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CHRIS WATERS (LHP)

W-L 8-6           ERA 4.65

K 94    Walks 51     WHIP 1.377

ALL STATS COMBINED MINOR LEAGUE

JON GARLAND (RHP)

W-L 10-6         ERA 4.30

K 63                   Walks 45

WHIP 1.45

BALTIMORE 

1. 2B Roberts

2. RF Markakis

3. 3B Mora

4. DH Huff

5. C Hernandez

6. 1B Millar

7. LF Scott

8. CF Payton

9. SS Castro

ANAHEIM 

1. 3B Figgins

2. SS Aybar

3. 1B Teixeira

4. RF Guerrero

5. CF Hunter

6. 2B Kendrick

7. DH Quinlan

8. LF Matthews

9. C Mathis

NOTES: Adam Jones goes on the 15-day DL, but is probably done for the year with a break in his foot that may take 4-6 weeks to mend. That means Sept 20 on the outside, and there's no point to bringing him back for 7 or so games at that point.

Chris Waters makes the start, and whatever he "found" in Bowie, he left there. His ERA went from 1.69 with the Baysox to a less-than-adequate 5.70 at Norfolk. OK, that's almost Liz-esque, and that's not good. He does have a decent K -to-BB rate for the year, which he maintained for the most part at Norfolk. Here's hoping, but there's a reason an almost 28-year-old was still in AA at the beginning of the season - he never was that good to begin with.

Lou (Don't Call Me Luis) Montanez makes his way to the 25-man roster as well. His numbers this year are gaudy  - .355 / .385 / .601 / .986 for the season at Bowie. He was also named Eastern League Player of the Month for his efforts, beating out teammate Matt Wieters. But again, what is a 26-year-old doing at AA if he's capable of hitting MLB pitching? I suspect we will find out over the next 6 weeks. Adam Loewen was transferred to the 60-day DL to get him off the 40-man roster and Lou on it. He really needs a nickname, and I ain't gonna call him Sweet Lou. Between Whitaker and Pinella, that's retired.

Let's just get out of Anaheim with no more injuries and I'll be relieved. I don't think we have a 4-32 in us to finish the season (DD will single-handedly WILL this team to at least 15 more wins, if not 20), but the season is definitely about to get a lot longer with the rotation we currently have and the lack of Adam Jones in the #2 spot.

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It's not so much AJ not being at #2

as it is Jay Payton being in center instead of him.

"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08

by getxstoked on Aug 5, 2008 8:48 PM EDT   0 recs

That, too

Although I campaigned for Aj to get the 2 spot about 3 weeks before he did. Trace our recent offensive burst, and it’s somewhat aligned with AJ’s ascension in the batting order

"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 5, 2008 9:02 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

AJ was one of the reasons that I tuned in to watch this team lose

Really depressed that he’s done. Get well soon, AJ.

by PhilR8 on Aug 5, 2008 8:50 PM EDT   0 recs

Hey guys...

First post here, been reading you all for a while, I think you’re great. Just wondering whether anyone has a similar concern that I do about Montanez. I wonder whether he’d be one of those players who gets off to a hot streak for his first couple weeks/months in the bigs, then gets figured out. Unfortunately for us, his honeymoon could last till the end of the season – and then if we bank on him as a regular for next year (and possibly trade Scott, etc), he could revert back to being unimpressive. Just a thought…

Seriously depressed about Jones being out…

by U2boy417 on Aug 5, 2008 8:54 PM EDT   0 recs

I cant imagine anyone in the FO

is seeing Montanez in our long term plans. And I think you’re right. He may be Jim Traber for a few weeks, but then he’ll be Jim Traber for the rest of his career. Ah, but what a month that was….

"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 5, 2008 9:03 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

and who can forget...

that magical summer of jeff “super” manto?

foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08

by j.q. higgins on Aug 5, 2008 9:12 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

how so?

foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08

by j.q. higgins on Aug 5, 2008 9:26 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Dude posted TWO stretches of a negative OPS+

I’ve never seen a NEGATIVE OPS+ before. Ever. It was for a small amount of games, and once in a season when he was with three different teams, but his numbers are a roller coaster with small sample sizes.

"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 5, 2008 9:27 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Not only that

check out those HR totals while in Baltimore

by PhilR8 on Aug 5, 2008 9:29 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

emphasis on small sample size...

i don’t find it that wacky that a guy who’s played a shitload of baseball has a couple nice tears in his prime.

y’know he’s a hitting coach now?

foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08

by j.q. higgins on Aug 5, 2008 9:29 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I wouldn't think the FO would either...

But what if he lights up the league for a while?

by U2boy417 on Aug 5, 2008 9:26 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

btw,

welcome to CC!

by zknower on Aug 5, 2008 10:30 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Only one good thing could come out of this

If Jay Payton is inspired by some higher power to hit beyond his capabilities… we could potentially slip him through waivers and get anything for him.

Things always work out for us like that, don’t they?

by Y Not on Aug 5, 2008 8:54 PM EDT   0 recs

Maybe Waters will do like every first-time pitcher does to us and shut the Angels down.

HA.

by U2boy417 on Aug 5, 2008 9:00 PM EDT   0 recs

remember Josh Towers?

Pitched like Cy Young until the league figured him out, and now he’s, well, not doing himself any favors with the Rockies’ farm team:

On February 6, 2008, Towers signed a one-year contract with the Colorado Rockies. He has spent much of the season with the Rockies’ AAA affiliate, the Colorado Springs Sky Sox. On July 26 he made himself a footnote in the record books when, during the second inning, he surrendered seven RBIs and two home runs to Ryan Roberts of the Oklahoma RedHawks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Towers

by PhilR8 on Aug 5, 2008 9:10 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I remember Josh...

He was lights-out for a while

So depressing

by U2boy417 on Aug 5, 2008 9:12 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

"Sky Sox"???

That’s awful.

From the Land of Pleasant Living...

by OEutaw on Aug 6, 2008 10:50 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

They FEAR our lefty rookie!

From Halos Heaven:

This must be at the top of the scouting sheet of every team in baseball that plays the Angels.
"Throw out a rookie pitcher on the mound they have never faced before, it works every time. Turns your rookie into a Cy Young candidate over night, and nearly guarantees your team the W."

"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 5, 2008 9:25 PM EDT   0 recs

Damn..

that sounds familiar. Where have I heard that before… I just can’t quite place it? ;-)

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 6, 2008 8:59 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I just finished the last stitch on the final number (0) on his jersey

As someone else said, he was one of the reasons to watch this losing team. It’s really unfortunate, missing this playing time is gonna hurt at the beginning of next season too.

But lets go Waters! Lets’ see what you got. It seems like pitchers do pretty good in their first game with the O’s this season. I remember both Burres and Olsen having good days, and we had Liz’s impressive first start. The only exception, it seems, was Sarfate.

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 Aug 5, 2008 9:26 PM EDT   0 recs

I'm gonna come to Sarfate's defense...

To an extent. That wasnt the same thing as Burres, Olson, Liz, etc. He’s not a starter, he was pressed into a role with which he’s not comfortable because of our awful SPs. He’d been an acceptable if inconsistent reliever before his two starts jacked up his ERA

by U2boy417 on Aug 5, 2008 9:30 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Didn't Sarfate come up as a starter?

From the Land of Pleasant Living...

by OEutaw on Aug 6, 2008 10:54 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

no

He was moved out of the rotation in Nashville prior to his first call-up with Milwaukee.

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

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by SC on Aug 7, 2008 7:19 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

no relation to the o's...

but i just heard boc’s godzilla on a commercial. sweet.

foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08

by j.q. higgins on Aug 5, 2008 9:33 PM EDT   0 recs

seems like something Jamie Walker would use as his entrance music, though.

I think he used “Don’t Fear the Reaper” for a while

"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08

by getxstoked on Aug 5, 2008 9:36 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I was thinking a thin Chris Hoiles....

but I can see what you’re talking about

"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 5, 2008 9:53 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Keep me updated

My kids have the TV for the finale of “I Survived a Japanese Gameshow.” The things I do for my family….

"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 5, 2008 10:00 PM EDT   0 recs

I like em both

The only member of the O’s announcing crew (tv/radio) that I absolutely can’t stand is Rick Dempsey. Everyone else ranges from merely servicable (Fred Manfra) to awesome (Joe Angel).

by PhilR8 on Aug 5, 2008 10:03 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Well...

Thorne’s accuracy rate is like a batting average, and he loves to blather about Boston and New York because he still thinks he’s a national broadcaster…

Buck say “He sure is” or “He sure did” every fourth sentence.

‘nuf said. I’ll concede that we could do worse. I just wish we had decent radio broadcasts of Joe and Fred. Once the sun goes down and WTEM kills the power, it’s all static near the District.

by Birds Man of Bethesda on Aug 5, 2008 10:06 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Bottom line...

It really doesn’t matter who’s broadcasting. Getting to watch every game on MASN is heaven on earth.

by Birds Man of Bethesda on Aug 5, 2008 10:08 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh, man, the days of 40 games on HTS

were murder.

"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 5, 2008 10:16 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

You totally nailed Buck

And Gary I seriously like. Part of me longs for a knowledgeable homer like Mel Procter, but I do like Gary’s style. He’s not afraid to sound like a drunk uncle.

"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 5, 2008 10:16 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

You totally nailed Buck

And Gary I seriously like. Part of me longs for a knowledgeable homer like Mel Procter, but I do like Gary’s style. He’s not afraid to sound like a drunk uncle.

"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 5, 2008 10:17 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

105.7 doesn't reach?

I thought their signal was fairly strong.

From the Land of Pleasant Living...

by OEutaw on Aug 6, 2008 10:55 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I live near the Mason Dixon line and it sucks up here

There’s a York station that plays whiny shit like Nickelback on 105.7, and they do NOT get along well with WHFS.

As you drive, on the south side of a hill you get HFS, on the north side you get Puddle Of Mudd. Eventually, all you get is muddled static. It’s one of the reasons I got XM. Which rules.

by PhilR8 on Aug 6, 2008 3:06 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

pre-game fireworks, I think.

"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08

by getxstoked on Aug 5, 2008 10:12 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

and nice hitting Nick and Brian.

"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08

by getxstoked on Aug 5, 2008 10:13 PM EDT   0 recs

well it's kind of hard to tell how long jones will be out

depends on fracture. that shit could heal up in two weeks if it’s a little one.

(just trying to look on bright side.)

Yes, I should say that, which, I should say that.

by thewaywardO on Aug 5, 2008 10:16 PM EDT   0 recs

I'm afraid it's 5 and they do try and bring him back

and he does something stupid (‘cause he’s 23) and ends up breaking it worse.

"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 5, 2008 10:21 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

If he stays off of it and doesn't rush back

Can you say “Zydrunas Ilgauskas”? I thought you could….

"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 5, 2008 10:25 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

suck it Garland

We on it now. What’s with the FSN West broadcast? It’s like I’m watching a digitally remastered Apocalypse Now.

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

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by SC on Aug 5, 2008 10:16 PM EDT   0 recs

The horror, the horror.....

"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 5, 2008 10:21 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

wow

four straight hits!

by Steve. on Aug 5, 2008 10:19 PM EDT   0 recs

aww

we jinxed it.

by Steve. on Aug 5, 2008 10:23 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Not so much, huh?

"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 5, 2008 10:23 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

What is this, a 2-0 lead?????

"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 5, 2008 10:20 PM EDT   0 recs

Nice slide by Huff, too bad Ramon is incredibly fucking slow.

"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08

by getxstoked on Aug 5, 2008 10:23 PM EDT   0 recs

There's slow, there's Manny pissed off at his contract slow....

then there’s Razor.

"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 5, 2008 10:24 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

And Kevbo 1st pitchng swining to end the inning

I’m kinda glad the kids have the TV and I’m on Gameday if that’s how it’s gonna be.

"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 5, 2008 10:23 PM EDT   0 recs

yes...

the power of the crazy old dutch guy is well-documented.

foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08

by j.q. higgins on Aug 6, 2008 12:54 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

nice start, Waters

Oh my GOD I am going to fucking murder Rex Hudler by the end of the night. There is no commentator I hate more. TIMMY SALMON THE KING FISH MAN, ROCK N ROLL SURF STYLE

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

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by SC on Aug 5, 2008 10:26 PM EDT   0 recs

No love for Hot Rod?

That is his stupid nickname, yes? Is he still as ADD as I 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 Aug 5, 2008 10:32 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

he's a fucking idiot

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

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by SC on Aug 5, 2008 10:33 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Hud: "Ramon Hernandez could catch on a championship ball club."

Yes. So could Jeff Mathis.

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

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by SC on Aug 5, 2008 10:27 PM EDT   0 recs

Rick Dempsey caught on two chamionship ball clubs.

Anyone can do it, apparently.

"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08

by getxstoked on Aug 5, 2008 10:28 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

And won a WS MVP, too

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 Aug 5, 2008 10:33 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I’m in Michigan so I’m on Extra Innings. I have to live with what they give me.

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

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by SC on Aug 5, 2008 10:28 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm sorry.

At least you live on the side without riots, right?

"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08

by getxstoked on Aug 5, 2008 10:29 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Not totally. That’s my sister town.

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

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by SC on Aug 5, 2008 10:32 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Extra Innings, like XM Radio, goes with the home team feed in most cases.

"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 5, 2008 10:33 PM EDT