Monday Bird Droppings
by duck on Mar 1, 2010 7:00 AM EST
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PrintHey y'all, just a quick note. Starting today I'll be appearing on WNST-1570 on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays to impart my wisdom. Monday and Friday I'll be on at 7:30 a.m. and Wednesdays at 7:00 a.m. Check it out. And now back to your regularly scheduled bird droppings. -Stacey
Roch Kubatko was a busy man Sunday, telling Orioles fans about...
- Updates on Roberts and Bergesen
- Koji's BP session described as successful
- David Hernandez makes his pitch for the rotation
- Garrett Atkins learns to bunt
- Luke Scott will play at 1B
- How much does Miggi play (in Spring Training games)?
- Troy Patton realizes he's not as good as some of the other pitchers.
In other Orioles news...
Rehabbing Roberts takes live BP | MLB.com: News
Bri Bob's first BP session went well and he plans on gradually increasing his intensity until he's up to full speed. -Stacey
Orioles infield trio plays together, stays together - baltimoresun.com
Back when they were 12 years old, Blake Davis, Justin Turner, and Scott Moore all played on the same little league team and now they're all at Spring Training together. Kinda cute. -Stacey
A Few Questions with Jim Hunter
Baltimore Sports Report catches up with Jim Hunter. -Stacey
Guthrie to start O's spring opener | MLB.com: News
Guthrie hopes to put his 2009 behind him and start fresh with the first Orioles game in the 2010 Grapefruit League. -Stacey
Roberts takes batting practice - baltimoresun.com
Roberts' BP is covered elsewhere. But to me, the interesting part of this article is Trembley saying Luuuuke is gonna play some first base(also mentioned by Roch above). I guess they haven't totally given up on him over there, after all. -zk
Mora looking to fit in with Rockies - USATODAY.com
Awesome. Another great Mora quote: "But I want to try something different and see if it works for me. [The Orioles are] rebuilding. I don't want to wait three more years (to win)." Three more years? Well, yeah, Melvin, without all your PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE and STRATEGIC BUNTING, I'm sure it will take the Orioles that long.
MLB Realignment on the Horizon?
Another stupid realignment article, this time from Fox Sports. Yo, chumps! Realigment solves nothing. Repeat after me: BALANCED SCHEDULE. -zk
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intrasquad
anybody have the details of the game today? i thought i heard it would be on the fan but will it be streamed? what time?
i tried. but its awfulness caused me to stop.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
ugh.
They want so badly to be Entourage, which itself is going downhill, except they’re not even starting with a believable premise. And Bryan Greenberg just isn’t a good actor.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
Wasn't Greenberg on his own HBO reality show once?
Don't let the sunshine fool ya. - Townes Van Zandt
unsripted
about three “up and coming” actors trying to make it in hollywood. soderburgh/clooney.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
*unscripted
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
Im watching the 3rd episode now.
The first was cool, not great, the second one, was pretty boring, I didnt really like it.
"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 Mar 1, 2010 1:39 PM EST up reply actions
his re-alignment
Involves our new division being: The American League Atlantic would have Toronto, Baltimore, Tampa Bay, Yankees and Philadelphia.
This is better than our current situation how? Balanced schedule with another wild card and a first round bye for the #1 seed. Everybody gets what they want.
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
We trade PHN for the Phillies?
I fail to see how this helps.
"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal
Agreed
You may as well leave PHN there for the rivalry. So it actually makes things worse for us, if thats possible…
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on Mar 1, 2010 10:03 AM EST up reply actions
Right now, it’s probably even worse. But I wonder if Philly will be willing to spend as consistently as the Red Sox do now. I always thought of them more as the best-case scenario of what the O’s could be: Developed a talented nucleus, made some smart (and lucky) trades and FA moves, and was willing to spend to get over the hump, but probably not willing/able to permantly keep a really high payroll.
Or…they’d just be the new PHN.
I'd say the Phillies are somewhere in between
Able to regularly outspend the Orioles, but not able to throw so much money around that they don’t have to be careful with it.
Why would MLB split up MFY and PHN?
They make a lot of money on that rivalary.
"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle
by BirdFanInPhilly on Mar 1, 2010 11:11 AM EST up reply actions
thanks.
obviously, nobody reads this guy, since there have been no other comments, and the thing went up yeterday.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
This isn't going to help.
According to Buster Olney, the O’s have the toughest early-season schedule in the AL.
If Dave Trembley can have the Orioles over .500 in mid-May, he could be set up for MOTY consideration.
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
Its good to know
That we’ll likely be out of contention early even though we have a better team than in the past years.
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on Mar 1, 2010 10:04 AM EST up reply actions
o contraire
we’re generally fresher earlier. i’d rather be having this brutal stretch in april/may (at least we’ll be at full strength) rather than in september (guaranteed losses)…
"you know what the orioles could use right now? a day off." - joe angel
by swilhelmross on Mar 1, 2010 12:05 PM EST up reply actions
Those slumps
are often due to the hard schedule finally hitting us
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on Mar 1, 2010 1:28 PM EST up reply actions
If we are .500 after May
we might be looking at a playoff race. That schedule is seriously brutal for a while. Maybe we actually finish strong this year? Is it possible?
It's brutal all right
April is ridiculous. 23 games with 13 against the Rays, Red Sox, and Yankees. A 7 game west coast road trip including four games against the A’s who the Orioles just can’t beat no matter what. They also start the season with 16 games without an off day. That hardly ever happens.
May is a little bit better. At least they get to play the Royals and Nationals and Indians.
"It feels like home,’’ Pie said. "All my friends are here."
oops, A.M.
Usually the segment runs about 10 minutes.
"It feels like home,’’ Pie said. "All my friends are here."
lol
It’s way more fun than the stuff they do pay me for, so I’ll take it.
"It feels like home,’’ Pie said. "All my friends are here."
LOL
Last week it was, “I’ll hold my nose and go on the air with them this once,” and next thing you know she’s a regular. This is how it begins, Stacey, this is how it begins.
:D
ha!
Actually it was a package deal going in provided it went well on the first go round. And I don’t have one bad thing to say about my interactions with Drew thus far. He’s been great to talk to.
"It feels like home,’’ Pie said. "All my friends are here."
but there has been at least one, right?
Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Mar 1, 2010 4:31 PM EST up reply actions
Not that i know of.
there was that little tiff in the “The Orioles should have a winning record this season” thread, but i don’t think he found the site as a result of the radio interview
i thought that guy with the grammar problem said he found it from here.
maybe not.
Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Mar 1, 2010 4:42 PM EST up reply actions
podcast?
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
The intrasquad game sounds pretty sloppy.
I hope it’s no more than to be expected for a first Spring Training game.
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
None of our regulars fucked up
Erbe, Arrieta, Tillman, JJ, and Perez did pretty well.
by LoveForTheGame13 on Mar 1, 2010 3:28 PM EST up reply actions
Seems that the AA players showed that's where they should be
"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 Mar 1, 2010 4:10 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Wow Luke Scott making national news
bringing guns into the clubhouse. Even made it into my liberal/socialist blogosphere!
Which site?
"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 Mar 1, 2010 9:56 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Took me a little while to find it, but its on the Huffington Post
Who apparently for some reason has its own sports page?
DailyKos mostly...
plus one I write for, ProgressiveDelmarva.com, ThinkProgress.org, and TPM are my go-to sites, and 538 when I remember.
"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal
New Adam Jones shirt
By the guys who made the Nick the Stick tee.
http://sportscrack.com/tees_bazookajones.html
"It feels like home,’’ Pie said. "All my friends are here."
I am impressed
I think it’s easily the best MLB shirt on the site. I might pick one up.
What I’m NOT picking up, though:
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$17
Gaytors Shirt
I like how it's a simulated shirt
“Hey, let’s just take a blue shirt and put some letters on it in photoshop!”
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
I would buy that
if it was black, or even better, slate gray. I can’t pull off orange like I used to.
Because you haven't written it?
Geez, Dave, why don’t you just go be a Mets and/or Rays fan then?
"It feels like home,’’ Pie said. "All my friends are here."
clearly you don't know me very well
there is no limit to my laziness.
"It feels like home,’’ Pie said. "All my friends are here."
I'll hit the chpater on hit and runs
Don’t do it.
End of chapter.
"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal
All I know
is that the path alcohol takes from your glass to your mouth is a perilous one and that you have misguided opinions on U-turns.
apparently, nobody in the "garden state"
see those quotes? that’s called “irony”.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
That's because
it’s just nuts to turn into oncoming traffic and only someone with a death wish would ever do it. And left green arrows are just plain silly.
Dave, I’d feel bad about people piling on, but you started it ;-)
"It feels like home,’’ Pie said. "All my friends are here."
From state.nj.us
Alfred M. Heston, in his two-volume work, Jersey Waggon Jaunts, published in 1926 ( Camden, NJ, Atlantic County Historical Society, 1926), twice credits Abraham Browning of Camden with coining the name at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia on New Jersey Day, August 24, 1876. On page 310 of volume 2 he writes: “In his address Mr. Browning compared New Jersey to an immense barrel, filled with good things to eat and open at both ends, with Pennsylvanians grabbing from one end and the New Yorkers from the other. He called New Jersey the Garden State, and the name has clung to it ever since.”
Also, NJ is the world’s largest producer of eggplant and provides much of the tri-state area’s corn and tomatoes, among various other produce.
also
I once had a NJ garden calendar so there are at least 12 of them.
"It feels like home,’’ Pie said. "All my friends are here."
by Stacey on Mar 2, 2010 8:55 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Why would you buy that?
I mean, sure, alot of home owners in NJ have gardens, but what made you say “Oh! NJ garden calendar! I need that.”?
ahahahaahah
I get a NJ calendar every Christmas from my friend Julia. Some years it’s the parks of NJ. Some years it’s the towns of NJ. It’s amazing how many different NJ calendars exist.
"It feels like home,’’ Pie said. "All my friends are here."
That would be my wife
Seriously, refuses to make left turns without an arrow. Will drive miles out of her way to avoid them.
"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal
duck actually has jug handles
just, you know, not as part of the roads in his area.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
aha
i was wondering if anyone would wander back in and see my snark.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
I am graciously ignoring it.
"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal
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