Sunday Bird Droppings
by duck on May 23, 2010 8:17 AM EDT
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PrintAbbreviated version today, since I'm running late to church music practice, and still have to transpose half the songs into playable guitar keys.
Recaps of yesterday's daily bullpen meltdown can be found at baltimoresun.com, MASNsports.com (with post-game Dave), Washington Post, and The Associated Press.
Orioles Insider: Random Orioles opinions and observations
The team on the field at the end of last night game was a battery of Craig Tatum and Alfredo Simon, an infield of Scott Moore, Julio Lugo, Cesar Izturis and Miguel Tejada, and an outfield of Lou Montanez, Corey Patterson and Nick Markakis. Four of those players (Simon, Moore, Montanez and Patterson) started their seasons with Triple-A Norfolk. One of them (Lugo) wasn’t even in the organization until a week before spring training ended, and another (Tatum) was given absolutely no shot to make the club. That might be the most depressing thing I've read all year. -duck
Orioles notebook: Uehara ailing; bullpen down to four
Koji Uehara says his elbow pain is similar to last season. That knocked him out of the final 3 1/2 months of the year in 2009. Delicate Flower, indeed. -duck
Baltimore Orioles can't do anything right, and that's the worst - Fort Worth Star Telegraph
It's one thing to rank the Baltimore Orioles the worst team in baseball in this space every week based on what you hear and what you read. It's another experience entirely when you have to actually watch them play, which happened this week when the Orioles came to Arlington. Any how many playoff series has Texas won? -duck
IN THE MINORS
Norfolk downed by Rochester Saturday as the Rochester Red Wings pounded out 17 hits as they rolled to a 9-2 win, Bowie lost 6-2 as Steve Johnson gave up 5 ER in just 5.2 IP, including 2 HR, Frederick won after an hour and 33 minutes rain delay as the bullpen came through for five scoreless innings, and Shorebirds win 2-1 in 15 Innings on a Gary Helmick fly ball to deep left field to score T.J.Baxter in the bottom of the 15th inning. -duck
AND SLIGHTLY OFF-TOPIC, BUT WORTH NOTING
Dunbar is first city school to win regional softball championship - baltimoresun.com
Dunbar won the 1A South title (yeah, I know, the MPSSAA doesn't do geography well), becoming the first Baltimore City team to do so. Freshman Daunyea Fulton won the game, as she has every game this year for the Poets, by allowing just 4 hits and striking out 8. She's pitched every inning of the season for the Poets, who move on to the 1A Final Four. -duck
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Just a hunch...
but I would guess anything by Slayer is NOT part of church music practice. That’d be interesting though…
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Are we counting warmup music?
Because I totally break out “Fade to Black” by Metallica as a fingering exercise and “What Do You Do For Money Honey” by AC/DC as chord change practice.
Time to play…
When you watch the Orioles every night, a beer after dinner turns into a six pack WAY too many times. Stacey
by duck on May 23, 2010 9:56 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
on the contrary....
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
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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 23, 2010 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Did anyone see the SNL re-run last night?
Because I saw that one of the DJ’s for the musical act was wearing the cartoon bird. Pretty cool.
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 23, 2010 8:49 AM EDT reply actions
I didn't see SNL but,
I did watch part of a documentary on ‘Spaceman’ Bill Lee (LHP for the Saux in the ’70s) on MLB network and he was rocking an Oriole hat for some reason.
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by PBR me ASAP! on May 23, 2010 8:56 AM EDT up reply actions
Jeff Z's takedown there was pretty devastating
I guess we can’t say that the Sun isn’t critical of the team, huh? That was brutal – all the moreso because I’ve been watching the team all year and he’s right. I don’t follow that Orioles Insider blog every day but I usually look in on articles and I don’t think I have seen one that’s so bleak as that. Maybe Z’s starting to crack from being a shitty team’s beat writer for too long, and if so, more power to him.
I'm ready for a straight jacket. - Joe Angel, 4/17/10 (O's record: 1-11)
by Eat More Esskay on May 23, 2010 10:13 AM EDT reply actions
and yet not even Zrebiec thinks any of this is on trembley.
by thewaywardO on May 23, 2010 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions
you know
there is a difference in believing Trembley is the reason the Orioles are awful and thinking Trembley isn’t the right man for the job.
exactly, no one is saying dave is the only reason that the O's are losing,
This team has a lack of talent and/or players playing below their talent, at almost every position right now.
However, I think Dave makes bad baseball decisions way too often, and that there is a better man for the job. I’m not saying another manager would automatically make the O’s a winner, I just disagree with a lot of his methods.
What's so devastating about it?
This is one of my pet peeves about the bulk of the press: the appearance of critique without anything behind it, and then how we ooh and ahh. It is how Keith Olbermann of all people became a major pundit.
Zrebiec’s criticism is what, exactly? I’ve read it several times now, and I’m still not quite sure. He thinks that Hernandez belongs in the bullpen, but isn’t able to explain why beyond “I think he’d be more effective one time through the lineup”. He thinks that the bullpen has been misused, but not in the game he’s talking about. He thinks we had a lot of scrubs in the game by the end last night, which is true of a lot of AL teams in interleague at NL parks for the obvious reasons, but he has nothing substantive to say about the failed signings and injuries that led to it being Moore and Montanez rather than Pie and Atkins. He thinks (like everyone in baseball) that Trembley might get fired, although he gives no explanation as to why besides the fact that the team is doing poorly.
I like Zrebiec; he’s among my favorites of the O’s reporters out there. But that post is simply there, filler, devoid of anything that I think would be informative to anyone. I understand the need to generate content and page views, and that analysis isn’t Zrebiec’s job. But I also don’t like using adjectives like “devastating” for milquetoast critiques.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
mentor on the mound today
gotta like the odds
"Being an Orioles fan is like having Erectile Dysfunction"
"harden the fuck up mike gonzalez."
The Signing Bonus: We're back in business.
of what...
The O’s not scoring any runs?
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by PBR me ASAP! on May 23, 2010 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions
last year the O's went 11-1 in games I attended.
This year they are 0-4. I guess that’s part of the whole regression to the mean thing people are always going on about.
That being said, me and the mentor are totally due for a win ;)
by Stacey on May 23, 2010 12:33 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Jose Lima died of a massive heart attack
That guy was insane. He was like the pitching version of Ozzie Guillen. Kinda crazy to know he’s gone. It seems like he was just in the majors last year.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Damn, that sucks
I always liked that dude too. “It’s Lima Time, baby!”
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by PBR me ASAP! on May 23, 2010 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Lima Time??! ahh RIP fella
he pitched for the Royals here a few years back(started 7-0)
I was down in Texas later that same year and the Royals swept the Rangers just prior to the All-Star break.. during the pregame.. he was in the outfield throwin the ball around, and I yelled out,“Lima Time!”, and he threw me a ball.. then some groans from some surrounding fans, I guess, jealous that I had gotten a ball lol
"We can't risk another frontal assault, that rabbit is dynamite!!" -King Arthur
by Orange N Blue on May 23, 2010 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Am I the only one who thinks the AJ HR could/should be an error?
Morgan backs up to the wall and has a beat on the ball. He misplayed it.
Seems to me that getting charged with an error is like being called for traveling in the NBA. It has to be so blatantly bad that the ref/official scorer has no choice but to call it. Pitchers ought to start loudly griping about it.
*GASP*!!!!
Orel Hershiser has the temerity to question Jeethuhs range?!? Methinks he’ll be calling Newark Bears games soon. No one dares be critical of The Captain!
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