Bird Droppings: Orioles Links for 02/18/09
by Scott Christ on Feb 18, 2009 12:19 PM EST
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People seem to enjoy link dumps, and making clever names for them. Most of the clever names are already taken by other O's blogs ("Roars from 34" would've been my choice, but Roar from 34 is a blog).
The word "dump" makes me think of, well, taking a dump, and then I think about the Orioles. Orioles are birds. Birds! Dump. Droppings. Bird Droppings. Plus by August the team usually makes me want to take a dump by the sixth inning of every game, so it has double meaning.
The first O's fan site I really frequented was Birds in the Belfry, and I just don't swing by there much anymore. But a few weeks ago Kerry put up his 2008 Piñata Award. Past winners include Jimmy Haynes (inaugural recipient in 1996), Doug Drabek (1998), Ryan Kohlmeier and Jose Mercedes (2001, shared award) and Russ Ortiz in 2006. The 2008 winner was...
Weaver's Tantrum examines the life and times of head trainer Richie Bancells.
The Loss Column has six reasons for Orioles excitement. They have six more than I do. That's not true, it just sounded snappy.
With such rising stars as Jay Spurgeon, Leslie Brea, and Carlos Casimiro, how have the Orioles been so bad the last decade?
NumerOlogy. You know you love it. Spring training edition.
Aubrey Huff talked to Peter Schmuck, and referred to Ty Wigginton as his "fat male stalker." I'm starting to really like Aubrey Huff.
Roch praises Uehara's cutter as a pitch that will be "a nuisance" to hitters. We'll see.
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It really is a shame
that it took me so long to come around on Aubrey Huff.
[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8
If he hits
I can forgive a lot.
Duck Around - a progressive blog about the Eastern Shore of Maryland. And getting off my lawn.
Everyone needs to read the Pinata link
It’s just mind-blowing to me that we’ve sheltered so much bad pitching over the last decade that, for instance, Bruce Chen didn’t get to take home the hardware in 2006.
Since it's linked on this story
I’d like to thank Brotz for his awesome work on NumerOlogy. I was just looking at some pictures from Spring Training and noticed that Ty Wigginton is wearing 23, which always makes me think of Chris Hoiles, but I couldn’t remember who had worn it since he stopped playing, so I hopped over to NumerOlogy to find out. It’s just such an awesome reference site. Where else could I find all that information? So thanks again!
[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8
Thanks!
I’m going to throw up a ST roster on the home page as soon as Alfredo Simon and Felix Pie actually show up.
- is actually one of the toughest to choose if you’re talking about the all-time best Oriole to wear it. Hoiles or Tippy? That’s just not fair, and I still can’t make up my mind.
For #1 I would take Roberts over Bumbry, especially now that he should be here for good. Eventually he’ll catch Al in career steals.
- I go Mussina over Cuellar, because for most of his career Moose had to be The Man. Cuellar won a Cy Young and had a few 20-win seasons, but he had plenty of great pitchers around him.
tough calls
Especially for #23. It’s hard to compare them since they had such different talents. I instinctively lean towards Hoiles, but that might be because I never really saw Tippy pitch except maybe a bit at the very end of his career, and that’s when I was a little kid.
I definitely take Mussina over Cuellar. That’s the easiest decision of the three. When you think of Cuellar the first thing you think is his 20 win seasons and all of his 200+ inning seasons. But you can’t hold those against Mussina since he also pitched over 200 IP a ton and that’s in a different time altogether. And he couldn’t have gotten 20 wins with most of the teams he was on. If you look at the other statistics I think it favors Mussina quite a bit.
I have to pick Bumbry over Brian at least for awhile. He had such a long, solid career. It’s a close call though.
Do we know what number Wieters wears?
[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8
fuck let me grab my scorebook
he wore 32 in bowie
The stock market will never recover, our armies will never again be #1, and our children will drink filthy water for the rest of their lives - HST
by the fix is in on Feb 22, 2009 12:52 PM EST up reply actions
He's in #15 this Spring
Since Jamie Walker’s still got #32. Although I can’t stand Pedroia, he was the last guy to take #15 after Millar left his last team, and that’s turned out pretty well.
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