Jim Hunter says things
This is admittedly not the biggest thing in the world, but I'm sort of wondering when some of the general, dated thoughts about the Orioles are going to fall away and this year's team will actually be properly evaluated and commented upon by our team's commentators.
Jim Hunter yesterday said that the Orioles have great balance in the lineup, and that is actually fairly true. The O's have the fourth-best offense in the American League, a fact that should buy Terry Crowley (and "Crowley's Crushers" or whatever the F they're calling themselves) roughly another decade in uniform as our hitting coach. In fact, I figure these ringing endorsements of Meestah Crowley (bow bow bow bowww) will make him our manager after Trembley is eventually dumped on his keister, meister.
I before E, except after C!
Anyway yesterday Hunter caught my ear because he said that there's "no real slugger" in the Orioles lineup. No "Alex Rodriguez type."
First of all, how many "Alex Rodriguez" types have there been in the history of baseball, period?
And second, hello, Jimbo, my name is Aubrey Huff and I'm slugging .56freaking2 with 27 ding dongs and 37 doubles, you putz. If Aubrey Huff's 2008 is not the year of a genuine slugger, then what is? At what point does he become that slugger in the middle of the Orioles lineup?
For that matter, Luke Scott isn't quite so good (.514 SLG, 21 HR, 22 doubles), but he's done some slugging this year, too. Melvin Mora's got 20 homers (.488 SLG, a lot due to his hot streak). Markakis is slugging .496 (17 HR, 39 doubles).
The Orioles (144 HR) are fourth in the American League in jacks, behind Chicago (182), Texas (151) and Detroit (147).
"Slugging" is not the trouble with the Orioles.
Really, if this team had a league average pitching staff, some thangs might've happened this season. Instead, the hurlers make us hurl again, languishing at 13th in the league in ERA. Boy that Rick Kranitz, makin' a difference!
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This team had a nearly-league-leading pitching staff
for a couple months, and a horrific offense.
Now we have a horrific pitching staff with an amazing offense.
So, the only thing I ask for.. CONSISTENCY YOU SONS OF BITCHES!@#!
thanks.
by Y Not on Aug 19, 2008 3:17 PM EDT 0 recs
Joe Morgan? How did you get in here?
And that picture of Hunter is just hideous.
by PhilR8 on
Aug 19, 2008 3:21 PM EDT
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Our offense has been surprisingly competent, while our rotation sucks hard. You would have thought the reverse would be true at the beginning of the season.
Wolf, wolf, wolf.
by birdman on Aug 19, 2008 3:36 PM EDT 0 recs
nah... not the reverse...
just plain SHIT all around at the beginning of the season.
Kevbo: [to George Sherrill] George, you look a lot like Vin Diesel...
Flatbill: Let's get somethin' straight... Vin Diesel looks like me.
-From "The Making of Orioles Magic"
by dayzd toe on
Aug 19, 2008 3:39 PM EDT
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true
But at least the rotation was young. It had upside. I still can’t believe Huff and Mora are having good to great years. I mean we’re talking about 36 year old MELVIN “I played in the playoff once with the Mets 4 billion years ago” MORA. And I thought Huff would put his 100ish OPS+ and be largely forgotten.
Wolf, wolf, wolf.
by birdman on
Aug 19, 2008 4:10 PM EDT
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Scott,
Hunter is a fucking idiot! How did he find his way into any sports broadcast booth!?!
Kevbo: [to George Sherrill] George, you look a lot like Vin Diesel...
Flatbill: Let's get somethin' straight... Vin Diesel looks like me.
-From "The Making of Orioles Magic"
by dayzd toe on Aug 19, 2008 3:41 PM EDT 0 recs
He is really, really bad. I don’t find anything about him enjoyable. At least Gary gets drunk.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on
Aug 19, 2008 3:44 PM EDT
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I miss Gary!
I can’t wait for the LLWS to end so that we can have the Gary ’n Jim show again.
[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8
by Stacey on
Aug 19, 2008 3:48 PM EDT
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yeah...
this Jim-n-Jim shit SUCKS!!!
Kevbo: [to George Sherrill] George, you look a lot like Vin Diesel...
Flatbill: Let's get somethin' straight... Vin Diesel looks like me.
-From "The Making of Orioles Magic"
by dayzd toe on
Aug 19, 2008 3:51 PM EDT
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and it's not cute, Amber,
when you say back to you Jim & Jim.
Kevbo: [to George Sherrill] George, you look a lot like Vin Diesel...
Flatbill: Let's get somethin' straight... Vin Diesel looks like me.
-From "The Making of Orioles Magic"
by dayzd toe on
Aug 19, 2008 3:52 PM EDT
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I'm a huge thorne fan..
how could you not be? and the fact that he gets drunk while talking about the game makes it even more fun.. i think him and palmer make a great team… the way i see it is, palmer’s a little bit country and gary is a little bit rock and roll.. so they are perfect together.
What up?
by snakethejake on
Aug 21, 2008 10:41 PM EDT
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Sometimes I look at Jim Hunter and think to myself
“Well, listen to what he says. If he has a job as an O’s announcer, then why can’t I?”
"We might as well just win this game." -Adam Jones
by exitfare on Aug 19, 2008 4:12 PM EDT 0 recs
I wish I had Extra Innings
I mean are most local announcers as bad as him. He does the thing with his voice when the Orioles get a big hit and thats about all he does well. Worse than Michael Reghi.
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
Aug 19, 2008 6:47 PM EDT
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I have it and
occasionally switch over and watch the other team’s broadcast (which is a cool thing they did this year putting both broadcasts up for tons of games) but I have to admit…the quality and production of MASN is pretty good considering some of the others around the league. Toronto, for example, is horrible. I don’t mind FSNSW so much but mainly b/c I’m used to them being that is my local FSN.
Always trust your cape. -Guy Clark
by BPinOK on
Aug 20, 2008 11:21 AM EDT
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OK so it's not just me
I’ve felt all year that MASN had nice production values compared to many other networks, mostly the FSNs where the sound is muffled and the video stinks. I mean there are better (YES and NESN spring to mind — YES in particular is pretty phenomenal), but MASN is near the top in most ways.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on
Aug 20, 2008 11:47 AM EDT
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People may not think about it much,
but I love the scoring bug. The three letter team name and the logo behind it is national broadcast quality.
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
Aug 20, 2008 11:54 AM EDT
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I noticed
that not every team’s broadcast lists the type/speed of each pitch like MASN. I like seeing that a guy just dropped off a change up that was 15 mph slower than the previous fastball. That speedy pitch track thing also comes in handy when the umpire allows a batter to walk on three balls. Which is the second time that has happened this year if I am not mistaken.
Always trust your cape. -Guy Clark
by BPinOK on
Aug 20, 2008 12:46 PM EDT
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this season has finally caused you to lose your mind
But you made it to August! Congratulations.
I would presume they’ll catch up to what this year’s team is doing sometime next season, when the O’s aren’t hitting for power thru late May, and they talk about how they’ll surely get back to their 2008 hitting soon.
by thecubsfan on Aug 19, 2008 4:16 PM EDT 0 recs
Don't you mean
Meestah Crowrey?
Where we're going, we don't need roads.
by sorengo99 on Aug 19, 2008 4:25 PM EDT 0 recs
Nope....

"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
Aug 19, 2008 4:48 PM EDT
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Linky link....
Cool video with the original lineup. Want to find out what a bitch Sharon is? Read about her fight with the bass player and drummer and the lengths she went to to screw them over….
In one of the most shameless rip-offs in rock ‘n roll, when Sharon Osbourne had this CD remixed and remastered in 2002, she also had the drum and bass tracks completely re-recorded by Robert Trujillo (bass) and Mike Bordin (drums). Although Bob Daisley & Lee Kerslake performed on the original recording, and co-wrote much of Ozzy’s first 2 albums, they claimed that they never received any royalties, and filed a lawsuit against Ozzy to get paid. In reaction to the lawsuit, their tracks were deleted.
"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
Aug 19, 2008 4:55 PM EDT
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About that new picture to the right of your posts
I hope you have better luck than I had with Endless Wire!
But at least your wait won’t be as long.
You can't fix stupid. Stupid is forever.
by sluggo 2.0 on
Aug 19, 2008 7:06 PM EDT
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Ouch
That’s what I get for listening to this instead. You may now take my lunch money.
Where we're going, we don't need roads.
by sorengo99 on
Aug 20, 2008 12:30 AM EDT
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Thou shalt not bust on Kranitz
The Kranwhich man brings a whole new philosophy of doing what you do best. Pitch to your strengths, and all that stuff. He managed to get about 1/3 of a season out of Danny C. Man, good times are ahead once his philosophy takes hold.
Oh, and he gets some actual friggin talent. The same issue Leo’s lamented about.
by drj on Aug 19, 2008 4:50 PM EDT 0 recs
probably nothing to do w/ rick "shrak" kranwich...
but who’d have thunk guthrie would get BETTER this year? i mean, a lot of people (cough, cough BP) were talking about how he was due a major regression. i mean, it might happen, but not today, bitches!
foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08
by j.q. higgins on
Aug 19, 2008 5:52 PM EDT
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he does have a problem with visits to
“souvenir city” though (fuck you, ESPN)
"We might as well just win this game." -Adam Jones
by exitfare on
Aug 19, 2008 5:56 PM EDT
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BP
In all fairness to BP, Guthrie had an unspectacular K rate and really struggled after the all-star break. So it was a reasonable prediction at the time but they were dead wrong.
by Reddrummer9187 on
Aug 19, 2008 5:58 PM EDT
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never mind...
that last year was a new high in games and innings for him in his professional career and was the most innings since 2003.
hey, i thought he was due a major regression, too…
(and of course i meant SHARK sandwich!)
your reputation FAR exceeds your skills, mammy rammer!
--critical bill
by j.q. higgins on
Aug 19, 2008 6:27 PM EDT
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i started worrying this afternoon...
that what’s actually going on is the Os are negotiating a trade to send aubrey back to tampa for extra playoff bat (doubly possible given c. crawford and longoria woes). but then i started thinking about how many prospects TB has and maybe that’s not a bad move. but damn he’s fun to watch.
as for your trembley comments … uh … maybe he’ll get fired one day but he certainly isn’t the poor manager you constantly imply he is.
Yes, I should say that, which, I should say that.
by thewaywardO on Aug 19, 2008 4:56 PM EDT 0 recs
You have to win SOMETIME or the pressure starts coming down. You can’t fire all the players and MacPhail isn’t going anywhere any time soon I don’t think, so Trembley is by default the guy closest to getting axed, I figured. I’m not expecting it before 2010 or anything. In fact I wasn’t even trying to dis Dave. But managers get fired.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on
Aug 19, 2008 6:54 PM EDT
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often
for zippy good reason.
Kevbo: [to George Sherrill] George, you look a lot like Vin Diesel...
Flatbill: Let's get somethin' straight... Vin Diesel looks like me.
-From "The Making of Orioles Magic"
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