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Gameday Thread: O's (28-30) @ Twins (31-28)

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Baltimore Orioles @ Minnesota Twins


Game time is an absurd 1:10 on MASN.

“I’m just trying to do things to help the team win,” Mauer said. 

Isn't he so humble! It's like he doesn't know how good he is! What a guy! What a team player!

I'll fight you, Joe Mauer.

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  Today's Starting Pitchers GS IP ERA WHIP BAA HR BB K W-L
Garrett Olson - LH 7 38.0 4.03 1.42 .264 3 15 31 4-1
Scott Baker - RH 6 33.0 4.09 1.09 .244 6 5 29 2-0

Scott Baker's coming back from a short DL stint. He last took the mound on May 3. Olson is left-handed! Olson's WHIP isn't as good as Baker's. Baker has a nice K-to-BB. I'd like to get some of that action.

A partial list of Minnesota Twins I want to punch in the face:

  1. Joe Mauer
  2. Nick Punto
  3. Alexi Casilla
  4. Carlos Gomez

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So Mauer was sitting on the bus

behind Nuke and Crash when Crash taught Nuke to say meaningless pap in post-game interviews. Probably someone’s on a minor league bus teaching Matt Weiters to say those lines right now. I wish someone had taught Audrey to talk that line.

You won't see a worse play than the one you just saw from the Yankee captain... 3DG 5/27/08

by 33 on Jun 5, 2008 9:30 AM EDT   0 recs

HAHA

“Isn’t he so humble! It’s like he doesn’t know how good he is! What a guy! What a team player!

I’ll fight you, Joe Mauer.”

First a reference to Kindergarten Cop, now this… good stuff.

by Y Not on Jun 5, 2008 9:37 AM EDT   0 recs

Oh, and interesting factoid...

Kevin Millar has 10 HRs… but only 5 doubles. How the hell does that happen? (HE’S SLOW.)

Also – non-QS for Cabs … 9-4

by Y Not on Jun 5, 2008 9:44 AM EDT   0 recs

Orioles Strategizing

So Olson has a 1.42 WHIP and a 4.03 ERA, while Baker is 1.09 WHIP and 4.09 ERA? I’d have to say Olson knows how to bear down when he’s in trouble and get that out. Limit the damage. Kid has moxie! Baker is just prone to giving up the timely hit. No guts. Kid needs to learn how to bear down and concentrate more and probably not give up the untimely home run. Give me a tough kid like Olson any day of the year! Plus he’s a lefty.

by drj on Jun 5, 2008 9:56 AM EDT   0 recs

I'd like Movie Quotes Borrowed by Joe Mauer for $300, Alex.

Rah Rah Rasputin / Lover of the Russian queen
There was a cat that / Really loved Birds. -- Boney M

by Titov on Jun 5, 2008 10:42 AM EDT   0 recs

Oops, forgot the Sidline from Wednesday's SidWatch:

IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
4.0 8 6 2 3 1 1 3.88

If this were SC vs. Z on Daniel, it’d be a push (no decision, no QS, no nuthin’, pretty much).
Sid’s All Star prospects are dimming. Still, there’s no “Judges punched” line in the box.

Rah Rah Rasputin / Lover of the Russian queen
There was a cat that / Really loved Birds. -- Boney M

by Titov on Jun 5, 2008 10:59 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

The only way this has anything to do with anything

is because this is what you get when you google-image search “Judge Punch”

That and there’s just something about a prostitute with a goat head on her head.

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

by dayzd toe on Jun 5, 2008 11:21 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Somehow this connects with Dragnet, I just know it...

Rah Rah Rasputin / Lover of the Russian queen
There was a cat that / Really loved Birds. -- Boney M

by Titov on Jun 5, 2008 2:15 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

"People Against Goodness and Normacy...P.A.G.A.N...Pagan"

“Go work Joe”

"Beatings will continue until morale improves"

by UMBC Oriole fan on Jun 5, 2008 7:22 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Twins' strategy is clear after one inning:

Let the O’s batters get on base, then try to pick them off. It’s easier than shooting fish in a barrel.

by Lothar on Jun 5, 2008 1:23 PM EDT   0 recs

Why is Gameday Audio now making me watch a commercial

before I can listen to the game?

I pay money for this. I want the game NOW.

MLB is the devil.

"Whether your name is Gehrig or Ripken, DiMaggio or Robinson, or that of some youngster who picks up his bat or puts on his glove, you are challenged by the game of baseball to do your very best day in and day out. That's all I've ever tried to do."

by spike2131 on Jun 5, 2008 1:29 PM EDT   0 recs

huh?!?

I thought you paid money to get AWAY from commercials.

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

by dayzd toe on Jun 5, 2008 1:38 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

pretty soon

they’ll make you watch commercials before you can go to your local little league park in which the teams aren’t even wearing mlb teams uni’s because they cost too much money.

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

by dayzd toe on Jun 5, 2008 1:39 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Which is why ads in movie theatres should be banned. I always boo. We can watch TV for free...

Rah Rah Rasputin / Lover of the Russian queen
There was a cat that / Really loved Birds. -- Boney M

by Titov on Jun 5, 2008 3:19 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

That was one of the worst at bats

I’ve seen from AJ all year.

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Jun 5, 2008 1:39 PM EDT   0 recs

Really?

Hopefully a fluke, he’s been looking much better lately.

I’ve got the espn gamecast up. It’s super lame.

"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 Jun 5, 2008 1:40 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah he was given a bunch of trash

Breaking balls that maaay have broken just while crossing the plate but still unhittable.

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Jun 5, 2008 2:10 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Ah... hey...

our boys are back… leadoff double, no runs. SUUUUHHHH-WEET!!!

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

by dayzd toe on Jun 5, 2008 1:40 PM EDT   0 recs

Olson's favorite junk food=Pringles...

Joba’s favorite junk food=I’m not allowed to have any, Daddy Warbucks La Guardia says so.

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

by dayzd toe on Jun 5, 2008 1:44 PM EDT   0 recs

Wow, a catcher who doesn't suck at throwing out runners

Nick Markakis: The Actual Greek God of Walks

by wickedwitch on Jun 5, 2008 1:47 PM EDT   0 recs

you mean gwilly-ermo?

(as gary thorne says)

by thewaywardO on Jun 5, 2008 1:49 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

YEAH NICKY!!!!!

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

by dayzd toe on Jun 5, 2008 2:03 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

With the 1st Pick in the 2008 MLB Draft

The Tampa Bay Rays select…

ESPN 2 right now.

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Jun 5, 2008 2:11 PM EDT   0 recs

Tim Beckham

Every single Tampa Bay fan is in attendance

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Jun 5, 2008 2:16 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Are you being sarcastic or serious

I can’t tell.

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Jun 5, 2008 2:20 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

If your being serious

Pirates take Pedro Alvarez.

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Jun 5, 2008 2:22 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

DAMN IT!

I was hoping he would drop to us. And espn.com is behind.

Wolf, wolf, wolf.

by birdman on Jun 5, 2008 2:27 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

nevermind, i see that espn.com is giving us a running update.

Needless to say, I’m very anxious to hear who the O’s take.

Wolf, wolf, wolf.

by birdman on Jun 5, 2008 2:22 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Pretty much a lock so far

And the Royals have taken Hosmer. This is the worst scenario but the predictable one for the O’s. They have to choose between Smoak and Matusz. O’s on the clock.

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Jun 5, 2008 2:28 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

O's take Brian Matusz.

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Jun 5, 2008 2:33 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

oh well

everybody said we would take him. i hope smoak doesn’t bite us in the ass.

Wolf, wolf, wolf.

by birdman on Jun 5, 2008 2:35 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh well,

Everybody said we woudl take him. I hope Smoak doesn’t bite us in the ass.

Wolf, wolf, wolf.

by birdman on Jun 5, 2008 2:35 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

From ESPN

Probably the fastest moving starter in the draft. The Orioles have to consider moving him quickly through the system. He has about four average or better pitches. Not a ton of projection here; he is today what he’s going to be three or four years from now. His offspeed stuff is so good that he’ll miss a lot of bats in the low minors and not have a chance to work on fastball command.

"We might as well just win this game." -Adam Jones

by exitfare on Jun 5, 2008 2:41 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah that is what I get from what I have seen too

He has three very good pitches, and his slider is ok. He has a 95 mph fastball, a great off speed ball with movement and a curve ball that really breaks. I believe his fourth pitch is a slider but I haven’t seen it much and I don’t think he will use it much until it is fully developed. He was a top pitcher in high school, top pitcher in college, and he just translates to be a solid guy in the majors. He hasn’t received much hype because he has been good for so long and is just projected to be a no. 2-3 starter for a long time.

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Jun 5, 2008 2:46 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Yikes, is Ken Olson just One Regular Guy or what?!?

I’d swear he was in Fargo or something…

Rah Rah Rasputin / Lover of the Russian queen
There was a cat that / Really loved Birds. -- Boney M

by Titov on Jun 5, 2008 2:17 PM EDT   0 recs

it's my deal, wayne!

foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08

by j.q. higgins on Jun 5, 2008 2:18 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

84 pitches for baker through 4

Hope we can maintain this lead. I’m out, go O’s! Hope we draft someone good.

No one from Canada, please.

by Y Not on Jun 5, 2008 2:26 PM EDT   0 recs

5 beyond

his strict 90 pitch count.

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

by dayzd toe on Jun 5, 2008 2:38 PM EDT   0 recs

oh, melmo!

baker finishes the inning w/ 99 pitches.

foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08

by j.q. higgins on Jun 5, 2008 2:41 PM EDT   0 recs

fucking alexi casilla man

dude is batting like .400

by dan the man on Jun 5, 2008 2:54 PM EDT   0 recs

Damn!!1

Baker is…

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

by dayzd toe on Jun 5, 2008 2:55 PM EDT   0 recs

pretty good day for the boys.

Sitting at a computer at work… just reading the play-by-play. No pickoffs. Good stuff.

by drj on Jun 5, 2008 2:57 PM EDT   0 recs

ADAM JONES SON!

Wolf, wolf, wolf.

by birdman on Jun 5, 2008 3:09 PM EDT   0 recs

AJ!

DONG!

by getxstoked on Jun 5, 2008 3:09 PM EDT   0 recs

That's right...


IS BIRDLAND!!!

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

by dayzd toe on Jun 5, 2008 3:09 PM EDT   0 recs

Or

(but I haven’t had a chance to make him look happier on this yet.)

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

by dayzd toe on Jun 5, 2008 3:10 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Dr. Jones!

What a great time for love!

From the Land of Pleasant Living...

by OEutaw on Jun 5, 2008 3:14 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

ADAM JOOOOONES!

"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 Jun 5, 2008 3:10 PM EDT   0 recs

I am glad he got a homer

he needs to be hitting more of those if he is going to be the STAR OF THE FUTURE

"We might as well just win this game." -Adam Jones

by exitfare on Jun 5, 2008 3:17 PM EDT   0 recs

yes, DP!

just like Anita Marks likes!

"We might as well just win this game." -Adam Jones

by exitfare on Jun 5, 2008 3:23 PM EDT   0 recs

man...

she really repulses. the more i see her, the more i get a sean young in ace ventura vibe.

...that’s right, i’m saying she’s a man.

foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08

by j.q. higgins on Jun 5, 2008 3:24 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

The difference is...

Sean Young was actually pretty.

That neck makes Anita look like what happened to Wilford Brimley in “The Thing”

by Chanumas on Jun 5, 2008 3:25 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

yeah

she’s busted

"We might as well just win this game." -Adam Jones

by exitfare on Jun 5, 2008 3:36 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

hey, hey, hey...

it’s maaaaaatttt albers!

foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08

by j.q. higgins on Jun 5, 2008 3:23 PM EDT   0 recs

Fat Albers, you da man!

Rah Rah Rasputin / Lover of the Russian queen
There was a cat that / Really loved Birds. -- Boney M

by Titov on Jun 5, 2008 3:23 PM EDT   0 recs

i think we should

post more pictures of hookers.

by thewaywardO on Jun 5, 2008 3:29 PM EDT   0 recs

Just hookers, or....


Famous hookers?

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

by dayzd toe on Jun 5, 2008 3:32 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Or maybe

Since a lot of us are at work, we lay off the posting of scantily clad women. Just until 5 p.m. :)

"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 Jun 5, 2008 3:36 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

hey that's the spitzer chick right?

well may i say this is a flattering photograph.

by thewaywardO on Jun 5, 2008 3:40 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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

by dayzd toe on Jun 5, 2008 3:36 PM EDT   0 recs

with the .165 opp avg

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

by dayzd toe on Jun 5, 2008 3:37 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

that's pretty spiffy.

I like that right there, boy howdy.

From the Land of Pleasant Living...

by OEutaw on Jun 5, 2008 3:38 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Isn't Slowey a pitcher?

kind of ironic name for pinch runner, eh?

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

by dayzd toe on Jun 5, 2008 3:38 PM EDT   0 recs

dude...

anybody else on mlb.com? man, that pic of kubel…did he eat the rest of the bench?

foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08

by j.q. higgins on Jun 5, 2008 3:42 PM EDT   0 recs

sweet!

foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08

by j.q. higgins on Jun 5, 2008 3:46 PM EDT   0 recs

Is Trembley gonna bring in Walker now?

"We might as well just win this game." -Adam Jones

by exitfare on Jun 5, 2008 3:46 PM EDT   0 recs

Sit down, Joe Mauer

Jim Johnson is no Jamie Walker.

"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 Jun 5, 2008 3:47 PM EDT   0 recs

oh that makes me 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 Jun 5, 2008 3:48 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs