The only phrase we can use to describe our season is Orioles Magic. We've taken that song, which we...

The only phrase we can use to describe our season is Orioles Magic. We've taken that song, which we used to make fun of and dread listening to, and now we look forward to hearing the flute as soon as that last out is made. We play for the flute. We play for Orioles Magic every single night, and the hats get ready to go up in tribute to George Sherrill. Guys want to see that video, and guys want to hear that song. It's a little weird, but don't sleep on Orioles Magic this year.

Millar's Musings at MLB.com

Um, okay. Number 1, it's not a flute. IT'S A FRENCH HORN. How many times must this be repeated?
Number 2, Millar wants the Orioles to be "buyers here and there", and not "sellers" at the trade deadline. Is he NUTS?

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Millar just knows he's the first to go

If we can find a buyer.

"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 8, 2008 2:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Duh

This team needs to make a few minor changes so that the World Series can be in the bag.

by Reddrummer9187 on Jul 8, 2008 2:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The team is having fun

They genuinely like eachother, are exceeding expectations, have a manager who they all seem to respect, etc etc. In short, Millar doesn’t want to see anyone go because they’re having fun and a firesale would spoil that. It doesn’t mean that it’s smart baseball to hold on to these players, but players don’t just want to win, they want to like where they work.

I’d rather be a professor at a school where I got along with everyone than a professor at Harvard where I didn’t like my coworkers.

by math_geek on Jul 8, 2008 2:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

yeah, well

Kevin Millar won’t be on the next contending Orioles team, so I would vote that he doesn’t get a vote.

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

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by SC on Jul 8, 2008 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

well, that's obvious

I’m just saying what Millar’s saying isn’t surprising, partly because the future of the Orioles isn’t a concern to him

by math_geek on Jul 8, 2008 5:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m just saying that I don’t care if guys like Millar like where they work. I mean, it’s neat and all, but I’m going to care about the Orioles in 2010. Is Millar?

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

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Bad Left Hook

by SC on Jul 8, 2008 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

We've been through this before with Millar

He believes in his team and in their abilities (or he puts on a good show). That’s how I want my players. I want them to want the team to be buyers so they can improve on what they already believe is a good thing. The reality is for the front office, not for Kevin Millar.

"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 8, 2008 2:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

My favorite quote from this...

Jeremy Guthrie’s funny. Sneaky funny. Smart funny. Stanford funny.

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

by dayzd toe on Jul 8, 2008 3:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

It's a clarinet

if the remake video is to be believed. I guess they couldn’t decide what the heck it was so they got whatever wind instrument was available.

From the Land of Pleasant Living...

by OEutaw on Jul 8, 2008 3:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The remake video is not to be believed.

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

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Bad Left Hook

by SC on Jul 8, 2008 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Exactly.

Apart from the fact that these two instruments sound totally different (clarinet is more klezmer…think Woody Allen), the sync is totally off. The note starts while guthrie’s still putting the reed to his mouth.

by zknower on Jul 8, 2008 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs