zaun caught for Bergesen and he got run out after 2 innings.

Can’t not vote for matt on wietersday.

The rose tinted glasses are going to be put on the shelf for a while though. Too much win on the roster right now.

Adam Jones, Son! is double fisting the pies now. Bergesen was obviously getting creamed, but I think Luke was surprised.
There’s at least one more in the can though.

And who is going to pie AJ when it’s his turn.. Don’t be surprised to see the entire roster chip in and maybe DD too.

so I coud watch the game at the biggest sports bar ive seen in NJ. 60+ tvs, a HUGE HD projector screen, the works. My girlfriend and I were of course the only Orioles fans there (with 2 of our friends acting as honorary O’s fans). The owners a great dude and introduced us to all his regulars and buddys, including some guy that used to coach UMBC basketball for 7 years or something to that effect. We had Yankees, Mets, and a Brewers fan around us, but they all got interested in the O’s game and were actually cheering on the O’s really hard (the Mets fan had to say something about letting Mora “get away” every time they showed him though). Even the Yanks fan was rooting on Wieters. EVERYONE was a Luke Scoot fan by the end of the night though, which brings me to my point. LUKE SCOTT IS BIRDLAND. Berg was awesome, and awesome is Wieters, but DAMN that was fun to watch.

Oh, and I still booed A Roid and Tex.

i anticipate many mbps for the baseball jesus, but to give him one on this night just don’t seem right. luke scott’s full on ownership of the tigers is kind of remarkable.

however a grand slam, and 5 home runs in the past 3 games after just coming off the DL is. :-)

Shame on me! WHen I took my break at 7:17 and I realized it was raining, and I called my people at the game who said it was on delay, I was pumped. Because I get off work at 11, I could maybe still somehow see a Weiters at bat.

But you know what? Whatever. Anyone who goes to the game tonight has a chance to see his first hit ever. THat would be awesome.

Good game, but let’s not go overboard on his potential

9 games
31 AB
18 H
11 R
4 2B
9 HR
19 RBI
5 BB
.639 OBP
1.581 SLG
2.220 OPS
OPS+ 387

“If there’s any consolation (and frankly, it’s not even close to one), the Tigers did spoil the coronation of Matt Wieters. The anointed one went 0-for-4 in his major league debut. But it’s not like the Orioles needed anything from him tonight, with the way Scott was hitting. Perhaps that was karmic justice enacted upon Detroit from the baseball gods for daring to deny Wieters his rightful glory.

Wait – didn’t Scott begin his torment of Tigers pitching last year? Maybe that’s just how powerful Wieters truly is. He knew this would be his fate, and thus went back in time to make sure Scott was traded from the Astros to the Orioles, allowing him to strike down with great vengeance and furious anger."

YOUR DAMN RIGHT HE DID

Question for people who were there? Were there Wieters shirts for sale? How much did the O’s try to cash in?

What I mean to say is, if Matt Wieters wants me to buy a shirt with his name on it, I will.

(I really might have to buy the gray Adam Jones number shirt with the “Baltimore” script on front though.)

Mostly because I’ve voted Luuke for the last two days, and 8IP 2ER 0BB is totally birdland.

Berg never looked so comfortable.

When he was in Frederick, fringe prospects such as Bergesen and Berken really began to thrive. Brandon Erbe and Jake Arrieta both had rave reviews for his game-calling abilities. Frederick held down first place for much of the time that he was there.

When he was in Bowie, David Hernandez and Chris Tillman really excelled after his arrival in the second half of last year. Bergesen and Berken continued their unlikely ascents to the bigs. Bowie went on to play for the E-League title only to be beaten by an Indians affiliate featuring a Major League roster.

This year while at Norfolk, the entire pitching staff experienced success…including the likes of David Pauley and Chris Waters. We now are seeing the results as each young pitcher that gets called up has had success with you-know-who behind the dish. When Wieters left the Tides, they were in first place.

Wieters has a clear track record of getting the most out of his pitchers without having to say too much. He is a winner and a positive influence on the pitchers that he works with.

Expect more of this in the future people…at least until his size catches up with him and he is forced to move to 1B/DH.

I mean, even in 2005 when there was about 40% of a successful season before the wheels fell off, when we actually had multiple All-Stars, it wasn’t as fun as this. I don’t know why that is since we even spent quite a bit of time in first place, yet now we’re sitting three games below .500 and it’s a blast.

Maybe that’s because in 2005 we all knew deep down it was going to fall apart somehow (though the way it fell apart was especially gruesome) and that was as good as it was going to get. I mean, come on. Jay Gibbons was out there. Whereas here, this isn’t even as good as it will be.

Sure, not all the names we’re hoping for will pan out, but we have actual depth happening. The youth movement that’s being touted is actually young, instead of lip service paid to the idea of rebuilding but somehow we still suspiciously are in like the top 5 oldest teams in the majors and stuff like a dimly-remembered TV ad campaign from earlier in the decade to “Come watch the kids play” that featured Melmo, who I’m pretty sure was past 30 at that point.

I think even the opening roster this year was high in average age, but it’s yielding to youth in the way we hoped. The rotation scrubs have resolved in a way that we all knew they would – Hendrickson in the bullpen, Eaton gone – and there are young guys who we can like and not mind if they take a few lumps. This is not another walkfest. There’s some daylight at the end of this tunnel at long last, instead of the light just being another train that’s coming to run us over.

A five-game winning streak out of nowhere is fun. The shaving cream pie thing is awesome. I hope it keeps on rolling and rolling. But even if we get back to losing some close games and losing some stinkers, at least it’s finally because we’re developing some talent and not because we’re throwing out the kind of retreads we saw in the 2007 season.

This is Birdland.

but the game belonged to brad and luke
pretty incredible to be five and a half games out of first and tied with tampa
but even if everything starts sucking, there’s a good future

OPACY can get 30k+ agian tonight, you would think that would be the case.

Of Course