Friday Bird Droppings
by duck on Feb 26, 2010 7:00 AM EST
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Quick Bergesen Update- MASNsports.com
Roch says: "Orioles pitcher Brad Bergesen has been cleared to throw off the mound Saturday for the first time since injuring his shoulder during a commercial shoot two months ago." Well, our long national nightmare is over, then. -duck
Orioles to hold interviews for ballgirls and ballboys on Saturday, March 6 | orioles.com: Official Info
The Orioles have announced they will conduct interviews on Saturday, March 6 to find ballgirls and ballboys for the 2010 season. You have to be 18 or older. Sorry, BSF. -duck
Arrieta competing to break into crowded rotation - baltimoresun.com
Jake Arrieta isn't ruling out making the team out of Spring Training. Now, about three players would have to have their pitching arms fall off for that to happen, but the guy does have a chance. -duck
Mora brings valuable versatility to Rox | MLB.com: News
Melvin Mora plans to make the Rockies roster as a utility player. And he says it was totally his idea for the O's to not pick up his option and pay him more to be a starter than the Rockies are paying him to be a utility player. Yup, totally his idea. -duck
Palmer pays a visit, wishes McGwire well - STLtoday.com
Jim Palmer just can't stay our of a baseball Spring Training camp, so he paid his good buddy Mark McGwire a visit at Cardinals camp. I really, really want to add a snarky comment to this, but it IS Cakes we're talking about. Man's a Hall of Famer, you know. -duck
Wigginton, Andino to fill utility roles | MLB.com: News
Ty Wigginton and Robert Andino are projected to stay on the club as utility players, to the surprise of just about no one paying attention. -duck
Mickolio makes his pitch to stick with Orioles - USATODAY.com
" 'I think for what he could bring to us, I would be very, very, very surprised if he doesn't do what we think he can do,' Trembley said." Wow, I'm glad the O's had that media training meeting. -duck
Spring Training Radio Schedule released - MASNsports.com
Fourteen games will be broadcast on 105.7 The Fan, starting March 3. Hopefully, this year, they actually broadcast the whole game and don't leave during a rain delay. -duck
Uehara 'looks strong,' Trembley says - baltimoresun.com
Koji Uehara has the desired "late life" on his fastball, and Diamond Dave hopes he stays healthy this year. -duck
I couldn't get the search function to work properly with my slow speed DSL connection, so Today in CC History will resume Monday when Stacey's back at the helm with her fancy-schmancy big city fast internet connection. But considering I still had dial-up as my only online choice 30 months ago, I'll deal with it. -duck
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Time for a random rant
This one is about a band called Green Day. These fake 40-year-olds who want to be young again by writing angsty teen lyrics and playing their instruments like they don’t know how to are really bad. And, surprisingly, they have a large following. Guess who follows them: angsty teens. Now, there’s a musical being made about them. Broadway has become a joke. This just proves it. No longer is Broadway about quality and brilliant plays—no, it’s about making money. That’s the sick but sad truth.
Anyway, to get back to Green Day, they suck, plain and simple.
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
No, they don't.
Next….
"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal
American Idiot
Pretty much kept me from cutting my throat after the ’04 election (not to mention the ’04 Series)
You can't fix stupid. Stupid is forever.
OK lemme look into this:
Green Day (русск. зелёный день) — американская рок-группа, состоящая из трёх участников: Билли Джо Армстронга (вокал, гитара), Майкла Дирнта (бас гитара, бэк вокал), Фрэнка Райта (барабаны).
Green Day первоначально были частью панк-рок среды, сформировавшейся вокруг панк-клуба 924 Gilman Street (Беркли). Их первые альбомы на независимом лейбле Lookout!Records, позволили группе заработать множество фанатов. Некоторые из них почувствовали себя отчуждёнными, после того как группа подписала контракт с крупным лейблом. Однако, их дебютный альбом на Reprise Records, стал главным успехом 1994 года и, в конечном счете, был продан тиражом в 20 миллионов копий.[источник не указан 30 дней] В результате группа вместе с другими Калифорнийскими панками (Offspring, Rancid), подняла волну огромного интереса к панк музыке в США. Последующие альбомы Green Day не достигали такого успеха как Dookie, но были всё же весьма успешны. В 2004 году Green Day выпускает панк рок оперу American Idiot, которая возвращает популярность группе и продаётся 15 миллионами копий во всём мире.[источник не указан 30 дней]
Green Day продали более пятидесяти миллионов копий своих альбомов во всём мире. Их успех помог стать известными таким группам, как Sum 41 и Good Charlotte.[источник не указан 30 дней]
"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.
Well, it looks like they’re sort of Ramones-y— and all I can say about them is I sorta liked “Teenage Lobotomy”…actually, I liked the idea a lot better than its execution, which is the case with me and a lotta mainline Punk (e.g. London Calling).
There, that’s settled. Back to work, people.
"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.
Yeah, you're a little off base on this one
Green Day was awesome before you were even alive. They’ve certainly mellowed out some with age and have recently produced some less interesting music, but there’s nothing fake about them. Green Day’s been doing their thing for a long long time and I certainly don’t begrudge them some commercial success.
I actually don't even think their newer stuff is bad.
Maybe the more poppy/formulaic stuff that gets played on the radio, but I thought a bunch of the songs on the newest album were pretty solid/interesting.
What?
Your analysis is off. Green Day reached the height of their popularity in 1994, when they were 22 years old. They had a hard neo-punk rock style, and Dookie was an awesome album that I still enjoy today as a 25 year old almost as much as when I was 10 years old. As a band they have withstood the test of time, and their music has completely evolved without completely falling away from it’s origins. What were they supposed to do when they got older? Completely stop playing music because they weren’t 22 anymore? Or completely sell out their style and fan base, and play something more appropraite for 40 year olds to be playing?
See also: Red Hot Chili Peppers.
I don’t particularly follow Green Day, or go out of my way to find their new music, but I don’t really mind their new songs that I hear. That’s also because I don’t listen to the radio, and don’t get over exposed to them.
Yea, I can't agree on this one either
As far as the massively inclusive genre of pop-punk goes, Green Day is right near the top. Now, that may not be saying much because pop-punk is filled with a bunch of 17 year olds that just learned how to play a power chord, but Green Day was a bridge from the Ramones to today’s less quality stuff (Blink-182, for example). Back during the times of MC Hammer, Ace of Base, and Vanilla Ice, Green Day was a breath of fresh air and they’ve stayed relevant since then. I’m not about to say they are great or amazing, but they most definitely do not just plain suck.
i saw Green Day in concert in high school
They were the shit. They don’t really fit my current music tastes but they are great talents.
"It feels like home,’’ Pie said. "All my friends are here."
by Stacey on Feb 26, 2010 11:12 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Saw them in '94 with my wife
Tix were $15 for the Patiot Center. Even back then, that was a steal. Metallica was $30+ by 1991.
"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal
Patiot = Patriot
my typing = teh suck
"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal
I love all their old stuff
before they started to get all political on our asses. Dookie is amazing.
"He's a gazelle." -Adam Jones on Nolan Reimold.
i played that dookie tape out
secret song anyone?
"you know what the orioles could use right now? a day off." - joe angel
by swilhelmross on Feb 26, 2010 12:40 PM EST up reply actions
Listen to older Green Day
This is probably my favorite Green Day. If you tell me these songs are bad, and nothing but the province of the angsty teens of 2010, well, okay. But I don’t think you will.
Cry havoc and unleash the Esskay hot dogs of war! - The Wayward Oriole, Opening Day 2008
by Eat More Esskay on Feb 26, 2010 2:21 PM EST up reply actions
i've always like basket case
and good riddance was the first song i learned how to play on guitar.
by twistedlogic on Feb 26, 2010 2:40 PM EST up reply actions
Older than that ROCKS
Do yourself a favor and check out
1039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours
Best tunes:
Paper Laterns
The Judges Daughter
and
Kerplunk!
Best tunes:
2,000 Light Years Away
One for the Razorbacks
Words I Might Have Ate
One of My Lies
Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?
This is all pre-Tre Cool drumming, so it sounds a bit different, but good stuff.
"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal
Amazon link for Kerplunk!
http://www.amazon.com/Kerplunk-Green-Day/dp/B000JMKKG8/ref=pd_sim_m_2
Listen to samples and see for yourself
"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal
What are you talking about?
If you don’t like them that’s one thing, but to say they play their instruments like they don’t know how is just ignorant. Also what does that even mean? Are you saying they are good musicians but intentionally play poorly?
And check out the thread below for a bunch of non-angsty/non-teens.
Okaaaaayy
- Broadway has always been about making money. This is news to you?
- American Idiot played to full house and standing ovations at Berkeley Rep (it also extended its run there twice). Maybe you should see the show before you judge it, particularly given Michael Mayer’s success with Spring Awakening.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
Wo. How did I miss this party? Jake Arrieta's internet faux pas.
So last year Jake got a little too frank on his blog?
What did he write, about who? I hope, hope, hope it was Wiggy’s man tits.
Yeah, what was the Arrieta mis-step about?
First I’ve heard about it. What did he say? and about whom?
I think it was more about getting drunk on the beach with Brandon Snyder
than anything he said about his veteran teammates.
Oh, and saying that the facilities in Ft Lauderdale and Sarasota kinda sucked, which they did.
"I'd like to do something. We all would here," he added. "As I've said before, you just don't want to do anything stupid that you're thinking in May, 'What in the God's green earth was I thinking about?'" - Andy MacPhail 12/8/09
I dont think there was anything particularly bad
Just the sorta thing a team would rather nip in the bud
Does Jim Palmer live in Fort Lauderdale during the offseason?
if not, why is he around Cardinal’s spring training then?
Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words—"mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.
-Jack Handey
Fairly certain his home is nearby
"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal
Wow, I've lost some respect for Jim Tracy
He WANTED Melvin Mora? I hope he doesn’t mind when Mora complains to the media about being ‘direspected’ by Tracy. Oh well, Jim Tracy always seemed like a kooky guy to me anyway.
Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words—"mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.
-Jack Handey
Arrieta
I remember the internet incident last year. I don’t recall any criticism of other Orioles. He blasted the facilities, which was accurate. I am surprised by the suggestion that he doesn’t have any friends among the other young starters. Last year, Matusz, Tillman, Berken, and Hernandez all spent a lot of time together with the Orioles. Perhaps he just lost touch with that group. Or, he may be unpopular. Or, he may simply have been sitting by himself that day. Who knows.
I found the whole article a bit disingenuous
Arrieta is a year behind the development of Matusz, and honestly, not that much behind Tillman. Matusz is a special talent, and Tillman tore up AAA before hitting the same road block at MLB that Arrieta hit in AAA. He sits away from the rest because Diamond Dave laid out the locker plan. And the blog incident was way overblown – a joke about how cut a older teammate looked in the shower, iirc, and some drunken highjinks in South Florida by a 20-something athlete. The horror!
"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal
here is what i remember
I haven’t read the article seeing as how i’m on my blackberry so forgive me if I misspeak.
Jake arrieta had a blog meant for his friends and family. He kept it password protected, much to the dismay of Orioles fans. Then one day someone discovered that the password had been removed. The content of the blog was obviously not intended for strangers and thus I ate that shit up. After maybe a day it went back to being password protected and some OH’ers started wringing their hands at the idea that Arrieta was being censored by the O’s. I think he just didn’t realize the password had been removed.
"It feels like home,’’ Pie said. "All my friends are here."
by Stacey on Feb 26, 2010 11:19 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Here's the CC post we did....
http://www.camdenchat.com/2009/3/1/776741/jake-arrieta-s-blog
From PhilR8’s comment within that post:
Jake Arrieta rules. He’s my new second-favorite Oriole. Listen to some of this shit:
In the Sheraton Suites where we are currently staying, the internet connection is a train wreck. At first, they were going to make us pay $10/night for internet, but I talked the guy in to giving us some access codes…I am pretty good at doing stuff like that…The main reason I need internet is for my Call of Duty carnage. I enjoy sniping people online especially one of my good buddies, and fellow teammates, Brandon Erbe. The only problem is that as soon as all of the vacationers get home from their activities for the night, the internet connection goes to shit, and I can no longer answer the "Call".He plays CoD4!
Below is a picture of me with my Ryu (my favorite street fighter character) headband, and the old school arcade controller that I had to buy with the game because the game guru at game stop said the joystick has a quicker reaction time than the ps3 controller. So this means I will have that added millasecond of time to react before I am struck by an opponent… this gives me a huge advantage over other online gamers… wow, I am a douche.He just called himself a douche!
Plus, he and Guts seem to have hit it off:
I have been hanging out with Jeremy Guthrie (Orioles ace pitcher) a lot lately, mostly off the field, at the beach usually. The guy is a nut… the other day he was throwing a vortex football 100 yards on the beach, and today he was skipping rocks out into the ocean about 300 feet or so. He has a rediculous ammount of energy (he’s at the beach everyday, literally). Jeremy lives in a condo right on the beach about 12 miles from our spring training complex. He rides a BMX bike that he has shipped from Baltimore to the complex every morning, which he said takes him about 40 minutes. It is funny to me that a guy with all this money is as simple and down to earth as Jeremy is… the exact same way I see myself in his situation. Even during the season in Baltimore, he rides his bike to Camden Yards hahaha… I asked him if he even owned a car, and he said that he usually will just drive his wifes’ if he needs too.As a someone who bikes a decent amount, riding 12 miles on a BMX bike in 40 minutes is pretty damn fast. Guts rules. I really hope Jake keeps up with this blogging thing.
He called a Yankee fan a douchebag!
My warm-up pitches in the bullpen were comical because of a Yankee fan chirping in my ear the entire time. After ever pitch he would say, "Jeter is going to knock that around the park, you better throw something better than that." I tuned the douche bag out after a couple of pitches and really cranked it up to get ready for my outing.More, please!
"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal
I like him
I can see why some people would think he’s arrogant, I guess, but I didn’t interpret it that way, especially how he fawned all over Guts. He has a lot of energy.
I didn't see anything
that couldn’t be expected to come out of the mouth of an athlete in their early 20s. Never did see what the big deal was.
"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal
i misspelled ridiculous wrong for years
I insisted that it had an e in it and that the spell checker was wrong.
Actually, he spelled “rediculous” right— a rarely-used neologism, this word is normally paired with “ammount”, as we see here, to signify a ginormous quantitty of something.
This was a fun read! And hey, don’t you wonder which wife he was referring to…
"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.
from what i remember, i thought the blog posts came off as sort of arrogant
i think he mentioned huff saying what great shape arrieta was in a couple times. he’s far from the first athlete to be high on himself, but i can see a veteran thinking some of it was cocky and wanting to put him in his place.
Didn’t he also go on about his wife (or was it just girlfriend?) and how hot she was, like, constantly? Nothing wrong with that, really, but it did kinda show that he was intending it for her and a handful of other family/friends to read more than anyone else.
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
We'll never know
I don’t remember that, so I tried to find out:
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://jakearrieta.blogspot.com/
Whoops.
That is my memory as well
Cry havoc and unleash the Esskay hot dogs of war! - The Wayward Oriole, Opening Day 2008
by Eat More Esskay on Feb 26, 2010 2:16 PM EST up reply actions
6-0 USA over finland
final score…..no WAIT. its only the end of the first period!! total domination right now.
holy geeze.
my roommates are watching cops. I feel bad because I made them watch the terps game the other night so I’m not going to turn on the hockey game.
cxcxcxcxzzzzzzzzz
why should you feel bad for them, they watched quality basketball.
Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 26, 2010 4:29 PM EST up reply actions
HO LEE COW!!!
Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 26, 2010 4:28 PM EST up reply actions
It's so stupid
That you have to be 18 or older to be a ballBOY/ballGIRL.
“Yes, I’m trying out for the Ballman job.”
"When have you ever made that play? Only in Little League... And you probably didn't even make it then." ~ Jim Palmer, 9/14/09
doesn't have as good of a ring too it.
Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 26, 2010 4:28 PM EST up reply actions
Somethin' tells me that the Slovakia's gonna win
Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 26, 2010 9:01 PM EST reply actions
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