Wednesday Bird Droppings
by duck on May 12, 2010 7:00 AM EDT
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Recaps from yesterday's absolutely forgettable loss can be found at Orioles.com, The Sun, The Associated Press, and Seattle PI.
Orioles notebook: O's keep roster unchanged
"Amid speculation that the Orioles would begin shaking up their ailing offense upon returning home Tuesday, the 25-man roster remained the same." I can't imagine we get through this homestand without at least one roster move. -duck
Orioles Insider: Patterson's arrival imminent
Expect Corey Patterson to be added to the roster on Thursday. But who goes - Lou Montanez or Nolan Reimold? -duck
Baltimore Sun Orioles notebook: Trembley calls on batters to be patient - baltimoresun.com
"I do think there is something to be said for working the count a little better. Taking some pitches," said Trembley, who said he crunched some offensive statistics on Monday's off day. OMFG. It took you until June to figure this out? And you had to "crunch offensive stats" before you could see it was necessary? Jeez Louise! Tune in next week, when Dave discovers that it actually doesn't make sense to have wild pitchers give up IBBs to load the bases. -zk
Growing concerns over Reimold - MASNsports.com
Diamond Dave thinks Nolan Reimold is not performing to his abilities. I certainly hope this isn't his level of ability. -duck
Looking at the Adam Jones enigma - MASNsports.com
"O's outfielder Adam Jones is struggling at bat, and the worry for fans - and for team officials as well - is that this could be more than just a slump." He hasn't hit worth a lick in almost a calendar year. -duck
Griffey speaks to Iraqi teens in Baltimore | MLB.com: News
The future Hall of Famer spoke to a visiting group of youth and coaches. -duck
Griffey: 'There are some issues that are not true'
Ken Griffey Jr. kinda, sorta denied sleeping in the clubhouse last week. But not really. It's confusing, go read for yourself. -duck
It's unfair, but MLB had no other choice than to move to Philly - Big League Stew
Toronto fans won't get to boo Roy Halladay unless they travel to Philadelphia. Thanks, G20 Summit.
Drunk Jays Fans: If This Blows Halladay’s Return, So Help Me (expletive deleted) God
FROM THIS WINTER: A Toronto blog bemoans the possibility of the Jays' series against the Phillies being moved to accommodate security concerns of the G20 summit, in hilarious and extremely profane ways. (NSFW) -duck
Chin music for Baltimore’s baseball bloggers
Drew Forrester says that we never link to him! So here you go, buddy. Don't say I never did nothing for ye. -Stacey
IN THE MINORS: Norfolk won 5-3 loss as Armando Gabino got the win, working the fifth, sixth and seventh innings for Norfolk, Bowie won 6-5 as Chorye Spoon wasn't great (5.0 IP, 4 R, 2 ER), but picked up his first win in five starts, Frederick won 4-1 as Billy Rowell went 2-for-3 with a walk and the bullpen pitched four scoreless innings, and Delmarva had the night off but is auctioning off an autographed Matt Wieters bobblehead. He never played there. -duck
Orioles Prospect - Brandon Waring | Bowie Baysox News
Brandon Waring gets the spotlight on the Baysox website. -duck
Orioles Insider: Surgery (yesterday) for Lebron
No, not the basketball player, but reliever Luis Lebron. He had ligament replacement surgery on his right elbow Tuesday. -duck
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When today stinks...look to the future
A nice piece on Brandon Waring. Playing very well in AA. Is he an option next year? Is he considered a major league prospect?
John S West Jr
by Adam double bubble on May 12, 2010 7:31 AM EDT reply actions
3B or 1B?
Last year I thought he played 1B (Little help JamesF?). He does have similar numbers this year to Bell (AA vs AAA though) but are better than Synder’s. I wonder if he moves back to 1B if Synder doesn’t pick it up, maybe with a midseason promotion to AAA and assuming Bell stays down all year.
What a trade
Didn’t we get Brandon Waring from the Reds in the Ramon Hernandez trade? If yes, I take back anything bad I ever said about Andy McPhail. Well, most of the bad stuff, I still can’t see past the Atkins signing.
John S West Jr
by Adam double bubble on May 12, 2010 8:14 AM EDT up reply actions
He played mostly first but some third last year
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
I know he isn't considered to be much of a defender at third...
….but there is still a chance he could be adequate. I think mainly he was playing first early on because the O’s were experimenting with moving Tyler Henson to third, but about midway through the season gave up on that and put Henson in the outfield. After that, Waring played more third for Frederick, but this year they’ve used him at first again.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
Wow, Drew Forrester thinks we have something against him?
I swear, if people actually saw how half-asleep I was at 6:45 a.m. doing a Google News search looking for links, they’d see there’s no agenda. WNST’s stuff doesn’t come up on a Google News search, and I don’t think to click over there 15 minutes before I leave for work. So now I have an agenda.
I swear, Stacey, I feel like I just had this conversation…
"Oh, and Joe? If Brian hits any of your delicate millionaires, know that he meant it." - Stacey
orioles mini calender trivia q of the day!
what orioles player has the team record for career leadoff homeruns?
It’s the Ric Flair Theory of baseball – To be the man, you gotta beat the man. -duck
by Parkinglotninja on May 12, 2010 8:54 AM EDT reply actions
David Hernandez :-)
John S West Jr
by Adam double bubble on May 12, 2010 9:10 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
hahahahahahahaha
It’s the Ric Flair Theory of baseball – To be the man, you gotta beat the man. -duck
by Parkinglotninja on May 12, 2010 9:17 AM EDT up reply actions
yea this was well played
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on May 12, 2010 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions
correct...
:)
It’s the Ric Flair Theory of baseball – To be the man, you gotta beat the man. -duck
by Parkinglotninja on May 12, 2010 9:17 AM EDT up reply actions
He is also second all-time to Ricky Henderson.
Insert something witty here.
by Knubles and Bits on May 12, 2010 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions
ahahahahahaha
Drew Forrester is an idiot.
However…Tuesday rolls around and the powers-that-be (and frankly, I don’t know who makes the front-page decisions and never asked Stacey) list 16 different stories about the baseball team but none of them were worthy of being replaced by my piece on Free The Birds.
And that’s what you get when you deal with bloggers. Afraid to let "the other side" have their say. Because if you do that – some folks who read the piece might even think, "hmmm…that’s a valid point or two."
Translation: “I just said that I have no idea how CC decides who they link to, and I didn’t bother to ask them. So I’ve decided to jump to my own conclusions: They have a personal agenda against all of us people who FIGHT THE MAN and post critical things about the Orioles.”
What a fuckin’ hack you are, Drew.
- Look above. Duck (and the rest of us) basically use various search engines to pick up our clippings every morning. Because—get this—we do this as a volunteer/passion kind of thing, around our paying job, and trolling the web for everything that’s being said about the Orioles takes time. I suggest you talk to teh Google if you want to know why your stuff doesn’t show up on our front page.
- We never post anything critical about the team? What the fuck? We not only had coverage of the Angelos/RIpken flap in the Bird Droppings, but Stacey actually made sure it got noticed by writing a front-page story about it. The ridiculous ticket price increase for “premium games” was not only mentioned in Bird Droppings, but was also hilighted by Stacey in a separate post the same day.
So Drew, you kind of look like you have a persecution complex mixed with delusions of grandeur. After reading your commentary, I have to confess I would hesitate to link to you in the future—not because you FIGHT THE MAN! and are all real and shit, but because I don’t consider you an actual journalist who takes the time to reserach what he’s writing. I mean, in the same way that I don’t link to stuff on blogspot or Bleacher Report.
Lastly,
I don’t mind talking to my critics, as long as I know who they REALLY are. Some of the idiots who post comments here and try to buffalo me with a fake name and/or e-mail address — critics with no backbone — I give them no time and no access to me. If you can’t write your real name, you’re a loser.
Drew, you seem to spend a fair amount of time reading Camden Chat. But I don’t recall you ever posting here, under your real name or an alias (that I know of). Instead it appears that you’re a lurker, who misinterprets something we’ve done, and then takes a shot at us over on his own blog.
If you felt we had an agenda against you, why didn’t you come here and post about it in the comments? If you can’t write your real name, you’re a loser.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
by zknower on May 12, 2010 9:18 AM EDT reply actions 4 recs
lol zk
That post I wrote about premium games was written in 2007, but I still stand by what I said there :)
oops.
i know it was still talked about around here.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
actually, that proves my point!
we’ve printed stuff critical of the FO all the way back to 2007!
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
Yup
Regarding the Orioles decision to increase prices if you buy tickets the day of the game, this is what we had to say about that.
O’s to charge extra for tickets purchased on game day – baltimoresun.com
They’re also charging more for Boston/New York games. Way to go guys. Keep pushing away that fanbase. -zk
yeah, but that dollar won’t make or break the Orioles, either
so why slap your fans in the face?
by zknower
It’s bullshit. Newsflash, O’s, you’ll sell more advance tickets when you start winning. Stop punishing the fans; we’ve been punished enough.
by Stacey
or just post your links in the open threads
because in truth, nobody actually looks at the links anyways
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on May 12, 2010 9:27 AM EDT up reply actions
As I am slowly realizing.....
"Oh, and Joe? If Brian hits any of your delicate millionaires, know that he meant it." - Stacey
I think I'm just gonna start sleeping in
"Oh, and Joe? If Brian hits any of your delicate millionaires, know that he meant it." - Stacey
Not to depress you or anything
I look at the titles and if any catch my eye i read them. Usually that amounts to one every couple of days, but its the thought that counts right?
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on May 12, 2010 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions
That's reason enough to keep them
I’m the same way. I read all the link titles and descriptions, but only follow them if I think they’re interesting. I end up following at least one a day. I lOvE bIrD DrOpPiNgS!!!
I said the same thing
over at his site, although a tad less miffed. :)
Then again, I deal with 14 year olds all day, I’m used to students thinking the universe revolves around them.
"Oh, and Joe? If Brian hits any of your delicate millionaires, know that he meant it." - Stacey
You know what else makes WNST really cool?
Huge ads next to every comment. Really makes me want to read their site.
That's what ticked me off the most
What I got out of Drew’s posting was “Bloggers who do this for fun should spend more time guiding readers to my advertisements.”
Do your own publicity, Drew! Its not my problem if you aren’t getting enough page views.
by Dave Mc on May 12, 2010 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
No, it's my daughter (and son), silly.
Haven’t you noticed?
Seriously, you’re lucky I didn’t post her game stats from last night.
Oh, wait, I did, in last night’s game thread. :)
"Oh, and Joe? If Brian hits any of your delicate millionaires, know that he meant it." - Stacey
Hey man
go for it. My girlfriend is a softball pitching coach in New Rochelle, and I’ve picked up some of it.
Outs in baseball are like lives in Mario.
You asked for it...
5 IP, 149 pitches, 71 strikes, 48% strikes, 4 hits,10 runs, 13 walks, 14 Ks, 2 HBP.
"Oh, and Joe? If Brian hits any of your delicate millionaires, know that he meant it." - Stacey
Not my call
Her coach knows a hell of a lot more about SB pitching than I do. I DO NOT second guess him on anything softball-related. (And I wasn’t keeping a pitch count during the game.)
She throws 100 pitches 3-4 days a week. The softball motion is a lot easier on the shoulder and elbow than a baseball motion. And yes, she ices after practices and games.
"Oh, and Joe? If Brian hits any of your delicate millionaires, know that he meant it." - Stacey
And for the record
her line looked a hell of a lot more impressive after 4 innings. 3 runs, just 6 walks, and 11 Ks and a 55% strike percentage.
"Oh, and Joe? If Brian hits any of your delicate millionaires, know that he meant it." - Stacey
Don't take this the wrong way,
but even that seems like a lot of walks. I take it that’s just the norm for softball games at her age?
"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
It's a lot of walks
We’re working on it. :)
It’s not like she’s in the top 5 pitchers in her league, and she’s got another year of rec ball after this year before high school JV. She’s got time to get her control.
"Oh, and Joe? If Brian hits any of your delicate millionaires, know that he meant it." - Stacey
Cool.
Good luck to her.
I only got to pitch for a year or so, I guess in 7th grade. On most of my teams, only the coaches’ kids got to pitch most of the time. This was very, very exasperating once they hit the point where they couldn’t throw anything over the plate, and I had to stand out in RF and watch, knowing I could just jog up, throw a few warmup pitches, and at least make the dude swing. Stupid favoritism.
"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
Best part of my daughter's team?
Neither coach has a kid on the team. Their daughters are all in college and they’re coaching for something to do and help kids. Much more preferable than some situations we’ve been in.
"Oh, and Joe? If Brian hits any of your delicate millionaires, know that he meant it." - Stacey
dang
i used to throw 100-150 pitches a week back in HS and ended up with elbow problems. 100 pitches 3-4 times a week cant be good.
by twistedlogic on May 12, 2010 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I remember our...
pitching coach in high school showed us an article in the Post detailing, essentially, how all of us would be forever cursed with arthritic shoulders and elbows from years of crappy mechanics.
by TerroristFistJab on May 12, 2010 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions
eh whatever
I’ve got a kickass scar on my elbow to show for it. Well worth it. haha
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
did you have TJ surgery?
i get a really bad pain when i throw now, so i just don’t throw
by twistedlogic on May 12, 2010 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions
ah damn
no surgery for me. dont even know whats wrong. i get to 3-4 tosses and i start getting a sharp elbow pain. 5 or so throws later, it just gets awful
by twistedlogic on May 12, 2010 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Repeat after me:
Softball pitching is different than baseball pitching.
"Oh, and Joe? If Brian hits any of your delicate millionaires, know that he meant it." - Stacey
sorry, reading fail
i’m on vacation. do you honestly think i’m going to READ during it?
by twistedlogic on May 12, 2010 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Absolutely not!
"Oh, and Joe? If Brian hits any of your delicate millionaires, know that he meant it." - Stacey
Be happy you have one of each
With 2 boys you could end up with a Sig/Edgar situation,
“I’ve been doing this 20 years, same as you. So just drive the fucking boat & let me worry about the deck!”
You can't fix stupid. Stupid is forever.
Am I the only one that hadn't heard of this dude prior to reading bird droppings links?
Live south of b’more and can’t get NST anyway.
"Ohhh it's baad" - E. Smith
I'd never heard of him either.
Sounds like there’s a good reason.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
One last thought
My name an email are at the bottom of every page. He could have found out why we didn’t link. Others have. ;)
"Oh, and Joe? If Brian hits any of your delicate millionaires, know that he meant it." - Stacey
by duck on May 12, 2010 11:07 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
Nice.
I really don’t get his idea that the whole O’s blogosphere is just a bunch of team cheerleaders. I mean, what blogs does he actually read? Apparently not (just off my own list I check almost daily) CamdenCrazies, Dempsey’s Army, The Loss Column, Camden Depot, The Wayward Oriole, or Weaver’s Tantrum. They’re all critical of the Orioles, without any caveats, when they disagree with a decision. Are they just not relentlessly negative enough for him?
"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 don’t mind talking to my critics, as long as I know who they REALLY are. Some of the idiots who post comments here and try to buffalo me with a fake name and/or e-mail address — critics with no backbone — I give them no time and no access to me. If you can’t write your real name, you’re a loser.
Drew Forrester,
My name is Steve Lee and you’re a moron.
I came to camdenchat and all I got was this lousy avatar.
If you think Drew is a moron, I urge you to write your real name here.
I came to camdenchat and all I got was this lousy avatar.
Well, I dunno enough about him to say if he's a moron...
….but my name is James Feldman and I think he’s being a bit of a bitchy baby.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
I've kind of liked listening to some of the clips of Stacey on his show
They’ve been pretty decent. That said, the blog post in question really seems ridiculous. To me, it reads like, “We’ve given your site a ton of free publicity and you haven’t done the same for us.” Except that Stacey has, both by announcing her three-time-a-week gig on here many times, and also linking to the “Buy a Toyota Audio Vault” whenever something particularly interesting or juicy is discussed. Maybe there haven’t been any links to stories in the Bird Droppings, but honestly, that site is such a mess of links and text and animations and scroll bars that it’s hard to find anything. It’s a cacophony of visual noise that is unpleasant to sift through.
It's amazing to me
that Drew thinks there some sort of conspiracy against him. I can’t speak for Stacey, (or the other mods) but I imagine if he would have simply sent her (or them) an email saying, “Hey, could you post a link to my Free the Birds column,” it would have been done. In the past, I’ve seen links and advertisements for WNST’s rallies protesting the O’s and Angelos. I don’t see why this would be a problem now. Instead, he writes some moronic column making stupid generalizations and assumptions. Before today, I’ve read Drew a few times, thought he was a hack, and I quit reading him. It’s nothing against him personally. I don’t like the columnists for the Sun either. But that column today only further solidifies my opinion of him as an idiot.
I came to camdenchat and all I got was this lousy avatar.
My name is Andrew Gibson
and I think cacophony is a great word.
Also Drew Forrestor is, like Tobais Fuenke, a blowhard. But a completely harmless one with an inferiority complex who feels the need to mock every entity that isn’t his…which used to make me pretty angry until I saw it for what it is: a guy with an inferiority complex who needs to be the lone voice against the darkness.
Outs in baseball are like lives in Mario.
Jordan Katz
Everyone thought Baltimore was three easy wins and we got our ass kicked three times. - Dustin Pedoria, After the Red Sox got swept by the Orioles.
by BaltimoreSportsFan on May 12, 2010 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Speaking for us Orioles fans who don't live in MD anymore
What the fuck is WNST?
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
Sports talk station.
Everyone thought Baltimore was three easy wins and we got our ass kicked three times. - Dustin Pedoria, After the Red Sox got swept by the Orioles.
by BaltimoreSportsFan on May 12, 2010 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Blog brouhaha about the Orioles...
Anyone can log in and post. It’s pretty open here.
Personally, I don’t know how Stacey, Duck, and Zknower maintain the motivation to spend this much time on the team. And all for no pay. Hell, I have motivation problems just (now occasionally) tuning into a game. This team is demoralizing as hell. The mods doing the work for free don’t deserve any flak.
Oh, when we screw up, fire away
Just wait until we screw up, that’s all I ask.
"Oh, and Joe? If Brian hits any of your delicate millionaires, know that he meant it." - Stacey
you want a list?
;)
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
ALL OF TEHM!
"Oh, and Joe? If Brian hits any of your delicate millionaires, know that he meant it." - Stacey
by duck on May 12, 2010 10:57 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Was that on purpose?
Everyone thought Baltimore was three easy wins and we got our ass kicked three times. - Dustin Pedoria, After the Red Sox got swept by the Orioles.
by BaltimoreSportsFan on May 12, 2010 5:59 PM EDT up reply actions
You are SO 13 years old...
Of cousre it was!
"Oh, and Joe? If Brian hits any of your delicate millionaires, know that he meant it." - Stacey
Free ticket to the pirates day game in the company seats
Damn straight people, damn straight
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on May 12, 2010 10:19 AM EDT reply actions
hmmm
i COULD leave work early should you not want that ticket……
by twistedlogic on May 12, 2010 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions
although it'd be hard to get there in 2 hrs
by twistedlogic on May 12, 2010 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
I am taking that ticket
I didnt intend for that to sound like an offer, i was just a little excited when i typed that
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on May 12, 2010 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions
lol i know
i was just kidding. cant get to many games these days.
by twistedlogic on May 12, 2010 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions
lol
You probably just could have walked in, the only sections that were full were the cheapest seats. Still getting out of work to prop my feat up on the first base dugout and see joey votto knock one out, i’ll take that any day.
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on May 12, 2010 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Sweet
How is PNC Park? I’m visiting friends in Pitt next weekend and we’re going to catch a game vs. Atlanta.
by kramertoneman on May 12, 2010 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions
+1
Its got a sweet view of an under-rated skyline. Other than the terrible winters and the indigionous populations lust over anything black and gold, its got a lot of good qualities.
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on May 12, 2010 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions
Pitt?
Did you hang out in that gigantic library for four years. I thought that place was rad. I also banged in the Armenian Room.
I find it funny that they call it the tower of doom
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on May 12, 2010 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions
I think I agree on the long-term part
But for now its not bad
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on May 12, 2010 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions
Granted I have only been there for two days. last year.
But it really seemed on the up and up to me. Count me as thoroughly impressed by Pittsburgh. Seemed like a lot of underground urban rebirth coolness going on.
It does seem to be on the up and up
Plus the southside has the most bars per block in the country I believe. So they’ve got that going for them.
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on May 12, 2010 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Memo to Drew Forrester, who probably isn't reading anyway
Nobody who isn’t at WNST gives a crap about Free The Birds. As we like to say around here: deal with it.
P.S. Your website sucks, which may also have something to do with the fact that you never get linked.
P.P.S. If you want to convince people of your passion for the Baltimore Orioles, try staying to watch the entirety of, say, an Opening Day game against the Tampa Bay Rays. That way, when the new $12 million closer blows the game, you can have an informed opinion the next day when you talk about whatever it is you talk about.
P.P.P.S. But that was a really epic chicken tenders eating contest, wasn’t it?
I'm ready for a straight jacket. - Joe Angel, 4/17/10 (O's record: 1-11)
by Eat More Esskay on May 12, 2010 10:48 AM EDT reply actions
Thank you for the memo. It is very helpful.
I never listen to the show, so I have no idea what I’ve talked about. But I will say mmm mmmm chicken tenders.
That eating contest was pretty cool
UH-60 was ten seconds away from winning. If he hadn’t paused to call the other guy gay, he might have even won!
Can't believe the Phillies hat guy won
…but it was a pretty swell night all around, especially when it got to the ninth and it was just us, and I didn’t have Nestor hovering over me regaling me with tales of how awful spring training was in 2003 at Fort Lauderdale.
Outs in baseball are like lives in Mario.
It was good times even though we didn't bet any real money
although I haven’t seen Gregory O around much since then. Maybe we scared him away.
And “Nes” bought me a beer, so I didn’t mind listening to his retread stories. Probably because I was drunk and I’m a coward.
He was great, and it was fun
but…it was Opening Day! I wanted to watch the game and not listen to reasons why the Orioles suck. It was Opening Day! We were winning at the time!
Outs in baseball are like lives in Mario.
yes agree
I did find it funny how he was saying that angelos doesn’t contribute to the community blah blah blah, and just the week before the GF and I had gone to the myerhoff symphony hall and Angelos practically donated an entire wing of that place.
LOL he said that?
Wow. Angelos may have a ton of faults, but lack of contributions to the community is not one of them. In fact I think that every morning as I drive past the John and Frances Angelos Law Center on my way to work.
Let's not forget about hearing about Toronto strip clubs in 1992 or whatever
I'm ready for a straight jacket. - Joe Angel, 4/17/10 (O's record: 1-11)
by Eat More Esskay on May 12, 2010 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm sad it wasn't a hot dog eating contest, though
I was looking forward to seeing people dip the buns in water like a true pro.
Down with Lou!
Deal with it.
b dot o, but i know that i flow rack them up knock them down dominos
by WestcoastO'sFan on May 12, 2010 10:55 AM EDT reply actions
corey can bunt...
DEAL WITH IT!!!
"If they pitch to you, make them pay."
--Diamond Dave to the Phenom
by j.q. higgins on May 12, 2010 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Actually...
I could be wrong, but wasn’t a big problem with CPatt1.0 the fact that he refused to do things like drop a bunt or go the other way with the ball? Dude could burn on the bases, I’ll give him that.
by TerroristFistJab on May 12, 2010 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions
peace out baltimore
my MARC train to DC was just called at Penn Station. it’s been a lovely visit (except for that game last night).
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
payceeee
come out for another game in july!
by twistedlogic on May 12, 2010 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions
“I do think there is something to be said for working the count a little better. Taking some pitches,” said Trembley, who said he crunched some offensive statistics on Monday’s off day. OMFG. It took you until June to figure this out? And you had to “crunch offensive stats” before you could see it was necessary? Jeez Louise! Tune in next week, when Dave discovers that it actually doesn’t make sense to have wild pitchers give up IBBs to load the bases.
(Heads slams on desk). Next week Dave discovers that sacrifice bunts cost the team outs.
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It was mentioned above by zk...
But would someone please tell Dave to STOP INTENTIONALLY WALKING PEOPLE! Especially when it loads the bases, kthanksbye.
Seriously, when he walked Ichiro to get to Figgins, I had flashbacks to DH’s first start against TOR, when we walked the 8th guy to get to one of the Molina Bros, whom DH promptly plunked to force the run in. So what does a pitcher with a demonstrated lack of control do in a tight spot against a talented (albeit slumping) hitter? He fucking walks him.
by TerroristFistJab on May 12, 2010 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Y'all need to give DDT some credit
He understands enough about offensive statistics to know that he doesn’t get useful information from a small sample size
Matt Wieters has a sustainably high BABIP
Markakis
John Sickels posted a prospect retro on Nick Markakis.
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Fantasy Question
Would you trade Morneau and Justin Upton for Pujols if you have Markakis on the bench in a 5×5 league? Do you think over the course of the rest of the year you’ll get better Average, Runs, HR, RBI, and SBs from Pujols/Markakis than from Morneau/Upton? Obviously you probably lose SBs with that trade…
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
Reimold down Patterson up
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/blog/2010/05/reimold_to_be_demoted_to_tripl.html
No surprise but still really a downer to see Patterson back in an O’s uniform to provide a spark with his .29something lifetime OBP. I bet he’s leading off. I guess this can get more dismal, but not by much.
Ugh
Seems crazy to me to send Reimold down rather than Lou.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
Lou can rot up here on the bench. Reimold gets to play every day in Norfolk.
From the Land of Pleasant Living...
Eh
Reimold’s ABs have been looking better and better even though they aren’t resulting in hits. I’m not sure how much AAA is going to help him.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
Right...
There has to be some reason Nolan was the one to go, but the fact that this move also didn’t involve giving Lugo his walking papers makes me sad.
by TerroristFistJab on May 12, 2010 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Any move that doesn't result in firing Lugo out of a cannon makes me sad
and not one of those cannons designed to shoot people out of them. one with gunpowder.
Do we give him a metal pot for a helmet?
(I really hope someone gets this reference.)
"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
Fuck this
Demote Reimold, but keep Lou on the roster? That’s bullshit.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Maybe
this is Lou’s last chance before he’s given his unconditional (anyone know if he has options left?) release? At the very least Nolan gets a chance to fix his swing at a slightly lower level of competition through regular playing itme.
How in the hell did this outfield go from the are of strength on this team to one that employs both Corey Patterson and Lou Montanez?
by TerroristFistJab on May 12, 2010 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Seriously depressing
I went into this season thinking we might have one of the best OFs in baseball and now it’s Markakis and 2 borderline minor leaguers every night.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
I'm getting really tired of dealing with Lou.
I’m pretty sure I’m not the olny one.
Everyone thought Baltimore was three easy wins and we got our ass kicked three times. - Dustin Pedoria, After the Red Sox got swept by the Orioles.
by BaltimoreSportsFan on May 12, 2010 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions
*only*
Everyone thought Baltimore was three easy wins and we got our ass kicked three times. - Dustin Pedoria, After the Red Sox got swept by the Orioles.
by BaltimoreSportsFan on May 12, 2010 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions
You know what they say...
“In with the old, out with the Reimold”
"This club is not a good club." --Jim Palmer
They're making an example of Reimold?
Putting Jonesy on notice? Delaying Reimolds arbitration eligibility? I’m grasping at straws here.
Matt Wieters has a sustainably high BABIP
Y'know what'd be really bad.
If he performs poorly in Norfolk, and isn’t even with the team when they give out his bobblehead. I’ve heard of hitting a homerun on your bobblehead night, but I’ve never heard of not being on the team for your bobblehead giveaway.
Everyone thought Baltimore was three easy wins and we got our ass kicked three times. - Dustin Pedoria, After the Red Sox got swept by the Orioles.
by BaltimoreSportsFan on May 12, 2010 6:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I know I was just thinking that
It’s 14 days until his bobblehead night, he better turn it around pretty fast.
Cleveland had a V-Mart bobblehead day a week after he was traded to Boston
I rather Reimold be in Nofolk for his bobblehead day than there. Hell, I rather him be in Bluefield than there.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
I'm sure most of you will get this in an Email, but...
MacPhail took some time to address the fans
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
MacPhail is good at PR, I'll give him that.
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