PIE Saturday PIE Open PIE Thread PIE
by zknower on Aug 15, 2009 5:45 AM EDT
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I'll get linky again tomorrow, but today is about last night. Got it?
"I'm trying to balance [the lineup] based upon Weaver, who's very tough on right-handed hitters," he said. "Also, put Pie in the situation where the lineup is somewhat balanced so it might do him and the team the best good."
Trembley tries lineup shuffle to get O's on track - USATODAY.com
Well played, Dave. Well played.
Some of the superlatives from last night's game, tabulated by the folks at MASNsports.com:
- Felix Pie became the fourth Oriole to ever hit for the cycle
- The O's tied the franchise record with 12 extra-base hits, first set August 17, 2008 at Detroit
- The O's tied the club record with nine doubles in one game. That was first set July 30, 1996 at Minnesota. The nine doubles is the most by a team in the Majors this year
- Brian Roberts tied a career-high with three doubles. Roberts increased his league-leading total to 43 doubles
- Nick Markakis reached base for the 34th straight game to tie his career high and extend his streak—the current longest in the Majors. The club record is 52 in a row set by Kevin Millar in 2007
- The Orioles scored in five different innings and had two players, Pie and Roberts, with four hits. Five Orioles had multi-hit games and five had multi-RBI contests
- The O's scored a season-high six runs in the first inning. The previous best was five at Detroit on August 3rd.
- The O's won by ten runs to tie a season best. They also beat Washington by ten on June 26th.
- Jered Weaver suffer his earliest outing of the year. He gave up a season-high eight runs in 3 1/3 innings.
- The O's went 19 for 41 at bat (.463) with nine doubles, two triples and one homer. They went 11 for 22 with runners in scoring position.
Today is Matusz-rhymes-with-lattice day. This is your Open Thread.
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somebody needs to take Pie aside and say, “hey felix, act like you’ve been there before …. now that you have.”
by thewaywardO on Aug 15, 2009 8:42 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
That photo caption is misleading
since, I believe, AJ’s Pie missed (loved seeing him racing around the dugout saying "I missed! I missed!) but Andino’s pie was on the money.
by O Nina on Aug 15, 2009 9:12 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Wait, isn't lattice the green part of a BLT? How could Matusz rhyme with it? And how about Certs-- breath mint or candy mint?
Cripes, I’m just so confused. Anyway, from all the cool numbers above (for which thx to Z), the most interesting nuggets were:
+ only 4 O’s have hit for the cycle. I woulda guessed 6 or 8, with some flukey nights in there (Hoss Face or Mark Belanger or something) — it’s a rarer phenom than I’d thought, obviously.
+ B-Rob leads the league in doubles. Nice thing. Better than leading in singles, I guess, though less distinctive than leading in triples— and far less weighty, of course, than dongers. But is there a reason to think of the (prospective) doubles crown as something other than, well, a statistical curiosity?
+ a .463 game BA?!? Holy crap! How often does that happen, I mean to anybody?
"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 Aug 15, 2009 9:32 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Um, just checking: I hope somebody can tell me that Pie was featured prominently on ESPN SportsCenter.
Is so, he was probably called Adam Jones or something. To them, all Orioles look pretty much alike.
"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 Aug 15, 2009 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
he got some props
but they were calling him PI-AY. not PEE-AY
these pretzels are making me thirsty
by swilhelmross on Aug 15, 2009 9:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
WOW PIE WOW.
I am sorry I missed this shellacking. AND CHRIS TILLMAN won his first game!!!
by Timmy L. on Aug 15, 2009 9:42 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Seriously.
The one game I entirely miss? AND I missed the reply on MASN? Pooh.
PIE! PIE! PIE!
"He's a gazelle." -Adam Jones on Nolan Reimold.
by LenaO on Aug 15, 2009 10:24 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
same thing!
"Hey ump, how about a warning? Sure. Watch out you don't get killed". -Moonlight Graham talking to an umpire after two straight pitches at his head
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 15, 2009 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good for Felix, glad to see him do well. Hopefully this will get him more playing time. I really think him and Reimold should be splitting LF 60-40.
by edsachs1 on Aug 15, 2009 10:27 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Only if riemold is dhing or at 1b
by GeoffreyA on Aug 15, 2009 3:01 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
There is something strangely intriguing about watching Newcastle in the Championship
by kba26 on Aug 15, 2009 12:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
haha...
yes.
nice hammers vic today @ wolves. mark noble hit a cracker. probably could have been 4-0, but carlton cole is hardly what would be described as a clinical finisher.
"If they pitch to you, make them pay."
--Diamond Dave to the Phenom
by j.q. higgins on Aug 15, 2009 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Disappointed to see my new favorite team get beat in injury time by that bastard Drogba
Thats what they get for not playing Jozy.
by kba26 on Aug 15, 2009 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
pie gets pie in face
/ironic/
"Hey ump, how about a warning? Sure. Watch out you don't get killed". -Moonlight Graham talking to an umpire after two straight pitches at his head
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 15, 2009 1:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
not even a little?
"Hey ump, how about a warning? Sure. Watch out you don't get killed". -Moonlight Graham talking to an umpire after two straight pitches at his head
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 15, 2009 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, not even a little. Amusing yes. ironic no.
by kba26 on Aug 15, 2009 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i think i got defenitions mixed up
"Hey ump, how about a warning? Sure. Watch out you don't get killed". -Moonlight Graham talking to an umpire after two straight pitches at his head
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 15, 2009 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Everyone misues Irony.
Its just a pet peeve of mine :)
by kba26 on Aug 15, 2009 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
that is very correct.
There are people who are looking for the word “coincidence” and there are people looking for something else…
Irony is woah bet you didn’t expect that.
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 Aug 15, 2009 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not irony: Pie gets hit with a pie.
Irony: Pie gets hit with a cake.
by kba26 on Aug 15, 2009 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
how awesome would that have been?
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 Aug 15, 2009 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Overdose of irony: Pie ingests several One-a-Day Women's Formulas, thinking they're greenies
Plenty o’ irony but unfortunate: Pie gets hit with a Black & Decker Steam ‘n’ Dry iron
Unbearable irony: Pie invites Iron Maiden to play at the post-game buffet
Dream-come-true irony: Pie introduces a tire iron to Peter Angelos’s brainpan
"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 Aug 15, 2009 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
but it's not just not expecting something
it involves a measure of oppositeness. when something that happens is the opposite of what you’d expect.
man bites cat: just weird.
mouse bites cat: ironic.
"The single best thing any rebuilding manager can do, ever, is trade a relief pitcher in late July for a couple of solid prospects."
— Rob Neyer, July 30, 2009
by zknower on Aug 15, 2009 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
or, you know,
“The Orioles scored 25 runs today, which was ironic given that Trembley benched Adam Jones, Nick Markakis and Brian Roberts.
"The single best thing any rebuilding manager can do, ever, is trade a relief pitcher in late July for a couple of solid prospects."
— Rob Neyer, July 30, 2009
by zknower on Aug 15, 2009 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
without even looking, i am guessing that link is an alanis morissette video.
"The single best thing any rebuilding manager can do, ever, is trade a relief pitcher in late July for a couple of solid prospects."
— Rob Neyer, July 30, 2009
by zknower on Aug 15, 2009 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stand-up routine making fun of the alanis morissette song
by kba26 on Aug 15, 2009 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
“The only thing ironic about that song is that its written by a woman who doesnt know what irony is”
by kba26 on Aug 15, 2009 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
In honor of Jamie Walker..
..I just wanted to reference the rocketship to abrayhoo
by mpire on Aug 15, 2009 2:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
PIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Best game ever, crowd was awsome, you shouldave been there when he hit that triple. Kinda ironic that in the first after Pie made that error in the first, me and my buddies were screaming “WE WANT SCOTT” right across from Felix. Thankfully, Trembley didnt pull him, KING FELIX is in Baltimore
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by Civardi on Aug 15, 2009 5:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
However
What do you guys think, will Pie get enough playing time this year to prove his worth to the team as our LF/4th outfielder or will he get traded
I want Scott to be gone instead, making Reimold the DH and Pie the starter, but thats just me
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by Civardi on Aug 15, 2009 5:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He's proving his worth as the 4th OF right now
And I’m fine with triumvirate of Pie/Scott/Reimold in the OF, having good players is not a bad thing.
"I hate making excuses. If I suck, then I suck. And I suck. That's the way I'm playing. If you suck, you suck. You have to take responsibility in this game. Right now, that's the way I feel. Yes, I suck." - Jose Guillen/quote of the year
by getxstoked on Aug 15, 2009 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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