Tuesday Bird Droppings

by Camden Chat on Sep 29, 2009 6:31 AM EDT in Open Threads Comment 26 comments

Maryland's Outstanding Blogs - baltimoresun.com

Don't forget to vote for Camden Chat in the Mobbies! Remember you can vote once per day. -Stacey

DC Landing Strip: Is It Hot In Here, Or Is It Baseball Jesus?

There's a new member of the blogOsphere, DC Landing Strip. Check them out when you get a chance. I'd seen their link before but was a bit hesitant to click through at work just in case (because you know, that title could go a couple ways). They also write about the Redskins, but that's ok. After all, we all worship the same Wieters. -Stacey

With fate hanging in balance, Trembley soldiers on -- baltimoresun.com

Trembley awaits his fate. -Stacey

Rotation Change - MASNsports.com

Chris Waters officially replaces Chris Tillman. That's all I have to say about that. -Stacey

Roar from 34: The Eutaw Street Chronicles: Mo Vaughn - July 7, 1996
Another entry in the Eutaw Street Chronicles, which is one of my favorite things (in case you didn't see when I said that the 500 other times). -Stacey

Q&A with Dave Johnson on the 1989 Orioles -- baltimoresun.com

"I run into people all the time, being from here, and they like to talk about the "Why Not?" team rather than the 1996 and '97 teams, even though they went to the playoffs. Players overachieved and there were a lot of guys no one ever heard of and never heard of after that. It's definitely a year fans cherish." That, and we like to think no one did 'roids on the '89 team. We're probably wrong, but it's nice to think that way. -duck

Orioles' Roberts joins elite group | MLB.com: News

"With a free pass to lead off the sixth inning against David Huff, Roberts became just the fifth player since 1900 to register three straight seasons with 25 stolen bases, 50 doubles, 70 walks and 100 runs scored." These are the things you cling to as an Orioles fan. -duck

Catcher Sal Fasano plays for son who has heart condition - SI.com

One day. That's all Sal Fasano needed in the bigs this year to help his littlest boy. And he didn't get it. I'm telling ya, have some Kleenex nearby when you read this one. -duck

I'm happy that Waffle House was okay with me coming here to talk to y'all about my day-to-day. And, y'all, that's pretty much, in a shell what it's like to manage a Waffle House. Ma'am, I don't know what else you want me to say to them. And I'm also gonna need to know where your Open Thread's at.

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I like to think of Jesus as a mischievous badger.

Oh Ricky Bobby

Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax ~ Mike Royko

by Graham71681 on Sep 29, 2009 8:58 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

thats your talladega nights lead in?

Personally I woulda went somewhere along the lines of:

“I like to picture Open Thread in a Tuxedo T-shirt because it says, like, ‘I wanna be formal, but I’m here to party too.’ ’Cause I like to party, so I like my Open Thread to party.”

by daveh873 on Sep 29, 2009 9:17 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

or

I like to picture Open Thread as a figure skater. He wears like a white outfit, and He does interpretive ice dances of my life’s journey.

Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax ~ Mike Royko

by Graham71681 on Sep 29, 2009 9:26 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Boy is that Sal Fasano article depressing

I guess health insurance woes affect all Americans, even former MLB journeymen…

But really, if I had been his manager, I would have finagled things to allow Sal to play in just one freaking game… or at least I’d like to think I would have. But I never have been nor will I ever be a major league manager, so what do I know.

by O Nina on Sep 29, 2009 11:00 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

doesn't even have to play in a game

Just put him on the active roster for one freaking day. They coudl STILL do that.

by O'sFan21 on Sep 29, 2009 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That was my thought

Just put him on the 40 man and let him sit the bench for one game this week. Who does it hurt?

Jim Palmer: "I said to Nolan, 'Why do you run every ball out like that?' and he said, 'Why wouldn’t you?' "

by duck on Sep 29, 2009 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe they will now that this article has given Sal's problems some publicity

by O Nina on Sep 29, 2009 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's what I was thinking. Could bring them some good press/karma. Nobody hurt either.

by O'sFan21 on Sep 29, 2009 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hell I don't even think he has to be there does he?

They could just let him sit at home.

by O'sFan21 on Sep 29, 2009 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

But someone has to be moved off the 40 man

Any team have less than 40 on their 40 man rifght now? And this article is a week old – if something was gonna happen, it would have happened by now.

Jim Palmer: "I said to Nolan, 'Why do you run every ball out like that?' and he said, 'Why wouldn’t you?' "

by duck on Sep 29, 2009 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well…I can think of a few people the O’s could do without for a few days…

by O'sFan21 on Sep 29, 2009 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Once a guy is on the 40 man he's on there to stay

unless you outright him off the roster, and then he has to clear waivers or be granted his release. any candidates for release? Seems kind of cruel to release one guy to give another guy his day in the majors.

But yeah, sad sad story.

by pipkin on Sep 29, 2009 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Who gives a flying shit if we outright release

Bob McShitty!!!!

by O'sFan21 on Sep 30, 2009 1:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

bob mcshitty probably

by twistedlogic on Sep 30, 2009 10:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Eh them's the breaks.

Surely nobody is going to pick his sorry ass up.

by O'sFan21 on Sep 30, 2009 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah, i'd be fine with that

by pipkin on Sep 30, 2009 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bob McCrory's game logs in 2009

Date Tm Opp IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA IR IS
May5 BAL TBR 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 3 2
May8 BAL NYY 2.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 2.70 0 0
May13 BAL TBR 1.2 3 4 4 4 1 0 9.00 2 0
Sep8 BAL BOS 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 9.00 0 0
Sep13 BAL NYY 0.0 4 4 4 1 0 0 15.00 1 1
Sep19 BAL BOS 0.2 3 5 0 1 0 2 13.50 0 0
Sep21 BAL TOR 0.2 2 4 4 3 1 0 17.18 0 0

Some Day, Matt Wieters Will Make The Cooperstown Crowd Laugh By Talking About The Time He Batted Behind Melvin Mora And Luke Scott. -Keith Law via Matt Wieters Facts

by Stacey on Sep 30, 2009 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sal could hardly do worse.

by O'sFan21 on Sep 30, 2009 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

thats why he'd probably give a flying shit if he got released

in other news, i, personally, would not give a flying shit. he can take rich hill and melvin mora with him. FREE BOAT RIDE FOR THREE!!!!

by twistedlogic on Sep 30, 2009 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It would have been cool for the Rockies to maybe let Sal leave to go to a place where he might have a shot. You know, like a team that’s on the cusp of 100 losses.

I wonder if I can bill Jeff Lurie and Peter Angelos for the years of therapy their teams are going to put me through.

by BrianS on Sep 29, 2009 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs