Orioles 5, Rays 4: Skin o' my teeth

by SC on Apr 10, 2009 10:18 PM EDT in Post-Game Comment 43 comments

Mark Hendrickson was solid, Danys Baez was buck wild nasty in relief, Melvin Mora had three runs batted in, and the Orioles improved to 3-1 with a nail-biting, 5-4 hold-off win over the defending AL champion Rays.

Hendrickson (1-0) went five and a third, allowing just one run on six hits. He walked two and struck out a pair as well. He was relieved in the sixth by Danys Baez, whose pitches all look just filthy right now. Baez struck out the first four Rays he faced before Akinori Iwamura managed to chop one to second base.

Baez was relieved by Jim Johnson with a 5-1 Orioles lead, but Johnson left a sinker up against Evan Longoria, who hit it into the left field stands. The next inning, with George Sherrill in to protect a 5-3 lead, Dioner Navarro got hold of one to cut it to 5-4. Sherrill got the next two outs, though, including a strikeout of Iwamura for the game's final out.

Adam Jones doubled twice for the Birds, and Nick Markakis had the team's other RBI. The fifth run came when Aubrey Huff scored on a wild pitch in a three-run fifth inning.

Tomorrow's game will pit Jeremy Guthrie against Jeff Niemann.

Other Notes:

Gary Thorne became a grandfather for the second time. Congratulations, Gary!
Cesar Izturis is quickly becoming very, very Birdland. His good D at short and ability to hit the ball past the pitcher is such a huge upgrade on 2008.

Final Note: Seriously, someone at MASN has to confirm or deny this. This girl in the MASN ad:

She bears a resemblance to Kat Dennings and even talks like her. Are they related? They have to be. THEY HAVE TO BE!

Thanks to The Wayward Oriole for the grab.

Poll

Most Birdland Player (MBP) for today's game was:

Melvin Mora (2-for-4, 3 RBI)

31 votes

Mark Hendrickson (5.1 IP, 6 H, ER)

66 votes

Adam Jones (2-for-4, two doubles)

19 votes

Danys Baez (1.2 IP, 4 K, totally filthy awesomeness)

75 votes

191 votes | Poll has closed

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I didn't watch

and just got home. but I have lots of thoughts:

1. Adam Jones with two doubles? Birdland?
2. Danys Baez with good ptiches? Contract year. Who’s the next sucker/
3. Nicky? Birdland. No matter what.
4. Sherrill? Never easy.
5. Longoria? Great player.

by pipkin on Apr 11, 2009 1:24 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

A few answers

1. Birdland.
2. Not us!
3. Yup
4. Yet he gets the save. He’s Don Stanhouse, 2009
5. Doesn’t mean I have to like him

"Any guitar solos you hear on the record where it sounds like one note, sounds like Meg White playing guitar -- that's me. Any real guitar solo where a guitar comes in and you go, 'F--k, that sounds awesome!' -- that's not me." - Josh Freese

by duck on Apr 11, 2009 9:20 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i think i have a thing for superstar third basemen on other teams

Because as players I really like David Wright and Evan Longoria (A-Rod is good too, but screw him).

by pipkin on Apr 11, 2009 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have such a man crush on David Wright

And as a person, he strikes me as a total goober. But he’s a hell of a player.

"The United States is the New York Yankees of countries...powerful and respected until the year 2000." - Homer J. Simpson

by Brotz13 on Apr 11, 2009 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

also

Kat Dennings is like three weeks younger than I am. Jesus. I know I’m still a young guy. But c’mon.

by pipkin on Apr 11, 2009 2:00 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

So I was reading the game recap over at DRaysBay and it starts out like this:

I hate to sound like the arrogant Tampa Bay Rays fan here, but the Rays could have easily won that game.

The second half is totally true, but the first half just cracks me up. Those Rays fans have come a long way in one year, haven’t they?

I love DRaysBay by the way. Excellent stuff for those of you who haven’t been there.

by Stacey on Apr 11, 2009 5:58 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Im gonna start every sentence...

“Not to sound like the arrogant Orioles fan, but…” because it’ll be hilarious. People will be so confused.

"I’m sure glad he didn’t try to bunt." - DD on Melmo's game winning double, 6/17

by daveh873 on Apr 11, 2009 9:29 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

+1

Now you see why it was a Good Thing that SC didn’t kill dave873 when he had the chance.

"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 Apr 11, 2009 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Skin O' My Teeth, huh?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me9dleP272M

(NSFW language in intro)

by duck on Apr 11, 2009 9:19 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Though you didn't ask in the last thread...

Here’s what SC was talking about:

I’m on a Boat

(NSFW language in almost the entire video.)

Cry havoc and unleash the Esskay hot dogs of war! - The Wayward Oriole, Opening Day 2008

by Eat More Esskay on Apr 11, 2009 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for the link

I’m too old to get some of these whippersnappers’ jokes.

by duck on Apr 11, 2009 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

not really any jokes

It’s just goofy. And T-Pain is having a fun time.

Bad Left Hook
Camden Chat

"If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it." -- Marvin Hagler

by SC on Apr 11, 2009 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

This one is pretty good.

T-Pain is ridiculous.

by pipkin on Apr 11, 2009 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Went to the game

student section was the biggest pain in the ass. I almost wish I was surrounded by Stankees fans. I had some jackass just start standing in front of me and yelling to his boys in the section behind us. WTF? The Ushers I think just went on strike in my section. I asked him to sit down and the guy took it to mean he was allowed to take a swing at me. I hated the six years I did in the Navy, but the one thing it taught me, fighting a drunk. Some douche bag next to me and my brother kept taking his shirt off, then putting it on, tried to slide down the hand rail but did a face plant, kept throwing shit and nearly starting fights, oh and half of the group he came with left early cause of his behavior. Highlight at the end was the remaining group of his “friends” arguing over who invited the kid and who was going to get stabbed with getting him home.

Other than the a-hole fans in my section, I doubt ten people could tell you who was up at any given time, it was a great game. I didn’t think Hendrickson had a chance, great to see the hot bats in person, and I nearly had a stroke watching Danny pitch so well.

"When they get drafted by the Baltimore Ravens, we expect them to play like that. Are we surprised? No."

by UMBC Oriole fan on Apr 11, 2009 9:49 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Ladies and Gentlemen...

Towson and Johns Hopkins Universities, with assists from College Park and Loyola!

I’m guessing those were the four principle D-bag universities represented, with maybe a smattering of UMBC (I guess).

I did the student section at a Phillies game once in Citizen’s Bank. It was fucking grim. I saw a fat drunk literally roll down ten or so rows over a family. The family got booed. The ushers got booed for kicking him out. He got a standing ovation when they brought him back.

by pipkin on Apr 11, 2009 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Phillies Fans:

They’re funny when they don’t happen to you.

"Believe it or not, I read the paper." - Nick Markakis

by 2632 on Apr 11, 2009 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Or your kids.

"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 Apr 11, 2009 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I just broke the tie

for Hendo vs. Baez, in favor of Hendo. Gotta give the dude some props for his April success the past few years. Please continue, Mark.

by Timmy L. on Apr 11, 2009 9:56 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I just voted for Baez

I was delivering pizzza, so I was listening on the radio, missing a few at bats here and there. But Baez totally got Joe Angel and Manfra really happy. 4 K’s in 5 ABs.

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 Apr 11, 2009 10:30 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: girl in the commercial

I think Dennings is a little fuller in the front court, if you will.

"... so what's good for the goose is good for the gander," Trembley said.

by Bee the Ball on Apr 11, 2009 10:42 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Sometimes, proportion is a good thing

by duck on Apr 11, 2009 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Kat Dennings...

…is that annoying ass girl from Nick & Nora’s Infinite Bullshit that they’re trying to send up as another hipster icon, a la the equally annoying Ellen Page, right?

by Jonny Pops on Apr 11, 2009 12:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

well kinda

I mean, yeah, that’s her.

But that movie wasn’t really a hipster movie, was it? It was a teen flick. I mean I like twee bullshit more than the next guy, but even that movie seemed like too much for me to actually watch.

She was also in the 40 year old virgin as the annoying daughter of catherine keener, i think.

by pipkin on Apr 11, 2009 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

jesus

I just tried to read the plot of this movie on wikipedia and my eyes started bleeding.

by pipkin on Apr 11, 2009 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nick & Norah was just a new Breakfast Club or Pretty in Pink or whatever. It wasn’t particularly good but it beats the hell out of the wretched Juno and Kat is far less annoying than Ellen Page.

BTW, if you hated Ellen in Juno, make sure to rent Smart People. She might be MORE obnoxious.

You know what bothers me about her, really? When she’s getting her photos taken at events or whatever, and she makes this face like, “What, people want to take a picture of me? Really? I mean, I’m no big star, right? I’m just a girl in jeans and a jacket, dur hur.”

THOSE JEANS COST $500

Bad Left Hook
Camden Chat

"If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it." -- Marvin Hagler

by SC on Apr 11, 2009 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Anyone feel like puking?

Read this.

by Jonny Pops on Apr 11, 2009 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

honestly

As much as we disagree on, say, “Scrubs,” I think you and I get fiercely annoyed by the same stuff. This article made me want to kick someone right in the babymaker.

Bad Left Hook
Camden Chat

"If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it." -- Marvin Hagler

by SC on Apr 12, 2009 4:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

dude

did you see the JD-less Scrubs? Chocolate bear and Blonde doctor rule and all, but they just cant carry a show. BRING BACK ED!

"I’m sure glad he didn’t try to bunt." - DD on Melmo's game winning double, 6/17

by daveh873 on Apr 12, 2009 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I actually thought that was a decent episode

I tire of JD. HOWEVER, I thought this week’s part one of the Bahamas vacation was brilliant. So many callbacks. LLOYD. DOUG!!

Bad Left Hook
Camden Chat

"If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it." -- Marvin Hagler

by SC on Apr 12, 2009 1:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ellen Page is awesome in Hard Candy. And I really liked Juno (duck!). I don’t anything about her personally but I’m not surprised when I hear that celebrity is a pretentious snob.

"Your wife told you to play in New York.
Well, my wife told me you look like a dork." Boo Teixeira guys.

by birdman on Apr 12, 2009 4:02 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have Hard Candy — well, it’s my fiancee’s movie, but it’s sitting here. I’m going to watch it within the month because you said it’s good. IT’S ALL ON YOU.

Bad Left Hook
Camden Chat

"If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it." -- Marvin Hagler

by SC on Apr 12, 2009 4:59 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I also heard it was good

Like, in a really disturbed kind of way.

And that article was annoying. And seriously, newspaper writers: stop using Twitter as a crutch for “modern technology I don’t really understand but want to convey hipness.” It’s an annoying meme and it needs to stop.

by pipkin on Apr 12, 2009 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Like, in a really disturbed kind of way.

Yes. There’s one scene in particular, and if you’re seen the movie you know what scene I’m talking about, that will make you twist in horror but yet you can’t turn away.

"Your wife told you to play in New York.
Well, my wife told me you look like a dork." Boo Teixeira guys.

by birdman on Apr 12, 2009 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs