Jays 6, O's 5: Another blown game
by SC on Jul 10, 2008 9:57 PM EDT
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JESUS CHRIST, JESUS CHRIST, JESUS CHRIST!
George Sherrill came in and gave the game away with a 5-4 lead in the ninth. That's our All-Star! Jim Johnson did his job in the eighth, giving up two to let Toronto back in anyway.
This is getting really, really, really ugly, and anyone wanting to hold onto the veterans on this team needs to get the F real. I'm serious. They're coming back to reality, and it's bad news, bears.
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Can I say this...
Fuck the umpiring crew for this series, and their enormous zone for Jays pitchers and much, much smaller zone for O’s pitchers, the missed call at home last night, and the general shittiness.
Anyway, I’m tired, pissed, and I have to work early, so yeah.
by getxstoked on Jul 10, 2008 10:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Also, does anybody feel like...
we’re somehow living in the movie Major League?
by getxstoked on Jul 10, 2008 10:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
No.
The Indians got to the playoffs in that movie despite the ownership.
by Y Not on Jul 10, 2008 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
ever see the alternate ending?
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 10, 2008 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
hah, no...
didn’t know there was one.. i just read it on wiki.
by Y Not on Jul 11, 2008 5:11 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Major League
I love, love, love that movie. I’ve secretly rooted for the Indians because of it since 1989. I’m still surprised the franchise let themselves be mocked in such a way, but it was a huge success in the end, I think.
To this day, I always quote that movie. “Yo, bartender, Jobu needs a refill!”
by blawk359 on Jul 11, 2008 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whining won't solve it......but year by year, the O's are....
....quietly becoming the LA Clippers of MLB. Cannot totally excuse “overuse” of the bullpen (as Tom Davis and Rick “cotton mouth” Dempsey continually do…..they excuse everything…..apologists!!)
(Seriously, though, Rick…....you aren’t THAT old….somebody (from the creative and funny “annoucing camps” commercials on MASN …PLEASE, PLEASE help Rick. He states and overstates the obvious and the cotton in his mouth (listen to him) makes me mute and mute and mute. (Hunter, Palmer and Martinez are great….really. On target, on point and eloquent (particularly Hunter and Palmer, who could easily become a GREAT team, if powers would allow). BUT, Dempsey should not be in any media (and for anyone who thought he should be a manager….....come on!? Really? He is simple (cognitively) has no fire….....and with due respect to his playing days and well earned legend, is NOT capable. WHY, why, why…....is Gary Thorne considered great? His pipes are superior, but next time you listen/watch….count the # of small and not so small mistakes he makes both per inning and game….......A TON!! He also has significantly MORE vocal inflection and better affect when the OTHER TEAM is in a rally, than he does with the O’s!! Truly. (Although if anyone could top it, it’s fake and faker on the radio. Over articulating everything because they LOVE their own voices more than they love…...well…..anything. These two are funny. “D” or the “duh sound at the end of a word or sentence of Angel = horrifying sounds and Manfra, while seemingly a nice guy tries SO hard to be “cool and deep piped” ......count his “uhs” and “and uhs”...........sad. P.S. on Thorne (who in the hell is Dave Trom-Blaye….........I think, I THINK it is Trembley and he never, ever gets a name right…......trying way too hard you freaky looking fool!)
Ok, this was rant on the broadcast team which doesn’t help the pain the pitching is causing ( this team has OVERachieved on offense and have found themselves with pitching and defense…....ugh!) Seeing our “tough guy, fearless” leader Trom-blay sit stoic and unemotional does NOT do much for his reputation as being much tougher and making much better decisions when things were, well…...magic! He is overrated and, frankly, takes himself too seriously.
Bat Millar 3rd again….hmmmmmmmmmmm…......keep Jones in the EIGHT spot….....hmmmmmmmmm …......bring in yet ANOTHER Norfolk noname to make his debut with runners in scoring position and then look gruff and tough when you take the ball from yet, another….....failed relief effort!! Don’t demand better leadership from “B-rob’ (who worries a lot more about himself)........don’t EVER, ever have the defensive waste of space catcher go talk to his pitcher (terrrible defensive catcher who used to be slightly above average….......wheels-bus-OFF!) Looks like the “Crow” may be able to go in and play SS, as nobody else can.
If you told me in mid March that 90 games in they would be 44-46, I would have loved it and likely not fully believed it…............I think what hurts is that the expectations were raised by a team with virtually NO pressure playing above themselves for 3 months. Great. Appreciated. How about “SOMEBODY” add something beyond hair dye to the party and have a productive, clear the air, closed door meeting…....it’s time. (and, if bleach blonde et al happen to restructure the announcing teams in the process…......even better!! A guy can dream, right!!) I love this team, but right now I hate their effort and results…....
by huffycuse on Jul 10, 2008 10:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
the fuck are you going on about?
or, could you summarize that in, say, one sentence.
all I got was “I hate Thorne” and then I couldn’t read around the 8,000,000 ellipses.
by getxstoked on Jul 10, 2008 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Getxstoked....dumb
Have another ripple, loser. If you can’t read, I canNOT help that mommy and daddy did not sit down and help you with your homework and, subsequently, you are obtuse. Sad, really, your pathetic life. GREAT use of the word “fuck” though….....creative, brilliant…...wow!! You should write for a national publication!! Do you think you can get out of Darwin’s Waiting Room for a few hours? Probably not, huh, lab rat!!
by huffycuse on Jul 10, 2008 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So, what you're saying is...
You can’t actually sum up your rambling into one coherent sentence?
by getxstoked on Jul 10, 2008 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
chill, dude
Actually, both of you chill. You’re more than free to argue, but the name-calling is not going to fly for very long here.
You’re more than welcome, though. I’m not trying to run you off.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 10, 2008 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wasn't trying to argue
I just wanted some sort of clarity, because I honestly did not get what dude was trying to say.
by getxstoked on Jul 10, 2008 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So very sorry, my young ignorant friend!
I cannot help your below 2nd grade reading comprehension level !!! (those last long lines with small dots under them mean “emphasis” Oh, sorry, you don’t know what that means, dude!!) GREAT “dude reference, though…....have another hit, Ricky Wiliams…...dude…......er, um….........dunce!! Did you understand that Einstein!! U R Box-of-rocks dumb
by huffycuse on Jul 10, 2008 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't believe either of us were trying to insult you
Just vocalizing confusion.
by Dr Orpheus on Jul 10, 2008 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Read it, again...........
If you are still confused, I will elaborate….......but can you not get the gist? Your screen name indicates pseudo intelligence. I was venting, dude! Have you never done that….....?! Sorry for any confusion or uncalle for sacrasm. (but, please do take into account the broadcast teams “issues” and tell me after 2-3 “listens” that you don’t also see it)
by huffycuse on Jul 10, 2008 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think we recognized the nature of the post
It had more to do with your penchant for rambling when frustrated, which is understandable, but it was all over the place. Also, I believe ‘getstoked’ was doing what most people on this site do and razz you a bit. Nothing personal.
Also, the screen name is in reference to a character from the Venture Bros cartoon show. But nary am I an ignorant friend.
by Dr Orpheus on Jul 10, 2008 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also, an ellipses isn't usually used for emphasis
It’s used as suppressive notation or to omit an understood or repetitious segment of text.
by Dr Orpheus on Jul 10, 2008 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
......also used in LISP programming.......
(ironically) the old standard for artificial intelligence programming.
Writing is God's way of showing you how sloppy your thinking is.
by typozzz on Jul 11, 2008 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
no name calling?
but the dude is totally a F*CK FACE.
by Y Not on Jul 11, 2008 5:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah totally
Who the hell does he think he is? He just joined and has only 4 posts which are all in this thread. I didn’t think that getstoked’s question was to unreasonable. All he wanted was some clarity.
Geaux Eaux's
by NawlinsOriole on Jul 11, 2008 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s not the best introduction to the site ever, but people tend to pick up on the customs. No need to jump up his ass right off.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 11, 2008 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought this was a site that promoted ass jumping
My fault.
by Dr Orpheus on Jul 11, 2008 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Jeremy Guthrie’s funny. Sneaky funny. Smart funny. Stanford funny."
-Kevbo
by dayzd toe on Jul 11, 2008 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
hahahaha
that’s priceless!
Geaux Eaux's
by NawlinsOriole on Jul 11, 2008 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Listened to the last inning in the car while driving home from work. I really miss being able to curse into blogsphere when the O’s put in performances like this. I saw this tidbit from Jayaon Stark.
Bird land: As the Orioles continue to dance around .500, their interest in unloading players - even veteran players - seems to diminish by the day. Once upon a time, for instance, they traded for George Sherrill with the thought of spinning him before the deadline. Six months later, says an executive of one club, “they told us they’re not motivated to move him now.” There are still a few random pieces for sale—Chad Bradford and Kevin Millar, for instance. But finishing .500 has never felt more important in Baltimore than it seems to feel this year.
Andy, George’s value peaked about two weeks ago and now it’s plummeting. Trade Mr. Flatbill before his value decreases even more. Thank you.
Wolf, wolf, wolf.
by birdman on Jul 10, 2008 10:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
If that's true, the O's are the same suckers they've been for a decade.
Maybe a good losing streak will help knock some sense into them
by drj on Jul 10, 2008 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ugly is OK right now
You hear the rumors about letting the team be and see if they can somehow stay on this magic carpet ride. Perhaps the front office, and I’m thinking of the past decade holdovers who are consider success to be “not losing”, need to be bashed in the teeth with reality.
This team is shallow and has no future. Keep fixing it! Let this season go.
by drj on Jul 10, 2008 10:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I think the plan is still in effect.
That’s not to say that parts of the plan may not have changed recently, or that the pieces they’re offering are going to be let go for the random minor league castoffs that some people seem to be begging for…I’d much rather them ride out this current rough patch with their current roster than blow it up entirely and just make it worse for the hope of an improved draft pick or whatever other idiocy people seem to be pushing around here and other places on the web…
by getxstoked on Jul 10, 2008 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
hmmmm
No one is begging for minor league castoffs. If there are any reasonable deals for guys like Roberts and Cabrera, the FO should jump on them. Huff maybe, I doubt he’s fooling anyone. Sherrill has also gone down a few notches before the trading deadline. If these guys aren’t being shopped, the O’s aren’t being honest with themselves or the fans about the desire to build a reasonable foundation. Let the young pitchers take their lumps and see if any trades can bring in more youth. Letting the veterans ride it out and see what happens is the same crap we’ve had for years, and we pretty much know where it’s headed.
by drj on Jul 10, 2008 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not so much here...
more that other blog, the one where some posters have decided that Payton should be DFA’d for having an 0’fer, and some other things that are just ridiculous.
by getxstoked on Jul 10, 2008 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
ha!
payton shouldn’t be dfa’d for having an o’fer, but he SHOULD be dfa’d b/ c he brings nothing to the table but a waste a of a roster spot. i would love to see reimold in left field ASAP.
foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08
by j.q. higgins on Jul 11, 2008 8:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would too
But there would be no one to spell Jones; which I’m not down with.
by Dr Orpheus on Jul 11, 2008 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
no one?
if you’re just talking a game here or there, there’s no reason you can’t put markakis out there.
foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08
by j.q. higgins on Jul 11, 2008 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or any warm AAA body
Redman, Fiorentino, or Terrero can be at least 90% of what Jay Payton is for the rest of the season.
by dkdc on Jul 11, 2008 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
eh, who cares if the o's lost?
wieters hit another homer tonight. takes some of the sting out of it. plus i already decided that they’re going into a tailspin a week ago, so why get mad about it now?
by joet on Jul 10, 2008 10:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
why get mad about it now?
because it happens EVERY FUCKING YEAR and I’M GODDAMN SICK AND TIRED of it.
Sorry, had to get that off my chest….
"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 Jul 10, 2008 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, i'm just numb at this point
i get riled up a bunch of times during every game, but i don’t have the energy to get pissed off after something like tonight or last night. tonight it was roberts getting picked off, then markakis getting picked off. but by the 9th inning i didn’t care anymore.
by joet on Jul 10, 2008 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Birdman nailed it
There was a reason Sherrill was a long relief man in Seattle. He had an amazing string of, let’s face it, luck. And that luck is gone.
So is his value as trade bait.
Two weeks too late.
Maybe flat cap should start bending his bill.
by Lothar on Jul 10, 2008 10:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
or he can take Jamie Walker's role
while Sarfate or Johnson take that 9th inning spot…
by getxstoked on Jul 10, 2008 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sarfate walks too many
And has massive control issues.
by Dr Orpheus on Jul 10, 2008 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
maybe Liz can take that role
joining Benitez and Mesa as guys that have gone from being mediocre starters to excellent closers for a few years to mediocre relievers are the end of their careers…i could live with that
by getxstoked on Jul 10, 2008 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
When is Ray getting back?
"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 Jul 10, 2008 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
August/September if we're lucky.
Spring Training otherwise, there was something about the timeline on the team website last week sometime.
by getxstoked on Jul 10, 2008 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not this year
The team says Aug/Sept was RAY’s timetabkle, not theirs. The FO and DD has said he ain’t coming back this year.
"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 11, 2008 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
he wasn't a long relief man
He was a LOOGY. This also was what I was worried about stretching him into a closer role. It’s worked out, but LOOGY is probably where he’s best.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 10, 2008 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know
we were never in contention this year anyway, so all this misery could be healed with another awesome deal from McPhail
by math_geek on Jul 10, 2008 11:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
the thing is...
who wants to deal with him now, especially after what he got out of Seattle…
by getxstoked on Jul 10, 2008 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Andy McPhails reputation as a GM long preceded his fleecing of Seattle
Billy Beane still trades with people. If he can do it, McPhail can too
by math_geek on Jul 10, 2008 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Truth
Mark Mulder, Dan Haren, Rich Harden… What he got for those three pitches makes MacPhail’s robbing the Astros and Ms look like nothing. He’ll do it again and so with MacPhail.
by Dr Orpheus on Jul 11, 2008 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd argue he didn't even rob the Astros
Miggi’s a good player, and we should have gotten something for him.
Now, it was a dumb deal for the Astros to make, as they aren’t sniffing the playoffs with or without him, but the cost of a player is not based on how close the buying team is to contention.
by math_geek on Jul 11, 2008 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Miggie's a good player on a decline
Who turns out to be two very bad years older than he was supposed to be. We smoked the Astros on that deal.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 11, 2008 12:03 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
well. we didn't know he was two years older than he said he was
Patton and Costanzo are long shots to make it to the bigs
Albers and Sarfate are relief pitchers, albeit pretty good ones.
Luke Scott is not a prospect, and while he’s been great for our team, the Astros had no desire to play him anyway.
It was a good deal for us, but I hardly see it as a fleecing.
by math_geek on Jul 11, 2008 12:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Astros having no desire to play Luke Scott while paying Carlos Lee $100 million is part of why the Astros suck.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 11, 2008 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dont forget
Thinking that you only need 1 starting pitcher to make a good team.
by Reddrummer9187 on Jul 11, 2008 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
prospects are not the be all end all...
luke scott is younger, cheaper and more productive than tejada, though he does not play a premium position. as i said whn the trade was done, not a big deal for most organizations, but when was the last time the o’s had an across the board viable outfield?
foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08
by j.q. higgins on Jul 11, 2008 8:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
he'll be OK
Billy Beane and Mark Shapiro have made a lot of deals, and still make them.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 11, 2008 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
thats the truth
If you have something they want, then they will deal with you.
by Reddrummer9187 on Jul 11, 2008 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
on a side note about Beane
I think we all got a taste tonight why he could never watch his own team play baseball.
by Reddrummer9187 on Jul 11, 2008 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Trading Sherrill
Honestly, closers blow saves, it happens. It is like getting kicked in the balls when it happens, but it happens. Sherrill has been great for us and is going through a rough streak. Therefore it is no time to trade him. Selling low is never a good plan. Also why give up on him now? He is under contract for a while at a cheap price, and if he can put things back together between now and the end of the year, he will have a good bit of value again.
by Reddrummer9187 on Jul 11, 2008 12:14 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
well, I agree
don’t trade him today
But start feeling out offers, he should get himself together after the all-star break, and if we can get a good deal there is no point in keeping him, as we aren’t going to be contenders in 2009.
by math_geek on Jul 11, 2008 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can dig that
But if the offer doesn’t come then by all means wait until the offseason.
by Reddrummer9187 on Jul 11, 2008 12:25 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just want to cry (sorry, chick O’s fan). It’s not worth it for me to carry on about the bullpen and every other Orioles’ downfall. I feel bad for Daniel, Jeremy, and every other guy who IS making it happen out there. I’m frustrated, and I just needed to be among like-minded friends. I’ll always be an O’s fan (even though I am a New Yorker), but I’m sad tonight. I’m sick of being freakin’ sad! I want to kick my TV in after game like tonight. What must Guthrie want to do?
by JulieM on Jul 11, 2008 12:16 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Matt Wieters
Jake Arrieta
Chris Tillman
Brian Matusz
Matt Wieters
and Matt Wieters
by math_geek on Jul 11, 2008 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
we signed some dude from the naval academy today who apparently is a pretty good pitching prospect
by Reddrummer9187 on Jul 11, 2008 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
John Sickles was on ESPN radio
today rating Wieters the #1 prospect in all of baseball, and wondering why the O’s haven’t moved him to their MLB roster, then he guessed they wanted to take it slow with him, and didn’t really argue the reasoning.
Still , Sickles knows what he’s talking about, and rated Wieters the #1 prospect in all of baseball. 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 Jul 11, 2008 12:25 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
$$$$$
is why he isn’t on their MLB roster
Sickels isn’t the only one that feels as though Wieters is the top prospect. Some BA guys have stated that as well in chats.
by Reddrummer9187 on Jul 11, 2008 12:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And he won't be
until almost May of next year. Don’t start that clock TOO soon….
"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 11, 2008 12:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
More like a time bomb really
With that kinda talent at a premium position and Boras as his agent we really dont want to have to deal with that until we must.
by Reddrummer9187 on Jul 11, 2008 1:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Really?
Who is this? Hit me with the tube address!
by Dr Orpheus on Jul 11, 2008 12:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't dudes fron the naval acadamy have to, like
join the navy?
"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 Jul 11, 2008 9:29 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Apparently, since he’s leaving after his sophomore year, he gets out of his committment and doesn’t have to reimburse the Navy for the first two years at the Academy.
(Or so I read on Birds in the Belfry)
"He’s in trouble. Whatever he throws me, I’m going to hit it."
-- Alex Cintron
by BrianS on Jul 11, 2008 9:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey man
Anyone looking forward to taking 2 out of 3 from the Sox? We DO that shit….with the same probability of being swept by the Blue Jays….
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 11, 2008 12:46 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'll tell you
Even if we lose all three, it can’t be any more frustrating than these three were.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 11, 2008 2:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah...
this may be the low point of the season for me, thus far. blowouts suck for sure, but getting swept in three games that the o’s were winning just grinds my gears.
foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08
by j.q. higgins on Jul 11, 2008 9:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It can be more frustrating
We gotta win this series…
FOR THE RAYS
FOR THE RAYS
FOR THE RAYS
Rays gotta start winning again, too.
by PhilR8 on Jul 11, 2008 9:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ll admit, I’m finding it hard to root for the Rays.
For years, all I’ve had to hang onto as an O’s fan is “At least we’re not as bad as the Rays.”
I want to be inspired that their turnaround is something O’s can duplicate, but mostly I’m bitter that they don’t suck anymore and the O’s still do.
Still, they’re better than PHNMFY
"He’s in trouble. Whatever he throws me, I’m going to hit it."
-- Alex Cintron
by BrianS on Jul 11, 2008 9:16 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah...
refuse to root!
i almost prefer yanks, red sox or jays for the division. rays have not paid their dues.
foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08
by j.q. higgins on Jul 11, 2008 9:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Paid Their Dues?
Rooting for the Red Sox or Yankees makes me…I…I need to run some children down. I’ll be back.
...so angry!
by Dr Orpheus on Jul 11, 2008 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
then...
you shouldn’t root for the yankees or red sox. i won’t. but i won’t root for the rays just b/c they’re NOT the yankees or red sox.
maybe i’ll change my tune if they’re still at/near the top of the division at the end of the season, having successfully run the gauntlet of divisional play, but i reserve the right to be a curmudgeon about the success of expansion teams, logical or not!
foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08
by j.q. higgins on Jul 11, 2008 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m “rooting for” the Rays just because I like lots of their players. I would also like to see them in the playoffs for two reasons:
1. Someone new, and it blocks EITHER the Yankees or Red Sox.
2. Maybe if they make the playoffs someone will build them a real stadium.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 11, 2008 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's my main thing
I just want someone other than the Yankees and the Red Sox. I just want someone new. Plus I (like many others) love an underdog, and that’s what they are. Maybe they won’t be in a few years, and that’s fine. But this year and maybe next year, the Rays are an awesome story.
"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 11, 2008 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yup
I want someone who is not the Yankees or the Red Sox, and who is also not the Toronto Blue Jays
"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 Jul 11, 2008 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
AL East
I like what’s happening with the Rays because it shows it is possible to compete in the AL East.
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by typozzz on Jul 11, 2008 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fact is, the Orioles, Rays and even Blue Jays have been among the worst-run teams in baseball for, oh, ten years or so. It’s not a mystery why the 1-2 doesn’t change, it’s just that most people get the answer wrong because it’s easy to damn money than to be competent at your job.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 11, 2008 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
They paid plenty of dues
Years in the cellar and now some ownership that has a head on their shoulders. I can’t begrudge them that.
They are young, aggressive, don’t have a sense of entitlement, don’t rely on a bloated payroll. They aren’t bloated with asshole front runner fans. I would love for the O’s to be such a team.
by drj on Jul 11, 2008 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
hahahahaha!!!
“They aren’t bloated with asshole front runner fans. I would love for the O’s to be such a team.”
-give it time.
foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08
by j.q. higgins on Jul 11, 2008 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
and actually...
that’s more on the frontrunner fans comment than the o’s comment.
foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08
by j.q. higgins on Jul 11, 2008 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh, see I was about to get offended
as you were implying that the O’s were loaded with asshole frontrunner fans.
We’re not even frontrunners in the Strasburg Sweepstakes.
by math_geek on Jul 11, 2008 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
jesus...
anyone STILL here and clinging to the life raft that is gameday threadds deserves a frickin medal.
foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08
by j.q. higgins on Jul 11, 2008 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
"At least we're not as bad as the Mariners"
fixed 2008 edition. Hope it helps.
by math_geek on Jul 11, 2008 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm also finding it hard for root for the Rays...
and I ain’t even gonna try, fuck ‘em. I root for one team, couldn’t care less what happens with the others. Except for the Yankees, who I always want to fail
the Rays will always be a fake-ass franchise to me, they still don’t have a respectable professional looking uniform, 90% of their fans are bandwagon jumpers who never cared about them til this year….fuck ‘em. I know people love an underdog, but I can’t get with this bullshit
by oriolez on Jul 11, 2008 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
they still don’t have a respectable professional looking uniform
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 11, 2008 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
as an aside
You know what always cracks me up about this shot? Ol’ sourpuss Dobson.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 11, 2008 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
HE kind of looks like brandon fahey!
foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08
by j.q. higgins on Jul 11, 2008 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
and when the rays win a couple division and a couple titles...
then THEY can aspire to such depths of ugliness. the o’s uni when they first became competitive was pretty damn sweet, iirc.
foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08
by j.q. higgins on Jul 11, 2008 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think the new Rays uniforms
look pretty sharp. Better than most of the turdy ass new uniforms unveiled recently in San Diego, Arizona and Washington. Frankly I don’t see what’s not to like about them. Besides the dumbass team name, that is.
by Awesome Mike Awesome on Jul 11, 2008 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll probably be at both weekend games
So winning at least one would be nice.
by dkdc on Jul 11, 2008 9:03 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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