give it to our 3-4-5 guys, though ...
They're not giving up just yet.

In the words of goonybananas:  "Fucking fuck(s)."

by zmb on May 7, 2007 3:27 PM EDT reply actions  

Oh look
its not over yet!

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 3:29 PM EDT reply actions  

Come on Pay...By...num
What the hell?!?!
"My wife left me, my daughter has a driver's license, and keeping the cosmos from chaos lacks so much of the razzle dazzle."

by Dr Orpheus on May 7, 2007 3:34 PM EDT reply actions  

Gibby
could use a PH appearance more than Bynum.

by birdman on May 7, 2007 3:35 PM EDT reply actions  

I believe
we are laying our King down on board.

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 3:36 PM EDT reply actions  

gameday, you so crazy!
to wit: "offensuve substitution: freddie bynum replacers jay payton"

if they mean a susbtitution that offends, my apologies.

by jq higgins on May 7, 2007 3:36 PM EDT reply actions  

nah
I don't want to play the entire D-Rays club.  Can we just play the D-Ray bullpen.  That'd be much more fun.

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

we suck
Catcher Paul Bako - for unclear reasons - seems to be a frequent target.

by Scott Christ on May 7, 2007 3:38 PM EDT reply actions  

yes.
and nice of you to chime in.

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

sometimes
When I think about how bad the O's are, I end up crying myself to sleep.  

by Gorilla Bird on May 7, 2007 3:40 PM EDT reply actions  

When I think about how bad the O's are...
I remember it could be worse - I could be a D-Rays fan. They've never had as much as a winning season in their entire existence and have never finished higher than 4th.
"And when I punch you I feel happy inside..."

by duck on May 7, 2007 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

until this year.
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by BENNYBIRDMAN on May 7, 2007 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

How is that worse?
They have never experienced winning so they don't know what winning feels like either.  They have nothing to compare their feelings of losing too.  I envy D-Rays fans.
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by BPinOK on May 7, 2007 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

CC needs a
consensus pick for manager that we can start touting.  Someone with a lesser (if there is such thing right now) ball club or someone that currently not employed (like Girardi.)  
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by BPinOK on May 7, 2007 3:46 PM EDT reply actions  

RE:
I'd love to have Girardi; but it would never work with him and Angelos.  It would be one year and done most likely.  
"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle

by BirdFanInPhilly on May 7, 2007 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

Joe Altobelli
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by BENNYBIRDMAN on May 7, 2007 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

Coach K
I DON'T CARE!!! ANYONE!!!  Isn't Bill Parcels looking for work?

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions  

Coach Buzz.
Ramon Hernandez is better than you.

by 2632 on May 7, 2007 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

John Wooden
He's only 96 or something.

by drj on May 7, 2007 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

Weaver!!
Is he still alive??  Shoot, even if he's dead he'd still be better than Perlozzo.
"A manager's job is simple. For one hundred sixty-two games you try not to screw up all that smart stuff your organization did last December." - - Earl Weaver

by Gorilla Bird on May 7, 2007 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

Watched the follow-up MASN coverage
of Perlozzo's interview.  No one questioned why he took Trachs out after 88 pitches when he looked sharp?  Really?

by zmb on May 7, 2007 3:48 PM EDT reply actions  

that's because
the order came down from above, and everyone around the place is afraid to question it for fear of losing their job.

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions  

Orioles Magic!!!
Magically blowing leads, and losing games since 1998.

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by dayzd toe on May 7, 2007 3:49 PM EDT reply actions  

re:
You just meant "Magically Blowing" right?

by drj on May 7, 2007 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions  

I knew...
a sales rep that blew lea...nevermind.
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by BPinOK on May 7, 2007 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions  

(groan)

by NHZ @ Camden Chat on May 7, 2007 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

ugh, just ugh
At least it was a beautiful day.

"If you know how to cheat, start now." ~Earl Weaver

by Stacey on May 7, 2007 4:20 PM EDT reply actions  

Answer the question...
Were there women and children crying at the ball park?  Were their demons let loose in the stands?  ARE MY SERVICES REQUIRED?!

by Dr Orpheus on May 7, 2007 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

only if you count crying on the inside
After Hafner's GS it was the quietest I have ever heard the ballpark, ever. It was quieter than a church, and eerie. When The Todd came in he must have felt like he was pitching in a tomb.

"If you know how to cheat, start now." ~Earl Weaver

by Stacey on May 7, 2007 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions  

nothing is more depressing
than that silence
Ramon Hernandez is better than you.

by 2632 on May 7, 2007 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

88 PITCHES?
Good grief. I couldn't get to my computer during the game, but how in the hell do you pull Trachsel out after 88 pitches? He could have gone 8 innings at his pace without coming close to 120 pitches.

Perlozzo is fucking terrible.

by Baseball Savant @ Camden Chat on May 7, 2007 6:14 PM EDT reply actions  

Still glad you picked the O's to follow.
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by BENNYBIRDMAN on May 8, 2007 7:43 AM EDT up reply actions  

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