O's 12, Red Sox 9: Get your O's wins here! Now in convenient double packs!
by duck on May 1, 2010 10:38 PM EDT
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Ok, guys. We've won two games in a row. If we win (tomorrow), it's called a winning streak. IT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. - Lou Brown, Major League II.
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Tough choice for MBP.
Went with Nick, but Matt’s homer felt huge, and Wiggy is just ridiculous. Lots of Birdland today.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." -- Earl Weaver
Matt's homer was definitely huge
but Nicky had a better all around day. If there was a MBM (most birdland moment) Matty’s would have won it easily I think.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
Those aren't defining moments, right?
’Cause defining moments are kinda dumb.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." -- Earl Weaver
Matt's homer was huge
It was definitely the turning point of the game. But Nick had an even better day.
FUN! FUN! FUN!
All thru the miserable month of April I still kept reading STACEY’s Column and especially her game reports. I laugh out loud and grin and it is all OK. Thank you STACEY. The BEST sportswriter in towm.
by johnnyb1 on May 1, 2010 10:55 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
The BEST sportswriter in town.
This.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
Um, ok....
help me out here – should I be insulted?
"Oh, and Joe? If Brian hits any of your delicate millionaires, know that he meant it." - Stacey
I'm going with yes
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by Zachary Beard on May 1, 2010 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
props to duck!
I’m hanging out with 2632. We’e being classy ladies at the wine bar. Good job duck! You rock.
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by Stacey on May 1, 2010 11:17 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
sorry, i meant CO-best. :)
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
Kiss-ass......
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by Zachary Beard on May 1, 2010 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
duck: don't get angry-- get an attorney
Just kidding, folks. And actually, this is as good a moment as any to note the obvious once again: that one of the most remarkable virtues of CC is the writing. No joke. Look, I teach non-English speakers to write English, and other people pay me to write it myself (so they can sell useless products to still other other people). I know from crappy English.
When I wandered into CC in ’05, it became clear very soon that the site was different from many in a number of ways, one of which was that not only did the contributors — and in particular SC — know what they were talking about here, they could also articulate it. I mean in actual English prose that was both functional and interesting. And very often clever, without being self-conscious about it. As an English teacher, I nearly messed my shorts from happiness.
OK, too much information. Anyway, each of the principals here really can pick up the keys and lay ‘em down. And it’s particularly encouraging that we also have some h.s. talent that can also write— which is something as rare today, in the immortal ethnic slur of Peter Griffin, as a sober Irishman.
So yeah, end of panegyric. Now get that lawyer, duck. And watch the typos, dammit.
"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.
I didn't have any typos in this, did I?
"Oh, and Joe? If Brian hits any of your delicate millionaires, know that he meant it." - Stacey
tough call for me btwn wiggy and markickass
barely went with wiggy
Six wins, three against the red sox
This is like some alternate universe.
Or maybe, the sox are really the team they’ve looked like. They look old. Good stuff.
By Kranny math, the O’s have 60% of their wins against the red sox. Wait for the wailing to begin. NESN has already called it “surprising” and sometihng to the effect of “this is not what you expect against a team like the Orioles”. Love it.
the sox window to win a WS with this team is closing fast
everyone says the rays are on the way out but i think that until the sox prove they can pry huge free agents away from the yankees and (HA) the mets, they’re screwed.
"nicely done."
"this is mike gonzalez. harden the fuck up mike gonzalez."
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by danielreese05 on May 1, 2010 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
The scary thing...
is I think the Rays window is closing, at least for a couple years til they can build up through the system again. That means it’s the Yankees division for the next couple years. Unless…
Well, let’s just say I think we’ll have a little bit easier of a division for a year or two. That would be an excellent time to make a run at the playoffs.
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
I dunno how long they have to wait
They have one of the best prospects in baseball in Desmond Jennings ready to replace Crawford. And they have a ton of trade chips they can use to replace Soriano and Pena. Price should only get better, while I expect Garza to continue to be awesome and Shields to fade a bit.
The Yankees I think are in a lot more trouble. There isn’t a way to replace Jeter and Posada.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
Well...
I’m not so sure the Rays will trade to replace Pena with comparable production, and I don’t know if they’ll spend to land a Fielder/Gonzalez after next year. Jennings may be able to replace Crawford to some degree, but he’s no lock to match Crawford’s value, and he almost certainly won’t immediately.
As for the Yankees, you are totally right on Jeter and Posada (though they have 2 very good catching prospects) and Mo can’t keep it up forever. I’ve just told myself they are getting old too many times. If they lose a bat at SS, they’ll pay for a better one at DH, or in the OF (Crawford, Werth). They just never stop, and as long as there is no salary cap, they never will.
I still expect the Rays to be good and the Sox to be respectable, but I think the division will be the weakest it’s been in a few years in 2011 and maybe 2012.
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
living in the Tampa Bay area
i can say that the GM (silverman or freidman, can’t remember which is gm and which is owner) has indicated that they “overspent” this year to contend, and the price would show up for the next few years.
of course if people here would show up to games, that’d me less of an issue, but hey shrug
Penny: "Yes, dinner’s here, and I’m having some. I’ve been having leftovers at the restaurant for four days, and I just wanted something different. So sue me!"
Sheldon: "Forgive me, Penny, but that would be the very definition of a frivolous lawsuit."
~ Big Bang Theory
maybe their stadium shouldn't suck so bad
and people would go out to see the games. The spring training homes of the Yankees and Phillies have better stadiums than Tropicana Field.
i agree they need a new stadium
and i haven’t really followed why they haven’t gotten it.. but my understanding is neither county wants to spend public $$ on it, and they haven’t really agreed on a site for it either…
but really… the stadium is one of about 5000 “reasons” everyone has to not go to the games, and at some point, reasons become excuses for their real reason, “i don’t want to go”
Penny: "Yes, dinner’s here, and I’m having some. I’ve been having leftovers at the restaurant for four days, and I just wanted something different. So sue me!"
Sheldon: "Forgive me, Penny, but that would be the very definition of a frivolous lawsuit."
~ Big Bang Theory
Oh yeah, I'm definitely with you there
The counter-argument is that Camden Yards is a beautiful stadium and we’re having our own trouble filling it up.
The stadium isn’t everything – but it definitely helps. Especially with the crap that the Rays have with the Trop.
there's no way im going to miss a red sox game this season
seeing the looks on the faces of every single member of PHN as youkilis flew out to end it was simply priceless
if anyone’s interested, pink hat count for the night: 7
"nicely done."
"this is mike gonzalez. harden the fuck up mike gonzalez."
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I cheered Yoooooooooouuuuuuuk at the end of the game
and non of the Red Sox fans joined in. Weird right?
can't imagine why.
i started singing sweet caroline and no one wanted to sing along. i was INSULTED!
"nicely done."
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by danielreese05 on May 1, 2010 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Haha!
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 May 2, 2010 7:48 AM EDT up reply actions
woot woot
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by Zachary Beard on May 1, 2010 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
wiggles was good
but 5 rbis? crazy.
"nicely done."
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by danielreese05 on May 1, 2010 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions
sorry
5 rbis?
"nicely done."
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by danielreese05 on May 1, 2010 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Seriously
What the hell is that atrocity. And yes, that’s what she said.
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by Zachary Beard on May 1, 2010 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions
hey
nick needed to heat up more than wiggles. my faith has been restored!
"nicely done."
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by danielreese05 on May 1, 2010 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions
I think the title should have ben "Orioles:12 Red Sox:9 I'm Wiggin out"
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Anyone else alittle pissed that Red Sox fans threw back two Orioles HR balls
This isn’t your home park, your a guest, act accordingly.
Ha
that’s the thing. Red Sox fans who come to OPACY think they are at home.
"If I think too much, then I will injure other places. I don’t want to do that." - Koji Uehara
It rubs me so raw to see all those assholes there
Where were they 10 years ago before they won a few WS. The O’s don’t have to get good for the Boston fans to go go away, the Sox just have to get bad again. They will all jump off the wagon they jumped on.
I herd one Sox fan who had come down for the series
say they didn’t want to come to Sunday’s game, after going to the first two.
*Heard
Fixed that for you.
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by Zachary Beard on May 1, 2010 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions
A-ha Well then....
I stand corrected.
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by Zachary Beard on May 1, 2010 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd perfer the jump in front of a wagon
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
i fucking HATE going to these games for two reason
1.) obviously, PHN infests the place. they suck, all of them just suck, i hate them. who do they think they are? don’t throw the fucking ball back, give it to a kid or something but don’t be that stereotypical beantown asshole who makes us all want to torch fenway.
2.) the stupidest goddamn jerseys i’ve ever seen seem to show up. i saw tonight: a mark sanchez jersey, a reggie bush jersey from USC, a drew brees saints jersey, a david wright jersey, a kobe bryant jersey, a pat burrell jersey, a stephen strasburg jersey, and worst of all, a chien ming wang yankees jersey.
"nicely done."
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by danielreese05 on May 1, 2010 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, pink hat nation
it’s what we call the red sox “fans” who wear the stupid pink hats with rhinestones and scratch n sniff and stuff?
exhibit A:
"nicely done."
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by danielreese05 on May 1, 2010 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought we call them gay, my bad
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by Zachary Beard on May 1, 2010 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions
we call them a lot of things
"Being an Orioles fan is like having Erectile Dysfunction"
"harden the fuck up mike gonzalez."
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by danielreese05 on May 1, 2010 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions
unlike how we feel about Sox fans...
we like the gays ’round here.
"Believe it or not, I read the paper." - Nick Markakis
There's nothing wrong
with a Brees Jersey
Geaux Eaux's
by NawlinsOriole on May 2, 2010 6:56 AM EDT up reply actions
If you're within 300 miles of Louisiana, sure
But at an O’s game?
"Oh, and Joe? If Brian hits any of your delicate millionaires, know that he meant it." - Stacey
bandwagon fans can show up everywhere
or that person could legitimately be a …….
naah.. bandwagoner
Penny: "Yes, dinner’s here, and I’m having some. I’ve been having leftovers at the restaurant for four days, and I just wanted something different. So sue me!"
Sheldon: "Forgive me, Penny, but that would be the very definition of a frivolous lawsuit."
~ Big Bang Theory
Hey, they COULD be from Louisiana
I mean I bring my gf to the yard all the time and she’s a big time Saints fan from N.O.
Then again, she would never wear a Saints jersey to an Orioles- Red Sox game because that’s insanely stupid.
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
They can throw as many as they like back
As long as we keep hitting them I could care less. If we went to stop the invasions we need to start filling the stadium ourselves…
I was at this Game,
And i very much enjoyed being shown a win!!!
by Dodge that Bird! on May 1, 2010 11:24 PM EDT reply actions
Being an Orioles fan is like having Erectile Dysfunction
Sometime we are up and flying high, and sometimes we are down and hanging low. And that change can happen in a matter of seconds.
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this is the best analogy i've ever heard
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by danielreese05 on May 1, 2010 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Signature worthy?
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by Zachary Beard on May 2, 2010 12:46 AM EDT up reply actions
clearly
"Being an Orioles fan is like having Erectile Dysfunction"
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by danielreese05 on May 2, 2010 12:49 AM EDT up reply actions
woot woot
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by Zachary Beard on May 2, 2010 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions
You know, you might want to go with one sig or the other
Having the two next to each other, someone might get the wrong idea
Oh. My.
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 May 2, 2010 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions
lol
That’s funny
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by Zachary Beard on May 2, 2010 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions
I always thought being an Orioles fan
was like having an autistic son, but the ED comparison works too.
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
I went with Matt
His 3-run homer gave the team the energy they needed for the next inning as well as for the rest of the game. So awesome. Glad I got to watch this one.
"Girls laughed at me my whole life, doesn't mean I was funny"
-Gary Thorne
oh, was anyone watching the highlights of the game on ESPN a minute ago?
those assholes tried to do a baltimore accent.
"Being an Orioles fan is like having Erectile Dysfunction"
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Scott Van Pelt is a maryland native
He’s also a terps/orioles/redskins fan.. He kinda gives it back to the bos/NY lovers when he gets the chance on air— watch next time
by GeoffreyA on May 2, 2010 1:05 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Love Van Pelt
definitely my favorite person on ESPN
Geaux Eaux's
by NawlinsOriole on May 2, 2010 7:02 AM EDT up reply actions
I love when he does Terps basketball highlights.
Hey everyone, Let’s go to Bentley’s!
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 May 2, 2010 7:47 AM EDT up reply actions
This game was fucking awesome!
And I voted for Markakis. Five RBIs is very Birdland. I bet on the Os tonight and took the over on 9. After breaking even on the Derby and just losing on Mosley I needed that game to break even. Good night for the Os!!
Insert something witty here.
by Knubles and Bits on May 2, 2010 12:36 AM EDT reply actions
I...I...I feel so sorry for those fans who came All That Way only to see their team LOSE a series...so far from home... it makes you wanna go
ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha— Take that, MASSHOLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SWEEPSWEEPSWEEPSWEEPSWEEPSWEEPSWEEPSWEEPSWEEPSWEEPSWEEPSWEPSWEEPSWEEPSWEESWEEPSWEEP
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.
by Titov on May 2, 2010 12:52 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
All the way from NoVa and Towson
School is still in up here Titov. People aren’t really traveling much. I’m willing to bet the vast majority of those red sox fans are the bandwagon variety from the yuppie areas in the mid-Atlantic.
Case in point. My sister lives in western MD, and has seen an influx of bedroom commuters to DC. Many of them sorta kinda want to root for the Nationals. Baltimore is too, you know, blue collar and crime ridden for a good yuppie to like. Problem is, the Nats suck so they wear red sox caps.
I hate yuppies.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." -- Earl Weaver
I am saddened to have missed these past 2 baseball contests.
"Believe it or not, I read the paper." - Nick Markakis
you and me both
i’m thinking i should avoid today as well, so as not to jinx it.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
I told her she has to just stop watching baseball
It’ll be hard for her, but it’s for the good of the team.
Sometimes I just want to talk about beer, blowjobs and baseball, y’know? -2632
ok it's really freaking late but there's something bothering the crap out of me.
WHAT IS ADAM JONES’ WALK UP SONG THIS YEAR?
"Being an Orioles fan is like having Erectile Dysfunction"
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That song was good, until they said n----r every 10 seconds.
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 May 2, 2010 6:09 AM EDT up reply actions
walk up music...
for everyone on the roster is posted at orioles.com
miggi was, apparently, in houston a little too long. he’s lost his merengue and picked up a country song.
"If they pitch to you, make them pay."
--Diamond Dave to the Phenom
by j.q. higgins on May 2, 2010 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions
I LOVE having a hard time picking MBP
for the RIGHT reasons.
Having to deny someone who hit 2 HRs incl a 3-R, because someone else was even more Birdland, is way Birdland!
Great game Nicky.
Wieters is MBP
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 May 2, 2010 6:06 AM EDT reply actions
i would like to request more games like yesterday's
and the day before’s, as well.
Britt Ghiroli article on orioles.mlb.com re: brian roberts
Orioles went "5-for-7 with runners in scoring position to raise their season RISP average to .217 (41-for-189). "
BTW, BRob’s endoscopy had nothing to do with his back (makes sense). Must have some stomach or esophagus issues..
This was a tough choice
i went w/ Nicky though; 5 rbis and a scorching hot bat right now FTW! Wiggy I’ve fallen head-over-heels for you and your overachievyness. Keep up the good work!
Make the world a better place; punch a Yankee fan in the face!
I'm looking at the highlights of the game
Did Ortiz’s 2nd HR go onto Eutaw Street?
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i think so
i only saw the replay angle which was from the side. from that angle, it looked like it.
by twistedlogic on May 2, 2010 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
Another great win
I just wish we could have a pitcher, who when we are in the lead in the 9th, doesn’t walk or give up a hit to the lead off hitter. Please!
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