Gameday Thread: O's (24-22) @ Rays (27-20)
Baltimore Orioles @ Tampa Bay Rays
Rocky Cherry was activated and optioned today. The game is at 7:10 on MASN2, and praise the Gods, I won't have to have the Tampa Bay broadcast, since they're on their W___ down there and not their FSN.
| Today's Starting Pitchers | GS | IP | ERA | WHIP | BAA | BB | K | W-L | |
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Jeremy Guthrie - RH | 10 | 63.0 | 3.86 | 1.27 | .244 | 20 | 39 | 2-4 |
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Matt Garza - RH | 7 | 37.0 | 4.86 | 1.54 | .285 | 16 | 15 | 2-1 |
Matt Garza has been a disappointment. To me. As a big Matt Garza fan. What's with your crappy K-rate, Garza? What's with walking more batters than you strike out? What's the problem, guy? Come on.
Guthrie has been a rock for the rotation again. He can pitch. There's no more even slight surprise, if you ask me, that Guthrie is doing this well. He's for real.
Oh, Rays. It used to be a thing we had. The AL East game no one cared about. But now you're moving on. For "better places." "Greener pastures." You're leaving us behind. That's OK -- it happens. We know this isn't the best place in the world. But somehow, we just thought...nevermind. Forget it.
...we love you...
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So, Dempsey's 3 Keys to the Game
All three keys – don’t pitch to Pena.
That actually might no be a bad idea, Rick.
Off-topic: Amber, do us a favor – eat something! Maybe it was just the new hair and makeup, but she looked scary thin on the pre-game. I hope no stupid producer told her to lose 10 pounds or something idiotic like that…
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on May 23, 2008 6:59 PM EDT 0 recs
Pretty quiet around here
Musta been an emotional rollercoaster of a week. Confusing, too-Bronx up, Battery down-WTF?
by fishoutawata on May 23, 2008 7:08 PM EDT 0 recs
George Sherrill
Good interview with him, he sounds like a normal dude.
by dkdc on May 23, 2008 7:11 PM EDT 0 recs
I'm quite sure
he’s unsatisfied with his performance as well.
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on
May 23, 2008 7:24 PM EDT
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Sometimes
trying harder doesn’t help.
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on
May 23, 2008 7:27 PM EDT
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I know he'll be fine
He’s the only player on the team who’s earned the right to a nice, long slump.
But the reactionary fan in me isn’t going to let him off the hook,
by dkdc on
May 23, 2008 7:30 PM EDT
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Huff with a standup triple
He just kills this team, I swear.
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on May 23, 2008 7:27 PM EDT 0 recs
Wheels!
Nick Markakis: The Actual Greek God of Walks
by wickedwitch on May 23, 2008 7:27 PM EDT 0 recs
Does Richie Bancells
have an )2 tank on wheels for when Huff and Millar and Razor hit triples?
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on
May 23, 2008 7:28 PM EDT
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Make that O2
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on
May 23, 2008 7:28 PM EDT
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sweet - like a gazelle.
Writing is God's way of showing you how sloppy your thinking is.
by typozzz on May 23, 2008 7:27 PM EDT 0 recs
Speed up rules in effect
starting today.
Hey, remind me who starts for us tomorrow? :)
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on May 23, 2008 7:28 PM EDT 0 recs
More time for commercials?
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on
May 23, 2008 7:30 PM EDT
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I think runners may be able to advance a base, like with a balk
but that may be wrong
Nick Markakis: The Actual Greek God of Walks
by wickedwitch on
May 23, 2008 7:32 PM EDT
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I believe there are
Umpires have also been instructed to warn a pitcher for his first violation of the 12-second time limit between pitches and to issue a ball for each subsequent violation…..Umpires can warn batters who refuse to return to the box and can call an automatic strike on the batter the second time he refuses.
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on
May 23, 2008 7:32 PM EDT
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retarded
There’s no time clock in baseball!!
"We’re not concerned about what other teams think. I know teams come in here thinking we’re playing the Orioles. And then 9 innings later, they got the loss, they know what we’re about." ~Adam Jones
by Stacey on
May 23, 2008 7:33 PM EDT
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There will be now
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on
May 23, 2008 7:34 PM EDT
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Oh man...
soon there will be a limited number of time outs!
by bjtylerx on
May 23, 2008 7:35 PM EDT
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Is anyone else looking forward to seeing Trachsel trying to follow the speed up rules?
Nick Markakis: The Actual Greek God of Walks
by wickedwitch on May 23, 2008 7:28 PM EDT 0 recs
see above...
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on
May 23, 2008 7:29 PM EDT
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Gotta love 3 Drinks Gary on the speed up rules
“What do you give this, 2 weeks, 10 days?”
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on May 23, 2008 7:30 PM EDT 0 recs
Ifi they don't score one run this inning
It’ll be sad sad sad
"We’re not concerned about what other teams think. I know teams come in here thinking we’re playing the Orioles. And then 9 innings later, they got the loss, they know what we’re about." ~Adam Jones
by Stacey on May 23, 2008 7:31 PM EDT 0 recs
sad sad sad
"We’re not concerned about what other teams think. I know teams come in here thinking we’re playing the Orioles. And then 9 innings later, they got the loss, they know what we’re about." ~Adam Jones
by Stacey on
May 23, 2008 7:32 PM EDT
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Get the Prozac ready
3DG: “When you get a leadoff triple and don’t score in an inning, that’s bad.”
Thank you, Captain Obvious.
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on
May 23, 2008 7:33 PM EDT
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"You get a lead off triple and don't score, that's a bad inning"
expert commentary.
by bjtylerx on May 23, 2008 7:33 PM EDT 0 recs
It's why he gets the big bucks
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on
May 23, 2008 7:34 PM EDT
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I'll take a single here....
I’m not greedy.
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on May 23, 2008 7:35 PM EDT 0 recs
Come on Boom Boom
Don’t let me down!
"We’re not concerned about what other teams think. I know teams come in here thinking we’re playing the Orioles. And then 9 innings later, they got the loss, they know what we’re about." ~Adam Jones
by Stacey on May 23, 2008 7:35 PM EDT 0 recs
mother fuck
"We’re not concerned about what other teams think. I know teams come in here thinking we’re playing the Orioles. And then 9 innings later, they got the loss, they know what we’re about." ~Adam Jones
by Stacey on May 23, 2008 7:35 PM EDT 0 recs
well no one can accuse us of not being predictable
Nick Markakis: The Actual Greek God of Walks
by wickedwitch on May 23, 2008 7:36 PM EDT 0 recs
Pena goes down!
We got him out once so far…
Nice play by Razor – not the easiest play in that building….
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on May 23, 2008 7:38 PM EDT 0 recs
3DG is lit already
Just about gave me a heart attack on a ball Nick didn’t even really have to run that hard tgo get…
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on May 23, 2008 7:39 PM EDT 0 recs
Guts is dealing tonight
Looking pretty effortless so far. A couple of loud outs, but he’s looking good.
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on May 23, 2008 7:42 PM EDT 0 recs
I like Guthrie
the others not so much
"I've come to the conclusion that the two most important things in life are good friends and a good bullpen." -Bob Lemon
by jloving on May 23, 2008 7:44 PM EDT 0 recs
where was the guy that made St. Pete so beautiful
when they built this stadium?
"I've come to the conclusion that the two most important things in life are good friends and a good bullpen." -Bob Lemon
by jloving on May 23, 2008 7:47 PM EDT 0 recs
Out to lunch
Hopefully we can rectify the problem and get this stadium built:

by Patrick L. Kennedy on
May 24, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
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"this is going to pass"
no, no it’s not
"I've come to the conclusion that the two most important things in life are good friends and a good bullpen." -Bob Lemon
by jloving on May 23, 2008 7:48 PM EDT 0 recs
Buck on ash bats: "They would crack, they didn't shatter
and you never had a jagged bat.”
So this never happen, Buck?
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on May 23, 2008 7:50 PM EDT 0 recs
The deeper the slump
The more explosive the breakout.
I hope.
by dkdc on May 23, 2008 7:51 PM EDT 0 recs
ECHO (echo...echo...echo...)
Sorry, I couldn’t resist
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on May 23, 2008 8:14 PM EDT 0 recs
"I think he said he SWANG..."
Way to go Gary.
"Chickens are hard to catch." Jennifer Scott (Luuuuuuuke's Mom)
by dayzd toe on May 23, 2008 8:20 PM EDT 0 recs
Missed it
Switched over to Keith Olbermann at 8 p.m.
Sen. Clinton’s toast after today, by the way.
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on
May 23, 2008 8:21 PM EDT
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razor!
Writing is God's way of showing you how sloppy your thinking is.
by typozzz on May 23, 2008 8:21 PM EDT 0 recs
boom boom!
Writing is God's way of showing you how sloppy your thinking is.
by typozzz on May 23, 2008 8:24 PM EDT 0 recs
Let's go MelMo
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on May 23, 2008 8:25 PM EDT 0 recs
2 more LOB
Writing is God's way of showing you how sloppy your thinking is.
by typozzz on May 23, 2008 8:28 PM EDT 0 recs
Memo to O's
It’s Friday. Don’t replay Thursday’s game.
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on
May 23, 2008 8:32 PM EDT
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Nice catch, Dr. Jones!
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on May 23, 2008 8:42 PM EDT 0 recs
The real "Pacman" Jones
He eats up ground in CF like the little yellow guy eats dots.
by dkdc on May 23, 2008 8:43 PM EDT 0 recs
ugh
Writing is God's way of showing you how sloppy your thinking is.
by typozzz on May 23, 2008 8:45 PM EDT 0 recs
Offense
This team has scored 4 runs in its last 30 innings.
by dkdc on May 23, 2008 8:49 PM EDT 0 recs
OK Millar - show us something
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by typozzz on May 23, 2008 8:54 PM EDT 0 recs
On the other hand
Bedard got shelled in the fifth inning, allowing seven earned runs in 4.1 innings
by math_geek on May 23, 2008 8:55 PM EDT 0 recs
That stinks
I’m still a big Bedard fan, especially when he faces the Yanks.
by dkdc on
May 23, 2008 8:57 PM EDT
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agreed, i guess my point was mostly
at least we are not the Mariners.
by math_geek on
May 23, 2008 8:59 PM EDT
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well...at least he can't GIDP
"I've come to the conclusion that the two most important things in life are good friends and a good bullpen." -Bob Lemon
by jloving on May 23, 2008 9:00 PM EDT 0 recs
Darrell Rasner, Ian Kennedy, Matt Garza
AKA
Cy Young, Walter Johnson, Sandy Koufax
by dkdc on May 23, 2008 9:01 PM EDT 0 recs
Seriously, Orioles...
it ain’t still Thursday. Don’t replay that game.
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on May 23, 2008 9:01 PM EDT 0 recs
but
it’s the only one they know how to paly
"I've come to the conclusion that the two most important things in life are good friends and a good bullpen." -Bob Lemon
by jloving on
May 23, 2008 9:02 PM EDT
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Ah, hell, game's over, TB scored a run
while I was gone. Damn.
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on May 23, 2008 9:02 PM EDT 0 recs
Realistically, when can we expect Wieters to be called up?
I’d hate to rush him, but the options we have now good…good and terrible.
by goonybananas on May 23, 2008 9:03 PM EDT 0 recs
Hopefully 2009
This team will stink with or without Wieters, so why rush him?
by dkdc on
May 23, 2008 9:04 PM EDT
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unless he's allowed to fill 9 slots
leave him down there. maybe give him a few AB’s end of this year. don’t fuck the kid up.
"I've come to the conclusion that the two most important things in life are good friends and a good bullpen." -Bob Lemon
by jloving on
May 23, 2008 9:05 PM EDT
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From Roch...
With Aubrey Huff’s standup triple in the second inning, the Orioles need five more hits to reach 75,000 in franchise history.No jokes about it taking three more games.
Uh, Roch? We aren’t joking.
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on May 23, 2008 9:04 PM EDT 0 recs
I can't believe
They’ve had the bases Thorned (loaded) and STILL cannot score….
by dtuck81 on May 23, 2008 9:05 PM EDT 0 recs
I can believe it
‘cause it’s not the first time we’ve seen it
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on
May 23, 2008 9:05 PM EDT
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I just wanted to
Incorporate “Thorned” into the thread.
by dtuck81 on
May 23, 2008 9:06 PM EDT
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I fully endorse
use of the term, as it is quite appropriate
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on
May 23, 2008 9:09 PM EDT
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Orioles are 7 for 33 with the bases juiced this season
Don’t bother doing the math, it’s not good.
by dkdc on
May 23, 2008 9:08 PM EDT
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I know enough math
to estimate that’s almost .210 or .215
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on
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