O's 7, Royals 5: Hold on, George is comin'!
by SC on Jul 1, 2008 10:01 PM EDT
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Don't you ever be sad,
Lean on me when times are bad.
When the day comes and you're down,
In a river of trouble and about to drown
Just hold on, I'm comin',
Hold on, I'm comin'.
Following two straight devastatingly crappy losses, George Sherrill nailed down the ninth inning tonight as the Birds held on to down the Royals, 7-5.
We have a comfy 7-3 lead before Ol' Sar-farty came in there and started walking the field, but George knew what to do. Though he gave up a bleeder single that drove in two runs off the bat of Mark Grudzielanek, he then struck out Alex Gordon to FINISH IT! with aplomb.
Gordon had previously hit a monster home run in the first inning off of Radhames Liz that apparently one-hopped the Warehouse. Good great mamma jamma was that a shot.
Five interesting points of the game:
- Second inning, Fahey hits a line drive double to left field that Jose Guillen bobbles on the pickup, allowing Adam Jones to score. Next batter is Roberts, who skies one into left center. Guillen, like the jerk he is, stands still and leaves Joey Gathright to fend for himself. Lucky for KC (and Guillen), Gathright makes the catch.
- Bottom seven, game seeming to get a little too close for comfort. BRIAN ROBERTS SMASH
- Adam Loewen makes a relief appearance, throwing two scoreless innings with a bit of mystery to them. Season ERA falls to 7.08.
- Mora finally gets dropped in the order, falling to sixth, and goes 0-for-3 with a walk.
- Jimmy Gobble makes duck feel better about his own last name.
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Loewen's appearance was big
They needed someone to eat up a couple of innings after the last two games of watching the bullpen fumble it away.
Two innings do not, of course, make up for most of his previous appearances, but it’ll do for now.
So, when does the Mora charade end?
Are they just afraid to bench his ass?
We need Huff’s and Luke Scott’s bats in the game every night. Mora brings nothing to the table but bad vibes.
by Lothar on Jul 1, 2008 10:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Mora
Sad to say, there’s absolutely no one better to play. If Huff plays 3B, someone has to DH.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 1, 2008 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bring back Salazar!
"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 Jul 1, 2008 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah I agree
Salazar is a freaking beast!
Geaux Eaux's
by NawlinsOriole on Jul 1, 2008 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
my god
There’s a whole fuck lot wrong with the world at hand when Oscar Salazar is perceived as a beast.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 2, 2008 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, W is still president.....
and I think the idea is Huff at 3B, Salazar in at DH and Mora riding the pine. There is some allure to the idea, you must admit…
"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 Jul 2, 2008 7:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Salazar is what those in the biz call “30 years old” and “not any damn good.”
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 2, 2008 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
But he plays hard and loves the game, and thats all that matters.
by Reddrummer9187 on Jul 2, 2008 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's a gamer
and plays the game the right way, right?
Seriously, do we want Mora at 3B, Millar at 1B, and Huff DH, or Huff at 3B, Millar at 1B, and Salazar at DH? We can’t be doing worse than we are doing now at 3B, can we?
"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 Jul 2, 2008 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Salazar is absolutely in no world any better than even this crappy Melvin Mora if you play him every day. And Salazar sitting around in Norfolk isn’t a financial drain like Mora on the bench would be.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 2, 2008 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Reimold
May as well give him a shot, either give him or Luis Montanez a chance in the big leagues to prove themselves.
by Reddrummer9187 on Jul 1, 2008 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
btw...
yahoo midseason grades give the o’s a B-, better than 17 teams. to wit:
“Baltimore Orioles: Such a shame the Orioles are in a division with those powerhouse Rays, and, oh by the way, the Red Sox and Yankees as well. This has quietly become an excellent team six days a week. Inexplicably, the Orioles have lost 12 in a row on Sundays, having won on the Sabbath only on April 6, dragging them into fourth place.”
foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08
by j.q. higgins on Jul 1, 2008 10:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
We'd be in 1st in the NL West
Just sayin’.
"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 Jul 1, 2008 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What the hell happened there?
You’d think the Phillies, Braves, Mets and Marlins would be playing decent baseball, but nooooooooooooo…...
"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 Jul 1, 2008 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Marlins are managing to lose games to the Nats...
and the NL sucked hard in interleague play.
by getxstoked on Jul 1, 2008 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The NL was almost 50 games under .500
in interleague play. That’s not even being competitive. The AL is 149-102 this year with one makeup game left, the MFY and Pirates. And don’t get me started on the fact that the MFY and the PHN didn’t get the Cubs or the Brewers, and the O’s got both.
"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 Jul 1, 2008 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sox got the Brewers,
swept them at Fenway. Your point about the MFY still stands.
A mind without purpose will walk in dark places.
by NHZ on Jul 2, 2008 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Missed that on teh schedule
I used the sortable schedule at MLB and no results came up for PHN when I searched for Brewers. Must have picked the wrong team by accident, I see the games 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 Jul 2, 2008 2:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ryan Braun abused Josh Beckett
that guy has a shit ton of power.
A mind without purpose will walk in dark places.
by NHZ on Jul 2, 2008 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i still don't get it...
aren’t wirey guys supposed to be athletic line drive hitters, not no glove mashers?
foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08
by j.q. higgins on Jul 2, 2008 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Body type isn't everything,
and Braun is pretty damn tall. If he could work the count a little better, he’d be absolutely terrifying.
A mind without purpose will walk in dark places.
by NHZ on Jul 2, 2008 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i know...
(what is one of the things moneyball taught us?)
still, from an optical standpoint, it’s something to behold.
foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08
by j.q. higgins on Jul 2, 2008 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It was him or Corey Hart
but I kept hearing “young Richie Sexton” over and over and over and over all during that O’s -MIL series.
"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 Jul 2, 2008 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sexson
and I’m pretty sure that’s Braun. Hart is considerably more athletic.
A mind without purpose will walk in dark places.
by NHZ on Jul 2, 2008 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
But they always said it wrong...
remember?
"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 Jul 2, 2008 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
that's a buck-ism, no?
foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08
by j.q. higgins on Jul 3, 2008 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I do believe so
"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 Jul 3, 2008 12:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah if only we played in a crappy division like that.
Geaux Eaux's
by NawlinsOriole on Jul 1, 2008 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I say this all the time
But Trembley’s press conference was awesome and everyone should watch it once it’s up on MASN.com. He is so awesome talking about he thinks enough of Sherrill that he’s wearing his shirt, and Saturday games of the week with Pee Wee Reese and Dizzy Dean and how he hates the scoreboard because they can’t get the names right half the time and how somebody got “snookered” in that deal.
I hate that they always cut back to Rick and Jim before he’s done talking.
"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 Jul 1, 2008 10:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
MASNsports.com
MASN.com is a holding page for an ad site.
"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 Jul 1, 2008 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, he was in top form tonight
Trembley’s presser was an instant classic, right along side that one where they asked him if he had considered giving Quiroz more starts in place of Ramon and he said “considered is an understatement.” And that other one after he had been kicked out of the game and he explained matter-of-factly that the umpire “was callin’ pitches strikes that weren’t strikes. And so I had to come out and show him where I thought they were.”
And I agree, that hard cut to Jim & Rick after the 2nd or 3rd question never fails to chap my proverbial ass.
"This ain't a football game. We do this every day."
by Fear and Trembley on Jul 1, 2008 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here's the link to the page
Wish we could embed video here, but I understand why not.
"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 Jul 2, 2008 7:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You can embed
if you click on menu on the video it offers that option.
"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 Jul 2, 2008 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
no video link for comments
only for initial posts, i think.
by zknower on Jul 2, 2008 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Got it
I thought he meant embedding in general from masnsports, not in comments.
"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 Jul 2, 2008 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, I did mean in comments
but thanks for the heads up on the embed function for MASN videos. And last night’s presser was a classic!
"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 Jul 2, 2008 2:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Diamond D at his Best
“Pee Wee would look over at Dizzy and say, now Dizzy what would you throw this guy here, and Dizzy would say ah partner were just going to play good old country hard ball. We ain’t going to try to trick anybody. Were just gonna throw the fastball.”
haha, this guy cracks me up!
You the man Diamond D!
Geaux Eaux's
by NawlinsOriole on Jul 1, 2008 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Alex Gordon HR
I watched the game from the upper deck first base side. The ball didn’t just hit the warehouse on one bounce. It hit two or three stories up. Gordon will get a nice little ball plaque on Eutaw Street.
by Cockeysville Rec Council on Jul 1, 2008 11:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Moment of the Night:
Diamond Dave reps his own Shutdown Sherrill shirt underneath his jersey. God I love this guy, he’s so down to earth.
What a great win to make up for the past to miserable losses. Like I wrote in the game thread it’s great to have Shutdown back. (I’ve got to get me one of those shirts)
GEAUX EAUX’s!!!!
Geaux Eaux's
by NawlinsOriole on Jul 1, 2008 11:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Way to go, George...
...now quit staring at me like that….
by Jonny Pops on Jul 1, 2008 11:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Anybody watching Cubs-Giants on WGN
The crowd is awesome.
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 Jul 2, 2008 12:04 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
small crowd tonight
but it was really surprising the ovation we gave sherrill. I guess people love free t-shirts.
by Steve. on Jul 2, 2008 12:19 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Georgie's lovable
And he needed the support tonight. Fuck it, everyone has a couple bad games.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 2, 2008 3:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
he got knocked down
but he got up again…
by mpire on Jul 2, 2008 7:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Looking at my lineup card from Monday's game
And it turns out that last night was the SECOND night with Mora batting third. Adam Jones is still hitting 8, but I have a feeling he’ll be up somewhere ahead of Mora by week’s end. He is REALLY starting to take off, he needs all the room he can get.
The stock market will never recover, our armies will never again be #1, and our children will drink filthy water for the rest of their lives - HST
by the fix is in on Jul 2, 2008 9:59 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
so, seriously...
who’se taking the pic above and making a “flat breezy style” tee?
foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08
by j.q. higgins on Jul 2, 2008 3:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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