Monday Bird Droppings
by Camden Chat on Apr 12, 2010 7:25 AM EDT
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We enter week two of baseball season. Who's excited?
Your game recaps (read at your own risk): here (TSN), here (MLB.com), here (AP), and here (WaPo).
Don't blame Trembley for Orioles' ugly start - baltimoresun.com
I was just saying this yesterday - not that Diamond Dave is perfect, but I'm not sure there's a lot he could have done to prevent five losses in six games. -duck
No official word yet, but Roberts expects he's on DL - baltimoresun.com
Hope y'all like seeing Julio Lugo. -Stacey
Big night of offense at Triple-A
The Tides went 9 for 16 with RISP and scored 12 runs Saturday. Brandon Snyder and Josh Bell each had three hits. -Stacey
The Loss Column — The Case for More Pie
Andrew @ TLC tells you why Felix Pie could be really, really good. -Stacey
Orioles Flailing, Failing, and Fading Fast as Fan Frustration Mounts
Jay Trucker takes a look at how miserable O's fans are already. -Stacey
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Josh Bell and Brandon Snyder have almost the same lines every night. The game above is actually from 2 days ago.
by Jordan Tuwiner on Apr 12, 2010 7:29 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
I agree with the Sun article on D.T.
This stuff really isn’t his fault. That being said, if this keeps up – he’ll still get fired for it.
Also, what was this I see about Atkins being injured? What’s wrong with this team? The season is just starting and everyone is getting a little hurt here and there. I know “things can happen” – but this is just silly. Man up.
If you had a contusion on your leg
that swelled to the size of a football, I bet you’d take 1 day off, too.
"How's that s---house of an Eastern Shore?" - William Donald Schaefer
What happened to him?
I was gone for the weekend, so I’ve just been reading the AP recaps/box scores.
Did he get nailed by a line drive?
And by the way, if I had the contusion the side of a peanut on my leg, I would take the day off work. But I’m not a baseball player, and I don’t get paid millions ;)
oh, also
I wasn’t singling out Atkins himself. There’s just a lot of hurting players right now. Regardless of the reasons behind the injuries, it’s a little annoying for so many problems like this to be occurring at the same time, and this early.
Orioles need 48 hits to score 19 runs.
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
Eh, all this talk about DT
is some bullshit. Look, he makes some odd decisions, yes. But the reason the Orioles are 1-5 (largely) is the failure to hit with RISP, which of course is not a skill but rather a luck indicator. I can’t get behind the idea of firing someone because he isn’t lucky enough.
Also, as so many people have pointed out, if it weren’t the first week of the season people would be freaking out a lot less.
Outs in baseball are like lives in Mario.
I want him gone
Not because the start, but because he is continuously a bonehead. The moment that my mind was made up was the time he did a hit and run with huff daddy and cesar. DUMB
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on Apr 12, 2010 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Whoa there...
Hitting with RISP is LUCK!? Clutch is a skill! Man oh man I need to call Michael Kay about this.
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
Michael Kay, by the way
had just the greatest line ever the other night (according to my Yankee-loving girlfriend, because I have given up watching the Yankees):
On A.J. Burnett: “It’s not that he doesn’t have control, it’s just that his stuff is so electric and so good that he can’t always hit the strike zone with it”
Outs in baseball are like lives in Mario.
Except for when he was Toronto
then it was just him sucking eggs.
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
Wow, that's really, really dumb.
"How's that s---house of an Eastern Shore?" - William Donald Schaefer
Michael Kay makes everyone look smart
Thanks, man.
by fishoutawata on Apr 12, 2010 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions
OMG
I heard someone else say that EXACT same thing about A.J. Burnett last season. I can’t remember who it was, but it definitely wasn’t Michael Kay. I think it was a Fox broadcast, so one of those tools.
This just in: adorableness on the rise, family copes with child getting schooled. Film at 11. -daveh873
So not only does Michael Kay say stupid shit...
he STEALS other peoples’ stupid shit.
Jioe Flaacco, Hon!!! "He’s like a live JUGS machine."
even with additional runs
the Marlboro Man would have still blown the lead.
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Only in Baltimore will you regularly hear the words "good for nothing closer" and "freaking asbestos law" together.
Once again, the closer and cancer causing agents mentioned together
Even the underlying origin for this nickname has been rumored to cause stomach cancer… at least I’d heard that before.
Jioe Flaacco, Hon!!! "He’s like a live JUGS machine."
new avatar pic
Hope you don’t mind.
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BTW
Do you guys realize how far back the Marlboro Man reference goes?
It’s almost 3 years old. But apparently it took this douche to really bring the thing to life.
Yeah.. I was shocked too when I searched Marlboro and found that.
Jioe Flaacco, Hon!!! "He’s like a live JUGS machine."
The stupid thing about the Trembly article is Cowherd says “Orioles Nation”. Baltimore fans aren’t stupid enough to buy into the notion of “fandom nations”. Seriously, when is the last time you had a conversation about the Ravens or Orioles and someone was stupid enough to say “nation”?
agreed
Why is Kevin Cowherd writing sports anyway? Budget cuts at the sun?
I promise. I will never die...
As far as I can tell
From what I understand, when they last cut a bunch of positions, the senior members of the union whose positions were being cut had the right to bump out a more junior member in another position – so they wouldn’t get laid off entirely. Cowherd appeared in Sports shortly after that incident where Maese and Steele got the news of being laid off while at OPACY, so my theory is something like that happened.
If that is the case, it’s an instance where that union rule has neither served the Sun, nor its audience, because there’s been a grand total of one column of his that was worth the time I spent reading it – and that was before he wrote Sports.
If it wasn’t this, and someone actually thought that Cowherd would do a better job writing than someone else… well, that was a pretty poor evaluation of available talent. On the other hand, maybe old people love him and we all know they’re the only ones still buying newspapers anyway.
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by Eat More Esskay on Apr 12, 2010 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Interesting
I do enjoy his humor but the thing I don’t understand is I thought he was syndicated. Why would he need to write sports?
Damn newspapers are all going downhill.
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As lousy of a manager as Tremblay is
I agree the current losses are not his fault. He’s playing the hand MacPhail dealt him. However, I would say that he has to channel his inner Earl Weaver. Dave, you can’t be your players’ best friends. Leave that to T Bone Shelby or someone else. You have to be an asshole sometimes. Maybe all the time. None of the Birds really “loved” Earl Weaver, but the man won games.
No more touchy feelie. If someone fucks up in the clutch, replace him the next day with someone else. As far as I’m concerned it’s never too early to look down on the farm for some hot bats.
If someone fucks up in the clutch, replace him the next day with someone else. As far as I’m concerned it’s never too early to look down on the farm for some hot bats.
Totally disagree with this. A lot of times you have to let players hit their way out of a slump, burying them on the bench is only going to make them colder. You also cant be bringing people up and down from AAA. Not only is any hot streak down in the minors not guaranteed to carry up to Baltimore, it can significantly interfere with the players’ development (See Pie v. Chicago Cubs.)
agreed
Its a long season, even the best hitters fail in the “clutch” the majority of the time. It messes with an athletes head if he thinks he needs to succeed every time up instead of just relaxing and playing with confidence. It would be silly to bench someone over a few AB, unless it was fatkins of course.
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on Apr 12, 2010 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions
also
this is a good offense (or at least, better than last year’s offense). They might not be all clicking right now, but you have to let them get going without putting even more pressure on them. Patience, grasshopper.
Outs in baseball are like lives in Mario.
Plus
the hot bats in the minors right now are Bell and Snyder right? Surprisingly enough the corner infield is doing fine offensively. Our problem is that Nick, Adam and the left field contingent are not keeping up their end, which no surprise, kills our offense
But Lou can hit!
Shouldn’t we be dealing with it with him up here???? BENCH JONES! BENCH MARKAKIS! That’ll get ’em to hit!
Seriously, baseball isn’t basketball or football – you can have a bad shooting night in the NBA, or one game in the NFL when you drop more balls than usual. Go get ‘em next game. Doesn’t work that way in baseball.
Luke Scott isn’t going to get hot sitting on the bench, neither is Pie or Jones or Markakis. Only more reps will improve their performance. Baseball is one of the few sports where trying harder will usually yield worse results. Like golf, I suppose….
"How's that s---house of an Eastern Shore?" - William Donald Schaefer
Nick's OBP is up over .440
Obviously you’d like to see a bit more power, but i’m fine with his performance so far this season. If anyone after him was hitting, we’d be talking about how great he’s been at consistently getting on base and scoring.
His walks are great
and yeah if other people were hitting we’d be in good shape. We just need someone to step up and get some big hits, get the confidence back in this lineup.
I think this would be definition of trying too hard
I’d like Nick to just keep doing what he’s doing, and the hits will start to come especially if he remains patient. I’d hate for him to look to put this team on his back and start to struggle.
+1
Nick is definitely not the problem here. The problem is Scott, Jones, Tejada, and Roberts/Lugo – none of these guys are getting on base. It happens. There’s too much track record for all of them to just fall apart. We’ll get going soon enough. Maybe not against Garza tonight, though.
Outs in baseball are like lives in Mario.
Tejada
Has 6 of the teams 14 RBIs. He is doing ok.
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by Knubles and Bits on Apr 12, 2010 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Of course he does
he’s hitting fourth. RBI are an indication of how well the guys in front of him are getting on base. Markakis has a .400+ OBP, so Tejada’s had a TON of chances. RBI are meaningless.
Outs in baseball are like lives in Mario.
what?
so what f markakis has 400+ OBP and tejada has no rbi? still meaningless?
by twistedlogic on Apr 12, 2010 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions
yup
what do the RBI numbers tell us that Tejada’s OBP doesn’t?
Outs in baseball are like lives in Mario.
you mean OPS?
RBI’s mean nothing in the long run, they are only useful for looking at a box score and seeing how an individual game unfolded. Not useful in judging performance.
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on Apr 12, 2010 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions
this
if he keeps being patient, he’s going to see pitches to hit eventually.
by twistedlogic on Apr 12, 2010 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions
That depends on what happens when he gets on base
If nobody ever drives him in, then i don’t see why pitchers should get all daring with him.
by fishoutawata on Apr 12, 2010 1:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd like everyone ELSE to keep doing what Nick is doing
Notwithstanding my facetious post earlier about men on base being rally killers for the Os, a bit more patience and intelligence at the plate would do some people good—yeah, Adam, Felix, Luke, Ty, and, sad to say, Nolan, I am talking to you! Even Miggy, who is pretty amazing as a contact hitter, could stand to take a few more pitches. I’d gladly take a few called strike 3s over GIDPs.
by fishoutawata on Apr 12, 2010 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions
Uh...
men on base being rally killers
We don’t need people clogging up the bases with patience and walks… and we sure as hell don’t need any rally killing homeruns!
Jioe Flaacco, Hon!!! "He’s like a live JUGS machine."
oh no
not the HOME RUN. ultimate rally killer.
by twistedlogic on Apr 12, 2010 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Actually, no...
…Bell and Snyder haven’t been very hot at all yet. They aren’t doing badly, but neither is doing much.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
Well...
you caught me going only off the link above, but the point was more that we don’t need to move anybody anywhere right now
Moore had a big night yesterday
But this inability to bring anybody home seems to be organization-wide—they still only got 2 runs.
by fishoutawata on Apr 12, 2010 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions
If someone fucks up in the clutch, replace him the next day with someone else. As far as I’m concerned it’s never too early to look down on the farm for some hot bats.
I think that six games into a season is way too early to start looking to replace any bat.
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by BirdFanInPhilly on Apr 12, 2010 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions
The Claw
No reason to worrying about him having given up 2 HR in as many innings, right? Not being sarcastic; I’m not sure whether or not there’s reason for concern there, with the tiny sample size and all, but low HR/9 has been one of his selling points.
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
I'm mildly concerned
but it’s been what, two games for him? That’s not enough to go on yet.
Outs in baseball are like lives in Mario.
its true
RP stats are pretty much the essence of small sample sizes.
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on Apr 12, 2010 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions
I'd wait until at least 5-10 innings before looking for any trends
He rolls off a few good appearances and suddenly the the HR rate looks fine.
Ew. "to worrying" --> "to worry"
And yeah, I didn’t really think so. I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s just having a (hopefully brief) rough stretch.
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
ball didn't seem to sink that much.
But I never really watched him pitch last year, so I can’t tell if it’s a difference or I’m just seeing things that aren’t there. But I am comparing to ChadBrad.
Alex Gonzalez
The Orioles pitching staff has given up just 3 HR’s this year, all of them to Alex Gonzalez. I’m not making any point here, it’s just odd that all of our HR’s have been given up to a light hitting SS.
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by BirdFanInPhilly on Apr 12, 2010 10:55 AM EDT reply actions
Wait
That can’t be right, didn’t Longoria hit one? I blame ESPN’s web site.
"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle
by BirdFanInPhilly on Apr 12, 2010 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions
Longo hit two
one looooong one off Millwood, another off the Claw
Outs in baseball are like lives in Mario.
Yeah
ESPN’s stat page is going a little weird. It said 3 HR’s for the Orioles, then it went to 7, back to 3.
Stat fail. Nothing to see here, move along….
"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle
by BirdFanInPhilly on Apr 12, 2010 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions
Winning matters in 2010? What the hell does that mean? I get the impression fans are interpreting ‘winning matters in 2010’ to mean the O’s will win in 2010. Perhaps even more games than they lose. Management has beat the drum about the improved club and that it’s time to go out and win some games.
We all pretty much agree that
O’s < Yankees, O’s < Red Sox, O’s < Tampa, and O’s ? Blue Jays.
You have to figure the O’s will lose more games than they win. So exactly what kind of winning matters? How many wins will suffice? This ‘winning matters’ talk is a bunch of hot air that means little. But it has lots of fans peeved because they were left imagine greater things than the O’s are likely capable of. The O’s stumbled out of the gate. I’m thinking another 20-30 or so games will give a good indication where the team stands.
The O’s real problem is, after having watched most of the first six games, it seems that fans are not real keen on watching any of the next 20 to find out where they come out. I think the front office brought this fan over-reaction on themselves. I guess it was a gamble, because if the O’s had come out strong, the fans would be over-reacting in the opposite direction.
I do think the whole "this year it counts" thing was stupid.
but they look MUCH shittier than anybody was expecting, so I think even if there wasn’t that talk people would be upset.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
what I mean is it's not just the losing
but the awful way they’re losing that is bothering people.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
Well
on the one hand, all of the games have been close (but ultimately failures…and the difference between success and failure in the lone win was about a millimeter on the Zobrist’s bat). But on the other hand, it’s like they’re playing just well enough to lose.
I don’t know. There are positives to take away if you want to take them away (Nick and Wieters and Hernandez strike me as the biggest)…but it’s been frustrating for sure. I don’t know if they look particularly worse than I expected out there, though. They sure have been unlucky, though.
Outs in baseball are like lives in Mario.
I think being over .500 would be considered winning in our case
And I’m pretty sure we would all be quite satisfied if that happened.
but how likely is that really?
It would take a couple of significant steps forward, some significant lack of steps backward, and some luck (and a better ability to win 1 run games) to get over .500 with this roster.
The Warehouse did set themselves up to look like a failure this year with all the “winning matters” and “phase 2” junk. And spending too much money on overrated veterans.
Outs in baseball are like lives in Mario.
Yeah, how likely it is - I don't know.
Going into the season, I was fairly optimistic.
After 1 week, my optimism has weathered. But I don’t see this week as prophetic for the rest of the season either.
A few pieces reshuffled here and there – including our closer (I don’t think I’m being premature on this one; I don’t think he looks good at all) – and maybe everything else will click.
What I’m trying to say is that a goal of a winning season, while not easy, may well have been theoretically possible based on our roster going into this season.
Making a safe bet goal to make yourself look better or preserve your job is pretty wimpy, so I actually appreciate Andy MacPhail and DT’s challenge for this to happen this year.
But you are exactly correct, they could easily have set themselves up for failure.
I'd be willing to bet
that Andy has some win total he wants to see in October, and it’s probably (if he’s as smart as I think he is) 76 or 77. Which would I think not be very appealing to a majority of the disillusioned.
Outs in baseball are like lives in Mario.
Mid 70's is about right
We still have too little experience and not enough depth really to do better. I felt that way before the season and i still feel that way. Although this whole gonzo thing is painful
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on Apr 12, 2010 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions
Didn't mean to get everyone all pissed off at me
I was just blowing off steam. I just get tired of hearing Tremblay after the game try to put a happy face on a shitty showing. That’s all we heard last year after every loss.
Eventually they have to win close ball games. As someone, wisely, put in on this site last week, good teams find ways to win close games.
Don't take it personally, i dont think anyone's pissed at you
You said something that wasn’t totally indefensible, and it started a decent conversation. Its pretty much how this site works.
by kba26 on Apr 12, 2010 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I am getting seriously tired
of being told to “tip your hat” to the other pitcher by Trembley, too. How about getting some hits so my hat doesn’t have to come off at the end of each game, Dave?
"How's that s---house of an Eastern Shore?" - William Donald Schaefer
if our $12M closer didn't suck balls, we'd be 3-3.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
we really could be 5-1
the only game we really weren’t in was the 3-0 game where we got dominated by a number 5 starter.
by twistedlogic on Apr 12, 2010 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions
But think how nice that must be for some luck guy
by fishoutawata on Apr 12, 2010 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions
i'd say gonzo is pretty lucky
he’s making 12 million
by twistedlogic on Apr 12, 2010 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Totally merited.
I think I’m Pie’s #3 fan here (behind birdman and Stacey, if memory serves), but the spray charts are great. I’d noticed the opposite-field power before, but only anecdotally (from the couple of opposite-field homers I remembered him hitting). The charts make the progress seem a lot more tangible.
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
I think you're thinking of Baltimo not birdman. I could be wrong though.
In one game as a freshman at Miami, Wieters hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth to put the Yellow Jackets ahead, then pitched the bottom of the ninth for the save. On that day, the God nickname was bestowed. - Sports Illustrated
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Apr 12, 2010 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
yes, it's Baltimo
Although I like Pie. Just not nearly as much as Stacey and Baltimo. And I think Rosanna is Pie’s number 1 fan.
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Uh, who's Rosanna?
In one game as a freshman at Miami, Wieters hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth to put the Yellow Jackets ahead, then pitched the bottom of the ninth for the save. On that day, the God nickname was bestowed. - Sports Illustrated
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Apr 12, 2010 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm gonna make YOU do this one
Go to the search function on this site. Type in Rosana. Search. Click on the comments. They are quite entertaining.
"How's that s---house of an Eastern Shore?" - William Donald Schaefer
So you DIDN'T make him do it.
This just in: adorableness on the rise, family copes with child getting schooled. Film at 11. -daveh873
Oh, that's just one FanPost
There’s more than that…
"How's that s---house of an Eastern Shore?" - William Donald Schaefer
ah Rosana
I feel if she returned we could be great friends.
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You would be BFFs
drinking margaritas at the ESPNZone, eating chicken fingers and comparing wallpaper patterns for Felix’s room after you two kidnapped him.
"How's that s---house of an Eastern Shore?" - William Donald Schaefer
Ha!
You’ll love him too!
And at the end of this season, you’ll love Felix too! And I won’t even say I told you so because I was brought up to be polite!
She was right!
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Whenever I think of Rosana
This song plays in my head.
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LOL
and comparing wallpaper patterns for Felix’s room after you two kidnapped him.
In one game as a freshman at Miami, Wieters hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth to put the Yellow Jackets ahead, then pitched the bottom of the ninth for the save. On that day, the God nickname was bestowed. - Sports Illustrated
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Apr 12, 2010 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm a little hazy...
because all it once it seemed like we had Rosana, “I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE” chick, and BSF. Me & zk & Stacey were emailing each other a dozen times a day for about 3 weeks, I think…
"How's that s---house of an Eastern Shore?" - William Donald Schaefer
my favorite part about "I cant take it anymore girl"...
after she got booted here she went over to the Eagles SBNation page to talk trash on Camden Chat.
My favorite part
was when she tried to stage a rebellion against the mods.
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our mods or their mods?
either way thats funny.
by twistedlogic on Apr 12, 2010 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I've got no memory of her.
Plenty of memories of i can’t take it anymore.
In one game as a freshman at Miami, Wieters hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth to put the Yellow Jackets ahead, then pitched the bottom of the ninth for the save. On that day, the God nickname was bestowed. - Sports Illustrated
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Apr 12, 2010 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks for writing good stuff
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Playoff Hockey time!
At least most of us that are also hockey fans have a winning team to follow (be it the Caps, Pittsburg, or my Devils).
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
I'll be in 405.
I’m so fucking psyched.
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by Knubles and Bits on Apr 12, 2010 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions
damn you
i’ll be…on my couch. enjoying it nonetheless with food and copious amounts of adult beverages.
by twistedlogic on Apr 12, 2010 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
It's damn expensive.
This will for sure be the only playoff game I can attend. I can go to a lot of O’s games for what tickets are running.
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by Knubles and Bits on Apr 12, 2010 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions
i know
my dad was looking for tix and said they were going for something like 80 bucks for the top rows. move down about 5 rows and its over 100.
by twistedlogic on Apr 12, 2010 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I have no idea why
But I laugh everytime you forget the h in Pittsburgh.
In one game as a freshman at Miami, Wieters hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth to put the Yellow Jackets ahead, then pitched the bottom of the ninth for the save. On that day, the God nickname was bestowed. - Sports Illustrated
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Apr 12, 2010 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions
There was a period of about 20 years when there was no h in Pittsburgh
but the locals were so upset they changed it back
There was an attempt in the late 19th century to standardize city spellings
burgh → burg was one of them. From 1890 to 1911, there was officially no h in Pittsburg(h).
http://pittsburgh.about.com/od/about_pittsburgh/a/spelling.htm
Photographic evidence
In one game as a freshman at Miami, Wieters hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth to put the Yellow Jackets ahead, then pitched the bottom of the ninth for the save. On that day, the God nickname was bestowed. - Sports Illustrated
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Apr 12, 2010 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Yea, that's when I learned how to spell
So I totally have an excuse.
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
wonder what the lugo/turner split will be like
anyone else sense a meltdown if turner gets most of the at-bats?
Which is fine
I mean if he’s surplus, he’s surplus. At league minimum, nobody has to bend over backwards to make him happy.
by fishoutawata on Apr 12, 2010 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed, but it doesnt sound like thats how he sees it
he was preemptively bitching about playing time before he even officially got to baltimore
I couldn't care less about what Lugo thinks
but I guess he could start causing a problem in the clubhouse
I don't really think so
there are enough veterans (Tejada, Roberts, Millwood) with strong enough personalities to nip that in the bud. And given that he’s essentially expendable, if he starts even the slightest amount of shit I would assume AM would release him immediately.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
Anybody surprised they didn't bring up a RP?
I thought they’d split b/w Lugo & Wiggy at 2nd, especially now that Atkins and Miggy are doing ok, and bring Kam or Castillo up.
by fishoutawata on Apr 12, 2010 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions
the real plan is to piss off andino as much as possible
for no good reason.
get with the times.
No good reason?
Turner has a LOT of potential upside.
by fishoutawata on Apr 12, 2010 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions
But is it potential that could be best realized at the major league level at this time?
I dont honestly know the answer, but it seems like if he was ready, he would have broke camp with the team.
I dunno if that's really the case.
The four bench spots went to Pie, Tatum, Wiggy, and Lugo. Turner could only supplant Wiggy and Lugo. Wiggy’s being paid too much not to make the team, and they feel better about Lugo backing up at short than Turner. I think it’s less Turner not being ready yet and more there not quite being room for him with Wiggy there.
Of course, there’s the question of exactly how useful a utility infielder they don’t want to backup short is, but that seems like another issue.
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
A lot?
Yeah, not really in my opinion. Turner has some upside, but he’s not one of the O’s top 20 prospects or a top 250 guy in the league. He could be a major league utility player at best. But no one projects him as being an above average starter.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
I should have said a lot MORE upside
relative to Andino, i.e. there is reason to believe Tucker might be able to hit a little—he had an excellent year last year, and did pretty great in ST. Whereas Andino is pretty much a known quantity, limitations and all.
by fishoutawata on Apr 12, 2010 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Andino is off the 40-man roster...
…and is out of options. So to bring up Andino, they would have to clear a 40-man spot, and then go through waivers again to demote him when Roberts is healthy.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
not worth it
especially for what andino brings to the table
by twistedlogic on Apr 12, 2010 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Ben Roethlisberger is not having charges filed.
For those interested.
Playing on my iPod- Justin Bieber, Hanna Montana, Miley Cyrus, Miranda Cosgrove and The Jonas Brothers.
by Knubles and Bits on Apr 12, 2010 2:04 PM EDT reply actions
Someone found this site by googling
“the orioles are a bad team”
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yep...it works!
also found “thebadoriole”
by twistedlogic on Apr 12, 2010 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions
and the yahoo answer for "why do the orioles suck so bad"
among those answers is “they are owned by peter angelos…the baseball equivalent of daniel snyder”
by twistedlogic on Apr 12, 2010 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Other fun google searches from today and yesterday
3e1n (twice)
nolan reimold sister model
lou montanez girlfriend
jonas brothers (thanks, 2632)
bergesen porn (ew)
nolan reimold girlfriend
baltimore orioles terrible
red sox peeing on yankees
what’s wrong with the orioles 2010
nick markakis wife
mark teixeira is a douche
what do the buffalo bills and baltimore orioles have in common
why can’t the orioles win
how to meet brian roberts
chat fucking free
Now, the people who were searching for wives and girlfriends, are those chicks trying to find out if they have wives/girlfriends? Are are they dudes trying to find pictures of those wives/girlfriends? Also, a handful of people got here by googling by name which is a little creepy, but I guess understandable.
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Hahahaha.
So apparently searching for the word “chat” and an f-bomb is sufficient to find us. Yeah, that’s about right.
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
I am pretty sure thats from Mike Gonzolez or Fatkins
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on Apr 12, 2010 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions
That whole wives/gf's
That always confused me, if you are googling a baseball player that always seems to come up and it wierds me out.
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on Apr 12, 2010 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions
what’s wrong with the orioles 2010
That sounds like some kind of strange new puzzle game… Find the missing piece and win a World Series.
Jioe Flaacco, Hon!!! "He’s like a live JUGS machine."
I like how Mariano is cracking up in the background.
This is the bestest picture of all the internets! http://bit.ly/aHdCBQ
gotta love it when someone breaks the mold of stupid post game crap interviews.
Even if it’s a Yankee.
I'd say he *established* a new mold for "crap" interviews.
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
Tweet from Britt Ghiroli at 4:19 p.m.
Roberts might get another epidural on his back meaning he is not in good shape
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Target Field looks awesome.
In one game as a freshman at Miami, Wieters hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth to put the Yellow Jackets ahead, then pitched the bottom of the ninth for the save. On that day, the God nickname was bestowed. - Sports Illustrated
Unofficial Leader of the Brain Matusz For ROY Campaign
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Apr 12, 2010 4:38 PM EDT reply actions
Yep.
Jason Marquis is terrible.
"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
Wasn't he pretty good last year too?
In one game as a freshman at Miami, Wieters hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth to put the Yellow Jackets ahead, then pitched the bottom of the ninth for the save. On that day, the God nickname was bestowed. - Sports Illustrated
Unofficial Leader of the Brain Matusz For ROY Campaign
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Apr 12, 2010 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions
He was better last year
But he also wasn’t ptiching for the Nats.
"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
Why is it Palmer that lost his voice and not Rob Dibble?
God struck down the wrong MASN broadcaster.
"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
Did we see that the Marlboro Man isn't even with the club?
Left to be with his wife for the birth of their daughter. How convenient.
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from my little brother last night:
" “Mike Gonzales had to leave the O’s for family reasons for a few days, I hope no one in his family is counting on him saving them…”
how old is he?
In one game as a freshman at Miami, Wieters hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth to put the Yellow Jackets ahead, then pitched the bottom of the ninth for the save. On that day, the God nickname was bestowed. - Sports Illustrated
Unofficial Leader of the Brain Matusz For ROY Campaign
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Apr 12, 2010 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Lineups from Roch
For the Orioles:
Felix Pie LF
Adam Jones CF
Nick Markakis RF
Miguel Tejada 3B
Matt Wieters C
Luke Scott DH
Garrett Atkins 1B
Julio Lugo 2B
Cesar Izturis SS
Jeremy Guthrie RHP
For the Rays:
Bartless SS
Crawford LF
Zobrist RF
Longoria 3B
Pena 1B
Upton CF
Burrell DH
Brignac 2B
Navarro C
Matt Garza RHP
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this will be seven straight days that wieters is catching
does he rest on the seventh day? at least he’s batting 5th i guess.
by twistedlogic on Apr 12, 2010 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions
He created the eighth day of the week
and he will rest then
Ex-Oriole watch in the Nats/Phils game
Danys Baez pitching the 8th, Juan Castro playing short for the Phillies.
"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
oh my
We saw someone at the game yesterday in a Hayden Penn jersey.
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The Pirates have yet to give up on Brian Burress, though
He’s starting for them tonight.
"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 dunno...
but I love ironic old school jerseys/shirts. I’d kill for a Matos tee.
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
I saw a jay gibbons shirt.
In one game as a freshman at Miami, Wieters hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth to put the Yellow Jackets ahead, then pitched the bottom of the ninth for the save. On that day, the God nickname was bestowed. - Sports Illustrated
Unofficial Leader of the Brain Matusz For ROY Campaign
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Apr 12, 2010 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Miguel Batista apparently writes poetry
The Phillies radio guys were reading some of it and laughing at him
This just in
David DeJesus scored 6 fantasy points for me today. I think I’m starting to love him. Jewel in the rough!
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The terribleness of the cbs site is really preventing me from fully enjoying the league
It takes me so long to figure out how to use it, I’m not spending nearly enough time managing my team
I don't think it's bad
it’s different, but now that I’m used to it, it definitely has advantages. I like the live updating scoring.
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Yahoo's live scoring is like 15 dollars a season
Considering what CBS usually charges for a league like this, I couldnt see ever paying for it.
Right well I'd never pay for fantasy baseball
But if they want to keep giving us a free league, I’ll take it.
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