Rays 8, Orioles 6: I feel like I'm in a nightmare
by Stacey on Apr 13, 2010 11:16 PM EDT
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PrintYour headline comes courtesy of The Wayward O, who uttered those words tonight as the game began to unravel.
It's like this. The Orioles don't just want to lose. They want to lose in the most painful way possible. So instead of a nice, normal game where they lose in a nice, normal fashion, you know what they do? The conspire together, the lot of them. MacPhail, Trembley, Mike Gonzalez, Garrett Atkins. And they figure out the absolute crappiest way to lose a game, the way that will make you feel the worst you can possibly feel about a baseball game, and that's what they do.
Hey you know that future ace, Brian Matusz? It'd really kill those Oriole fans if he pitched the 7 best innings of his career only to be undone by a couple of garbage hits late in the game. And of course the bullpen needs to mess things up a bit, that'll make it even worse. Oh, oh! But let's not end it there! Let's give them a little hope so that it'll hurt even more later. One pinch hit, game tying home from from Luke Scott in the bottom of the 8th? Perfect! Brand new game! And who are those O's fans pinning their hopes to most of all? Matt Wieters? Ok then, he'll ground into a double play in the bottom of the 9th and then the sight of Matt Albers coming in from the bullpen will make them sick to their stomachs. A couple walks and a three run bomb by Carlos Pena later and the Orioles fans will really know pain. Not just the pain of a sucky team, no sirreee. The pain of a team that looks so inept that it will never contend, ever.
Jerks.
P.S. If you want a more rational game recap, head on over to Yahoo's story. And I promise I'll be a little more rational tomorrow. Maybe.
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Fuck being rational.
Playing on my iPod- Justin Bieber, Hanna Montana, Miley Cyrus, Miranda Cosgrove and The Jonas Brothers.
by Knubles and Bits on Apr 13, 2010 11:20 PM EDT reply actions
by then it was too late
all hope was lost
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I felt like it was just a little extra fuck you from the team
“hey look, we could have scored this when it would have won the game, but we’ll do it now instead when it doesnt make any fucking difference”
yeah the second wigs homer
was a dick move designed to make us all a little bit queasier inside.
cxcxcxcxzzzzzzzzz
Meltdown aside, Wiggy was still fucking Birdland.
Playing on my iPod- Justin Bieber, Hanna Montana, Miley Cyrus, Miranda Cosgrove and The Jonas Brothers.
by Knubles and Bits on Apr 13, 2010 11:27 PM EDT reply actions
Poor Birdland. I hope he was wearing a condom
Wiggy was great. And I would have given MBP to Pie if he hadn’t lost his mind and tried to stretch that single into a double. That was such a painful loss bc it seemed like everything was finally clicking – pitching, defense and the bats were warming up – and then the 8th started…
I banned this guy
Even though being a Blue Jays troll is pretty much the most pathetic troll ever.
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oh cmon, a little trolling here and there from other teams' fans
shouldn’t be a bannable offense… like Luke Scott said, we’re bad fans so we deserve this anyway
This guy isn't a member of the community
our or the Blue Jays and has never contributed one single thing.
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Thats it
I’ve now seen all five stages of dealing with grief and tragedy, acceptance being the final one. Damn that took just over a week for us.
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on Apr 14, 2010 7:15 AM EDT up reply actions
I actuallly missed this one
because it was critique night. But reading the recap and realizing that I dodged all the pain, I feel like this was a game of Trivial Pursuit and I got a wedge for answering “What was the name of Juliet’s lover in the play ’Romeo and Juliet?” Whereas those of you watched were asked “Who was the official hair consultant to the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics” or something.
The peace I have now feels unearned, and I will show up tomorrow at 1:35 pm to take my medicine.
"If you had Steve Trachsel's stuff, you wouldn't want to throw it either." -- Joe Angel
by Fear and Trembley on Apr 13, 2010 11:37 PM EDT reply actions
Hard for me to see right now how we can't lose...
…with Jameson Taillon and Anthony Rendon too.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
Suggestions of things we could discuss instead:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camden
Personally, I’m intrigued by British bassoonist Archie Camden
Well, considering he was the first basoonist to record,
….his greatness is etched in history.
There should be a reference to Archie Camden at least once in every game day thread from now on.
I just got home from the game
The best seats I think I’ve ever had for a game, literally right behind the visitor’s dugout.
and I suppose the gods, realizing the great imbalance in me sitting there, “rewarded” me with this game.
But one thing I learned……Miguel Tejada is a big Toby Keith fan.
That was awesome
The Jeremy Guthrie Get to know your O’s segment.
They had it backed with Ain’t as good as I once was then closed with a photoshop of Miggi in the desert wearing a cowboy hat holding a guitar.
"Ohhh it's baad" - E. Smith
That was hilarious
I couldnt understand a word Miggi said.
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
I'm not abandoning ship or anything...
But this shit sucks so fucking bad. Something has got to change or else I don’t know if I’ll ever believe in any hype for anything ever. Hype hurts like this.
the worst part
it wasn’t even like good hype. The hype was “Hey we’re going to suck less!” not “Hey we’re going to be good”
cxcxcxcxzzzzzzzzz
Agreed.
"If you had Steve Trachsel's stuff, you wouldn't want to throw it either." -- Joe Angel
by Fear and Trembley on Apr 14, 2010 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Chill.
I’m not pollyanna. I know we’re going to be bad this year.
But we are not going to be this bad all year long.
Are the Orioles snakebit now? Yes.
Is this an awful way to start the season? Of course.
But it’s being made worse because "this is the year we’re gonna turn it around!!!!!!’, and everyone is hyped for that, and lo and behold, the team is shitting the bed and not playing to our expectations.
Those expectations are magnifying everything beyond belief. People are freaking the fuck out. FIRE TREMBLEY! DFA LUKE SCOTT!! WHY IS WIETERS NOT RESTING!!!
EVERYONE CHILL THE FUCK OUT.
One week of baseball is over. ONE WEEK.
We have a team with some obvious holes but also with a lot of talent. Not a great team—an okay team. And this team happened to start the season on a bad losing streak against a very good team (and a mediocre team).
If this were June and we’d dropped 6 out of 7 games, there’d be some chatter, yeah. But people wouldn’t be jumping off of ledges the way they are at this site.
The Orioles will lose more games this month, for sure. But they are not going to be 1-6 for their next seven games. I guarantee that. And they are not going to stink this much all year.
It’s like you guys are more wound up than the players! You need to do the same thing they need to do, which is this:
Take a deep breath. Run around outside a bit. Enjoy your libation of choice. See a stupid movie.
Whatever it takes, just hit the reset button. And then come back here when you’ve zenned out a bit.
Baseball is a marathon, and being an Oriole fan is hard enough as it is. Let’s not have an aneurism before we even get to the first mile marker.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
Amen about keeping things in perspective...
With that said, though, fire Trembley. The Rockies sucked this time last year. Their situation was eerily similar: solid, albeit inconsistent, starting pitching, abysmal bullpen production, and horrible batting with players in scoring position. Clint Hurdle tried just about every lineup imaginable. He benched players, he tried being mean, he tried being nice. The poor guy tried everything.
The problem, it turned out, was Hurdle and the culture that he had created in the locker room. Jim Tracey took over in May and the rest is history. The players started to relax a little and have fun. They ended up in the playoffs. Now they are the chic pick to win the NL (I don’t think it’s happening, but they’re better than they were a year ago).
How did they do it? They didn’t have to make any trades. They didn’t have to chop off any players’ heads. They didn’t have to prematurely pull up any minor league prospects before their time. They changed the culture of their organization and started getting solid production from a group of one-time underachievers.
I realize that the O’s are a different beast. Nevertheless, there is clearly a flaw in the on-field culture of this organization and it demands a change. Now.
"'Tis the time's plague when madmen lead the blind."
Tulu became a monster and that started changing things
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on Apr 14, 2010 7:19 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm taking a deep breath and then...
This is the bestest picture of all the internets! http://bit.ly/aHdCBQ
Did you watch this game?
Obviously they’re not this bad, but watching this game made my blood boil. I feel better now.
This just in: adorableness on the rise, family copes with child getting schooled. Film at 11. -daveh873
I didn't get to see the game.
Sounds like it was a blessing. I’m pretty happy about Matusz though, and with our starters overall, who have been pretty damned good.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
Matusz was really great
Which is probably what made it so so awful later. I’m happy with the pitching as well. I hope Bergy has a good start tomorrow since he got knocked around last time.
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With all due respect
Look at the schedule.
West coast trip with no travel day, 1 day off, 12 straight against Yankees & Red Sox.
It’s gonna get worse, dude. We may end April with 4 wins. Seriously.
"How's that s---house of an Eastern Shore?" - William Donald Schaefer
Ya never know. We could win those 12 straight vs damn yanks and sox. Doubt it though. 4 wins aint alot maybe 5
Matt Wieters Was Drafted 5th Overall Because The First 4 Teams Thought That Harnessing The Power Of Ten-thousand Suns Was Playing God.
by 17oriolesfan on Apr 14, 2010 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions
This is a good point.
While I’m not that hopeful for more than 6 wins, if we’re taking 2-3 games or even sweeping BOS and NNY, it would happen in Apr, May, maybe June.
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 14, 2010 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions
yup
Matt Wieters Was Drafted 5th Overall Because The First 4 Teams Thought That Harnessing The Power Of Ten-thousand Suns Was Playing God.
by 17oriolesfan on Apr 14, 2010 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Ehhhhhh
I don’t know. I think this is much worse than dropping 6 of 7 in June. Sure, baseball is a marathon, but this is a stumble out of the gate that’s going to be almost impossible to recover from. I don’t see many, if any, 8 game winning streaks in this team’s future.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
It's morning in Moscow...
and we sucked the mop again. Really annoyingly, too, in classic come-from-ahead fashion. An old college Sawx fan friend used to say — and very frequently, of course, as you remember the old Sawx — ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssuckmeoff!
We’re still not going 0-21 this year, as I guaranteed yesterday. Call it A Vision That Came To Me.
Getaway day game today. The upside: I get to watch. The down side: I get to watch.
This has to get better. Go O’s!
"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.
Hey, cool
Morning in Israel, too. And you can count me THRILLED that I didn’t stay up for a few innings of tantalizing Matusz domination just to wake up to… this. I have not had my hopes raised and dashed, as if by an evil girlfriend. Life goes on.
Hey, Titov: GMT +2 rocks!
by fishoutawata on Apr 14, 2010 1:45 AM EDT up reply actions
Morning in the Netherlands. They better not go 0-21 if they do im gnna jump off a cliff and try to fly. No way was i going to be able to watch the game since half the shit i do to try and watch them it says that it aint avaliable in ur area piece of shit. Now i wish i wasnt coming back in a couple of weeks then i dont have an excuse to watch the games. One good thing was that Matusz pitched well up to the 8th.
Matt Wieters Was Drafted 5th Overall Because The First 4 Teams Thought That Harnessing The Power Of Ten-thousand Suns Was Playing God.
by 17oriolesfan on Apr 14, 2010 2:21 AM EDT up reply actions
well they have 1 win
so you don’t have to worry about 0-21
This just in: adorableness on the rise, family copes with child getting schooled. Film at 11. -daveh873
So you just had to go spoil my little joke…Very unadorable!
"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.
lol if they did o 0-21 i really would jump
Matt Wieters Was Drafted 5th Overall Because The First 4 Teams Thought That Harnessing The Power Of Ten-thousand Suns Was Playing God.
by 17oriolesfan on Apr 14, 2010 9:37 AM EDT up reply actions
I tuned out after we lost the lead
I’m like Sayid from Lost, I’m numb to these type of disappointments. Not sure if that’s a good or bad thing.
This is the bestest picture of all the internets! http://bit.ly/aHdCBQ
Would I be a bandwagon jumper if I only rooted for Bowie?
Or do I have to pick the worst team first? The Tides have 2 wins. So by default I have to be an O’s fan. Well that didn’t work. I think I like rooting for “potential” better. Oh well – I liked the lineup yesterday.
Dang
I wasn’t paying much attention to the minors but you just made my plans of going to see the Tides in Durham much less exciting. I’m still going, that’s for sure, but going with less anticipation.
by Gorilla Bird on Apr 14, 2010 8:46 AM EDT up reply actions
My view
There had to be some CCers close by, I wasn’t the first one yelling Adam Jones, Son!
"Ohhh it's baad" - E. Smith
wow great seats!
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very nice
The future is not what it used to be.
by John Stephens on Apr 14, 2010 9:11 AM EDT up reply actions
damn last time i went i think i was just a couple of seats away from that. Awesome seats
Matt Wieters Was Drafted 5th Overall Because The First 4 Teams Thought That Harnessing The Power Of Ten-thousand Suns Was Playing God.
by 17oriolesfan on Apr 14, 2010 9:39 AM EDT up reply actions
I was about 5 sections away
You may have heard me yell “No time for love, Dr Jones!”….right before he grounded out to end the inning
A small but intense crowd
It sucks that no one’s showing up to the ballpark, but the small crowd that was there seemed pretty into it. And while I’m not that big on taunting, I had a pretty good laugh at the group that kept chanting “Justin’s better” every time B.J. Upton batted. Well done.
That was much more entertaining than the clowns sitting behind me at a Rays – Durham Bulls exhibition game earlier this month who kept yelling “Melvin” throughout all of his at-bats. Okay, we get it, you know the guy’s real name. Funny. Now move on. Perhaps they were Cameron Crazies, who are accustomed to using the same tired material over and over again because the cheer sheet says to do so.
+1
For the most part it was pretty classy.
Brian’s standing O was cool, nice to hear on the radio this am he noticed that.
And getting Luuke out for a curtain call when he tied it up.
Did you see when they tried to sneak Gonzo over to the bullpen?
"Ohhh it's baad" - E. Smith
Yeah the crowd was good
The people who show up on a cold rainy Tuesday are gonna be awesome. It’s the same type of crowd that sticks through a three hour rain delay, those people are always the best.
This just in: adorableness on the rise, family copes with child getting schooled. Film at 11. -daveh873
For the love of fuck we need a win
This has been a depressing start to the season.
STOP MAKING STUPID MISTAKES ON THE BASES!!! For christ’s sake. How do you not fix that after a full year and off season of it last year? Does everyone on the team have shit for brains? Or are our base coaches making stupid calls? It seems like we have one stupid base running play every game that squashes any momentum we have and takes away runs. STOP IT!!!
ARRARRGHGHGHGHH!!!!
Good game to Brian though.
The future is not what it used to be.
ahahaah
for some reason STOP IT reminded me of in Kindergarten Cop when that kid is eating other people’s lunches and Arnold is like “STOP IT”
This just in: adorableness on the rise, family copes with child getting schooled. Film at 11. -daveh873
Haha
And that ARARARAHGHGHGHG! Sounds like Arnold yelling.
The future is not what it used to be.
by John Stephens on Apr 14, 2010 9:12 AM EDT up reply actions
I'M A COP, YOU IDIOT!
The future is not what it used to be.
by John Stephens on Apr 14, 2010 9:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Attendance last night. 13,731
Didn’t see it mentioned during the game threads, and I don’t remember it being announced at the park. To be fair I don’t remember much after the 6th tho.
Only 3,731 didn’t get a shirt.
"Ohhh it's baad" - E. Smith
nice did u get a shirt?
Matt Wieters Was Drafted 5th Overall Because The First 4 Teams Thought That Harnessing The Power Of Ten-thousand Suns Was Playing God.
by 17oriolesfan on Apr 14, 2010 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions
I bet it was
Matt Wieters Was Drafted 5th Overall Because The First 4 Teams Thought That Harnessing The Power Of Ten-thousand Suns Was Playing God.
by 17oriolesfan on Apr 14, 2010 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Shockingly...
FUCK THIS TEAM… again.
"I do think the O’s have sucked balls this season. If that displeases you Luke, then oh well."-birdman
I didn't do an MBP
Although if there’s going to be one, it’s obviously Matusz.
This just in: adorableness on the rise, family copes with child getting schooled. Film at 11. -daveh873
= 
"I do think the O’s have sucked balls this season. If that displeases you Luke, then oh well."-birdman
WOW
Matt Wieters Was Drafted 5th Overall Because The First 4 Teams Thought That Harnessing The Power Of Ten-thousand Suns Was Playing God.
by 17oriolesfan on Apr 14, 2010 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions
can we
put every 1 but matsz and millwood on the dl. it seem’s them 2 are the only ray of lights left,but pie is looking good as well
holy shit
This is almost punctuated well. Minus the lack of capitalization and the extra apostrophe in seems, i think he almost got it.
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