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Texas Rangers @ Baltimore Orioles


7:05 :: MASN2 :: 79° E 5 MPH :: Rain: 50%

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  Today's Starting Pitchers GS IP ERA WHIP BAA HR BB K W-L
Scott Feldman - RH - #39 12 (14) 78.0 4.38 1.29 .251 10 27 39 2-3
Brian Burres - LH - #56 15 (17) 86.2 5.09 1.55 .299 12 30 42 6-5

I bet today's the day that Burres starts exercising the knowledge of how to "step it up." Standing in his way is Scott Feldman, a man whose skin is touched by the sun and giving it the appearance of porcelain. Also, he has a little kid bully movie name.

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From Roch:

Here’s the lineup:
Brian Roberts – 2B
Jay Payton – LF
Nick Markakis – RF
Aubrey Huff – DH
Kevin Millar – 1B
Melvin Mora – 3B
Adam Jones – CF
Guillermo Quiroz – C
Brandon Fahey – SS

"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 5, 2008 5:11 PM EDT   0 recs

One would assume

Especially with the day off Monday before the Blow Jays series. Although, why not sit him tomorrow and get him 2 days off for the price of 1?

And I’m warnin’ y’all now, I’m gonna be dog-shit crazy over the Blow Jays series. I gots me some SERIOUS Cito hatred built up.

"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 5, 2008 5:15 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm assuming

The Cito hatred has something to do with an All-Star Game and/or the year 1989.

by getxstoked on Jul 5, 2008 5:19 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

fuck Cito

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

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by SC on Jul 5, 2008 5:20 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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

Understandably.

I remember being a pissed off 8 year old in 1989 because of the way that season ended.

by getxstoked on Jul 5, 2008 5:38 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I remember being a VERY pissed off 21-year-old that 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 5, 2008 5:46 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I was a pissed off 22-year old,

and I watched the Jeff Ballard game with Josh Charles in a NY sports bar.

by zknower on Jul 5, 2008 6:00 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Who sucks more in Baltimore?

1) Cito

2) Jeffrey Maier

A poll is necessary.

by dtuck81 on Jul 5, 2008 6:03 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Maier was a kid, so I'd have to go with Cito

but, if you offer up Richie Garcia…. he’d win hands down

by math_geek on Jul 5, 2008 6:04 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Richie Garcia, hands down

Signing fucking AUTOGRAPHS the next day for MFY fans and laughing it up about being COMPLETELY INCOMPETENT at his job. Nice.

"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 5, 2008 6:23 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

word

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

by Titov on Jul 5, 2008 7:46 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Olson's wild pitch in the eighth

with two outs – I still have a scar on my knuckle when I punched the wall in my basement.

There's no crying in baseball

by elktonfan on Jul 5, 2008 6:08 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Otter did have a vicious curveball....

Live by the sword, die by the sword, I guess.

"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 5, 2008 6:24 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

On the topic of tonight's game...

Doesn’t Burres need some measure of revenge based on something that I’m pretty sure was just a really bad dream last August?

I think so…

by getxstoked on Jul 5, 2008 5:55 PM EDT   0 recs

No pun intended

But Brokeback Burres needs to get his crap in line.

by dtuck81 on Jul 5, 2008 6:08 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Keys to the Game

1) Matt Albers is still hurt.

2) Maple bats break. A lot.

3) Birdland MILF and Amber = Ratings.

by dtuck81 on Jul 5, 2008 5:59 PM EDT   0 recs

Worked last night.....

"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 5, 2008 6:00 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Joe Buck

Is the worst announcer ever.

Even worse than Fred Manfra.

by dtuck81 on Jul 5, 2008 6:09 PM EDT   0 recs

He

And Jim Palmer should be broadcast partners. There would never be one second of silence.

by dtuck81 on Jul 5, 2008 6:12 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

McCarver and Palmer (with Al Michaels)

was enough for one lifetime.

"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 5, 2008 6:24 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Hats

I didn’t know they were wearing them all weekend…

by dtuck81 on Jul 5, 2008 6:10 PM EDT   0 recs

you know what's wonderful about Red Sox - Yankees game

no matter what happens, somebody is going to lose. I wish it was the Yankees losing though.

by math_geek on Jul 5, 2008 6:13 PM EDT   0 recs

McCarver

Doesn’t realize that baseball and football are two different sports.

by dtuck81 on Jul 5, 2008 6:14 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Jeanne

Is kind of hot…

by dtuck81 on Jul 5, 2008 6:19 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I remember

The one time McCarver said “Watch the catcher use his mitt like a glove”. Really Tim?

by dtuck81 on Jul 5, 2008 6:20 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Why?

I’m rotting for the MFY this weekend, since every loss sends the PHN further away from 1st and closer to us. If we win, we stay with the MFY even if they win. If PHN wins, they stay ahead of us.

If PHN loses to the MFY, we stay ahead of MFY and gain ground on PHN. Until MLB changes the rules so both can lose, I’ll be a reluctant MFY rooter this weekend, hoping the O’s sweep.

"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 5, 2008 6:50 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

That could happen someday.

My dream world is one where the Yankees and Red Sox go 9-9 against each other, and 0-153 against everyone else.

by getxstoked on Jul 5, 2008 6:52 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

+1

"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 5, 2008 6:53 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

yeah, I understand that

I’m just want to get the MFY one game behind us because

1) I hate them much more
2) I’ll focus on catching up to PHN afterwards

by math_geek on Jul 5, 2008 6:53 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I hate both equally

basically – I hate both with the power of a thousand undying suns.

"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 5, 2008 6:54 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I still want to know

Why MASN never ever gives us the umpires before the game.

by dtuck81 on Jul 5, 2008 6:26 PM EDT   0 recs

Dave Johnson

Voice cracking and all….

by dtuck81 on Jul 5, 2008 6:31 PM EDT   0 recs

WTF

No Amber tonight?

I have no reason to watch now.

by dtuck81 on Jul 5, 2008 6:33 PM EDT   0 recs

Birdland MILF

Should come in and do the sideline reporting.

by dtuck81 on Jul 5, 2008 6:43 PM EDT   0 recs

That bumble gum bucket had it COMING, I tell ya!

"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 5, 2008 6:52 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

"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 5, 2008 6:56 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

From Roch
Randor Bierd has reported to Double-A Bowie and is scheduled to throw two innings tomorrow as part of his injury rehab assignment.

Bierd will appear in five games with the Baysox through July 17th before the Orioles re-evaluate him.

Down on the farm, Single-A Frederick’s Billy Rowell came within a triple of hitting for the cycle. His fourth home run was a tremendous shot to center field. Brandon Snyder and Chris Vinyard also homered, and Jake Arrieta struck out 10 in five innings.

Here’s the link to his blog.

"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 5, 2008 6:52 PM EDT   0 recs

if Burres sucks today then I'm leavin'

By God.

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

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by SC on Jul 5, 2008 6:57 PM EDT   0 recs

what are you talking about

The Norfolk rotation is awesome.

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

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by SC on Jul 5, 2008 7:05 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I was just thinking that

right after I started doing a GIS for Jim Johnson….

"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 5, 2008 7:06 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Johnson would be worth a look. Everyone in Norfolk should go home.

I missed that we got Fio back on waivers. Good for him! Who cares.

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

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by SC on Jul 5, 2008 7:06 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Rangers lineup

Kinsler 2B
Young SS
Hamilton RF
Bradley DH
Byrd CF
Boggs LF
Davis 1B
Saltalamacchia C
Duran 3B

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

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by SC on Jul 5, 2008 7:02 PM EDT   0 recs

FUCK

It’s DEMPSEY

“It’s not gonna get the dob jone.”

He couldn’t get through his first paragraph. Couldn’t get one.

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

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by SC on Jul 5, 2008 7:02 PM EDT   0 recs

oh god

I’m going to die tonight. Rick will kill me.

“Front office people in Baltimore know (Fahey) is a real baseball player if he can put it all together.”

What fucking planet

I swear to God

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

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by SC on Jul 5, 2008 7:03 PM EDT   0 recs

I think Dempsey

Had some of Gary’s Brew.

by dtuck81 on Jul 5, 2008 7:05 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

no

He’s just a fucking idiot.

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

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by SC on Jul 5, 2008 7:06 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Pretty much

He is GOD AWFUL at color in games. GOD AWFUL. That “Domestically Violate Him” game was brutal, before and after that gaffe.

"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 5, 2008 7:07 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Chuck and Brooks....

Go to war, Miss Agnes!

"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 5, 2008 7:10 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Brooks

Was great when he’d leave for an inning or 3 to go get nachos in Texas.

by dtuck81 on Jul 5, 2008 7:11 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

So...we get 3 Drinks Gary AND

Mr. “Domestically Violate Him?”

Oh, this one is not a game I can watch sober…

"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 5, 2008 7:05 PM EDT   0 recs

Duran Duran plays baseball?

I always figured them for soccer types.

by getxstoked on Jul 5, 2008 7:06 PM EDT   0 recs

hey a leadoff double

I’ll fight you, Brian Burres.

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

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by SC on Jul 5, 2008 7:07 PM EDT   0 recs

In public?

"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 5, 2008 7:07 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

is there a better place?

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

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by SC on Jul 5, 2008 7:13 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Well, you specified it when you called out Andy MacPhail previously...

I just wanted to make sure.

"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 5, 2008 7:13 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Burres

And No Amber.

:(

by dtuck81 on Jul 5, 2008 7:07 PM EDT   0 recs

Mark Viviano, huh

I prefer Amber.

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

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by SC on Jul 5, 2008 7:07 PM EDT   0 recs

And the drinking starts....

"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 5, 2008 7:08 PM EDT   0 recs

Yeah Dempsey?

Giving up runs is bad?

Did he just call him Jose Quiroz (Cuervo)?

by dtuck81 on Jul 5, 2008 7:08 PM EDT   0 recs

I walked in and the band just started
the singer couldn’t care a tune in a bucket
Was on a mission to drown her memory but
I thought no way with all this ruckus

But after one round with Jose Cuervo
I caught my boots tapping along with the beat
And After two rounds with Jose Cuervo
The band was sounding pretty darn good to me…

MORE TO COME, I’m sure…

"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 5, 2008 7:09 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Rick Dempsey and Mark Viviano?

What did we do to deserve this?

Oh and Burres sucks already.

"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 5, 2008 7:09 PM EDT   0 recs

Viv doesn't meet your eye candy quota?

Too old, I assume?

"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 5, 2008 7:10 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I can't think of one

Baltimore area sportscaster who meets my quota for eye candy. Old white guys don’t really do it for me.

WAIT, did I just see Jay Payton in left? So on top of it all, no Luke?

"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 5, 2008 7:13 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Pickin's are kinda thin for ya, aren't they?

"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 5, 2008 7:14 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

That's ok

I get all the players to look at.

"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 5, 2008 7:21 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

You don’t find Dempsey drooling on himself attractive? Fift’ inning. Inningsh.

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

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by SC on Jul 5, 2008 7:15 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

He is definitely hittin' Gray's stash

‘cause he’s making Gary sound sober 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 5, 2008 7:15 PM EDT