Thursday Bird Droppings

by Camden Chat on Oct 29, 2009 6:49 AM EDT in Open Threads Comment 81 comments

Your Off-Season O of the Day: Dennis Sarfate

Lee, Utley lead Phillies over Yankees in Game 1, 6-1

The Phillies beat the Yankees. And there was just a little more joy in the world. -duck

O's head to offseason market with quite a list

Andy MacPhail and his staff have got some work to do in a free agent market that probably doesn't provide answers to most of the teams questions. -duck

Marylanders have enjoyed Series stage

Plenty of Maryland natives have done well in the World Series. Here's a reflection upon this fact. -duck

O's Fans Will Likely Pull for Phils

O's fans in York County, PA, are finding themselves pulling for the Phillies over the Yankees in this year's World Series. They also don't enjoy pulling the wings off of flies and stabbing small animals. I think. The article doesn't really get into that. -duck

Dennis Sarfate knows his time may be up

He's out of options, he didn't set the world on fire last season, and the Orioles have to set a 40-man roster soon. Dennis Sarfate wants to stay with Baltimore, but knows he may be a Rule V draftee. -duck

Jason Berken , Mentally Tough

Steve Melewski finally runs out of material. And it was only Oct. 28. -duck

O's to hold Nov. fanfest in Sarasota

"The Orioles will celebrate their new spring training home by holding a free "Family Fanfest" from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 14 at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota, Fla." I'm hoping in the chemical-free area of the complex. -duck

Reality Show in Works About 'Die-Hard Nationals Fans' - DCist

I mean, really? This just makes me sad. The idea is to make the reality show around the insane Nationals players, not the sad sack Nationals fan. -Stacey

I don't belong here, I feel it, don't you think I feel it. I can't do any of these vile things and I wouldn't WANT to. Oh, my life is like death. My children are the spawn of Open Thread, and you're the devil.

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SWEEP!!!!

Please?

by NewYorkOriole on Oct 29, 2009 8:38 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Oh and for all you John Sterling fans out there.....

Thhhhhhehhhhhhhhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeee YANKEES LOSE!

by NewYorkOriole on Oct 29, 2009 8:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Man, this See-reeze really IS a poser! Do I root for a team that would be 3rd or 4th in our division

and is currently the reigning World “Anything Can Happen In A Short” Series champeen, taking over from the stunningly mediocre 2006 Cardinals and last year’s ’08 Ph*cking Philly epigones

- OR -

for the Bronx Bummers, whose ownership surely figures among the Most Storied Douchebags Ever To Embarrass Baseball and most of whose players run the gamut from annoying to nausea-provoking?

Jeez, I dunno — hey, I said it was a real poser. Well, maybe I’ll have to root marginally less AGAINST the Yerks, and then wear a hair shirt for six weeks as penance or something.

"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 Oct 29, 2009 10:14 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

What exactly is a "die-hard Nationals fan"?

Someone who buys a ticket?

From the Land of Pleasant Living...

by OEutaw on Oct 29, 2009 10:14 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

and stays after the 7th.

"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 Oct 29, 2009 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Most likely

someone who used to be a die-easily Orioles fan.

by daveh873 on Oct 29, 2009 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

Every Nats fan I know fits that description.

by O Nina on Oct 29, 2009 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And I'm glad that story was posted in the Open Thread

I couldn’t believe it when I saw it on DCist yesterday. Not only did they pick a team with probably the fewest amount of “die-hard fans,” but as a premise for a show it sounds stupid and boring: “The person or group of friends must find it hard to balance an active social life, romantic relationship, work or family with the ‘other person’ (Nationals) in their life.” Um, what? What does that even mean? And how is that remotely entertaining?

by O Nina on Oct 29, 2009 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

When less than 15,000 fans

even bother watching their games on TV, how many die-hard fans can there be?

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

by duck on Oct 29, 2009 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

false

i’m a nationals supporter….

by twistedlogic on Oct 29, 2009 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is "supporter

by O Nina on Oct 29, 2009 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

damn

Is “supporter” different from “fan?”

by O Nina on Oct 29, 2009 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

good question

i have no idea. i actually made it to more nationals games than i did o’s games this season so i really have no idear

by twistedlogic on Oct 29, 2009 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'd say I "support" them

thought I’m not entirely sure what that means, either. I like to see them win. I have started to enjoy going to Nats games (hated it at first). But, I’m not a Nats “fan.” I live and die with the Orioles and I can’t see myself ever feeling that way about another team.

by O Nina on Oct 29, 2009 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Someone who's been a fan since way back in 2005!

by O'sFan21 on Oct 29, 2009 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Cliff Lee is a filthy

That was pretty awesome. How about that heart of the MFY order?

Douchera: 0-4, 2K
Doucherod: 0-4, 3K
Pussada: 1-4, 2K

Hopefully, the Phils can also win in games where they used their bullpen.

"I feel like I learned more in eight major league starts than I did in three years of college," -- Brian Matusz

by CoachOfEarl on Oct 29, 2009 10:53 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs

He is my hero for the next week and a half

by VB O's Guy on Oct 29, 2009 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Mark Douchera is the best

because it actually almost sounds like Teixeira.

by PhilR8 on Oct 29, 2009 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Alert the subcomittee to nominate this as the official nickname

With practice, you can use it around MFY fans without starting a fight

"I feel like I learned more in eight major league starts than I did in three years of college," -- Brian Matusz

by CoachOfEarl on Oct 29, 2009 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Mark Teixeira is a douchebag

I thought that before the Yankees signed him.

It seemed like every profile of him that ran in either the New York or Baltimore papers was filled with stories about all the times he felt he wasn’t treated as well by someone or other as he felt he was entitled to be treated.

by yurizanow on Oct 29, 2009 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Plus he just constantly has a douchebag look on his face.

by O'sFan21 on Oct 29, 2009 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's uber-ugly.

I now have a blog: http://justanotherbaltimoresportsblog.blogspot.com/

by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 29, 2009 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Plus he's incapable of closing his mouth

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 29, 2009 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I must correct you

The proper spelling is A*roid.

by O'sFan21 on Oct 29, 2009 1:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

As in Hem-A Roid?

by Fred Sanford on Oct 29, 2009 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i was going with A Fraud

but that works too

by twistedlogic on Oct 29, 2009 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I swear

Some of his stuff seemed to defy the laws of physics.

I now have a blog: http://justanotherbaltimoresportsblog.blogspot.com/

by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 29, 2009 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thats a shame about Sarfate

I had high hopes for him…. tons of potential, but gets shaken up way too easily.

"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 Oct 29, 2009 11:03 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Friday Night Lights....

….. was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G last night. I cant wait to see where they go with this season. So much up in the air. Anyone catch it?

by Wieters Wieners on Oct 29, 2009 11:42 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I haven't watched it yet!

I found the website but then forgot because I was watching the baseball game.

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 29, 2009 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Just finished it

This will certainly be an interesting season.

by kba26 on Oct 29, 2009 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ugh.

I thought it was a train wreck. I almost posted an OT thread about it. Cardboard characters, the most obvious clichés….

Hey, that kid who took over at QB is a dick!

Hey look, his father is a dick as well!

Hey look, all the DIllon Panthers dudes are totally condescending to Connie!

Hey, look, Tim Riggins threw all his books out the car window goin’ down the highway and then went and slept with someone!

What incredible shockers! What suspense!

The shark is doing backflips under the motorcycle ramp.

"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic

by zknower on Oct 29, 2009 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Random Yankee Fan Bashing

Did anyone notice how many people left that game before the ninth inning? It looked as if at least a third of the seats were empty.

How the hell do you leave game 1 of the World Series before the last friggin out?

"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle

by BirdFanInPhilly on Oct 29, 2009 11:57 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I was texting my Yankee-loving girlfriend

“Why are there ANY empty seats?”. The entire game the place was at less than capacity, especially in the infamous “Legends Seats”. How embarrassing is that? You know any other stadium (maybe not Miami) would be 105% sold out for game 1 of the World Series!

Of course, those people could just be relaxing in the NYY Steak House, or in the Audi Presents Monument Park, or in the Mohengan Sun Sports Bar, or in the Toys R Us on the 7th floor, or the Cineplex on the 3rd floor. You just never know with that kind of stadium.

"I like baseball, movies, good clothes, whiskey, fast cars ... and you. What else you need to know?"

by Andrew @ TLC on Oct 29, 2009 12:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I noticed.

For half a second I thought, “Well, it has been drizzling in that gross way all night,” but fuck that! If your team is in the World freaking Series, you stay at the game til the end!!!

by O Nina on Oct 29, 2009 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is their 40th WS

So it’s not special, it’s expected. The main reason I hate MFY.

"I feel like I learned more in eight major league starts than I did in three years of college," -- Brian Matusz

by CoachOfEarl on Oct 29, 2009 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I got into a silly argument

that maybe the reason Yankee fans feel so entitled (or whatever) to winning the World Series every year is that they just really, really like parades. Now I feel more confident in such an oddball statement because they sure don’t seem to like selling out their own mallpark for Game 1.

"I like baseball, movies, good clothes, whiskey, fast cars ... and you. What else you need to know?"

by Andrew @ TLC on Oct 29, 2009 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is mallpark a typo?

Or an insult to the stadium?

I now have a blog: http://justanotherbaltimoresportsblog.blogspot.com/

by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 29, 2009 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I consider this to be progress

It’s an insult.

by PhilR8 on Oct 29, 2009 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I live in New Orleans

We don’t need a baseball team to really really like parades.

It would be nice to have a baseball team here, but it would be just like the Florida teams, where nobody cares. Unless it’s LSU.

"I feel like I learned more in eight major league starts than I did in three years of college," -- Brian Matusz

by CoachOfEarl on Nov 2, 2009 5:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Sean Henn is gone.

Vizzini: Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?
Man in Black: Yes.
Vizzini: Morons.

by birdman on Oct 29, 2009 3:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

yawn

by O'sFan21 on Oct 29, 2009 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

just saw this from roch...

“The Orioles have named Jeff Datz as bench coach”

by ccbecker86 on Oct 29, 2009 3:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Does anyone remeber

That onion article about the Yankees honor Derek Jeter for having less hits then Harold Baines. I used that in an argument with an obnoxious Yankee fan.

I now have a blog: http://justanotherbaltimoresportsblog.blogspot.com/

by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 29, 2009 3:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Tell it again!

by O'sFan21 on Oct 29, 2009 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Me to MFY Fan: I saw the Yankees lost last night.
MFY Fan: So what? We’ve got Derek Jeter and he rules.
Me: Do you know who Harlod Baines is? Well guess what, he’s got more hits then Jeter.
MFY Fan: You’re a liar
Me: Look it up!

I now have a blog: http://justanotherbaltimoresportsblog.blogspot.com/

by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 29, 2009 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

sighhh

i miss the days when arguments didnt involve gratuitous amounts of cursing and/or violence

by twistedlogic on Oct 29, 2009 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

My HS baseball arguments used to go like this

Me: Chuck Knoblauch is over-rated. Roberto Alomar is clearly a better 2nd baseman
rest of my hs: Chuck Knoblauch is fuckin’ awesome! Der-ek Je-ter!
Me: god I hate my life…

by daveh873 on Oct 29, 2009 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yea...my hs baseball arguments were similar

yankees bandwagoners: the yankees are the greatest fucking team EVER! i only started “watching” when they made the playoffs, but those are minor details!

me: and they do all of that with a payroll larger than the cumulative GDP of Africa (and probs Australia too)

yankees bandwagoners: but we have DEREK JETER and ALEX RODRIGUEZ

me: we’re building a solid young team and the entire payroll is less than his contract!

that’s all for the PG part…….violence and cursing ensues

by twistedlogic on Oct 29, 2009 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

what we've learned

1. Yankees fans are, for the most part, uninformed
2. you are alot younger than I am

by daveh873 on Oct 29, 2009 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i'm not THAT young

just fairly young

by twistedlogic on Oct 29, 2009 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

In college?

by O Nina on Oct 29, 2009 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yea

by twistedlogic on Oct 29, 2009 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh man you lucky bastard!

I’d kill a man to be back in college.

by O'sFan21 on Oct 29, 2009 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Behind a commanding performance by the left-hander Cliff Lee, the Philadelphia Phillies stunned the Yankees, 6-1, to steal Game 1 of the 2009 World Series.

“Stunned?” “to steal Game 1”?

They act like the Yankees assumed Philly would roll over. They act as though the Yankees were such a sure bet to win the game, the phillies didn’t have a right to win it. Philadelphia are the defending champions, and the Yankees haven’t been in the WS for 6 years. I don’t care of it’s a home game for the Yankees: Philadelphia did not steal a win, which implies some kind of gutty late-inning turnaround. They pretty much demolished the Yankees.

"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic

by zknower on Oct 29, 2009 4:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Stunned seems a bit strong, but im not sure steal is too much

Considering how good both teams have been at home during the postseason, I would equally say the Yankees “stole” game 1 if it was in Philly and they had one. You expect home teams to win in the playoffs, and the Phillies changed the way the rest of the series will play out by unexpectedly winning game 1 in New York.

by kba26 on Oct 29, 2009 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You expect home teams to win in the playoffs

I don’t. I expect them to hae an advantage, sure. But I don’t automatically expect them to win.

"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic

by zknower on Oct 29, 2009 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You base it on pitching matchups

You figure Lee/Sabathia to be a tossup. And for the most part it was. The bullpen put it out of reach at the end.

Moving on, Burnett should have the advantage tonight, simply because Pedro hasn’t pitched to a 9 man lineup since McCain was a cadet.

Pettitte vs Hamels? Tough to call. Slight edge to Pettitte I’d say because he’s been much better durnig THIS post season.

Sabathia clear edge over Blanton.

Lee clear edge over Gaudan.

Then we’re back to Burnett vs Pedro.

You can't fix stupid. Stupid is forever.

by sluggo 2.0 on Oct 29, 2009 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'd give more than a slight edge to Pettitte

Hamels hasn’t looked good at all.

I think in tonight’s game anything could happen. AJ Burnett sometimes looks great and sometimes looks like crap. And who the hell knows about Pedro.

I haven’t heard anything beyond tomorrow. You don’t think they’ll throw Lee on short rest in game 4? I’d love to see him and CC match up again.

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 29, 2009 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Haven't heard anything official

But letting Lee go all 9 makes me think it would be Blanton for 4 & Lee for 5.

Also C.C. for 4 & Gaudan for 5 is an inspired guess.

You can't fix stupid. Stupid is forever.

by sluggo 2.0 on Oct 29, 2009 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Lee threw 122 pitches.

I’d be surprised if he starts game 4, even though 122 is about his norm recently.

CC threw 113, and if he starts game 4 I doubt he’ll be as effective.

"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic

by zknower on Oct 29, 2009 5:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

In both cases

it may be determined by which team is up 2-1 & which is down 2-1.

You can't fix stupid. Stupid is forever.

by sluggo 2.0 on Oct 29, 2009 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's the world series

If they are down 2-1 he’s pitching. Doesn’t matter if he threw 150 pitches.

by O'sFan21 on Oct 29, 2009 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I totally did not see a reigning AL Cy Young winner actually pitch well in the playoffs

Caught me COMPLETELY off-guard.

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

by duck on Oct 29, 2009 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

SUCH A SHOCKER!

Has to be the most stunning thing since Joe Mauer winning the batting title because he had the highest batting average!

I now have a blog: http://justanotherbaltimoresportsblog.blogspot.com/

by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 29, 2009 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Keep trying, you'll get better at this

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

by duck on Oct 29, 2009 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

they should just give it cc sabathia...or derek jeter...or someone

who says you have to hit to get a batting title?

by twistedlogic on Oct 29, 2009 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

why not?

Palmeiro won the gold glove ’99 and he only played 28 games in the field that year. Makes perfect sense.

by daveh873 on Oct 29, 2009 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

how many at bats did CC have?

4 or 5 is probably enough don’t you think? danys baez had one and has a 1.000 BA!!

by twistedlogic on Oct 29, 2009 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You guys are making a mockery

of the most storied franchise.

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 29, 2009 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs