Sunday Bird Droppings
by duck on Apr 11, 2010 9:00 AM EDT
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PrintRecaps of yesterday's loss can be found here (Zrebiec), here (Ghiroli), here (Reuters Canada), here (Toronto Star).
Booing Gonzalez will have to wait for a while - baltimoresun.com
"Orioles manager Dave Trembley wouldn't come right out and say it, but you won't be getting another chance to boo Michael Gonzalez at the start of the ninth inning for a while." -duck
O's offense shoots blanks - MASN Sports
"The only thing that needed saving at Camden Yards tonight was the Orioles offense." Nicely done, Mr. Melewski. -duck
Updating RISP - MASN Sports
"On the year, the Orioles are now 8 for 44 as a team batting with runners in scoring position. That's a .182 average." -duck
Post-game remarks - MASN Sports
Dave Trembley's trying to put a good face on the week, but you can tell it's a forced effort. -duck
Sabathia Loses No-Hitter After Entire Internet Jinxes Him On Purpose; Yankees Still Roll, 10-0 - SB Nation
"C.C. Sabathia took a no-hitter into the eighth inning of a game at Tampa Bay today. He lost the no-hitter after everybody on the Internet thought they'd be clever and jinx it." -duck
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good old milton bradley
This just in: adorableness on the rise, family copes with child getting schooled. Film at 11. -daveh873
You know what he said a couple weeks back
“People like you need people like me. You need me so you can point your fingers and say ‘there goes the bad guy’ "
Likening oneself to Tony Montana can’t be intelligent.
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 Apr 11, 2010 9:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Stacey, after much deliberation
I’ll take a medium orange “Consoling Orioles fans since 2005” shirt.
sounds good
email me your address so I know where to send it.
This just in: adorableness on the rise, family copes with child getting schooled. Film at 11. -daveh873
Yes I'm good
but I’m not that good :)
This just in: adorableness on the rise, family copes with child getting schooled. Film at 11. -daveh873
Lineups:
pie
jones
nick
miggi
luke
wieters
wigginton
lugo
izzy
Millwood
Bautista
Gonzalez
Lind
Wells
Overbay
Buck
Encarnacion
Snider
McDonald
Marcum
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
wieters is catching again?
i’d hate to see him out of the lineup, but that’s a lot of catching
by twistedlogic on Apr 11, 2010 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
Maybe trembley's taking into account how the first week went
I’m not sure many of us could handle the white flag lineup right now
i know
DH him or something. the last thing i want to do is overwork him early in the season.
by twistedlogic on Apr 11, 2010 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, its definitely a concern
but the more i think about it, the more i think its a good idea. This team needs a win bad. Things like this can spiral out of control, and the season could be over before its really gotten under way. Put the best lineup out there we can for the next few games and right the ship, and then think about giving some guys some rest.
Why do we "need a win bad"?
We’re a fourth place team at best. We all know this. The key to this season is that our young talent develops.
For that to happen, what is most important isn’t the wins and losses but the performance of key players. Which means that Wieters needs to be catching Matusz, Bergy, and Hernandez every time out. Millwood is a veteran who won’t be with us next year; his job isn’t to win but to eat innings. Tatum should be catching Millwood every start as far as I’m concerned.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
Development doesn't happen in a vacuum
I’m not going to fret over every win or loss, but it doesn’t mean that this is just extended spring training either. If we have a long losing streak to start the season, then we run the risk of both the veterans and young players getting frustrated and mailing it in early. I’m not concerned about the win record, but i am concerned about morale.
I guess
I tend to not worry about morale at all among professionals – even if the team is doing badly, they have a ton of incentive to perform well for their own sake.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
I never quite understood the argument that because they're professionals they arent as affected by the losses
When shit starts going poorly at my job, my performance is affected by it. I don’t see why they would be any different. Sure there are other incentives to perform well, but they arent robots.
Sure, but you don't end up seeing your performance drop...
…to a point where you get fired. Jones is playing for his first arb contract or a long term deal. Reimold, Hernandez, Bergy and Pie are playing for the chance to be starters in the majors. Atkins, Tejada, Millwood, Wiggy, Cesar and Lugo are all playing for their next contract – a bad year and they are a minor league deal next year.
I’m not saying winning doesn’t matter. But I don’t know that I believe that winning is the most important thing to them. This is how they put food on the table.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
Tatum can catch guthrie
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
Sure
I just see Guthrie, who is under our control for two seasons after this one, as a more valuable asset. If we have a choice between Millwood or Guthrie pitching well, I think we should all prefer Guthrie.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
agreed
i want to see wieters catch matusz and bergy every time. beyond that, i don’t really care who tatum catches. i just want to see him in there mostly because its a day game following a night game. catching is hard on the knees. makes sense to give wieters some time off especially since we’ve 16 games in row.
by twistedlogic on Apr 11, 2010 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions
We can handle that better...
…than if Wieters gets hurt or his knees blow out and he can’t catch for the rest of his career.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
the kid can play 6 games in a row. he'll get plenty of rest this year.
This just in: adorableness on the rise, family copes with child getting schooled. Film at 11. -daveh873
by Stacey on Apr 11, 2010 11:34 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
To me the question isn't six in a row...
…but when do we rest him? Sure, he can sit any other day. Today, in a day game after a night game with Millwood pitching just happens to be, in my opinion, the optimal day to rest him.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
Well it's Guts tomorrow so
He will probably sit then.
Playing on my iPod- Justin Bieber, Hanna Montana, Miley Cyrus, Miranda Cosgrove and The Jonas Brothers.
by Knubles and Bits on Apr 11, 2010 11:42 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
That said, you never know...
…maybe Matt was supposed to be off today and begged to play so that he could help the club get a win this homestand. I’m not going to go crazy second-guessing this.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
the good news with gonzo
he’s actually not the worst closer in the majors right now………(excluding houston of course since, you know, they havent been in a position to win a game yet)
Gonzo will get straightened out
He’s had era’s under 3 in 5 of the last 6 years. Well, let me change that … i HOPE he gets straightened out!
well it's going to be a struggle to get his ERA down to that level any time soon...
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
We have a Roberts problem
He’s getting DLed with his abdominal strain. He’s one of the most expensive pieces we have right now, and is due to hit his decline very soon – and now he’s got injury issues popping up left and right.
I’m probably just overreacting, but someone get me off this ledge?
Outs in baseball are like lives in Mario.
yea..this isn't good
is it bad that the creed song “six feet from the edge” popped into my head when you said get me off this ledge?
by twistedlogic on Apr 11, 2010 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions
mostly because it's a Creed song.
"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'm not too worked up yet
Everyone hits the DL once in a while. His swing and batting eye still looked good over the last week, he still has his base-stealing ability, and at $40m over 4 years he isn’t that expensive – there are arb players making more.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
I'm quite worried about this too
He’s a huge part of this team. We already have a serious lack of talent in the middle infield in the organization as it is and @B isnt the easiest position to fill. We need to get at least another 2 real good years out of BRob and ope his decline isnt huge.
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
I ordered my 1st CC shirt
and it’s not even for me. I can’t decide which i’d want, but I got my gf the Geaux Eauxs! shirt (thanks for the idea nawlins).
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
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