Koji Uehara, the newest Oriole.

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Last night's green-lit headline on Fark.com

For some reason World Baseball Classic hero Koji Uehara left the richest and most succesful team in Japan to sign a two-year deal with the Orioles

with a WEIRD tag for good measure

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by duck on Jan 7, 2009 7:28 AM EST reply actions

Did they un-greenlight it?

Can’t find it.

by mpire on Jan 7, 2009 9:08 AM EST up reply actions

Not sure

It was green-lit on TotalFark.com, but it can take a few hours before it moves to the free Fark.com site.

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by duck on Jan 7, 2009 7:16 PM EST up reply actions

at least...

he’s down w/ the orange and black color scheme.

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

--Jerry Reed, on acting

by j.q. higgins on Jan 7, 2009 8:55 AM EST reply actions

Is that #19?

I’m going to go out on a limb and say that he’ll have no problem wrestling that number away from Oscar Salazar.

As for his performance, let’s hope he’s more like Dave McNally and less like James Baldwin.

by Brotz13 on Jan 7, 2009 9:10 AM EST reply actions

I'm excited.

Guarantee he’ll be better than anyone in our rotation except obviously Guthrie.

by Pack Man on Jan 7, 2009 10:06 AM EST reply actions

where is that ball going?

maybe he’s pitching to an 11’ man

"I’m sure glad he didn’t try to bunt." - DD on Melmo's game winning double, 6/17

by daveh873 on Jan 7, 2009 2:05 PM EST reply actions

maybe he has fist launchers

robotech style.

by mpire on Jan 7, 2009 4:10 PM EST up reply actions

I think Andy did a good job with this one!

While he won’t be a Ace here, he should give the O’s a solid 1-2 in the starting pitching. The contract isn’t huge and it won’t be hanging around the O’s necks for years either. Now, get a good older catcher to help Wieters ( get Zaun or Irod, either one will do! ) and to get the staff moving in the right direction and the O’s should see improvement this year! :)

"The main idea is to win"-John McGraw

by Orioles 1894 on Jan 7, 2009 3:13 PM EST reply actions

I don’t know that I would say Guthrie/Uehara makes a solid 1-2. Guthrie is probably below average among #1 and Uehara was reliever in Japan last year.

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by BirdFanInPhilly on Jan 7, 2009 4:16 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah… on a good team, this would be a decent 2-5.

"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 Jan 7, 2009 5:23 PM EST up reply actions