no whammies!
no broken legs!
it’s going to be a fun summer as they try to shake off the streak of losing seasons.

Yeah, a 308 OBP is not very good. But this is his first taste of MLB pitching and he isn’t exactly falling on his face. I’d be happy if he just got it out of Jay Gibbons range, into an average 320-330 range, but kept up his SLG. Thrilled, even.

Happy Wieters Day everyone!!!

I have to admit that I was disappointed in MacPhail to see retreads like Eaton/Hendrickson/Simon on the opening day roster. I now have a feeling that they were ALL placeholders for your pitchers to delay super-two eligibility. I think that was the goal with not just Wieters, but Reimold, Bergesen, Hernandez, Berken, et al. I’m fine with this strategy, because I don’t think this team wins this year even with those guys on the roster from Day 1. So we can keep these guys for a season longer, but we get to spend the better part of this season watching promising baseball, instead of frustrating baseball, even if it may be losing baseball either way.

It seems that every year there is some guy or maybe a couple guys that I just hate to even look at. This year I can’t think of one.

If Reimold keeps hitting for power, the OBP will go up. Pitchers will start working around him more and the walks will come.

Kid is clutch.

And SC has a posse. This is AWESOME.
And about the posse, I remember like, even loving, some guys on this team before (Surhoff, Hoiles, Cal, Brady, Mussina, Alomar, Palmeiro, etc…) but I really dont remember ever having so many young guys, let alone home grown. Nolan, Kakes, Dr. J, Wieters, BRob, Koji, Guts (who I still think is an awesome dude, btw), the young guns, even guys like Andino and Aubs and Wiggs join in the fun. This team is frikkin sweet. Shit like this makes me so damn happy i’m an O’s fan and, moreover, that i’ve never wavered from being one.

Pie wore out his welcome and Montanez was always terrible.

If the guy turns it around, the O’s have some more trade bait. Maybe him, perhaps someone else. It would be a good problem.

I’m just not holding my breath.

so i was just watching the recap of last night’s game on mlb.com and the comentator compared reimold to shane spencer. bah.

i mean, shane spencer had been in the minors nearly ten years when the yanks called him up near the end of the 98 season. perhaps a better, franchise appropriate reference would be jim trabe or MAYBE larry sheets. i think nolan reimold could be better and have more longevity than either, but STILL!

reimold’s home run swing reminds me of a klitschko knockout punch. it doesn’t really look like much, but then you remember physics and the crazy shit that can happen when giant, powerful dudes exert themselves.

I think Adam Jones is still my best friend, but Nolan is definately allowed in my treehouse (which, like all treehouses — and trees for that matter — is the property of Matthew Wieters.)

that all the former Nolan Reimold detractors should stand up and identify themselves! I know you are here, just not willing to take responsibility for your actions. I have admitted my faults, including my former confidence in Lou Montanez, now it is your turn!

I also would like to go on record by saying that Brandon Snyder will indeed be our starting first basemen, possibly as early as opening day next year,

And to face it, Pie sucks. He sucked in Chicago and he sucks here in Baltimore. He chokes in the Pros but tears it up in the minors. He is going to be a minor league journey man his whole career.