Saturday Bird Droppings - Orioles News from Around the Web
by Camden Chat on Nov 21, 2009 7:00 AM EST
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PrintUnbroken Spirit - SI Vault (03/16/98)
From the SI archives, the amazing story of Eric Davis. It's not in this story because it would happen later, but the saddest thing to me about Eric Davis is how much he wanted to return to Baltimore in 1999 but the Orioles didn't have any interest. And don't talk to me about he wasn't very good after 1998, because I'm irrational. -Stacey
O's expected to take deliberate approach
Andy MacPhail? Deliberate? Surely you jest. -Stacey
MSA performs maintenance on OPACY
An update on what exactly is being renovated at Camden Yards. Also can I say that I'm pretty sure I'm totally jealous of Kate Wheeler. -Stacey
Brewers taking a look at Halama
Does it seem bizarre to anyone else that there is someone out there who still writes an entire article about John Halama? -Stacey
Comparing Third Basemen
Dempsey's Army takes a look at the options and determines that Ty Wigginton or Scott Moore would be preferable alternatives to any of the FA options for 3B. -Stacey
Markakis takes 21 kid patients to Ravens practice
How much do I love Nick Markakis? -Stacey
The Red Sox LUV Scott Boras
They've inquired about Matt Holliday, Adrian Beltre, Mike Gonzalez, and Rick Ankiel. -Stacey
They may take our lives, but they'll never take our Open Thread!
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We've got money and need a place to put it. Hey, let's draft Scott Boras!
1. Stop being irrational. It only hurts when you think.
2. For those who think MLB is behind the curve in electronics, Thierry Henry gave int’l soccer another really good demonstration of why you can’t expect any major sport to get by anymore without replay: his double hand-ball in the zone (and a simultaneous double off-side!) gave France the winning goal over Ireland, 1-0, in 2010 World Cup qualifying. Check it out:
http://www.worldcupbuzz.com/thierry-henry-handball-video/
Sure, you could say that in the greater scheme of things, justice was served: France is a better side by several magnitudes, and they won and thus advance. But c’mon: that’s the general equivalent of saying the Yerkees should’ve advanced in the ’96 playoffs because hey, they were a better team than the Orioles…*and* they had Jeffrey F*cking Maier playing right field.
http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?mid=200805122685723
Gee, that got your blood pressure going, didn’t it? Well, that’s how the Irish are feeling. In fact, France is better. But they should have to demonstrate it, duh. The Irish were robbed.
3. The Big Bummer in Moscow continues, since Slovenia – Slovenia! Can you find it on a map? – beat Russia 1-0 Wednesday in their qualifier. Which knocked the Russians out of the tournament, as they beat Slovenia here 2-1 and thus lost the series on away goals (a weird tie-break thing, I know, but apparently everybody’s used to it).
Anyway, ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. I sort of like the Russian coach (Gus Hiddink, a Dutchman) but the fan culture is high-decibel, obnoxious, self-pitying paranoid homerism (did I leave anything out?), which is never more apparent than after a David-beats-Goliath loss like this one. Suck eggs, Russians.
4. And finally in financial news, here’s a chance to get your Thxgvg turkey free, since you’ll rack up big rubles on at least 2 of these.
- Stanford beats Best-less Cal (concussion) by more than 7 in PA.
- Orygun surprises some by going well over 6 (I’d say double figs) vs. Zona in the desert.
- And in the goofy-pick ‘em sweepstakes, UCLA does better than 4.5 over the partay- Scum Devils in LA. But bet this one without mustard.
Yuh velkom, and pass the stuffing! Go O’s!
"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.
Oh, almost forgot. Does anyone know if they've set the date for Melvin Mora Bunting Appreciation Night yet?
What? What?!?
"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.
Titov, I just have to say...
Slovenia? Really, Slovenia? I feel bad for you guys, I like watching Russia.
Trying to hit off me is like trying to eat soup with chopsticks.
-Ryohei Tanaka, with AA Bowie
Ljubljana (my tongue hurts) is partying it up right now.
Trying to hit off me is like trying to eat soup with chopsticks.
-Ryohei Tanaka, with AA Bowie
The city was like a giant morgue the next morning. And then the multi-media whining and finger-pointing started...
I give the players credit, though: they signed a petition to keep the coach, whose fault it certainly wasn’t.
"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.
That handball was absolutely awful
Even Henry is saying the only way to solve this is a rematch. It’s just corrupt. FIFA will always favor the bigger teams – they get all the publicity. Nevertheless, this is a travesty. The handball was so blatant. FIFA knows damn well that they need to solve this. That may be the worst penalty one can commit in soccer because, well, what’s the point if you can just touch the ball with your hands?
ridiculous. should have been a red card. i don’t know what to think.
I do think there is good chance Hiddink still makes the world cup. sorry russia.
There is an eyebrow raising line in baltimore tomorrow for those looking to gamble. I know it is sacrilege to some, but I never have a problem betting against the home team. It always feels like hedging to me. Even if I lose, i win.
Agree w/ Dempsey's Army
We don’t want Pedro Feliz.
Dempsey's Army
Ty Wigginton was one of the worst fielding 3B in MLB this year.
And before you scream ‘small sample size’, check his career numbers. Same thing. He plays OK at 2B, but at 3B he’s a butcher.
Update from Roch on Bergesen
“Earlier in the day, I received a call from Brad Bergesen as I was walking down Pratt St. I wasn’t in position to take notes, but he passed along news that he ran twice this week as part of his program.
’It’s going great,’ he said."
Good to hear he’s actually started running and that there don’t seem to be any problems.
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
John Lackey
Funny screengrab posted on Walkoff Walk. Check it out here. Stacey and I were discussing the All-Ugly team at a game earlier this year. Lackey and Tom Gorzelanny are an unbeatable 1-2 combo in the rotation, with Julian Tavarez coming out of the bullpen.
"The United States is the New York Yankees of countries...powerful and respected until the year 2000." - Homer J. Simpson
ha ha
Don’t forget Jeff Karstens
and Bartolo Colon
They’re no Tito Landrum or Mike Boddicker, that’s for sure.
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
yeah but Guts looks ok when he's not in mid-pitch at least. Bartolo Colon does not have such luck.
There used to be this giant This is Birdland billboard near my house with Guts on it that I drove past to work every day. At first I was like, “Hello Guts!” but as he kept pitching crappy I started wishing it was Nick or Brian or AJ. It’s gone now, though, replaced with an ad for the Nutcracker or something.
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
Colon looks like Andre the Giant.
Vizzini: Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?
Man in Black: Yes.
Vizzini: Morons.
AFL Championship is on right now
And you can watch the live video
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/winterleagues/league.jsp?league=afl
Angle is in CF and Bell is at 3B for PHX
Speaking of Walkoff Walk
The Jack McDowell ripping the Cy Young is pretty great, I read it this morning.
http://www.walkoffwalk.com/2009/11/jack-mcdowell-weighs-in-on-the.html
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
Bad Idea:
Going grocery shopping the Saturday afternoon before Thanksgiving. If I had wanted to be so miserable I could have just punched myself in the face. It would have been over a lot more quickly.
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
You've gotta be joking
I now have a blog: http://justanotherbaltimoresportsblog.blogspot.com/
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Nov 21, 2009 7:40 PM EST reply actions
why the fuck did you post that
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
Say, a happy message AND traditional team colors! Top it with a PHN hat and you're good to go anywhere!
"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.
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