I thought the Orioles were in the hunt for the Dominican wunderkind SS. Now I see the Twins have signed him for $3 mil+. Do the O’s have a secret SS somewhere that hits like Miguel Cabrera? What is wrong with them? Are they simply not paying attention? Or maybe Mychal Givens has suddenly decided to play baseball for a change.

the sportswriters in this town won’t be happy at all until Davey Johnson is rehired. Seriously, that’s the only thing I ever hear from the professionals when it comes time to talk about the manager: he’s no Davey Johnson. What the Orioles need is a Davey Johnson type. Davey Johnson knows how to win games, deal with it!

Ugh. What happens if Davey Johnson comes here and the Orioles are still mediocre (at best) because the on-field talent isn’t quite there? Then what? You’ll be able to hear the disillusionment around town as loud as a banshee scream.

Now, don’t get me wrong. I think Dave-o is gone gone gone, and it’s probably a good thing. But I’m tired of hearing about Davey Johnson.

we’ll even have our choice of al groh and jim zorn!

Originally posted as a Fan Post but more appropriate here.

MELVIN OUR SAVIOR

Here we are…in the midst of a 12 GAME LOSING STREAK…and MELVIN MORON…my HARFORD neighbor is WHINING how great a citizen he has been for the last 10 years…a REAL TEAM PLAYER…FANtastic!!!
I bet you Dave Trembley was told to play this guy just to shut him up…and who told him?…not MAC PHAIL…can you say PETER THE NOT-SO-GREAT? What was the sense of playing this SELFISH player?
He should have been GONE as soon as he opened his mouth…HE will not be here next year…so why not play a JOSH BELL???

by LIONEL TRAINS on Sep 30, 2009 11:56 AM EDT

I have used simple math (the only kind I know) to figure out if Brian Roberts will get to 60 doubles before the end of the season.

Brian has 56 doubles as of last night. He’s played in 154 games, so he hits a double once every 2.75 games. Or, he has had 613 at bats, so he hits a double about every 11 at bats.

The O’s have 5 games left (or around 20 at bats for Brian), and assuming Trembley doesn’t sit Brian for any of them, Brian will likely hit 2 more doubles. So the answer according to my math is: no, he will not get to 60.

Of course, my math does not account for the fact that Brian Roberts is a doubling MACHINE and he could totally hit 4 doubles in 5 days. He also has been known to slump and not hit a thing, and also to get hot and hit doubles all over the place. In conclusion, waiting to see if Brian will hit another double is one of the only reasons I’m still watching these games.

Trembley’s instructions to the team remind me of an incident in Bill Veeck’s memor VEECK: AS IN WRECK. In his younger days he owned the minor-league Milwaukee Brewers and they had a very long losing streak. At the end of a game he handed each player some money, $5 I think. with the instructions that they were to spend it all on drink that night. This was in the late 40’s so that would buy a lot of booze. Anyway, the first 9 guys to drag in the next day were put in the line up and they won a double-header . So maybe Trembley did no go far enough!

Of course, I should point out that one chaper of one of Veeck’s books was titled “Where are the Drunks of Yesteryear” decrying dullness of modern players.

Look at the lineup we’re running out there. Look at who’s in the rotation and who’s in the bullpen. Of COURSE we’ve lost twelve in a row. Maybe I’m dumb to the pain after a season’s worth of painful moments. I feel like I should be pissed. This is the one goddamn thing we were supposed to avoid this year, yet another August/September swoon and it’s worse than ever.

Okay, not worse than ever. I don’t think we’re past 4-32 to close out the season yet like 2002. But worse, compared to expectations, than ever.

Maybe it’s made a little easier because we have at least a couple of bright lights left to follow. B-Rob’s doubles chase is a delight and Wieters starting to figure everything out is one sign that there may actually be something good around the corner. But the end of the season can’t get here soon enough at this point. Please put us out of our misery.

One of my predictions from just after the A.S. Break was right though: MAtt Wieters will flirt with .300 at the end of the season!! Go Future. Can’t wait for 2010 and on…..

I am trying to stay positive, we’ve had way to many injuries. To save myself, I haven’t watched a game in 2 or 3 weeks. Good luck the rest of the season, and have a good time at CC night, CC.

but is there even a dustin ackley to get us all excited about in this class?

there will be blood reference

Because Tim Redding has grown Kerry King’s goatee, I don’t know if he picked up his guitar playing ability though.