NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

"We may do something to get another shortstop," Trembley said. "I think it's a little far-fetched to think that I'm going to put Melvin [Mora] over there. I could double-switch and put him over there for the last three innings or something. But to be perfectly honest with you, I wanted to keep Salazar. They are starting two lefties against us and then I think after that, we might do something."

At this point, it appears that Brandon Fahey is the most likely candidate to get added to the roster. Fahey is hitting .280 in 42 games for Triple-A Norfolk and started the season on the Orioles' Opening Day roster, going 5-for-25 (.200).

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its nice that..

fahey is also hitting 5 for his last 28 in norfolk

by Slobbity on Jun 24, 2008 11:53 PM EDT 0 recs

by his standards, that's pretty good

by Y Not on Jun 25, 2008 5:57 AM EDT up 0 recs

Someone out there has to have a decent SS being blocked, right?

by getxstoked on Jun 25, 2008 12:12 AM EDT 0 recs

Don't the Rockies have like 15 shortstops now that Tulowitzki is back?

I know how bad SC wants us to get Barmes.

by punkrawka on Jun 25, 2008 8:01 AM EDT up 0 recs

maybe jeff reboulet wants to make a comeback?

cause i’ll take him over fahey. figures we do a poll on who infuriates us the most and the leading vote getter is the one they’re planning on bringing back…

"I’m sure glad he didn’t try to bunt." - DD on Melmo's game winning double, 6/17

by daveh873 on Jun 25, 2008 12:42 AM EDT 0 recs

I saw a guy at OPACY

on Thursday wearing an orange cutoff tee. He had written on the back with a thick black marker, “REBOULET 36”. It was the most awesome shirsey I’ve ever seen.

by Brotz13 on Jun 25, 2008 9:30 AM EDT up 0 recs

Fahey - Bynum - Fahey - Bynum

What’s the difference? So Fahey will bring his .231 OBP and .240 SLG back to the big leagues. Neither one is particularly stellar in the field.

It would be interesting to see how the O’s 2008 SS position stacks up in all time futility. It’s painful to watch, but it’s not like we didn’t know to expect it.

by drj on Jun 25, 2008 8:28 AM EDT 0 recs

From last night's game thread

Per baseball-reference.com…

Our SS line for 2008: .233/.274/.280. It’d be hard to do much worse.

by punkrawka on Jun 25, 2008 10:11 AM EDT up 0 recs

I have to figure Belanger is a good place to start

I just looked at his stats, and the worst season, counting only those when he played 100 or more games, was ‘79.

BA: .167 OBP: .273 SLG: .217 OPS+: 36

by drj on Jun 25, 2008 11:30 AM EDT up 0 recs

well

He only had 198 at-bats that year and only started 54 games at shortstop.

"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum

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by SC on Jun 25, 2008 11:39 AM EDT up 0 recs

yeah - we need a full season's worth of futility (platoon or not) to compare.

by drj on Jun 25, 2008 12:35 PM EDT up 0 recs

is David Newhan available...

I don’t care if he’s not a SS. He’s GOT to be better than Fahey.

"Chickens are hard to catch." Jennifer Scott (Luuuuuuuke's Mom)

by dayzd toe on Jun 25, 2008 9:25 AM EDT 0 recs

OK

I like Newhan. If it wasn’t for that bum leg, we might have resigned him.

by blawk359 on Jun 25, 2008 9:28 AM EDT up 0 recs

Me too!!!

I championed Newhan after that great 2nd half he had as a FT player. Of course he followed that up by sucking. I do hold a slight grudge that I drove 13 hours to Atlanta with a Braves friend to watch interleague and fatass Andruw Jones hit a walkoff to left that just cleared the fence and would have been a really close play with Larry Bigbie in LF but he had been lifted for a PH and wee man Newhan was out there.

I've got two nickels and a paradigm. - RWH

by BPinOK on Jun 25, 2008 10:06 AM EDT up 0 recs

Newhan sucks and he's a baby

He had 85 at-bats where he hit like Rogers Hornsby. Other than that he was replacement level at his very best. Then he whined about how he didn’t get to play much, as if he deserved it for having a fluke hot streak to end all fluke hot streaks and then failing to hit after that. Newhan’s 35 in September. He’s a guy that hits at AAA and then farts out in the majors. That’s the story of his career.

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by SC on Jun 25, 2008 11:01 AM EDT up 0 recs

he's in the houston organization now

he seemed kinda bitter about the o’s when i met him in new orleans last year though. it was the day after we got murdered by texas and he saw i was wearing an o’s tee so he said something to the effect of “wow, pretty rough game, huh?” with a bit of a smirk. to which i replied “yea, guess you’re glad you arent up there anymore huh?”. i felt bad after that.

"I’m sure glad he didn’t try to bunt." - DD on Melmo's game winning double, 6/17

by daveh873 on Jun 25, 2008 10:38 AM EDT up 0 recs

Shortstop

I think they will bring back Fahey,he was the best defensive s.s. since Cal.
he cant hit much but he,s better then Luis Hernandez & Bynum. I feel
they may keep Cintron as a backup.

by hagers on Jun 25, 2008 10:37 AM EDT 0 recs

really?

i think i’d take mike bordick, personally…

"I’m sure glad he didn’t try to bunt." - DD on Melmo's game winning double, 6/17

by daveh873 on Jun 25, 2008 10:39 AM EDT up 0 recs

whoa

Really? Really really really? Rag arm Fahey whose range is that of a passable second baseman is the best defensive SS since Cal? Not Mike freakin Bordick, who was pretty awesome?

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by SC on Jun 25, 2008 11:03 AM EDT up 0 recs