Interesting article on Eutaw Street homeruns
8 new plaques have been added to Eutaw Street this offseason. Here is the list:
Jason Giambi (Yankees) on 5/27/08 - 415 ft.
Jason Giambi (Yankees) on 5/28/08 - 410 ft.
Nick Markakis (Orioles) on 6/14/08 - 395 ft.
Lance Berkman (Astros) on 6/18/08 - 430 ft.
Alex Gordon (Royals) on 7/1/08 - 425 ft.
Luke Scott (Orioles) on 7/19/08 - 420 ft.
Robinson Cano (Yankees) on 8/22/08 - 425ft.
Luke Scott (Orioles) on 9/8/08 - 415 ft.
[Editor's note (zach): I'm pretty ticked off about this because of what's at the end of the thread. And I pose the question: am I being unreasonable and thin-skinned and should have just bought a media guide? Or is this yet another sad indication of how Angelos and the organization he has built really don't care about the loyal fanbase.? You tell me, I welcome your input. Seriously.]
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Is there a list of all the Eutaw street plaques? I ask this not having searched the O’s website for such a list.
I tried to find such a list once
with no luck. I’m sure it exists though.
I will not rest until America has universal health care and Derek Jeter is seen for the overrated starfucker he truly is! ~2632
Urgh
I was there for Cano’s on 8/22 – it was Moose’s last start in Baltimore. Thanks for the reminder, plaquemaker.
"The United States is the New York Yankees of countries...powerful and respected until the year 2000." - Homer J. Simpson
OMG. How typical.
Me, on the Oriole’s customer service page:
Subject: Eutaw Street Home Runs
Message:
Hi: I just read an article on MASNsports.com about the home run plaques added to Eutaw Street since last season. Do you have a list of ALL the plaques on Eutaw Street (i.e., all the players’ names, dates, and distances)? And if so, could you please email it to me? Many thanks, Zachary
The Baltimore Orioles organization, via email:
Dear Mr. Knower,
Thank you for your interest in the Orioles.
The list of Eutaw Street home runs has been updated to include those from the 2008 season. The names added are: Johnny Damon, Jason Giambi, Nick Markakis, Lance Berkman, Alex Gordon, Luke Scott, and Robinson Cano. For a complete list including team, date, distance and pitcher and names dating from 1992, we ask that you please purchase a media guide that has this information as well other team/ballpark information. The 2009 Media Guide is on sale now for $15 including shipping and handling. If interested, please contact Jamie Bell at jball@orioles.com.
See you at The Yard!
Sincerely,
Carey Paytas
Communications Assistant
Baltimore Orioles
Translation:
Dear Mr. Knower:
You must have some serious fondness for and/or connection to the Orioles. I say this because you took the time out of your day to write us directly via email about an interesting fact regarding the ballpark they play in. You did this despite the fact that the product on the field has been, how shall we say, crappy, for the past 11 years. YOU, dear fan, have hung on and still have allegiances.
I repeat, you must have some serious fondness for the team.
Here’s how I feel about that.
Despite the fact that this information would be freely available to anyone who simply WALKED DOWN EUTAW STREET AND LOOKED AT THE GROUND BEFORE A GAME; despite the fact that an electronic version of this list most certainly exists in our offices, and could easily be sent to you with a few keystrokes; despite the fact that having such a list kicking around the blogs and whatnot would probably engender even more feelings of allegiance to the team, as it would remind casual fans and aficionados alike of the “glory years”; despite all these things, Mr. Knower, I would rather charge you $15 for a media guide and make you actually WORK to get this information. ‘Cause, really, I don’t give a crap about you folks who have been following the team passionately since long before I bought it.
Toodles,
Peter Angelos.
WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED AT ALL?
It's 4 in the morning. Too much to drink. All the girls look hot. So, the Nationals are Jennifer Lopez to me. —Julian Tavarez
used to be...
buying the media guide was almost the highlight of the year for me.
"If they pitch to you, make them pay."
--Diamond Dave to the Phenom
by j.q. higgins on Mar 27, 2009 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions
lets all buy one
and i mean just 1. then we can publish it on google docs and we’ll all have only paid maybe .15 each and angelos can know that the hardest of hardcore o’s fans that usually buy the guide all got it for next to nothing.
"I’m sure glad he didn’t try to bunt." - DD on Melmo's game winning double, 6/17
That's pretty obnoxious all right
I will not rest until America has universal health care and Derek Jeter is seen for the overrated starfucker he truly is! ~2632
What a weird thing for them to hold on to
I think that you have the right idea, in the sense that a list of Eutaw Street home runs is something that should be freely available, considering that it is, as you said, the kind of thing where a really dedicated person can go and record all the plaques themselves.
What I would be curious about is if the team would tell, say, a Baltimore Sun reporter who made this same inquiry to just buy the media guide or if they’d then cough up the list. Granted, a reporter is probably not going to be interacting with a “communications assistant” to begin with and has different access to the data.
Quite possibly there’s no formal policy about this specific subject, and “buy the media guide” is just their default response. I’d be surprised if Ms. Paytas asked a boss who asked a boss, who thought about it and responded that Eutaw Street homer hitters are some kind of inside information. Not that it’s any less a bitter pill to swallow in that event.
Cry havoc and unleash the Esskay hot dogs of war! - The Wayward Oriole, Opening Day 2008
by Eat More Esskay on Mar 27, 2009 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Right.
I’m not trying to dump on Carey Paytas. And it’s not like I think this went up the chain of command. It’s more like I think their general policy is, “if someone writes in and asks for information that can be found in the media guide, tell them to buy the media guide.”
Maybe they got 50 requests for this list after the thing appeared on MASN.
And yet….
Why not just have the media guide available? You know, as a PDF online.
I can see how, in the old days before teh interwebz, they would need to cover the cost of printing it. But these days, why would I want to buy something that includes a roster that will be obsolete on the first day of the season? Why would I want to buy something that includes a lot of chaff in it that is freely available elsewhere on the web? Why would I want to buy something that has facts in it that I could discover if I went to a game (like ballpark dimensions and home run plaque details), except I live in another time zone?
Not to harp on it, or to compare us unnecessarily to AL East neighbors—but as an example, the Red Sox have an extensive section of their website devoted to stadium facts and other Fenway aspects. But ask one of those questions to the Orioles? “Eh, go buy a media guide.”
It's 4 in the morning. Too much to drink. All the girls look hot. So, the Nationals are Jennifer Lopez to me. —Julian Tavarez
Probably the kind of thing focused fan outrage can change
I bet they’ve never had the impetus to consider doing things a different way – perhaps never been challenged about it. I don’t think Eutaw Street homers will make anyone buy or not buy the media guide. At this point, people who buy it probably do so because they always buy the media guide.
You’ve got a great point about the obsolescence of the media guide even on Opening Day, though. I remember I went to the opening game in 2006 – which stands out now because Nick Markakis made his ML debut in the 9th inning – and there was a guy sitting in front of me who was making comments about the media guide throughout the game. “Hey, we’ve got a 6’6” guy in the bullpen – John Halama!" I wanted to tell him that John Halama didn’t even make the team… but I didn’t have the heart.
Cry havoc and unleash the Esskay hot dogs of war! - The Wayward Oriole, Opening Day 2008
by Eat More Esskay on Mar 27, 2009 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions
COME ONE ZACHARY!
PETEY A. NEEDS TO PAY FOR HIS LEXUS SOMEHOW. DO YOUR PART!
"In a couple of weeks or a month, I'll be excited about this team," Dawkins said. "I've got to get used to saying that -- I'm a Bronco." Then he paused. "I'll tell you one thing -- I'll always be an Eagle."
exactly....
did you really expect anything else form Pete?
Wasn’t there a post a couple of days ago about how Pete had changed?
He’s cut from the same cloth as Danny The Boy Midget in DC.
Thinking your mind was my own in a dream.What would you wonder
and how would it seem? Neil Young - 'words'
Bullshit ZK
Pure unadulterated typical mickey mouse Oriole FO bullshit.
I say get a hold of McPhail’s office- or better yet go on Schmucks blog and tell the story.
He’ll get on them.
Next thing ya know Boog will be chargin extra for the sauce!
There's no crying in baseball
zk's injustice
a little bit makes me want to walk over to Eutaw Street and make my own list and just put it out there for everyone. Of course that doesn’t solve the problem because the problem is the obtuseness that is the Baltimore Orioles.
I will not rest until America has universal health care and Derek Jeter is seen for the overrated starfucker he truly is! ~2632
+100
for “obtuseness”.
It's 4 in the morning. Too much to drink. All the girls look hot. So, the Nationals are Jennifer Lopez to me. —Julian Tavarez
who's being obtuse now?!
"If they pitch to you, make them pay."
--Diamond Dave to the Phenom
by j.q. higgins on Mar 29, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
And they wonder
why they only average 15,000 fans per game. What a fuckheaded move!
Mood about O's rotation: Depressed : (
Full List of Eutaw Street Home Runs
Sorry to be late to the party.
I noticed over the winter that the O’s didn’t have a list of the Eutaw Street home runs readily available to fans (although I figured they might have it in the media guide). That’s one of the reasons I started the “Eutaw Street Chronicles” on my blog. Here’s a link to the first post: http://roarfrom34.blogspot.com/2009/01/eutaw-street-trivia.html
I don’t have the full list of home runs in front of me right now since I’m at work. I’ll post them once I get home.
Glad to help
The full list is now posted: http://roarfrom34.blogspot.com/2009/03/eutaw-street-chronicles-all-time-bronze.html
by Roarfrom34 on Mar 30, 2009 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
You, sir, are a true gentleman.
It's 4 in the morning. Too much to drink. All the girls look hot. So, the Nationals are Jennifer Lopez to me. —Julian Tavarez
Was Just Going To Post A Link To You Matt...
I am really enjoying the Eutwaw Street Chronicles. A (dare I say) important piece of Oriole history you are compiling over there.
by DempseysArmy on Mar 31, 2009 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Something else interesting
8 is the most home runs hit in a year. The only year even close was 96 when they hit 7, and that was with a team full of power hitters. There are a lot years where only 1 or 2 made it out all year.
I’ve heard rumblings about the new hotel changing the wind patterns so that it’s easier to hit home runs out. I wonder if this is proof of such a thing or an anomaly? Time will tell I suppose.
I seriously can't stop looking at this list
It’s truly entertaining me. I can’t wait to read your future Eutaw Street Chronicles.
The only non-Orioles to hit Eutaw more than once are Jim Thome and Jason Giambi (and Griffey if you count the HR Derby). And that’s with Thome playing in a different division. Imagine he’d spent a large chunk of his career DH’ing for the O’s? Eutaw would be peppered with his name.
I saw a few of the new ones last weekend when me, my wife and some friends toured the Yard. Seeing Nick’s name in the concrete got me excited for the new season.
I thought it hit it before
I was at Markakis’ 3 HR game during his rookie year. I thought for sure he hit Eutaw Street on his second HR. I had a pretty good view, but I guess I was wrong.
Anyway, Thanks to RoarFrom34 for posting the list. I had one earlier but lost it.
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