Camden Chat: An SB Nation Community

Navigation: Jump to content areas:

Around SBN: Laviolette out, 'Canes turn to Maurice Bar-right-arrows

Gameday Thread: O's (5-1) @ Rangers (3-3)

Gijoecobra_tiny by SC on

Baltimore Orioles @ Texas Rangers


Bnltven9_medium Capt

Brian Burres, LH (2007 - 6-8, 5.95/1.70) v. Jason Jennings, RH (0-1, 7.20/1.40)

Game time is 2:05 on MASN. This is the Rangers' home opener, and The Ballpark should be full. I don't remember what it's called now, and I don't care. That's always going to be The Ballpark to me. It's too closely associated with Camden Yards for me to call it something else.

You may remember the Rangers from August 22, 2007, an historic day in Major League Baseball History.

Ph2007082202500_medium

And that was just the first game of a double-header, if you recall.

Jennings is with his third team in as many years, as he's gone from Colorado to Houston via trade and now signed with Texas as a free agent. When he's on, he's a fine pitcher. He struggled in his first start as a member of the American League, losing at Seattle on April 2.

This is Burres' first start of the season. He did throw an inning of mop-up on Opening Day. Burres was useful before the All-Star break (4.27/1.55) but got torched once the league had a read on him afterward, putting up a 7.92 ERA and 1.89 WHIP. That is unforgivably bad. So excuse me if I don't get as excited about Burres as Jim Palmer tends to.

Since I'm on the Extra Innings package on cable, I'll probably have to put up with Josh Lewin and the Texas broadcast. On the plus side, I'll get to see some Dallas-area commercials. Actually, looks like the Texas broadcast is on KDFW down there, and not their FSN. So hooray for MASN, I think!

Bnltven9_medium ORIOLES STARTING LINEUP

  1. Brian Roberts, 2B
  2. Nick Markakis, RF
  3. Kevin Millar, 1B
  4. Aubrey Huff, DH
  5. Luke Scott, LF - .500/.579/.625
  6. Ramon Hernandez, C
  7. Scott Moore, 3B
  8. Adam Jones, CF
  9. Luis Hernandez, SS

Bnltven9_medium RANGERS STARTING LINEUP

  1. Ian Kinsler, 2B
  2. Michael Young, SS
  3. Josh Hamilton, CF - .292/.368/.554 with CIN last season
  4. Milton Bradley, RF
  5. Hank Blalock, 3B
  6. Marlon Byrd, LF
  7. David Murphy, DH
  8. Gerald Laird, C
  9. Ben Broussard, 1B

FUN STATS

  • Burres was a big part of that 30-3 drubbing. A big, big part. Two-thirds of an inning pitched, eight earned. 108 ERA.
  • In 225 career at-bats, Melvin Mora hits .298/.386/.440 against Texas. At The Ballpark (129 AB), he bats a powerless .279/.356/.388 with just one home run.
  • Big-time super superstar Michael Young hits a robust .290/.337/.391 against the Orioles. That's not as big of a dropoff from his overall numbers as most seem to think.
  • Handlebar moustached former Blue Jay Frank Catalanotto hits .286/.377/.402 against the O's. Frankie Cats is one of my favorite players.

0 recs | Comment 819 comments

Story-email Email Printer Print

Comments

Display:

Weather

I'm about 3 1/2 hours North of Arlington but the weather there is about the same as here. Storms last night and storms possible throughout the afternoon. This one could get delayed at some point.

I'm in the TEX market but if they don't put it FSN SW (which it isn't) then I don't think I get it. Bummer.

Drinkin' the Kool-Aid!!!

by BPinOK on Apr 8, 2008 11:34 AM EDT   0 recs

Yeah weather delays!

Since I'm teaching until 3 and don't get home until 3:30, a 90 minute delay would do me just fine.

"I'd just like to point out that every newspaper in the country has picked us to finish last. The local press seems to think that we'd save everyone the time and trouble if we just went out and shot ourselves." - Major League

by duck on Apr 8, 2008 11:42 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I remember being up 3-0 on that game.

Before we gave up 30 unanswered.

Man, I had a good feeling about that game, too.

by Y Not on Apr 8, 2008 12:20 PM EDT   0 recs

That was a rough game.

I was travelling to Michigan for my grandmother's funeral when I had a molar go apeshit inside my mouth - we're talking abject pain. When I got to Michigan I rushed to a dentist who told me I needed a root canal but there was nobody available to do it at the office till first thing the next morning. So I sat there watching the game in excruciating pain that evening as they got walloped. First thing in the morning was the root canal, followed immediately by the emotional pain of the funeral.

The way I saw it though - if you're going to have that kinda stuff happen, it's better to take it all at once rather than dragging it out.

by Jonny Pops on Apr 8, 2008 1:18 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Sorry about your grandmother.. I suppose that puts a baseball game in perspective

That being said, man you must have felt that you pissed off some deity or something, huh?

by Y Not on Apr 8, 2008 1:19 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Two day games in a row

This doesn't do much for my work production.

by Stacey on Apr 8, 2008 12:24 PM EDT   0 recs

I'm working from home today. I won'r start drinking til 5, though.

"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again."

by 2632 on Apr 8, 2008 12:25 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Glad to know you have standards...

"I'd just like to point out that every newspaper in the country has picked us to finish last. The local press seems to think that we'd save everyone the time and trouble if we just went out and shot ourselves." - Major League

by duck on Apr 8, 2008 12:26 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Ugh. I'm really busy today.

Mostly because I slacked yesterday while watching the game. Come on, guys, play some night games.

Why the Hell Not?

by BrianS on Apr 8, 2008 12:28 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

i can't imagine being so in shape

that 3 weeks after flying in a plane for 19 hours I couldn't pitch.

"Daddy, is Hevan like BIRDLAND?"
"No son, Hevan is BIRDLAND."

by BENNY BIRDMAN on Apr 8, 2008 12:45 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Agreed...

People act like they had to swim to Japan. They took a friggin plane. I'm sure it was a private charter, with flght attendants, drinks, large seats, no security, special immigration line, no layovers, no crying babies, etc. Get over it, I flew to asia twice, on commercial, it's boring, but I wouldn't exactly call it gruelling.

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

by BirdFanInPhilly on Apr 8, 2008 12:52 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Any word on the lineup?

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

by BirdFanInPhilly on Apr 8, 2008 12:45 PM EDT   0 recs

Moore

is at 3B and Mora is on the pine.

Drinkin' the Kool-Aid!!!

by BPinOK on Apr 8, 2008 1:19 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Wonder if Mora wanted the day off?

I like how he's been hitting.. I'd rather him take a few swings today...

by Y Not on Apr 8, 2008 1:21 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I would

guess that it wasn't up to him but I can't say for sure.

Drinkin' the Kool-Aid!!!

by BPinOK on Apr 8, 2008 1:22 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Moore needs to play

Mora is hitting .250/.308 with a couple dongs. Big whoop.

Camden Chat
Bad Left Hook

by SC on Apr 8, 2008 1:24 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm sure

Trembley told all in advance what his plan was. He seems to be big on communicating to vets when, exactly, they will get the day off at least a day or two in adnvance.

"I'd just like to point out that every newspaper in the country has picked us to finish last. The local press seems to think that we'd save everyone the time and trouble if we just went out and shot ourselves." - Major League

by duck on Apr 8, 2008 1:39 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Everything

else looks to be the same...Jones back in CF and Huff still DHing.

Drinkin' the Kool-Aid!!!

by BPinOK on Apr 8, 2008 1:20 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

POSTED, YO

Hey, Dave. Luke Scott is what you think Aubrey Huff is. Adjust accordingly.

Camden Chat
Bad Left Hook

by SC on Apr 8, 2008 1:24 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Just for the record...

The Orioles were leading 3-0 after the 3rd inning in that 30-3 game.
That counts for something, doesn't it?

by Lothar on Apr 8, 2008 12:56 PM EDT   0 recs

yep, it counted a loss

"Daddy, is Hevan like BIRDLAND?"
"No son, Hevan is BIRDLAND."

by BENNY BIRDMAN on Apr 8, 2008 12:59 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

is the name of it. I guess a change from The Ballpark in Arlington?

Drinkin' the Kool-Aid!!!

by BPinOK on Apr 8, 2008 1:27 PM EDT   0 recs

I'm happy to report

That because the three people I share my workspace with aren't here I can listen to the game on the radio instead of watching lame MLB Gameday.

by Stacey on Apr 8, 2008 1:31 PM EDT   0 recs

As long

as the value stays at a reasonable level.

Drinkin' the Kool-Aid!!!

by BPinOK on Apr 8, 2008 1:33 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Value =

volume

Drinkin' the Kool-Aid!!!

by BPinOK on Apr 8, 2008 1:54 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Gameday is lame

But it has to do for me when we play the White Sox and it's not on my TV.

Get this, I live -- well let me show you a map.

OK, got that, right? I have FSN Detroit, since I live in Michigan, and not CSN Chicago. I have WGN. We have Chicago network affiliates, nothing from Detroit. Nothing from further east than Kalamazoo, in fact.

For YEARS, the blackout restrictions precluded me from seeing games out of Detroit, Chicago, and...Cincinnati?

This year, Detroit and Cincy games come in on EI, but Chicago does not. So apparently, we're officially the Chicago market. Which would seem to me we should have CSN Chicago and not FSN Detroit, or both, but not FSN Detroit and not CSN Chicago.

To be honest, where I live is not really a state. It's an area called Michiana, or Resort Towns for Chicagoans.

But anyway, since WGN doesn't get a LOT of Sox games, I generally don't get to see the O's play the White Sox, which pisses me off. Thankfully, two of the three Cubs games are on WGN, and I might try to just go to the other one if I can get tickets.

Camden Chat
Bad Left Hook

by SC on Apr 8, 2008 1:37 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

No wonder your an O's fan.

"Daddy, is Hevan like BIRDLAND?"
"No son, Hevan is BIRDLAND."

by BENNY BIRDMAN on Apr 8, 2008 1:39 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I just opened up Gamecast for the Mets-Phils game

only to learn that A Pagan is pitching for NY.

I heard the Giants had a Hells Angel prospect in the middle infield but A Pagan pitching! What is this league coming to.

"Daddy, is Hevan like BIRDLAND?"
"No son, Hevan is BIRDLAND."

by BENNY BIRDMAN on Apr 8, 2008 1:43 PM EDT   0 recs

Well

My blackouts include the following cities with the miles from each city I live:

Houston (650)
Arlington (220)
Kansas City (350)
St. Louis (500)

I only get Rangers and the occasional Astro or Card games but get blacked out of them all on Extra Innings.

Drinkin' the Kool-Aid!!!

by BPinOK on Apr 8, 2008 1:43 PM EDT   0 recs

jesus

I can't imagine being blacked out of the Royals Sports Television Network. That is my favorite network ever.

Camden Chat
Bad Left Hook

by SC on Apr 8, 2008 1:45 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

that network

looks like it is run out of someone's basement. same goes for STO

"If you're not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he'll be ready to take your job." -Brooks Robinson

by exitfare on Apr 8, 2008 2:01 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Blackouts are so ridiculous

You should only get blacked out if you have an actual way to see the team on another station. I'll never understand it.

by Stacey on Apr 8, 2008 1:48 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I waited

to take my lunch until 1:00CST so I can go take over the breakroom TV and watch an hour of the game.

Ha! Deal with it bitches! This is BIRDLAND!

Drinkin' the Kool-Aid!!!

by BPinOK on Apr 8, 2008 1:53 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

another off-topic baseball topic

Jeff Passan, always a genius, show the usual disbelief at the idea of Jeter being a bad shortstop.

How many people can show this before someone in the mainstream media goes, "You know what? Yeah, he is." It's not even like it's hard to see.

Then again, if they all follow the lead of the ESPN Talking Heads, then I'm pretty certain they never actually watch any games.

Camden Chat
Bad Left Hook

by SC on Apr 8, 2008 1:50 PM EDT   0 recs

oh, man...

the guys on yahoo (are they si?) make roch look like phi beta kappa.

by j.q. higgins on Apr 8, 2008 1:53 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

hehe

"Jeter gets the loudest cheers at Yankee Stadium"

well there you have it. 45,000 Yankee fans can't be wrong. He has to be a good fielder.

"Daddy, is Hevan like BIRDLAND?"
"No son, Hevan is BIRDLAND."

by BENNY BIRDMAN on Apr 8, 2008 1:55 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Stu Miller mention on the Mets game

Jamie Moyer was really feeling the wind on the mound.

Camden Chat
Bad Left Hook

by SC on Apr 8, 2008 1:52 PM EDT   0 recs

boy...

jamie moyer is really old. i think he's toast.

by j.q. higgins on Apr 8, 2008 1:55 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Did he have baked beans for lunch?

"I'd just like to point out that every newspaper in the country has picked us to finish last. The local press seems to think that we'd save everyone the time and trouble if we just went out and shot ourselves." - Major League

by duck on Apr 8, 2008 1:57 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Amber

Is it me....or is she looking more like Cameron Diaz in Something About Mary....In the "hair gel scene"?

by Weaver on Apr 8, 2008 1:55 PM EDT   0 recs

You say that

like it's a bad thing...

"I'd just like to point out that every newspaper in the country has picked us to finish last. The local press seems to think that we'd save everyone the time and trouble if we just went out and shot ourselves." - Major League

by duck on Apr 8, 2008 1:58 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh Yeah...Thats the shot....

by Weaver on Apr 8, 2008 2:01 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

hey man

A 108 ERA is fun. Not while it's happening, but the next season? Give it a laugh.

Camden Chat
Bad Left Hook

by SC on Apr 8, 2008 2:05 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

oh god

Hunter again. I don't LOVE Thorne anymore, but he does have those moments of brilliance. Hunter has never had a moment of brilliance.

Camden Chat
Bad Left Hook

by SC on Apr 8, 2008 2:06 PM EDT   0 recs

his new MASN ads are awful, just awful

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words—"mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.
-Jack Handey

by jobe on Apr 8, 2008 2:09 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

did you watch the o's...

in the days of michael reghi? michael reghi and rick cerrone might have been the worst o's broadcast team i have ever seen. they inevitably caused me to yell "shut the fuck up," at the tv screen several times nightly.

ack.

by j.q. higgins on Apr 8, 2008 2:09 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I think Reghi announces Cavs games now

Just another reason why Cleveland sucks.

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words—"mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.
-Jack Handey

by jobe on Apr 8, 2008 2:11 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

for my money noone

will ever be better than Mel Proctor & John Lowenstien on HTS

"Daddy, is Hevan like BIRDLAND?"
"No son, Hevan is BIRDLAND."

by BENNY BIRDMAN on Apr 8, 2008 2:11 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Remember when it was Brooks and Scott Garceau?

On Channel 2. That's when I was just a youngster.

by Stacey on Apr 8, 2008 2:13 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

i do indeed

always loved Brooks' high pitched voice.

"Daddy, is Hevan like BIRDLAND?"
"No son, Hevan is BIRDLAND."

by BENNY BIRDMAN on Apr 8, 2008 2:14 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

THAT will never be topped

"I'd just like to point out that every newspaper in the country has picked us to finish last. The local press seems to think that we'd save everyone the time and trouble if we just went out and shot ourselves." - Major League

by duck on Apr 8, 2008 2:45 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Unless

you're old enough to remember Chuck Thompson and Brooks doing games...

"I'd just like to point out that every newspaper in the country has picked us to finish last. The local press seems to think that we'd save everyone the time and trouble if we just went out and shot ourselves." - Major League

by duck on Apr 8, 2008 2:46 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

nope

I only heard a few games for the O's that Reghi called, when I was at a friend's house if their dad had EI or whatever.

But he does do the Cavs now, and I have heard that. Jesus Christ.

Camden Chat
Bad Left Hook

by SC on Apr 8, 2008 2:11 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

kevbo's eyeblack

is completely out of hand. spectacular.

"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again."

by 2632 on Apr 8, 2008 2:10 PM EDT   0 recs

it's rambo-esque

"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again."

by 2632 on Apr 8, 2008 2:14 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

he pitched around Huff to get to Scott?

Well, maybe Jennings has done well against him. Let me check!

Camden Chat
Bad Left Hook

by SC on Apr 8, 2008 2:12 PM EDT   0 recs

Jim Palmer just called Moneyball a novel

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words—"mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.
-Jack Handey

by jobe on Apr 8, 2008 2:14 PM EDT   0 recs

Palmer's an old fuddy duddy

Guys from that era and before really seem like they never bothered learning anything about baseball past what they learned in Little League. Marty Brennaman in Cincinnati is embarrassing.

Camden Chat
Bad Left Hook

by SC on Apr 8, 2008 2:15 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

At least he read Moneyball

can't say that for Joe Morgan

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words—"mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.
-Jack Handey

by jobe on Apr 8, 2008 2:16 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

He has

He always mentions Youkilis as the Greek god of walks whenever we play the Red Sox

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words—"mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.
-Jack Handey

by jobe on Apr 8, 2008 2:19 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm not defending him

he still is the Joe Theismann of baseball

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words—"mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.
-Jack Handey

by jobe on Apr 8, 2008 2:21 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs