Sunday Bird Droppings
by duck on Oct 3, 2010 8:08 AM EDT
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PrintRecaps of yesterday's win can be found at Orioles.com, The Sun, Detroit Free Press, and MASNsports (w/post-game Buck).
School of Roch: Roberts likely done for 2010 (w/Tyler update)
"Manager Buck Showalter has been vague when pressed for details about Roberts' condition, suggesting that reporters talk to the second baseman or a team physician. Roberts declined to meet with reporters today, but apparently will do so (this) afternoon. The medical staff normally is prohibited from speaking to the media."
Steve Melewski: Luke Scott talks about his MVO award
"For me, it's a tremendous honor. It has been a year of a lot of adversity but it's been a year of a lot of victory for myself and us as a group."
Orioles Insider: Ernie Tyler diagnosed with a benign brain tumor
"Orioles long-time umpires attendant Ernie Tyler, who has worked 51 consecutive Opening Days in Baltimore, was rushed to the University of Maryland Medical Center this afternoon and later diagnosed with a brain tumor, according to his son, Jimmy Tyler. Jimmy Tyler said that doctors believe the tumor is benign and can be surgically removed."
Orioles owner Peter Angelos as busy as ever with baseball, law, politics and philanthropy - baltimoresun.com
"The only constant has been Peter and so his legacy, tragically and to some degree correctly, will reflect his stewardship of the team," says the club's former chief operating officer, Joe Foss. "It's what the public will remember about him, though it's only one facet of his life."
MacPhail enters offseason with to-do list | orioles.com: News
"One of the issues this franchise has had and continues to have is a lack of depth to absorb the inevitable departures that you are going to have over the course of the year due to injury," said MacPhail. "We need to do better at being able to plug people in there and not take such a hit."
Andy MacPhail bitterly disappointed with Orioles' 2010 season, focused on improving in offseason - baltimoresun.com
"I feel much better now than I did six, seven weeks ago, and I think the industry does, too," MacPhail said. "Even when we were struggling, when we were at our worst point, I had a lot of people in the game telling me, 'You're OK, you're going to be OK.' It's nice to see that before the end of the season. It's nice to see that manifest itself now."
Commentary: Hope returns for O's and their fans - Carroll County Times
"But maybe the most important thing (Buck Showalter) has done has been infusing some optimism into a group of players that had no reason for any not so long ago."
Steve Melewski: MacPhail on possibly dealing young pitching & O's attendance
"You evaluate each one on what you think makes sense for your franchise. Any trade has got to stand that individual scrutiny and it's not about the grand design. Are you better after you make that deal or not?"
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Angelos is whining about his legacy?
Does this mean he’s planning to leave us?
I’ll hold the door for him….even help him pack bags.
Sickels did a brief write-up concerning Brandon Waring the other day
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." ~ The Dude
I have this bad feeing about BRob
I know this has been a tough year for Roberts, but I don’t like this headache and not talking to the press. On top of his bad back, I just don’t get good vibes about this. The team’s improved performance coincided with BRob’s return as well as Buck’s arrival. I would hate to think the team needs a new 2B and a leadoff hitter. Hopefully it is nothing or maybe just a viral thing, but I don’t like it at all.
lugo!
"double rainbow...what does it MEAN?"
by danielreese05 on Oct 3, 2010 10:53 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Agreed
This just seems too vague to be good.
Are there any good secondbasemen on free agent market? We can’t keep plugging in people like Wiggy and Andino, who simply can’t field.
by Fred Sanford on Oct 3, 2010 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions
I don't think you're alone in that one.
Unfortunately, it looks like the remainder of that contract is going to be for past services rendered rather than in anticipation of future performance. $10 mill a year through 2013. At least it’s not escalating so that in 2013 it’s such a ridiculous albatross – although even so, that’s 1/8th of the payroll this season. A healthy B-Rob earns it, but I don’t know that we’re going to see healthy B-Rob again.
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 3, 2010 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions
Eh who knows.
If these games mattered maybe he’d be in there. I’m hoping this season was an anomaly.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
Man, this girl I just started seeing has NLDS, NLCS, and World Series tickets
I so should have met her sooner
keeper!
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
by Stacey on Oct 3, 2010 3:23 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
ouch
Well…everyone has their faults.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
appeal to her sense of femisim
Or…I guess depending on her personality that might not work. But that’s what would get me. “By producing pink sports apparel, the teams are saying they think that the sport itself isn’t enough for women, so to hold their interest they have to make things pink and sparkly. How insulting!”
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
Or appeal to her sense of feminism
instead of femisim
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
She keeps insisting its really cute
which is probably true. But I keep insisting thats not the point.
It's not the point
You know what’s not cute? Orange. But I wear it. Pink is much cuter, but my team is orange. Such is life.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
Large amount of win.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 4, 2010 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions
When is Machado getting promoted to the O's?
The Orioles are going to open a can of Buck-Wieser on your ass......
I dunno, I could see 2014, possibly 2013 as the best case scenario
Debuting at 21 or 22 would hardly be surprising, but 2015 is probably about right.
wow that’s a long wait.
The Orioles are going to open a can of Buck-Wieser on your ass......
by Zachary Beard on Oct 3, 2010 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions
And its why the MLB draft can never be the same sort of event that the NFL or NBA drafts are
The payoff is too far removed from the actual event to have the same kind of drama.
Very few drafted high schoolers are Ken Griffey Jr.
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 3, 2010 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m really excited about him. Some people have compared him to A-rod. We could use a good SS.
The Orioles are going to open a can of Buck-Wieser on your ass......
by Zachary Beard on Oct 3, 2010 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions
You guys should really read the Angelos article in The Sun if you haven't yet.
It turns out that over the summer when they were talking about having to maybe shut down all the public city pools for lack of money, Angelos stepped up and gave $300k to keep them open and insisted on being anonymous. Complicated guy.
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 3, 2010 11:49 AM EDT reply actions
Thanks for that tip
Just got done reading the article. While I live out west, I do try to read the Sun every morning on line. Got a little lazy this morning.
He’s a complicated guy. No one has motherfucked him more than me, but when you read about his charitable side, you have to take a step back and say, wait a minute.
He reminds me of Howard Hughes without the mental illness aspect.
Personally, I think he will be haunted forever for the Albert Bell deal.
Yeah... he dropped $10 million for a new building for UB law school too.
It’s not even named after him. It’s named after his parents. The article goes into some more detail about how he’s a Baltimore guy through and through.
For all Angelos gets maligned for past behavior, I think he’s finally realized he needs to leave baseball to the baseball people and he wants to start winning again because he’s old and he’s tired of everyone hating him. All the people who say he’s just some miser who’s lining his pockets, I don’t believe that to be the case at all. The Sun article even indicates he loaned $100 million of his own money to the Orioles in the early 00s. Pretty crazy.
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 3, 2010 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Was that all him?
The Sun and the City Paper, back when it happened mentioned “numerous anonymous” donors. If he was the guy who really made it happen, major props.
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 Oct 3, 2010 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions
The Sun writer confirmed to his satisfaction it was PGA
"Walk not down that road, I cannot tell you where it goes. Ask me no more questions - some things you're not meant to know." - The Sword
he is complicated, to be sure
But at the end of the day what he values (loyalty) prevented him from being a decent owner. I don’t know him, I’m not suggesting he’s a bad person. But I don’t care about that, the Orioles need a great owner to compete in the division, and instead the team is owned by a megalomaniac.
Librarians are hiding something
by dfa on Oct 3, 2010 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Most of this is blah blah blah to me today...
Because what I’m taking away from it is that Ernie Tyler is gonna be okay. A life that going to keep on living puts everything else in perspective, although the Angelos generosity comes close. Not being from Baltimore, I guess I never developed any kind of animosity towards him, but I can see where some of it comes from. It just seemed to me like his goodwill from refusing to field replacement players during the lockout finally ran out when it came to attracting high tier UFAs.
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