Saturday Bird Droppings

by Camden Chat on Oct 24, 2009 6:00 AM EDT in Open Threads

Brad Bergesen is excited for Spring Training
Brad Bergesen just can't wait to get to Spring Training. I can't wait, either. But I will. Because I don't have a super-cool time-speedy-up machine to make Spring Training come faster. -duck

Botched calls prompt World Series umpire switch
It's gotten so bad, MLB is not using any umpires that haven't called World Series games before, throwing out the usual rotation system. We were THIS CLOSE to CB Bucknor as an umpire in a WS game. No lie. Crisis averted. -duck

This one's for zk - Overrated Torre gets exposed
Written before Torre sealed the Dodgers' fate, Jeff Passan at Yahoo! Sports explains why zk is right in saying Joe Torre is overrated. -duck

Mets should look to AL for No. 2 starter
This is a few days old but I just saw it. Joel Sherman suggests the Mets look into trading for Jeremy Guthrie to improve their starting rotation. Sherman hilariously suggests that Guthrie might improve with a change of scenery that takes him away from the all of the losing the Orioles do. Yes, by all means, send him to the METS then! -Stacey

Ty goes to the ballplayer | Recordnet.com
A nice little blurb about Ty Kelly, a 3B selected in the 13th round of June's amateur draft and assigned to the IronBirds. He hit .265 in 61 games, made the all-star team and was named the IronBirds' MVP. Sounds like a good kid. -zk

Dempsey's Army reviews Weaver on Strategy
This book has been a hot topic lately, huh? -Stacey

More from Brandon Snyder - MASN
This time on his troubles upon reaching AAA. Blame it on Norfolk! -Stacey

The Low Anthem: Rounding The Bases on JamBase
I can't decide if The Low Anthem is a great band or not. But their co-founder is an "unapologetic Baltimore Orioles fan", so I'll probably give them a second listen. -zk

Baseball History - October 24th - National Pastime - Baseball History
On this date in 1908, baseball's anthem, Take Me Out to the Ballgame, was introduced by Bill Murray. The song writing team of Albert Von Tilzer (music) and Jack Norworth (words), who created the immortal tune, had never seen a game. -zk

Chick Gandil: You go back to Boston and turn seventy grand at the drop of a hat? I find that hard to believe.
Sport Sullivan: You say you can find seven men on the best club that ever took the field willin' to throw the World Series? I find that hard to believe.
Chick Gandil: You never played for Open Thread.

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So Matusz is so awesome

Get gets to be offseason “O” of the day twice in one week?

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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 24, 2009 7:00 AM EDT reply actions

meh

I didn’t look at who else had been done this week. I just tried to do it from memory.

Anyway, we’re gonna have to repeat at some point, unless we dip into past O’s…..

“Your Offseason O of the Day: Floyd Rayford!”

"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Oct 24, 2009 10:48 AM EDT up reply actions

i for one

Would love a past O of the day pic. Larry Sheets!

Some Day, Matt Wieters Will Make The Cooperstown Crowd Laugh By Talking About The Time He Batted Behind Melvin Mora And Luke Scott. -Keith Law via Matt Wieters Facts

by Stacey on Oct 24, 2009 11:44 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

I can tell you this

Whenever I do the daily pic, you will never see Lee May. I guarantee it.

"I would approve signing a pitcher that ate kitten tacos if he won 20 games a year." -BPinOK

by duck on Oct 24, 2009 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions

i think historic o's of the day would be neat

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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 24, 2009 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Alan Wiggins!

"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Oct 24, 2009 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions

Larry Harlow!

"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Oct 24, 2009 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions

Lenny Webster!

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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 24, 2009 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Kiko Garcia

I win.

"I would approve signing a pitcher that ate kitten tacos if he won 20 games a year." -BPinOK

by duck on Oct 24, 2009 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions

i got a lot of googling to do..

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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 24, 2009 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions

i was gonna go with ricky bones

by twistedlogic on Oct 25, 2009 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions

Ya know...

Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys never actually had gone surfing. Kinda along the same lines of the “take me out to the ballgame story”.

by daveh873 on Oct 24, 2009 7:12 AM EDT reply actions

As if we need any other reason to hate WNST

Apparently my dad isn’t the only one who stole the Pedro pic.
http://wnst.net/wordpress/rexsnider/2009/07/23/ifs-and-buts-and-some-classic-baltimore-history/

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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 24, 2009 4:48 PM EDT reply actions

excellent.

If I could bring myself to correspond with those MOFOs, I’d send them a cease-and-desist letter.

Alas, I think just sending the email would cause me to throw up in my mouth.

"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Oct 24, 2009 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions

ha ha

I think it’s time to accept that your photoshop job is an internet legend that transcends its origin.

Some Day, Matt Wieters Will Make The Cooperstown Crowd Laugh By Talking About The Time He Batted Behind Melvin Mora And Luke Scott. -Keith Law via Matt Wieters Facts

by Stacey on Oct 26, 2009 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions

oh duck.

new slayer leaked

"I hate making excuses. If I suck, then I suck. And I suck. That's the way I'm playing. If you suck, you suck. You have to take responsibility in this game. Right now, that's the way I feel. Yes, I suck." - Jose Guillen/quote of the year

by getxstoked on Oct 24, 2009 5:24 PM EDT reply actions