Nationals 7, Orioles 6: These guys will swing at anything
by The Fat Bird on May 22, 2010 7:39 PM EDT
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PrintThe best part about this game being over is that we no longer have to listen to Palmer and Dibble in the booth, and no longer have to watch Mark Hendrickson pitch.
3E1N had a bad outing, giving up 11 hits and 6 ER in 5+ innings in the rain. The best jolt of excitement in this one came when Adam Jones hit a fly ball to Nyjer Morgan who proceeded to miss the ball at the wall and find it more important to throw a temper tantrum than pick up the ball and throw it in, allowing Adam Jones to be credited with the first inside-the-park home run this year for the O's.
Trembley pulled 3E1N in favor of Mark Hendrickson, who came in with the gas can and gave up the lead on an Adam Dunn single; it was all downhill from there. While Wiggy keeps on keepin' on with another home run and Adam Jones seems to have turned himself around at the plate, the late-inning approach by this team seems to bite them every time they are losing. This team swings at absolutely anything when they are down in late innings, and this one was no exception; Matt Capps looked like a Cy Young winner in putting away the O's in the ninth.
I am going to go drink beer and be thankful that I no longer am hearing Palmer and Dibble fight it out to be the alpha male in the booth. On an additional note, Koji Uehara is more delicate than a 5-year-old girl whose dog just died... can we take a mulligan on that contract???
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Just a reminder...
opposing players can’t be MBP
When you watch the Orioles every night, a beer after dinner turns into a six pack WAY too many times. Stacey
I feel like they can when they act like the O's duck
just my .02
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. - Earl Wilson
I'm just saying, we agreed on that
Y’all do whatever the hell you want. Free country and all.
When you watch the Orioles every night, a beer after dinner turns into a six pack WAY too many times. Stacey
Alright Mr. Athletics Nation
"Daddy, is Hevan like BIRDLAND?"
"No son, Hevan is BIRDLAND."
by BENNY BIRDMAN on May 22, 2010 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions
call the subcommittee to order!
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
I agree
If you aren’t an Oriole…you can’t be birdland.
The future is not what it used to be.
by John Stephens on May 22, 2010 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions
This is 100% correct
Opposing players can be “birdland” but “Birdland” is reserved for O’s. No opposing players for MBP.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
why not
call Tillman/Arrieta up for some bullpen duty (with the understanding that it’s strictly a temporary gig)?
benefits:
1) they’d get some MLB seasoning without the stress of starting. Earl’s approach works with some guys, for instance Hughes, Liriano and Johan, and probably some others I could dig up if I bothered to do some research.
2) they’d get some good arms in the pen not named _ (fill in your current most loathed reliever).
3) would cut down on their innings, which presumably the team is trying to limit for young arms
drawbacks:
1) If they do well it would be tough to move them back to SP.
2) DT could give them the Ohman treatment (could be solved by strictly using them in long relief).
by Dingbat Charlie on May 22, 2010 8:05 PM EDT reply actions
Other drawbacks
It could retard the development of their secondary pitches.
It would accelerate their service time to no purpose.
Arrieta is probably not ready for the majors; Tillman might not be either.
By changing their routine, you could increase the risk of injury.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
I can see Arrieta needing more time in the minors
Is K/BB ratio is still not great. What else do you think Tillman has to do at this point to be ready for the majors though? Just curious to hear what you think. You definitely follow the prospects closer than I do.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
This is hard to say
He might be ready, he might not be.
One thing I say a lot is that results aren’t everything. Tillman’s results look very good, but the same was true last season. He still gives up too many fly balls. I don’t know how polished the cutter is for him yet.
Statistically, he looks pretty good. His peripherals are better than they were last season in Norfolk except for the strikeouts, but I think that’s OK, and I’m comfortable with him pitching to contact a little more. But his walk rate has improved yet again (he’s now below 2 BB/9), he’s giving up fewer line drives, and getting more infield flies. The only thing that concerns me really is his home runs allowed versus right handers, but again, minor league stats aren’t everything.
But I don’t have a case against promoting Tillman based on his results (although I don’t want to see him in the pen). But I also don’t think that I can really know the answer to whether or not he should be promoted based on his stats alone.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
I agree that I don't want him in the pen
and the hr rate could be better. The BB rate is what I really like though. So many of the prospects we see struggle/flame out fail because they have no control. If he can throw strikes consistently with the stuff he has I have no problem with him coming up (whether his outs are coming on grounders or not). If the O’s really think there is something they can better work on with him in the minors, then i’m on board with that. There’s just only so much a guy can learn against AAA hitters.
But then again, who do you demote to bring up Tillman? You either have to send someone to the pen or send down Hernandez or Bergesen. I’d hate to see Berg sent down again so soon, but I don’t want to see DH relegated to the pen just yet. Maybe we send DH down to work on HIS hr troubles? I’m not sure. Maybe it’s best just to keep things as they are until the situation sorts itself out (iineffectiveness/injury) or we sort it out (trading Millwood/Guts).
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
I was in the outfield
And I nearly caught the Wiggs HR ball! So close.
The future is not what it used to be.
so was nyjer morgan
he almost caught jones’ homerun ball. so close!
oh hang on….
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on May 22, 2010 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Somebody's GOT to do another Nyjer Morgan photoshop contest off this, um, curious incidence of Outfielder's Pique.
I laughed my forking HEAD off at that other one (for which ginormous points to whoever’s blog it was— Seattle?…)
On the other hand, This Just In: We have recorded a resounding double-come-from-ahead loss to the Washington Gnationals, who are essentially to baseball what the Washington Generals are to basketball: a professional punching bag.
Um, you’d like to say someting amusing like Punching Bag Strikes Back or O’s Bullpen Leads With Chin…but this kind of game is really closer to nausea metaphors than sporting ones. So— Opinion Poll:
Orioles Blow Leads and Lunch to Gnats, 7-6. Was this game
—> Chunky style
or
—> Creamy smooth
"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.
Great write-up, TFB.
I will say this: Hendrickson did not pitch particularly well, but after giving up 1ER (and letting one runner score) in the 6th, he held the game close for the next two innings. He pretty much had to be a magician to do it, but he held it close. It gave the rest of the bullpen a rest, which they obvi needed.
AND HERE’S WHY I THINK TERRY CROWLEY SHOULD BE FIRED.
Scott Moore, recently recalled from AAA, has his second major league at-bat of the year in the bottom of the ninth inning with two outs against the guy who is leading the majors in saves, and whose fastball sits in the mid-90s.
What does Scott do? He swings at the very first pitch. Of course.
This is where Crowley and Trembley need to be accountable. You have a rookie up who has been facing inferior pitching all year, and suddenly goes against one of the game’s best. What are the odds he is going to have the right timing on this guy without having EVER SEEN A PITCH? Crowley shold have told him, “Rook, you have to take at least two pitches before you swing”. If Capps is throwing only heat, then Moore has a chance to see the heat a couple of times. If Capps decides to switch it up and throw a slider after going up 0-2, then maybe Scott can work the count a little.
But we’ll never know.
The notion that Moore had any chance to succeed first-pitch-swinging in that situation is ludicrous. So why did he do it? Because that’s Crowley’s mantra. “Be aggressive early in the count.”
How long will the Orioles stick with this philosophy before they realize how much it’s hurting them?
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
by zknower on May 22, 2010 11:12 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
spot on, brother
"'Tis the time's plague when madmen lead the blind."
is there video of the Morgan-Jones ITPHR?
Like MLB.com, I’m too tired to look.
Everyone thought Baltimore was three easy wins and we got our ass kicked three times. - Dustin Pedroia, After the Red Sox got swept by the Orioles.
by BaltimoreSportsFan on May 22, 2010 11:15 PM EDT reply actions
you're so jaded for a young 'un.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
saw the film from both nyjer morgan inside the parkers on espn
about 5 times while i was out tonite.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on May 23, 2010 12:44 AM EDT up reply actions
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Holy crap, who saw this coming?!?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/books/review/Shapiro-t.html?ref=todayspaper
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“In the end, the man who felt it necessary to apologize to New York when the Yankees lost a World Series understood almost nothing about a game whose subtleties seemed beyond his comprehension.
But then, this wasn’t about baseball. It was, ultimately, all about him. There may be no I in "team." In the world of George St##br#nn#r, though, there was, above all else, an M and an E. "
"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.
Wowza!?!
Did not know the MFY were bought for $10 mil. Inflation adjusted, that’d be like buying them today for 50 mil. Quite a bargain.
Make the world a better place; punch a Yankee fan in the face!
by PBR me ASAP! on May 23, 2010 8:54 AM EDT up reply actions
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