Saturday Bird Droppings
by duck on Oct 2, 2010 7:59 AM EDT
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PrintRecaps! Twice as many recaps! OK, maybe not, but they do cover both games: Orioles.com (Gm 1), Orioles.com (Gm 2), The Sun (both), Detroit Free Press (both), MASNsports (Gm 1 w/post-game Buck), and MASNsports (Gm 2).
Guthrie's gem gives Showalter historic win | MLB.com: News
"Friday's 2-1 win in Game 2 over the Tigers -- part of a doubleheader sweep -- improves the Orioles to 33-22 under Showalter, making him the first manager since 1900 to take over a team in August or later and win more games the rest of the way than that team had won before he got there."
Steve Melewski: Markakis talks about his season
Markakis said it's been a mixed bag when he looks at some of his stat categories. "Some are good, some of them are crap. But it's baseball."
Steve Melewski: Are some potential free agents already eyeing Baltimore?
Buck Showalter: "I know Andy and I get calls and whatever. Some of them don't completely make you comfortable from an ethical standpoint, so you just don't return them. But there are people that have expressed interest. There is always something behind the scenes. That are currently working for other clubs, I'm talking about players and stuff."
Orioles Insider: Pitching like it's your last time - baltimoresun.com
"The Orioles have received final starts of the season from Kevin Millwood, Chris Tillman and now Jeremy Guthrie. And what a swan song for the three. Combined, the trio pitched 22 innings in those last three starts and allowed one colletive run. That's an ERA of 0.41."
Former Towson star Casper Wells returns to Baltimore with the Detroit Tigers - baltimoresun.com
"Casper Wells has fond memories of his time in Baltimore. He swilled cheap beers at Pickles Pub, purchased discounted upper-deck tickets to Friday night games at Oriole Park at Camden Yards and sneaked as close to field level as possible. " OK, now it's kinda hard not to like the guy. He sounds like Wieter's Weiners' younger brother.
Foundation Created In Honor Of Murder Victim - wjz.com
"Yeardley Love was just weeks away from graduating from the University of Virginia when she was killed. Now her friends and family are making sure her memory lives on. Weijia Jiang explains how Friday night's Orioles game is helping to spread the message of One Love."
Steve Melewski: Aiming high: Avery made it to Double-A at age 20
"At the beginning of the season, I knew I was going to Frederick. It was always in the back of my mind that I wanted to be in Bowie by the end of the season."
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Y'know, with an ERA of 0.41 we'd still win fielding I.M. Pei and Scarlett O'Hara, so I really don't see the moron's point
Still, he was a nice change of pace while he lasted. Sort of. Still pissed that school’s started, I’m guessing.
"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.
And in preparation for their upcoming ALDS loss, the Twinkies are already whining. Seriously.
No crying in baseball?
"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.
You know what woulda REALLY sucked?
A playoff series alternating between the Baggie Dome and the Trop: the Pool Table Playoffs.
Kinda makes you want to barf. Naturally.
"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.
If Buck has made some top tier free agents
Interested in Baltimore then I will love thean forever.
The stache is back!
by Knubles and Bits on Oct 2, 2010 10:04 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
The man.
The stache is back!
by Knubles and Bits on Oct 2, 2010 10:04 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Dude
I already asked him to the prom so back off
by Philly O's on Oct 2, 2010 10:06 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
cat fight!
"When you use those words, `mystique’ and `aura,’ those are dancers in a night club. Those are not things we concern ourselves on the ball field." - Curt Schilling on if the Yankees mystique and aura would affect the Diamondbacks in the 2001 World Series.
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 2, 2010 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions
What?! I invited him to prom. Step-off my man, ho!
The Orioles are going to open a can of Buck-Wieser on your ass......
by Zachary Beard on Oct 2, 2010 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions
Who you callin' a ho?
Meet me at the flag pole at 3:30 and we’ll see who the ho is.
by Philly O's on Oct 2, 2010 12:07 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I'm really excited about this off-season and next season all together
If we can groom a few of our rookies for next year pick a couple of good free-agents, and get a quality pitcher out of either of those two, I could easily see a 70-75 win season next year. And If buck can keep up his magic for all of next season we might in-fact make that a visible goal. I love being an Orioles fan!
The Orioles are going to open a can of Buck-Wieser on your ass......
If our goal for next year is 70-75 wins, I'm going to be pissed off.
It's as if every eccentric in the South decided to move north, ran out of gas in Baltimore, and decided to stay. - John Waters
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 2, 2010 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions
this.
"When you use those words, `mystique’ and `aura,’ those are dancers in a night club. Those are not things we concern ourselves on the ball field." - Curt Schilling on if the Yankees mystique and aura would affect the Diamondbacks in the 2001 World Series.
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 2, 2010 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Hopefully
3-8 more than this year
"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle
by BirdFanInPhilly on Oct 2, 2010 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Do you honestly expect play-offs?
The Orioles are going to open a can of Buck-Wieser on your ass......
by Zachary Beard on Oct 2, 2010 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
There's a lot of room between 72 wins and playoffs.
It's as if every eccentric in the South decided to move north, ran out of gas in Baltimore, and decided to stay. - John Waters
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 2, 2010 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Well really, I think anything over 80 wins is just wishful thinking.
The Orioles are going to open a can of Buck-Wieser on your ass......
by Zachary Beard on Oct 2, 2010 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions
then when would you be excited?
didn’t the rays jump from last place to first? dare to dream big, my man.
I would love for that to happen, but until we get a game-changing player, I don’t see us even mentioning the word play-offs
The Orioles are going to open a can of Buck-Wieser on your ass......
by Zachary Beard on Oct 2, 2010 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Playoffs?
"When you use those words, `mystique’ and `aura,’ those are dancers in a night club. Those are not things we concern ourselves on the ball field." - Curt Schilling on if the Yankees mystique and aura would affect the Diamondbacks in the 2001 World Series.
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 2, 2010 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Don’t talk about playoffs! Are you Kidding me?! Play-offs?! I hope we can win a game, don’t talk about play-offs!
The Orioles are going to open a can of Buck-Wieser on your ass......
by Zachary Beard on Oct 2, 2010 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions
i like to think we already have game-changing players,
and they just need to develop a little more. AJ, Wieters, Matusz, Tillman, Pie could all qualify if they continue to improve.
Well yes, they are all young talent, but the only problem is they haven’t completely developed yet. We need a proven player. The Rays are making cutbacks this off-season so the possibility of maybe getting Evan Longoria is exciting. If we can get him and a good pitcher in Free-agency, then we will be in business.
The Orioles are going to open a can of Buck-Wieser on your ass......
by Zachary Beard on Oct 2, 2010 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions
so who did the rays get to put them over the top? carlos pena?
seems to me their talent simply developed on its own. and getting Evan Longoria? preeeeeetty sure he’s signed for awhile.
I’m pretty sure he won’t b happy when his salary is cut back 5 million dollars, and he’s come out and blasted the Rays organization.
The Orioles are going to open a can of Buck-Wieser on your ass......
by Zachary Beard on Oct 2, 2010 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions
all right, hold on to your pipe dream that the O's could get Longoria in FA when he's not even a FA
and I’ll hold on to mine that they could make the playoffs next year. we’ll probably both be wrong, but i hope we’re both right.
As do I. I would love to see us in the play-offs next year, with Evan Longoria. But really neither of them are very realistic. But both would be awesome to happen,
The Orioles are going to open a can of Buck-Wieser on your ass......
by Zachary Beard on Oct 2, 2010 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Longoria???
Yeah, they are going to make cutbacks, but there is no way they are talking about Longoria. He’s going to make $2.5M next year, why would they look to move him?
The salary they are probably going to dump is from players like Pena, Crawford, Soriano, and Hawpe. Guys that are actually making decent money and who are FA this year.
"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle
by BirdFanInPhilly on Oct 3, 2010 8:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Pipe-dream. Longoria in Orange is Buckgasmic.
The Orioles are going to open a can of Buck-Wieser on your ass......
by Zachary Beard on Oct 3, 2010 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
avery in Bowie already?
wow. at this rate he’ll make the majors by the time he’s 22…or at least much faster than i expected him to.
"double rainbow...what does it MEAN?"
Its a pretty big if that he'll continue at this rate
I think its debatable whether he even deserves to be at Bowie right now, I’d expect a full season of AA next year to give him trouble.
that's kind of what i was alluding to
i thought it was a bit of a stretch to have him at AA already, but it was a pretty fast ascension.
"double rainbow...what does it MEAN?"
by danielreese05 on Oct 2, 2010 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions
What a fucking great day. Matusz vs. Galarraga tonight. I like our chances.
It's as if every eccentric in the South decided to move north, ran out of gas in Baltimore, and decided to stay. - John Waters
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 2, 2010 11:17 AM EDT reply actions
Last night on the scoreboard I kept seeing "Z. Kroenke" as the starter for Arizona.
I wonder if they try to pronounce it like “Greinke” and convince people they’ve got a star.
It's as if every eccentric in the South decided to move north, ran out of gas in Baltimore, and decided to stay. - John Waters
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 2, 2010 11:47 AM EDT reply actions
Last night was my last night watching Oriole baseball this year
Tonight I’ll be at a bachelorette party and tomorrow is when my other friend decided we have to go shopping for bridesmaids dresses.
Chicks, man.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
Tommorow
I’m kinda bummed that the last game of the year is competeing with the NFL. Tonight might just be my last Orioles intake for the year. At least I can watch Matusz one last time.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
and in Baltimore it's competing with Steelers-Ravens
so nobody will be watching.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
both teams have a very high chance of winning. I’ll interchange both of them.
The Orioles are going to open a can of Buck-Wieser on your ass......
by Zachary Beard on Oct 2, 2010 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Wait, you have TWO friends?!?
"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.
They are a beautiful invention. IMO better than fire.
The Orioles are going to open a can of Buck-Wieser on your ass......
by Zachary Beard on Oct 2, 2010 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions
who's just waiting
for the outfielders to screw up the jump so that one of them falls.
"double rainbow...what does it MEAN?"
While I'm sorry that the season is coming to an end, especially with how we are playing...
…I’m happy as shit that I don’t have to worry about any more doubleheaders. Yesterday was a total waste of a day off from work for me. At 1 pm I glued my ass to the couch and the only time I got off it was to go to the bathroom, go to the fridge, or run out to get something for dinner between the two games. It’s like being addicted to crack cocaine; you know you gotta kick the habit but it feels so good while you’re high.
And while I understand why it was done, too bad that drunk fuck Tigers fan got the boot from CC yesterday. He (or she) was pretty funny. I was cracking up. Probably sitting in some piece of shit Detroit hovel, sucking on a bottle of cheap booze, wondering why everyone left that totally depressed city.
with the win last night...
the 2010 O’s surpassed the 2009 O’s. Who predicted that when Buck took over this mess of a season in August? What an amazing turn-around. It’s been a great end to the season – it was so much fun to watch the O’s playing up to the potential the showed glimpses of in 2009. I can’t wait until next season!
And did anyone notice what was said about Barry Bonds on the Ken Burns baseball show on PBS?
While we all know he was juicing, and could tell by the increase in the size of his cranium, it was also said that his shoe size increased by like two whole shoe sizes. That is totally insane. After that dude dies, his autopsy is going to be the subject of a 90 minute long special on the Discovery Channel.
Med students will be writing dissertations on his autopsy results for decades
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." ~ The Dude
HOPEFULLY the jumping outfielders
never have any freak Martin Gramatica torn ACL moments
Trying to hit off me is like trying to eat soup with chopsticks.
-Ryohei Tanaka, with AA Bowie
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