Tuesday Bird Droppings
by Camden Chat on Feb 23, 2010 7:00 AM EST
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Wieters ready to step into starring role | MLB.com: News
Matt Wieters is no rookie and he's ready to hit the ball better than everyone and manage the pitchers better than everyone and throw out all of the runners better than everyone. -Stacey
Tillman feeling better, Erbe looking good
Tillman's back is still a little stiff but getting better, Erbe impresses Trembley. -Stacey
Roberts: 'It shouldn't set me back' - baltimoresun.com
Some more details on the Roberts back injury. -Stacey
Roberts: "I think this is the closest we've been."
Brian is drinking the orange Kool Aid. -Stacey
Tejada taking his time reporting to camp - baltimoresun.com
Schmuck tries to stir up trouble about Tejada waiting until the last day to report even though the Orioles don't seem to care. -Stacey
DC Landing Strip: FEROCIOUS Beltway Battle for Jesus Moniker?!
As if there wasn't enough sacrilege in the Baltimore-D.C. area, people are starting to call Stephen Strasburg "Jesus" despite the fact that Baltimore has had its own Switch Hitting Jesus for quite some time now. -Stacey
Weight and see: Spring training camps awash with big losers | USATODAY.com
USA Today hilariously lists all of the players who are in the best shape of their lives. -Stacey
MLB previews: The best and worst in the AL East - 02-22-2010
Here's a dude who doesn't know what he's talking about. "Take your pick between the Jays and Orioles. I’d probably have to say Baltimore, because at least the Jays have some potential in Dustin McGowan, Shaun Marcum (when those two are healthy), Ricky Romero and Brandon Morrow, among others." Yup, the Orioles rotation has NO potential, none at all. And don't even get me started on the part where he says the Orioles have a worse lineup than the Blue Jays. -Stacey
morrisdailyherald.com | MLB preview: Baltimore Orioles
The more I read things the less likely it makes me believe anything written on the internet at all. This guy has Pie in LF and Hendrickson in the rotation. -Stacey
Brian Matusz talks Spring Training, including his opinion on everyone's favorite mentor.
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You know
Luke is buttering up Pie so when Felix mysteriously gets shot in the leg, no one thinks it was him and just like that Luke gets playing time consideration in the outfield.
by daveh873 on Feb 23, 2010 7:18 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
There’s nothing wrong with believing what you read on the Internet…maybe just steer clear of the Morris Daily Herald, whatever the hell that is. The guy doesn’t even mention Chris Tillman.
"The United States is the New York Yankees of countries...powerful and respected until the year 2000." - Homer J. Simpson
by Brotz13 on Feb 23, 2010 8:05 AM EST via mobile reply actions
I don't understand
Why people talk about things they know nothing about. Does the Morris Daily Herald really need to do team-by-team previews? Can’t they just reference people who know what they’re doing?
"It feels like home,’’ Pie said. "All my friends are here."
My caption for that great photo
“Maybe we can both play left field at the same time…for the really long fly balls, I’ll carry you part of the way and then release you like a skeet…”
"And when Pie looked back
and saw only one set of footprints, Luke said that that was when he carried him."
Bedard says he doesn't care and thinks goals are pointless.
by Andrew_G on Feb 23, 2010 8:56 AM EST up reply actions 7 recs
ha ha ha ha ha
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
Wow, "soon-to-be-journeyman" outfielder Nick Swisher lost 12 lbs, putting his weight WELL below his, um, statistic-we-don't-mention
No, not IQ.
2. “Take your pick between the Jays and Orioles.” Thank you, I have. Guy’s hilarious, all right.
3. I assume the Morris Daily Herald is written by Morris the Cat. http://en.wikivisual.com/index.php/Morris_the_Cat
Actually, no: the cat has gotta be smarter.
"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.
Don't mock our Mentor
Look at his results. Braves drafted him 1993. The Braves go on to win the next 4 Cy Youngs. Then he goes to Cleveland, and turn Sabathia and Lee into Cy Young winners. It’s no coincidence.
"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle
by BirdFanInPhilly on Feb 23, 2010 8:46 AM EST reply actions
and now feldman's a solid pitcher
Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 23, 2010 11:30 AM EST up reply actions
Thanks
I wanted to say thanks for Stacey for standing up for our rotation on that AL East preview on Covers. That was one of the most half-assed AL East previews I have seen yet, and I would have said something myself but I was so appalled I could not bring myself to long in and rebut the ridiculousness, thus validating their opinions.
According to the "INTERNET", this is how our lineup and rotation look:
Roberts – 2B
Tejada – 3B
Markakis – RF
Pie – LF
Jones – CF
Scott – DH
Wieters – C
Izturis — SS
Aubrey – 1B
Millwood
Guthrie
Uehara
Hendrickson
Matusz
i guess thats why you dont believe what you read on the interwebs
by twistedlogic on Feb 23, 2010 9:23 AM EST up reply actions
Except at CC
We are 100% full of truth and knowledge.
"It feels like home,’’ Pie said. "All my friends are here."
fulla sumthin, anyway
I kid, of course.
by fishoutawata on Feb 23, 2010 2:07 PM EST up reply actions
First!
Nice job Stacey getting in with the first comment in that horrible Al East Preview:
http://www.covers.com/articles/articles.aspx?theArt=182515&t=0
oops
that site is denied for me at work. I hate when that happens.
"It feels like home,’’ Pie said. "All my friends are here."
Me, too
I was half expecting to be fired when the “This site is blocked: Gambling” appeared on my work station.
"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal
It's probably for the best
The top banner is a woman’s ass in a thong. That’s fine and all, but work is probably not the best place for it.
I didn't realize it was a gambling site
I didn’t really do much exploring of the joint after reading that ridiculous article.
"It feels like home,’’ Pie said. "All my friends are here."
That was a moronic preview.
Vizzini: Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?
Man in Black: Yes.
Vizzini: Morons.
Hey
that was a terrible preview, which begs the question “why do people insist on doing previews for every team when they clearly don’t know shit about 3/4 of them?” Heck, I’m not trying to do a preview on the Athletics or the Twins. It would make me look like a damn fool.
However, if you’re going to dump on the Orioles without any research to back that up (I love how it’s a bad thing to have Millwood and Guts at the top of the rotation, but it’s just fine to have Ricky Romero and Dustin McGowan – or at least not worth mentioning), go for the gold. I don’t even have a real problem with a lot of what he says. For example, the Orioles do have questions at first base, and in left field (“Should the starter be Pie or Reimold?” is definitely a question, after all).
No, my only serious complaint is in having a group called “Defense and bullpen”. When I fill out a survey at a restaurant, I always leave a comment like “the taste of the food was great but I didn’t like the color of the waiter’s tie, so you only get 2 stars”. Oh wait, that analogy doesn’t work here, because that makes more sense than grouping defense and relief pitching together.
Bedard says he doesn't care and thinks goals are pointless.
I had the same reaction when I saw “Defense and Bullpen”.
"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle
by BirdFanInPhilly on Feb 23, 2010 10:19 AM EST up reply actions
Because they can
I am sure if you look hard enough someone will have the sox rotation as the worst in the division.
I am excited too
The baseball season is very long, especially for one who plays for a bad team. Roberts must be energized to see a club that will be respectable this year. I can’t wait.
Perhaps lost in this debate over which prospect is the real Jesus
is the guy whose name is actually Jesus, Jesus Flores.
cxcxcxcxzzzzzzzzz
don't the yankees have a jesus too?
Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 23, 2010 12:40 PM EST up reply actions
The Baltimore Orioles
and the almighty ch-ch-ch-chopper
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 23, 2010 2:48 PM EST up reply actions
Jesus Montero
He’s a top 10 prospect, although he doesn’t project to stay at catcher.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
I just simmed Opening Day on MLB the Show (with updated rosters)
We win 5-3, somehow Millwood strikes out 10 guys, Adam Jones thinks he’s Brian Bob and has 2 doubles, and Miggi hits a dinger.
Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 23, 2010 1:00 PM EST reply actions
Well if you go by the season that I played/simmed Millwood is gonna
go 19-3 with a 2.13 era and win the Cy Young. Just sayin.
Поклон перед вашим капитаном!
by Knubles and Bits on Feb 23, 2010 1:26 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
he gets extra wins for mentoring the young players.
that is, of course, if he actually mentors the young players. i havent seen to much in the way of literature this winter to make me think that’s happening.
by twistedlogic on Feb 23, 2010 1:29 PM EST up reply actions
As if the Royals don't have enough problems....
MLB Mascot Accused of Gruesome Wiener Attack
Sluggerrr the Lion — the mascot for the Kansas City Royals — is accused of poking a fan’s eye out with a steaming hot wiener during a Major League Baseball
game last year … and now the team is being sued over it.
It’s all in a lawsuit filed in Jackson County, Missouri in which John Coomer claims he was just chillin’ at a game on September 8, 2009 — when Slugger “climbed atop the third base dugout and started shooting hotdogs into the stands from an air gun.”
Coomer claims Slugger eventually put the air gun down — and started firing off the wieners by hand … when, according to the suit, things went horribly wrong.
In the docs, Coomer claims “Slugger lost control of his throw or was reckless with his throw, and threw the hotdog directly into the Plaintiff.”
Coomer claims the dog hit him right in his left eye — leaving him with a detached retina and the development of cataracts.
Coomer is now suing the Royals for more than $25k for negligence and battery — claiming they “failed to adequately train its agents … in the proper method in which to throw hotdogs into the stands at Kauffman Stadium.”
Remember, when handling wieners — it’s always safety first.
"It feels like home,’’ Pie said. "All my friends are here."
why are you throwing hot weiners?
Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 23, 2010 1:46 PM EST up reply actions
You absolutely cannot make this stuff up
Couldn’t they just shoot t-shirts, like everyone else?
I once represented a fairly big Canadian rock band, their management and a New York promoter when one of the drum sticks the drummer routinely tosses into the crowd gave some tourist dude from Taiwan a 3 cm cut on his eyelid. Turns out the victim was a genuine Taiwanese sex object boy band sensation and TV star, with web sites for obsessed female fans, and the guy calculated that if he had to push production back on his latest flick, his limited shelf life would expire, so he was asking for $250k.
by fishoutawata on Feb 23, 2010 2:15 PM EST up reply actions
I'm still trying to figure out how you get hit in the eye with a thrown hot dog.
I mean, it was the mascot throwing it, not Nolan Ryan. How do you not at least block it once you see it coming? And if it just slipped out of the mascot’s hand, it wouldn’t have been moving that fast…
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
doesn't matter
you shouldn’t be throwing freaking hot dogs that are actually cooked into the stands. It’s a safety hazard.
Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 23, 2010 2:28 PM EST up reply actions
I'm not saying it isn't stupid,
but I just don’t get how this happens unless you’re not paying any attention or something. (And if you aren’t, how do you get hit in the eye? Presumably, you’d have to be looking in the general direction of the mascot…)
Plus, there’s a certain amount of irony involved. You’re at an event where a screaming foul line drive can seriously injure you, but no, this guy gets significant eye damage from a flying hot dog?
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
Just firing a few possiblities
- reading a program, looks up as it’s being thrown, doesn’t react fast enough
- talking to someone and ignoring whats going on around him
Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 23, 2010 3:01 PM EST up reply actions
And just how sharp was this hot dog?
How hard does a hot dog have to be thrown to become a weapon?
"It feels like home,’’ Pie said. "All my friends are here."
it's a steaming hot weiner
it could come in at 2mph, it’d still be a red hot weiner.
Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 23, 2010 3:36 PM EST up reply actions
this is ridiculous
people need to be paying more attention to their surroundings. I don’t see how any of this should be the fault of the mascot.
Regardless of fault, accidents happen. I think the team should foot some of the bill for this simply as showing good faith, and it’s not like a few thousand dollars is going to damage their budget much, but this guy needs to shoulder some of the blame for being ignorant of what was happening around him. What would happen if he got hit in the head with a baseball?
by young, loud and Scotty on Feb 23, 2010 3:43 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Agreed
I almost can’t believe he’s suing for just $25K, although the lawsuit is ridiculous.
"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle
by BirdFanInPhilly on Feb 23, 2010 3:47 PM EST up reply actions
i think he wouldn't sue if the baseball hit him
because he’s know that’s a risk he takes, and he already knows that could happen, how ever, he has no prior warning that there’s gonna be hot dogs flung in the air. By prior warning I mean well in advance, the prior warning for the dogs had to be a couple minutes.
Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 23, 2010 3:52 PM EST up reply actions
I would be surprised if they didn't make any sort of announcement
I’ve never been to any sort of sporting event when during a break in the action there have been give-aways thrown from the court, field, or whatever and not an announcement made. I can’t imagine the mascot just winging hotdogs into the stands.
Also, the guy clearly states he saw the mascot shooting/throwing the dogs in advance of being hit in the eye: "climbed atop the third base dugout and started shooting hotdogs into the stands from an air gun."
I don’t see how he expects to win this lawsuit, but for the fact that this country’s legal system is so screwed up that the court decides to award him the money despite his own lack of awareness.
In addition to this, by claiming that, "Slugger lost control of his throw or was reckless with his throw, and threw the hotdog directly into the Plaintiff.," is it safe for us to assume that if he had been hit in the eye by a hotdog shot from the air gun that he would not have sued? No. He’d be suing or exactly the same thing.
by young, loud and Scotty on Feb 23, 2010 4:06 PM EST up reply actions
that's not my point
he’s well aware before the game happens that he could get struck with a baseball, he buys the tix knwoing that laready, what he didn’t know was that there was going to a shower of hot dogs going on where he was sitting.
BTW, I agree, I’m just playing devil’s avocate (sp)
Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 23, 2010 4:44 PM EST up reply actions
haha, true, true
I actually had a discussion with a friend over this while lounging about our favorite coffee shop. I came to the conclusion that the article itself is quite vague on how this came about.
Did the guy write to the Royals and ask for some reimbursement for the incident and, assuming that they told him to piss off he decided to sue for damages?
Is it possible to repair a detached retina, and if so how much does that cost? Is the $25k a reasonable amount of money to ask for, or too much?
Etc.
by young, loud and Scotty on Feb 23, 2010 4:55 PM EST up reply actions
Have you ever eaten one of those foil wrapped wieners?
Steaming hot is not how I’d describe them.
"It feels like home,’’ Pie said. "All my friends are here."
It's awesome
I’ve been to a Royals game and I thought it was the coolest thing. I just wish I had seats good enough to get poked in the eye by a hot dog.
by Gorilla Bird on Feb 23, 2010 4:27 PM EST up reply actions
SERIOUSLY?
Do you seriously believe throwing cooked hot dogs is a safety hazard? (And somehow, rolled-up T-shirts somehow isn’t?)
It’s not a safety hazard. It’s a fluke accident that some jackass is turning into a lawsuit.
Society has gotten WAY too overprotective.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
that guy is lucky
he coulda taken a chipotle burrito to the face.
by twistedlogic on Feb 24, 2010 12:45 PM EST up reply actions
Comes down to reasonable expectations
There’s a reasonable expectation a baseball may come into the stands. That’s why when I go to games with my son, I like being behind teh screen when possible, since he can’t track moving objects well.
I think it’s not reasonable to ask people to expect to have to dodge hot dogs projected by compressed air at close range.
"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal
It wasn't projected by compressed air
At least not the one that hit the dude in the eye. Also when King Sluggggerrr or The Bird whoever is in your section throwing stuff around it’s pretty obvious. You should pay attention. Baseballs come into the stands at over 100 mph and are sometimes impossible to get out of the way of, but a flying hot dog? Come on.
"It feels like home,’’ Pie said. "All my friends are here."
seriously
how fast can a hot dog be moving anyways?
by twistedlogic on Feb 24, 2010 2:13 PM EST up reply actions
am i supposed to be able to understand that?
by twistedlogic on Feb 24, 2010 5:41 PM EST up reply actions
I search "orbital mechanics"
and this was from one of the hits. This is some sort of velocity formula!
lol
only a few of those terms make any sense to me whatsoever. hopefully that hot dog aint orbiting.
by twistedlogic on Feb 25, 2010 9:35 PM EST up reply actions
You made that up, didn't you?
"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal
What exactly is
the proper way to throw hotdogs into the stands that the Royals should have taught their mascot? See if they had Millwood to mentor the mascot, this never would have happened.
"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 23, 2010 3:18 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
REC'D!!
That’s hilarious.
Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 23, 2010 3:24 PM EST up reply actions
Who is "The Prez"
And why should I believe anything he says? The Blue Jays clearly are not going to be better then the Orioles. They lost that one guy, whats his name agian?
"Chicks who dig home runs aren’t the ones who appeal to me, I think there’s sexiness in infield hits because they require technique. I’d rather impress the chicks with my technique than with my brute strength. Then, every now and then, just to show I can do that, too, I might flirt a little by hitting one out."-Ichiro
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 23, 2010 2:09 PM EST reply actions
aj burnett, right?
Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 23, 2010 2:17 PM EST up reply actions
He's your financial advisor
"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle
by BirdFanInPhilly on Feb 23, 2010 3:24 PM EST up reply actions
He offers a great deal
Just $400/month for his picks. http://experts.covers.com/handicapper.aspx?ce=324203
I love the sports gambling experts, especially the bio’s they write about themselves. He even goes a bit third person by creating “Team Perez” to describe himself.
"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle
by BirdFanInPhilly on Feb 23, 2010 3:34 PM EST up reply actions
From Buster Olney on Twitter
Best line of the spring so far: Andrew Jones showed up in great shape, about 25 pounds lighter than last year. And he proclaimed to others, “I am the best CFer you guys have in camp.” To which Joey Cora replied, “You should be. Only pitchers and catchers have reported.”
"It feels like home,’’ Pie said. "All my friends are here."
I always liked Joey Cora
is he a coach or something? what is he doing in our camp?
cxcxcxcxzzzzzzzzz
For that matter
What is Andruw Jones doing in our camp?
;-)
"It feels like home,’’ Pie said. "All my friends are here."
Don't worry
Gary Thorne makes that mistake all the time.
"It feels like home,’’ Pie said. "All my friends are here."
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