GameThread: Athletics (64-77) @ Orioles (63-77)

by Baltimo on Sep 6, 2008 7:29 PM EDT Comment 58 comments

Game 1 was cancelled but it looks like the second game of the doubleheader is going to get played. The Ravens and the Orioles worked out a while back that they weren't going to have the O's play Sunday, September 7 as it would create unnecessary competition and traffic would be a mess. Because neither team is in the playoff hunt, the game that was postponed may just be cancelled all together.

It's Greg Smith facing Danny Cabrera tonight in this star studded affair as both teams jockey for a higher position in the draft.

Baltimore Orioles
Roberts 2B
Montanez DH
Markakis RF
Hernandez C
Millar 1B
Jones CF
Salazar 3B
Payton LF
Castro SS

Oakland Athletics
Davis CF
Sweeney RF
Suzuki C
Cust DH
Barton 1B
Crosby SS
Hannahan 3B
Cunningham LF
Patterson 2B

Not much to do tonight so I'm listening to Bowie lose while I watch the Orioles lose. Let's see if this thread breaks 25. 1-0 Oakland bottom of the first.

Go O's?

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wow. we're already losing.

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

by thewaywardO on Sep 6, 2008 7:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I like the way...

Danny walked the bases loaded before getting any outs.

"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 Sep 6, 2008 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

and there's like six drunks in the stnads

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

by thewaywardO on Sep 6, 2008 7:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

This has to be

The most pathetic thing I’ve ever seen. There are literally five people at the game and the A’s somehow get upwards of around 13 people to the plate in two innings and score a single run on a sac fly.

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Sep 6, 2008 7:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

There aren't even any paying fans at the game

And yet the Orioles are still playing Juan Castro, Kevin Millar, Jay Payton and Ramon Hernandez.

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Sep 6, 2008 7:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

What else we got today?

No Huff or Mora, so Salazar’s gotta be at third, Lou is DHing, I’d guess Danny is more comfortable with Ramon behind the plate than Santos, and Luke was due for a day off…oh, and Alex Cintron is more or less the same thing as Juan Castro, just younger and less adept with the glove.

"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 Sep 6, 2008 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I would put in Cinton

Quiroz (unless he injured/recalled unbeknownst to me) and call up damn near anyone to take away playing time from Millar/Payton.

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Sep 6, 2008 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Man this stinks

Bowie is losing, I really wanted to go to at least one more game.

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Sep 6, 2008 7:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

You can thank whoever let Travis Hafner play in the EL playoffs.

Why didn’t the O’s send Albers and Ray there, or keep Aquino around and send him to Bowie…

"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 Sep 6, 2008 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Because the Orioles at least

Have a tiny strand of class left in their organization, there really isn’t an excuse for rehabbing a guy in the AA playoffs when he was an MVP candidate for a four year stretch in the majors.

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Sep 6, 2008 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

True enough.

So in classless moves – will the Yanks send Joba to Trenton during their playoff series?

"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 Sep 6, 2008 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wouldn't put it past them

Since Trenton will be playing for the championship, but speaking of NY teams the Mets usually load up Brooklyn so that they make the playoffs every single damn year and if I recall correctly the Dodgers used to do that in the 90’s with one of their teams so as to boost revenues.

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Sep 6, 2008 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wieters is going to finish the playoffs

Batting under .100.

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Sep 6, 2008 8:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

jim gentile...

looks pretty good for an old guy. well done, sir.

"When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: Money."

--Jerry Reed, on acting

by j.q. higgins on Sep 6, 2008 8:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

so they'll play tomorrow right .... Os & As

otherwise old man angelos would have to refund the tickets. you know that’s not going to happen.

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

by thewaywardO on Sep 6, 2008 8:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I don't understand what the problem was

The Ravens play at 1 and the Orioles could throw out the first pitch at 8…

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Sep 6, 2008 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Both games were supposed to be at 1, I do believe.

Or 1 and 1:35, either way the parking was going to be a pain in the ass.

"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 Sep 6, 2008 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah the six Os fans will have trouble finding a spot

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

by thewaywardO on Sep 6, 2008 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

I think there are 12 people there now.

maybe 25 tomorrow

"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 Sep 6, 2008 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Took Danny out already?

I guess all those walks weren’t helping his cause.

"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 Sep 6, 2008 8:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

maybe this is an "always darkest before the dawn" kind of thing

finally rock bottom…….

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

by thewaywardO on Sep 6, 2008 8:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I hope so.

This kind of reminds of 1988, finding new ways to lose games, wasting good efforts one way or another…

"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 Sep 6, 2008 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I feel bad for Nick

And Brian.

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Sep 6, 2008 8:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

and Luke

and Aubrey and Melvin and AJ

"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 Sep 6, 2008 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is Luke's first year

AJ as well and he is just a rookie, Melvin has extensive playoff experience and Aubrey is an asshole anyways.

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Sep 6, 2008 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Eh, I feel bad that Aubrey wasted his career year

playing on a team that isn’t winning anything

"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 Sep 6, 2008 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

note to the Orioles -

hit the ball to right field, it seems to be working for Jack Cust.

"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 Sep 6, 2008 8:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Reimold up with two outs in the bottom of the ninth

10 RBI’s so far in the series but Bowie is down by four, Wieters on deck.

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Sep 6, 2008 8:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Wieters up Reimold HBP

Wieters is 2 for 15 in the playoffs.

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Sep 6, 2008 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Tell me if I'm annoying you

Wieters draws a walk, 1st and 2nd two down, Baysox losing 5-1 with Nettles up.

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Sep 6, 2008 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for the season, Bowie.

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Sep 6, 2008 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wonder who we'll be seeing in Baltimore then.

Apparently not Tillman, since LaPorta tried to decapitate him with a line drive

"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 Sep 6, 2008 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe Hernandez

Besides that I really don’t know who else they would call up.

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Sep 6, 2008 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Reimold?

I dunno.

"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 Sep 6, 2008 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If they haven't done it yet

I don’t see why they would do it now. I guess if they do pull him then they really did want Bowie to win.

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Sep 6, 2008 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

wow, so...

i’ve done a 180 on daniel cabrera. presuming there really is no injury going on, he’s gotta be a non-tender candidate now, no?

"When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: Money."

--Jerry Reed, on acting

by j.q. higgins on Sep 6, 2008 8:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

That seems to be what Andy said in the Sun the other day.

It’s really too bad, because he started off so well this year.

"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 Sep 6, 2008 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

How could this get more pathetic?

Any ideas?

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Sep 6, 2008 8:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

mid game call up of russ ortiz and vic zambrano?

"When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: Money."

--Jerry Reed, on acting

by j.q. higgins on Sep 6, 2008 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

We could just bring up the entire Delmarva roster?

Especially the pitchers that combined on the 12-run inning against Hagerstown a couple weeks back.

"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 Sep 6, 2008 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't think that would qualify as pathetic

They would give up 12 runs to major league hitters as minor leaguers, whereas the Orioles would just walk in 8 runs as major leaguers.

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Sep 6, 2008 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

giving up 12 runs to the late-season Hagerstown team is even worse, I think.

Every player they had that was worth watching got bumped up to Potomac to help with their playoff run.

"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 Sep 6, 2008 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, yeah it can.

4-32

"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 Sep 6, 2008 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

2131 highlights...

I think I’ll watch the Cal DVD set tonight, it’ll be more entertaining than 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

by getxstoked on Sep 6, 2008 8:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

i was watching...

the 83 series on masn earlier. precious memories.

"When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: Money."

--Jerry Reed, on acting

by j.q. higgins on Sep 6, 2008 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm just a little too young to really remember that...

but I do remember wanting to be a catcher when I was a little kid because of Rick Dempsey…

"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 Sep 6, 2008 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Salazar looks pretty good over at third.

That’s about the only positive going for tonight…

"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 Sep 6, 2008 9:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

holy shit

WE GOT A POINT

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

by thewaywardO on Sep 6, 2008 9:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

jesus...

what a bunch of bums.

"When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: Money."

--Jerry Reed, on acting

by j.q. higgins on Sep 6, 2008 9:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Well, that sucked.

At least they can’t lose tomorrow…but it’s Garret vs someone who is actually good on Monday, so yeah.

"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 Sep 6, 2008 10:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Game 1 officially cancelled?

It’s not going to tomorrow afternoon?

by duck on Sep 6, 2008 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Ravens are the only game in town tomorrow.

So, it’ll just be more losing coming from the other side of the parking lots.

"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 Sep 6, 2008 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey, waddaunkow!

Joe Flacco 2008 = Trent Dilfer 2000

by duck on Sep 7, 2008 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was at this game

What a hoot. We paid $1 for our seats and sat behind the O’s dugout. We also left early because my dad wouldn’t shut the eff up about wanting to go to Rub for dinner. So we left. We didn’t miss much.

[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8

by Stacey on Sep 6, 2008 10:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

At the end of college I gave away my bicycle to an underclassmen. It was rideable but

so beat up I still had the feeling I was somehow ripping the guy off. KInda like your $1.00 tickets.

Good to see the smokin’ Jays closing in on the Yerkees. It’ll be nice to spend the winter right next to an indignant Hank, even though he may be busy several months playing the retarded guy in the movie version of “L.A. Law.”

In other news, Oregon St., for reasons known only to them (and maybe Westie) decided to phone it in against Penn St, getting nipped at the buzzer 45-14. Is losing by 30 to a Big Ten Powerhouse a wake-up call or what?

UW found a much more interesting way to blow a non-confer, scoring the tying TD with 2 seconds left against BYU— but then getting penalized 15 for, um, throwing the football in the air after scoring. No, I’m not making this up. (Perhaps they also shouted “Hooray” at something over 5 decibels— which would, of course, be “excessive.”) So instead of winning the game with a 2-pt. conversion, as they were about to do, they had their 35-yd extra point attempt blocked. Good thing there were fair and balanced refs on hand for that one. "It is a celebration rule that we are required to call," claimed one embarrassed ref, having effectively handed the game to the second best team on the field.

Meanwhile, Stanford’s headlong rush to bowl eligibility was momentarily delayed by AZ St., in a game that was extremely close well into the 2nd quarter, when the Scum Devils realized whom they were playing. Next up for the Robber Barons— at undefeated TCU, which is not as bad a match-up as you might think.

And meanwhiler, both Yahoo Sports and MLB.com are refusing to schedule the Orioles today, the latter claiming in a televised announcement “It’s not the Ravens— it’s the sucktitude.”

Go O’s. Wherever.

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.

by Titov on Sep 7, 2008 8:06 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs