GameThread: Rays @ O's, Game 2
by Scott Christ on Sep 23, 2008 8:00 PM EDT
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Brought out the big guns for this epic matchup.
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Glad I'm not the only one who had to ask...
"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
Bass yesterday, Simon today. Who are these guys and why are they pitchiing for my team (another rhetorical question)?
Zartan says, "Sign Dan Johnson."
Admiral Stockdale starts tomorrow...
Who am I? Why am I here?
If that went over your heads, well, that means I’m old, and go ask your parents.
"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
Here ya go...
"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
No Huff Daddy, Dr. Jones or Markakis in the lineup. I guess the O’s like Salazar over Moore and Costanzo.
Zartan says, "Sign Dan Johnson."
He has had a better season. And honestly probably stands as much chance as they do contributing to a major league team at this point.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by Scott Christ on Sep 23, 2008 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions
not to mention...
moore has not really been healhy all year, so that’s at least ONE reason to like salazar over moore.
"When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: Money."
--Jerry Reed, on acting
by j.q. higgins on Sep 23, 2008 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Disagree
Moore is only 24 and raked the minors for the last 3 years. This year was a setback, but he still has a solid chance to be a major leaguer.
Well, Moore has a broken thumb
So he has zero chance of contributing “at this point”
He’s far more likely to have a real major league career than Salazar, IMO.
probably
But Moore’s not that exciting. He’s a C prospect.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by Scott Christ on Sep 23, 2008 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions
fucking alfredo simon...
can’t trust a man w/ two first names.
"When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: Money."
--Jerry Reed, on acting
ah!
tim dierkes at mlbtr has done a spreasheet about WARP and first round draft picks. interesting given the perceptions about tonight’s opponent and talk of tnaking it.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2008/09/built-with-firs.html
"When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: Money."
--Jerry Reed, on acting
O's have a fair number of first round picks
Roberts
Jones
Markakis
Payton
Montanez
Olson
Guthrie
I think the point was teams with first round picks actually contributing – enough to bump them up into the top via total WARP. That ain’t the O’s.
teams...
w/ their OWN first round picks directly or indirectly (via dudes acquired through trade of first round picks) contribut
"When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: Money."
--Jerry Reed, on acting
by j.q. higgins on Sep 23, 2008 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions
the article is a bunch of crap
The rays are #4. Why is that not a significant contribution to be one of the top 4 in baseball? Also, the teams above them have made trades or are shelling out big bucks for some solid players well beyond their first few years in the league. That’s not the Rays MO. I’d say they’ve damn damn well with first round picks.
Sweet Zombie Jesus
Is this season over yet? I could attend for free every game from here on out. I can’t stand the idea of sitting in the stands for 3+ hours anymore. Seriously, what the hell is the matter with me? Has anyone else hit that breaking point?
I always say follow your dreams...even if they're about a giant spider with your father's head, and he keeps stealing your p*nis!
by Ghost of Floyd Rayford on Sep 23, 2008 9:30 PM EDT reply actions
I hit it in mid-August
I went on vacation to Disney and baseball-wise, never came back.
"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
The only reason I’m paying any attention is because a buddy of mine is there for his first trip to Camden Yards. It’s kind of stupid for me to pay attention for that reason.
Hell, the O’s were shit in my eyes by May of last year. They made it to July this year. The may not make it out of the off season next year. Who know.
Can I make a request?
If, by some chance, the O’s have the lead in the 7th or so (and with 2 on and 0 out right now, they may be adding to it), can SOMEONE in the Greater Baltimore area drive to the stadium and somehow temporarily incapacitate Jamie Walker so Trembley is not tempted to use him? Can you do a O’s fan a solid and make that happen?
"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
poor Jamie Walker
He sucks so hard.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by Scott Christ on Sep 23, 2008 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
It's 4-1 good guys
Seriously, a blow dart with some Thorazine ought to do the trick.
"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
and you gotta know
every time the bullpen phone rings and it’s the dugout with news that Jamie should warm up because he’s coming in, he dies a little more inside. Can’t they just let the man finish his miserable season in peace?
[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8
So, just checked the box score...
Who the hell is Alfredo Simon? Where did we find someone capable of pitching into the seventh inning?
he's pitched in two games
this year.
for us.
poorly.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by Scott Christ on Sep 24, 2008 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions
I ask you people you ONE DAMN FAVOR!
One! All I need is to make sure Jamie doesn’t come in. But noooooooooooo……..
"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
We go from 5-1 to 5-4
I blame all you Baltimore area fans, personally. You could have put sugar in his gas tank, cut the power to his house so his alarm clock didn’t go off, reprogram his GPS so he got lost on the way to OPACY, but NO……..
"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
6-5 TB
I hope you people up there can live with yourselves. You could have stopped this…
"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
Well, I live in Philadelphia, so I wasn't about to do anything about it.
But really, at this point, it’s funnier this way.
In any case… Happy Yankee Elimination Day!
That's a sentiment
I can completely empathize with.
"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
You could have put sugar in his gas tank, cut the power to his house so his alarm clock didn’t go off, reprogram his GPS so he got lost on the way to OPACY, but NO……..
You could drop Jamie Walker in the middle of the Blair Witch Project woods naked and he’ll find his way back to Camden Yards.
Zartan says, "Sign Dan Johnson."
He's sort of like that rooster in the old cartoon....
y’know….the one that annoys the dog so much with his cockadoodledooing…..and the dog comes up with all sorts of inventive ways to get rid of him…but the rooster ALWAYS returns every morning.
Y’know what I’m talking about, right? Guys? Guys?
that was a great prediction
This is sooooo Orioles baseball in September. I told my buddy the O’s would put some meatball out there that immediately let’s the game get out of control.
We say this every year… Do these guys go home and feel even a tad of remorse for sucking so hard?
Well....
it wasn’t like I was pulling out lotto numbers. I mean, we’ve all seen this movie before and it always ends the same way.
"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
The Sawx won today
meaning the New York Yankees have been mathematically eliminated from playoff contention.
Sometimes this team just boggles my mind.
Not the least of which due to the fact that, after eleven years, I had no idea I had this much mind to boggle.
Let's see if Diamond Dave goes off tonight on the players
Really, he can kiss my ass if he does. He left Walker in the game to get blasted. He could have been yanked before he completely blew it when it is obvious he was worse than usual tonight. I don’t want to hear any more bullshit about respecting the game and pointing the finger at players. He has to look in the mirror on this one.
+1, sadly
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by Scott Christ on Sep 24, 2008 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions
Don't forget Brian Burres
But only when he pitches at Yankee Stadium.
And Trembley just explained the Walker situation – they wanted Miller, but he felt something wrong in his side on his last pitch, so Walker got up quickly and came into the game
"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
hell...
go ahead and put miller on the dl. why not, yes?
"When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: Money."
--Jerry Reed, on acting
by j.q. higgins on Sep 24, 2008 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions
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