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PITCHERS AND CATCHERS (And Bird Droppings)

Brian Matusz at Spring Training 2009.

Pitchers and catchers. The three most beautiful words in the English language. Today is the report date for the O's pitchers and catchers. Their first workout will be tomorrow. Soon enough the first pictures of spring training will come trickling in as Matt Wieters and his pitching staff arrive in camp along with the early bird position players.With the explosion of Twitter in the past year I'm guessing the info and pictures will be coming in more frequently than ever and I can't wait.

I can guarantee that I'll be tired of Spring Training before too long. I just get too anxious for the games to begin. But for the time being I am psyched. PITCHERS AND CATCHERS, Y'ALL.

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See your daily dose of links below the jump...

Star-divide

Now that Spring Training is here the days of sparse news items are gone. Behold your smorgasbord of links and feel the excitment!

Projecting The 2010 Orioles: Outfield | Camden Crazies
As I posted yesterday, Camden Crazies is collecting projections from as many O's fans as possible for the 2010 season. So head over there and give your best guess on Nolan Reimold, Adam Jones, Nick Markakis, Felix Pie, and Luke Scott. -Stacey

Because You Asked
Roch Kubatko answers some common questions from his commentors, complete with that trademark Roch shtick. -Stacey

Four Orioles spring training games will be shown on MASN - baltimoresun.com
That's right. FOUR. Let the outrage commence. -Stacey

Orioles Pitching Spotlight- Chris Tillman
Baltimore Sports Report takes a look at Tillman and what we can expect from him in 2010.

Self proclaimed underdog emerges as a top O's pitching prospect
Steve Melewski profiles Zach Britton, the 2009 Carolina League pitcher of the year and highly rated Orioles prospect. The more I hear about him the more excited I get for this kid. He's got a long way to go, though. -Stacey

Koji Sighting!
Koji is in Sarasota and working out. Um, that's pretty much it. -Stacey

O’s spring training: The 25 who will make it (#2)
Drew at WNST is posting daily blogs on the 25 players he predicts will make the the Opening Day roster. I know, I know, but they've been surprisingly snark free. This entry focuses on Brian Roberts and his first was about Matt Wieters. -Stacey

New spring park excites Orioles brass | orioles.com: News
The new ST home symbolizes a fresh start for an Orioles team that is ready to take a step forward. Man, I hope so. -Stacey

10 questions for O's heading into spring training - baltimoresun.com
Dan Connolly takes a look at questions the O's have going into the 2010 season focusing on Trembley's leadership, Tejada's adjustment, and more. -Stacey

Hardball’s winners and losers of the offseason - NYPOST.com
Joel Sherman lists his off season winner and losers and puts the Orioles in the winners column. -Stacey

Five Tool Tool - The Sports Blog That Loves You Back
This is random but funny. Five Tool Tool attributes the ten most commonly diagnosed mental disorders to ten different baseball fansbases; e.g., Red Sox fans are bipolar, Mets fans have Anxiety Disorder, etc. (It's funny when you click through and read it). The O's fans made the list as Alzheimers sufferers (since we all talk about 1983). -zk

Atkins steps up to the plate for Irvine | The Orange County Register
Garrett Atkins is doing his part to raise money for his childhood school system in Irvine, CA. He's donated supplies and helped raise money and filmed a PSA for the Irvine Public Schools Foundation. Good for him. -Stacey

Photos: Jeff Zrebiec projects the Orioles' roster - baltimoresun.com
Because baltimoresun.com must be hard up for page views, Jeff Zrebiec's picks for the Opening Day roster are presented in slideshow form. As in 25 photos. Way to falsely drive up the numbers for advertisers, Baltimore Sun. -duck

Britt's Bird Watch - Ed Smith Stadium - Oriole-ized
Some great shots of the new Ed Smith paint job - orange and black everywhere. -duck

Initial Team Ratings for MLB 2K10 Revealed : ZergWatch
The Orioles garnered a rating of 83, which is better than 13 other MLB teams. Really, we're ranked higher than more than a dozen other MLB teams, including the Mets, even after 98 loses last year. Go O's! -duck

Dave Criscione inducted into Chautauqua County HOF - ObserverToday.com
Dave Criscione gets inducted into the Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame in New York. Apparently, he played for the Orioles in 1977. I wondered why I'd never heard of him. Then I looked up his stats - seven games for one season. No wonder the story focuses on his high school career. Still, he's played seven more MLB games than any of us ever will. Good for you, Dave Criscione. -duck

Gregg Olson among new AU Baseball Wall of Famers - WSFA 12 News
Gregg Olson is going onto the Auburn Baseball Wall of Fame, along with some football player and two other guys. Seriously, Olson's being honored with Bo Jackson, Tim Hudson and Frank Thomas. That's quite the inaugural class for Auburn. -duck

The Schmuck Stops Here: MacPhail: View from the top
This just in from Peter Schmuck - Andy MacPhail's office at Ed Smith Stadium has a nice view. And that's why The Sun pays him the big bucks, folks. -duck

Delmarva Shorebirds announce new logos for uniforms - theshorebirds.com
The Shorebirds have totally redone their logo artwork for road and home caps. The new, fiercer looking Shorebird (if such a thing is actually possible) will be used at home, while a stylized D with a bird sticking its head out will be used on the road. -duck

Maple Ridge News - Where was Larry?
Here's how messed up Canada's torch relay was. Adam Loewen got to take part, but no one ever asked Larry Walker. Larry Walker, who's been on a Canadian Olympic baseball team, helped coach the national team twice at the WBC and once at the World Cup. Never asked. Blame Canada indeed. -duck 


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What does game rating mean?

I will lead these Peoples to the promised land, also known as "Slightly Ahead of the Blue Jays." ~WietersRunDry

by Stacey on Feb 17, 2010 7:22 AM EST reply actions  

Relative strength of the team

Perfect is 100. Higher the rating, the better the team. NFL guys bitch about their Madden ratings every year, which uses a similar system.

"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal

by duck on Feb 17, 2010 7:34 AM EST via mobile up reply actions  

For example...

http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jul/24/sports/sp-random24

"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal

by duck on Feb 17, 2010 7:41 AM EST via mobile up reply actions  

Hey, look s new logo!!

Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano

by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 17, 2010 8:10 AM EST reply actions  

Hey, look there's a new logo.

Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano

by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 17, 2010 8:10 AM EST up reply actions  

How did I just know...

you would be the first to notice.

"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal

by duck on Feb 17, 2010 8:27 AM EST up reply actions  

I would've said something

but for me being asleep and all.

cxcxcxcxzzzzzzzzz

by Steve. on Feb 17, 2010 8:29 AM EST up reply actions  

I have an eye for detail, maybe.

Who changed it?

Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano

by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 17, 2010 8:33 AM EST up reply actions  

All credit for our amazing new design goes to zknower

I will lead these Peoples to the promised land, also known as "Slightly Ahead of the Blue Jays." ~WietersRunDry

by Stacey on Feb 17, 2010 8:38 AM EST up reply actions  

I like it.

More of a connection with the orioles.

Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano

by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 17, 2010 8:39 AM EST up reply actions  

Yeah, but we told him we liked it

That’s partial credit for us, right Stacey?

"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal

by duck on Feb 17, 2010 8:47 AM EST up reply actions  

I like it a lot

I do think that the bird and the Camden Chat logotype need to be separated from the background, though. Add a little depth. Maybe slightly blur the background? Dunno. Looks real good, though.

by PhilR8 on Feb 17, 2010 10:33 AM EST up reply actions  

we tried some of that

blurring the background, putting some shadow behind the bird, etc. the thing went through like 8 rounds.

"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic

by zknower on Feb 17, 2010 11:50 PM EST up reply actions  

OLYMPIC REPORT***OLYMPIC REPORT***OLYMPIC REPORT***OLYMPIC REPORT***OLYMPIC REPORT***OLYMPIC RE-OK, YOU GET THE IDEA

ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah [continued from yesterday’s ahahahahahahahahahahahaha]

U.S. Chixxx on Skates… 13
Russia……………………..nertz

Yessssssss!!! Oh, other cool thing: One of my former (American) students is working as a translator for the Kazakh team! Anybody going to Vancouver? She can prolly score some big discount tickets…if Kazakhstan makes it to the quarters of…anything.

"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 Feb 17, 2010 9:11 AM EST reply actions  

Good start to Ghiroli's blog.

I know any news at this point is mostly fluff anyway, but I appreciated those pics.

From the Land of Pleasant Living...

by OEutaw on Feb 17, 2010 9:34 AM EST reply actions  

Wow

those new shorebirds logos are fugly.

by daveh873 on Feb 17, 2010 9:44 AM EST reply actions  

It looks like an angry triangle

Top right is the best, and I think that’s the closest to the previous logo. Don’t fuck with what works. The new logos are terrible.

by PhilR8 on Feb 17, 2010 10:32 AM EST up reply actions  

First pics from ST?

From Britt Ghiroli’s twitter, Chad Moeller having a catch…pretty fuzzy but I’ll take it.

We have life. Johnson throwing to moeller #orioles on Twitpic

Koji running with his trainer

Koji running with his new personal trainer #orioles on Twitpic

I will lead these Peoples to the promised land, also known as "Slightly Ahead of the Blue Jays." ~WietersRunDry

by Stacey on Feb 17, 2010 10:15 AM EST reply actions  

Centerfield...goosebumps everytime

SO GLAD ITS HERE!

PS My Terps play tonight at NC State at 9. Just keepin you all updated.

PPS President Mote is retiring.

"On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.'"
Earl Weaver

by matman008 on Feb 17, 2010 10:25 AM EST reply actions  

what?

Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano

by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 17, 2010 2:45 PM EST up reply actions  

University of Maryland's president is retiring

"On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.'"
Earl Weaver

by matman008 on Feb 17, 2010 3:11 PM EST up reply actions  

well that's big news.

Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano

by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 17, 2010 3:28 PM EST up reply actions  

4 ST games? And just who might we be playing in those mock-contests?

Oh, yes. Yankees and Red Sox.

"Believe it or not, I read the paper." - Nick Markakis

by 2632 on Feb 17, 2010 10:52 AM EST reply actions  

Ravens sign Stallworth

thought some of you might be interested.
Per ESPN.

by daveh873 on Feb 17, 2010 12:09 PM EST reply actions  

Donte Stallworth??

Aw hell no!

Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano

by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 17, 2010 2:46 PM EST up reply actions  

Well, Stallworth is hardly a number 1 reciever. We still need more help.

However, I dont think Marshall or Bryant are worth what it would take to get them. There’s more than a few solid receivers that should be available when we pick at the end of first round.

by kba26 on Feb 17, 2010 2:56 PM EST up reply actions  

Maybe they can get Marshall too

and just start collecting as many criminals as possible!

by O'sFan21 on Feb 17, 2010 2:58 PM EST up reply actions  

so?

I never know what that means. Does that mean you can no longer talk about it?

by O'sFan21 on Feb 17, 2010 3:05 PM EST up reply actions  

Oh well I guess that's a valid opinion.

I just said you guys were collecting criminals.

by O'sFan21 on Feb 17, 2010 3:16 PM EST up reply actions  

I guess I just dont like the connotation

its just semantics, but i dont necessarily thing committing a single crime, one that was a mistake that i’m sure he regrets, makes you a criminal.

by kba26 on Feb 17, 2010 3:21 PM EST up reply actions  

Do you prefer convicts?

I’m just find with that one as well.

by O'sFan21 on Feb 17, 2010 3:23 PM EST up reply actions  

but isnt that in the word?

a criminal is “guilty of a crime.”

by twistedlogic on Feb 17, 2010 3:23 PM EST up reply actions  

Is? Was? Always will be?

Are you always a criminal once convicted? Or are you a former criminal? I genuinely am interested in an informed response. Break open those fancy and expensive law books, kba!

by PhilR8 on Feb 17, 2010 3:26 PM EST up reply actions  

I would

If i didnt have a trademarks exam tommorow.

But i think this is sorta the point i’m making. Labeling him a criminal, even if technically accurate, im my mind makes an implication that he’s going to commit another. And i’m not sure thats at all accurate.

by kba26 on Feb 17, 2010 3:28 PM EST up reply actions  

In plain english

What are you being asked about for trademarks?

Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano

by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 17, 2010 3:30 PM EST up reply actions  

Everything?

At the moment i’m trying to memorize the rules for geographically deceptively misdescriptive marks. I’d let you read my 75 page outline, but would be cruel.

by kba26 on Feb 17, 2010 3:33 PM EST up reply actions  

To me

convict implies presently incarcerated. That’s how the term is used in the media, from my experience.

by PhilR8 on Feb 17, 2010 3:34 PM EST up reply actions  

how about ex-criminal?

Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano

by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 17, 2010 3:35 PM EST up reply actions  

No way!

Once a convict always a convict – it just means you’ve been convicted of something.

by O'sFan21 on Feb 17, 2010 3:35 PM EST up reply actions  

You're certainly right that's popular terminology

but I still think once somebody has been convicted of a crime they are technically a convict forever – regardless of popular culture terminology.

by O'sFan21 on Feb 17, 2010 3:52 PM EST up reply actions  

Thats the point

there’s a difference between technical definitions and common usage. Just because something meets the precise definition does mean it doesn’t have other meanings that may not be accurate.

by kba26 on Feb 17, 2010 3:55 PM EST up reply actions  

But it's bigger than the "precise definition"

it’s what the word actually means! Just because people in cop shows use the term “ex-con” doesn’t necessarily make “convict” incorrect. I think once you kill a guy (regardless of whether it was 100% his fault which it wasn’t) I think you’re just stuck with people passing judgments that may or may not be correct. That’s just the way the world works.

by O'sFan21 on Feb 17, 2010 3:58 PM EST up reply actions  

I can just be very particular about word choice

Maybe i’m just extra sensitive to this because I work in an area with language is so important. But i’m not sure i buy “thats just the way the world works.” A lot of problems could be solved if people were just more careful about what the say.

by kba26 on Feb 17, 2010 4:04 PM EST up reply actions  

I get that

but it seems weird to expect somebody not to use a word accurately because of other people’s misperceptions. Seems like the problem lies with other people’s ignorance rather than with improper word usage.

by O'sFan21 on Feb 17, 2010 4:10 PM EST up reply actions  

But when a word obtains such secondary meaning, its use in that sense isnt improper

Language evolves. Criminal now has a modern usage that means more than “someone who has previously been convicted of one crime.” You have to take your audience into account. Failing to consider all of a word’s connotations makes your word choice inaccurate, not your audience’s interpretation of it.

by kba26 on Feb 17, 2010 4:15 PM EST up reply actions  

Right

which is why I said to use convict instead of criminal – we’re not talking about the use of criminal right now are we?

by O'sFan21 on Feb 17, 2010 4:19 PM EST up reply actions  

A lot of words carry additional weights that have evolved over time

And those words can be selectively leveraged to mean something more than what is said. I think using “convict” to describe someone who has served time in the past, but presently is not in jail, falls into this category. In my opinion, it’s undeservingly ascribing a perpetual state of nature to someone and denying them the chance to be seen as who they are now and not who they were.

by PhilR8 on Feb 17, 2010 4:17 PM EST up reply actions  

Yeah...

I think you’re reading WAY too much into this. Ex-con and convict both have absurdly negative connotations in our society, so I think we’re really splitting unnecessary hairs here.

by O'sFan21 on Feb 17, 2010 4:20 PM EST up reply actions  

I don't think so

“Ex-con” means you were. “Convict” means you are. These subtleties are not lost on people.

by PhilR8 on Feb 17, 2010 4:21 PM EST up reply actions  

No.

The term convict means you WERE convicted of a crime. How can you be convicted of a crime in an ongoing sense??

by O'sFan21 on Feb 17, 2010 4:27 PM EST up reply actions  

By some people

incorrectly.

It has no such connotations to me, so obviously there are people who don’t use it or view it that way.

by O'sFan21 on Feb 17, 2010 4:31 PM EST up reply actions  

I like that I agree with the lawyer

See kba’s post on audience above. Kba is going to have a million citations on google scholar before the day is over.

by PhilR8 on Feb 17, 2010 4:33 PM EST up reply actions  

Kba is going to have a million citations on google scholar before the day is over.

That won’t change O’sfan21’s mind!

Vizzini: Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?
Man in Black: Yes.
Vizzini: Morons.

by birdman on Feb 17, 2010 4:39 PM EST up reply actions  

Birdman actively avoiding arguments with me, ladies and gentlemen!! hahahahahahahaha

by O'sFan21 on Feb 17, 2010 4:46 PM EST up reply actions  

Oh, I wouldn’t characterize dialogue with you as arguments.

Vizzini: Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?
Man in Black: Yes.
Vizzini: Morons.

by birdman on Feb 17, 2010 5:28 PM EST up reply actions  

You DEFINITELY go out of your way to avoid threads where I’m involved though!!! hahahahahahahahaha

You crack me up. Can’t wait to see your next response where you blame me for continuing the dialogue.

by O'sFan21 on Feb 17, 2010 5:44 PM EST up reply actions  

You DEFINITELY go out of your way to avoid threads where I’m involved though!!! hahahahahahahahaha

Oh yeah (see above discussion as example 1). So as JP would say, you schooled me. Somebody hand me a lunchbox.

Vizzini: Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?
Man in Black: Yes.
Vizzini: Morons.

by birdman on Feb 17, 2010 5:51 PM EST up reply actions  

Just don’t give me this one.

Vizzini: Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?
Man in Black: Yes.
Vizzini: Morons.

by birdman on Feb 17, 2010 7:02 PM EST up reply actions  

haha

yeah that’s only the first time you’ve done it…

But seriously you obviously avoid discussions with me! It’s clear!

by O'sFan21 on Feb 17, 2010 5:55 PM EST up reply actions  

trying to avoid long, drawn out conversations, that’s all.

Vizzini: Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?
Man in Black: Yes.
Vizzini: Morons.

by birdman on Feb 17, 2010 7:03 PM EST up reply actions  

Technically

He was never convicted of anything. I’m not saying he was innocent but he wasn’t convicted, so he can’t be a convict.

"I think it's a disgrace they only beat the average team by 10 games in the standings with three times the money. I'd fire that GM. You don't need a GM. All you have to do is buy the last Cy Young Award winner every year" - Steve Bisciotti on the NY Yankees

by Gregory O on Feb 17, 2010 3:39 PM EST up reply actions  

wait a minute

I might be wrong. I thought he plea bargained, but he did serve some time, so he must have been convicted of something.

"I think it's a disgrace they only beat the average team by 10 games in the standings with three times the money. I'd fire that GM. You don't need a GM. All you have to do is buy the last Cy Young Award winner every year" - Steve Bisciotti on the NY Yankees

by Gregory O on Feb 17, 2010 3:39 PM EST up reply actions  

beat me to that

i was just posting that he did serve some jail time.

by twistedlogic on Feb 17, 2010 3:40 PM EST up reply actions  

Yeah I think you're wrong here.

You don’t get sentenced if you aren’t convicted.

by O'sFan21 on Feb 17, 2010 3:48 PM EST up reply actions  

Either way

I think he’s more of a slot receiver, which the Ravens have like 8 of. I’m more against the signing because of that than any concerns about his criminal record.

"I think it's a disgrace they only beat the average team by 10 games in the standings with three times the money. I'd fire that GM. You don't need a GM. All you have to do is buy the last Cy Young Award winner every year" - Steve Bisciotti on the NY Yankees

by Gregory O on Feb 17, 2010 4:31 PM EST up reply actions  

I'm a skins fan

I could care less about whether the Ravens sign him. I was just making a joke about the Ravens collecting criminals since that’s come up on this blog before.

by O'sFan21 on Feb 17, 2010 4:32 PM EST up reply actions  

Orioles game rating is higher than the mariners…

What up?

by snakethejake on Feb 17, 2010 12:37 PM EST reply actions  

Quotes

via Schmuck

Jake Arrieta:

“I’d get into the fifth, sixth or seventh inning and I’ve give up most of my runs in one inning,‘’ he said. "There was one inning where I wasn’t making the right adjustments. I’ve got to do better.

“I was really good for four or five innings. The hitters (at Triple-A) are really patient. The first two times through the order, you can pitch them the same, but they are taking notes. They’re making adjustments and I didn’t adjust as well.”

Koji! Koji! Koji!

“Compared to last year, [my elbow] feels really good,’’ he said through interpreter Jiwon Bang. “I threw yesterday at the minor league complex and it felt good.”

When somebody asked him about his chronic hamstring issues, he was a bit more circumspect.

“So far, so good,’’ he said.

Uehara is slotted as a middle reliever this year, but he said he hasn’t heard that officially from the Orioles.

“I haven’t really spoken to the skipper or the front office yet,‘’ he said — and Jiwon really did use the word “skipper,” but my goal is to stay in the major leagues all season. We’ll see what happens."

I will lead these Peoples to the promised land, also known as "Slightly Ahead of the Blue Jays." ~WietersRunDry

by Stacey on Feb 17, 2010 12:43 PM EST reply actions  

Who is going to Opening Day?

I don’t know if there’s a lot of people from CC who go, but I’ll be there. I chose the first week of Spring Training to pick my seats. I’m gonna be down at section 60 on third base. On Opening Day I’m going to be less than 10 days until my 21st birthday. Think some vendors will sell me beer?

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 Feb 17, 2010 1:58 PM EST reply actions  

2632 and I will be there

Section 81.

I will lead these Peoples to the promised land, also known as "Slightly Ahead of the Blue Jays." ~WietersRunDry

by Stacey on Feb 17, 2010 2:11 PM EST up reply actions  

If she says anything about me, you have to tell— OK???

"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 Feb 17, 2010 3:48 PM EST up reply actions  

I usually go

I don’t have tickets yet, but I’ll most likely be there.

by PhilR8 on Feb 17, 2010 2:18 PM EST up reply actions  

I'll be there.

I’m close to Stacey I think we determined in another thread (I’m too lazy to go look for my tickets).

by O'sFan21 on Feb 17, 2010 2:22 PM EST up reply actions  

section 360

used to be row CC.

Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano

by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 17, 2010 2:48 PM EST up reply actions  

Missing it

I’ve been to the last 2 but stupid friend of the girlfriend is getting married that week. Seriously!? Everyone knows you don’t get married on opening day/week.

by Gorilla Bird on Feb 17, 2010 10:49 PM EST up reply actions  

Can’t take the day off this year. I’ll probably hit up Game 2.

by BrianS on Feb 18, 2010 10:44 AM EST up reply actions  

vonn and mancuso 1-2 in the downhill so far with exceptional times

if that stands, they’ll possibly have the best looking podium of the games so far.

by twistedlogic on Feb 17, 2010 3:25 PM EST reply actions   1 recs

I don't know, man

Most athletes are thin/fit/in shape. I just don’t get all this “hot” talk, especially not with those two. Not that I’m completely superficial and saying these two girls are ugly or undeserving of being seen as attractive, but I think the world should stop pretending that these girls are supermodels. I think it cheapens their accomplishments a little bit, even though I don’t know why I feel that way.

by PhilR8 on Feb 17, 2010 3:31 PM EST up reply actions  

i dunno

they’re pretty damn good looking (mansuso does model by the way) and pretty damn fast. the twitters went nuts after mancuso ran saying that her time was gonna be tough to beat. then vonn smashed that. guess she can play thru pain.

by twistedlogic on Feb 17, 2010 3:38 PM EST up reply actions  

Wow, alpine skiing isn't on NBC until tonight

and everyone already knows the outcome. So stupid. I can’t even pay to watch live olympics, what kind of stupid shit is that? I think I might pay $15 for some sort of mlb.tv-type service to watch the Olympics on my computer. What a wasted opportunity.

by PhilR8 on Feb 17, 2010 4:47 PM EST up reply actions  

Even though I'm pretty sure the Olympics would never allow any cable channel to cover them,

I think ESPN would do it well, because they’d have ESPN360 so they could show EVERYTHING, they could use ABC for the big events, and they’re experts in covering sports, rather or not you like how they cover it, they sure as hell know how.

Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano

by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 17, 2010 5:04 PM EST up reply actions  

NBC could do all that if they wanted to

The technology isn’t the problem, NBC has already invested in technologies to do this sort of thing (ie Hulu) or could just buy some off-the-shelf package. The problem I have is that they don’t want to cannibalize their prime-time audience, even if the results are fed live to the internet as the event happens, which destroys any sort of drama that may have been associated with the event. The have advertisers to think of and ratings concerns blah blah blah. But personally, I think an internet portal that charges $15 to watch the Olympics would make up for lost ad revenue due to crappy ratings. Or would it? I would like to think so, but what do I know.

by PhilR8 on Feb 17, 2010 5:26 PM EST up reply actions  

yea...time difference kinda sucks

although they’ve done a pretty good job with getting the major events in the late afternoon (primetime in the EST). the skiing has to happen at a certain time tho so they have the best snow.

by twistedlogic on Feb 17, 2010 5:18 PM EST up reply actions  

this is hilarious
Two boys are playing hockey on an inlet on a pond in suburban Chicago when one is attacker by a rabid Rottweiler. Thinking quickly, the other boy takes his stick and wedges it down the dog’s collar and twists, breaking the dog’s neck. A reporter who is strolling by sees the incident and rushes over to the boy. “Young White Sox Fan Saves Friend from Vicious Animal,” he starts writing in his notebook.

“But I’m not a Sox fan,” the little hero replied.

“Sorry, since we are in Chicago, I just assumed you were,” said the reporter, and he began writing again.

“Cubs Fan Rescues Friends from Horrific Attack,” he continued writing in his notebook.

“I’m not a Cubs fan either,” the boy said.

“I assumed everyone in Chicago was either for the Cubs or the Sox. What team do you root for?” inquired the reporter. “I’m a Yankees fan,” the child responded.

The reporter turned the page in his notebook and wrote “Little Bastard from New York Kills Beloved Family Pet.”

Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano

by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 17, 2010 4:30 PM EST reply actions   1 recs

That's awesome.

Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.

by Vuff on Feb 17, 2010 5:39 PM EST up reply actions  

+2

I didn’t realize that Jeffrey F*cking Maier got his start killing animals, but it makes sense.

"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 Feb 18, 2010 12:16 AM EST up reply actions  

SHANI DAVIS!

Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano

by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 17, 2010 8:43 PM EST reply actions  

IS AN EGOTISTICAL JERK CONTROLLED BY HIS MOMMY!

You didn’t finish the sentence.

"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal

by duck on Feb 17, 2010 9:07 PM EST up reply actions  

hes flippin good skater tho

although i was cheering for chad hedrick.

by twistedlogic on Feb 17, 2010 9:16 PM EST up reply actions  

I know that

But he’s still an American, if you guys are fine with a 20 game winner who eats kitten tacos, I’m fine with an arrrogant dude who represents America.

Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano

by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 17, 2010 9:31 PM EST up reply actions   1 recs

But that kitten taco eatin' 20 game winner

would be with the ORIOLES. They’re a professional team, not my home country.

"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal

by duck on Feb 17, 2010 9:37 PM EST up reply actions  

it was one of duck's old sigs.

I believe it went something like this "I’d approve of the orioles signing a 20-game iwnner if he ate kitchen taco- BPinOK.

Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano

by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 17, 2010 10:00 PM EST up reply actions  

correction:

20 game winner if he ate kitten tacos.

Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano

by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 17, 2010 10:01 PM EST up reply actions  

Shaun White is amazing.

Holy shit.

I will lead these Peoples to the promised land, also known as "Slightly Ahead of the Blue Jays." ~WietersRunDry

by Stacey on Feb 17, 2010 11:18 PM EST reply actions  

holy freakin balls shaun white

nobody can even do that last trick he pulled off. even if they could, they wouldnt have landed it going as slow as he was. willikers!

by twistedlogic on Feb 17, 2010 11:38 PM EST up reply actions  

Today's OILF (Olympian I'd Like to Dance With): Denmark, Women's Curling: Angelina Jensen

http://www.seasonofchampions.ca/2007continentalcup/teams_angelina_jensen.asp

"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 Feb 18, 2010 12:10 AM EST reply actions  

Felix Pie is in camp!

Some dude on the OH is down there and snapped this photo of him.

I will lead these Peoples to the promised land, also known as "Slightly Ahead of the Blue Jays." ~WietersRunDry

by Stacey on Feb 18, 2010 12:26 AM EST reply actions  

Actually, it’s Samuel L. Jackson. He’s down there researching his part for something the MGM publicity releases are still tentatively calling “An Adorable League of Their Own.”

"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 Feb 18, 2010 12:35 AM EST up reply actions  

LOL

Vizzini: Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?
Man in Black: Yes.
Vizzini: Morons.

by birdman on Feb 18, 2010 1:29 AM EST up reply actions  

those white gloves are ADORABLE!

"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic

by zknower on Feb 18, 2010 1:25 AM EST up reply actions  

I'm fairly certain

that it won’t too long into the season before you can do a search for “adorable” and there will be more search results of people mocking me than there actually is of me saying that. Hell, that might already be the case.

I do kind of deserve it, though. But I don’t care. I love him.

I will lead these Peoples to the promised land, also known as "Slightly Ahead of the Blue Jays." ~WietersRunDry

by Stacey on Feb 18, 2010 12:17 PM EST up reply actions  

А как понять “Я Харт не так ли?”

"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 Feb 18, 2010 10:41 AM EST up reply actions  

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