Wednesday Bird Droppings
by zknower on Jun 30, 2010 7:00 AM EDT
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First things first.
One year ago today, the Orioles improbably pulled off the greatest comeback in franchise history, capped by Nick Markickass hitting a two-run double off of anusface Papeldouche Boston's closer. (Remember when he used to be really good?) It was also the greatest comeback of any last place team against a first place team in the history of MLB.
You owe it to yourself to take some time today to relive the wonder of BIRDLAND DAY, June 30, 2009. The original gamethread isn't particularly interesting: 500+ comments, the usual off-topic banter, and some typical misery. I mean, for God's sake, Rich Hill was pitching! It gets good when you switch over to the overflow thread, which commences with these seemingly mundane words from Stacey:
O's losing 9-1 in the fifth as the rain delay ends. Anyone still paying attention come on in!
Come on in? Who can resist, right? I mean, a 9-1 drubbing in the fifth inning? During a rain-delayed game? At 9:52 on a Tuesday night? SIGN ME UP!
Yet those who decided, for whatever reason, to stay on and endure the carnage were given a glorious gift of a comeback, the kind that will make you jump around in your house screaming at the cat and kiss your neighbor. It wasn't unlike the 91st minute goal scored by Team USA in the World Cup last week.
Of course, a day later, Boston came back to beat the Orioles, and the world began rotating in the correct direction again. But for 24 hours, every Oriole fan had something major to brag about. So take a look at the gamethreads and revel in our moment of glory, and be sure to view the post-game thread as well, which has some awesome pics (my fave is the one shown above, where dkdc snapped a headline on the crawl in Times Square) and where dayzd toe manages to make the entire team Birdland. Oh, and Oscar Salazar (who?) was voted MBP on the spot for starting the rally with a 3-run shot.
In honor of Birdland Day, tonight is Matt Wieters bobblehead night at the park. I imagine they'll play some highlights from last year's game on the ol' jumbotron.
Your Droppings are after the jump.....
Recaps of last night's not-at-all-Birdland loss: Baltimore Sun, SF Chronicle, Orioles' website, MLB.com, AP
Cal Ripken Jr. says talks with Orioles about front office role are ongoing - baltimoresun.com
As clipped late last night: "I love the fact that it's an open exploration and we're talking," Ripken said in a phone interview with The Baltimore Sun and the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network. "My goal truly was to be available to [his son] Ryan and to my kids. But you start to look at it, it's a short period of time and he's out the door and both are off to college. The talks are generating more not on the short, short term, but actually what the long term will look like. There's really no rush. They are ongoing, and they are progressing pretty nicely." This is good news, and I especially like that they're figuring out long term how he can help the club. -zk
Felix Pie and Michael Gonzalez to return to Orioles soon
Both Pie and Gonzo will be back soon: Pie to leadoff and play left field, and Gonzo to not close. Also BJ Surhoff has been approached about working informally on player development. "John has some other guys he would like to rotate through occasionally. We like to utilize those assets when we can," MacPhail said. "John has been keen on getting B.J. involved to some degree." -zk
The Numbers: Yeah, Adam Jones needs to walk a bit more - Big League Stew
Adam Jones' K:BB and BB% are both worst in the majors. Ouch. -Stacey
How Berken and Hernandez Emerged from the Crucible | Dempsey's Army
Heath at DA gives Jason Berken and David Hernandez a little love for their performances so far in 2010. -Stacey
b free daily: Vensel: Back soon, Felix Pie will get his chance to take off for Orioles
Pie is close to returning, and he’ll have the rest of 2010 to prove he’s capable of being an everyday player while Reimold tries to sort out his issues down on the farm. "We are interested to see if he can ... [be as adorable as ever]," Juan Samuel said. OK, maybe I paraphrased a little. -zk
The Schmuck Stops Here: O's: Dempsey's interview Thursday
In case you didn't hear already, Dempsey's interview was moved to tomorrow, and will be at PA's law office. More to the point, enjoy some comments from the Crazy Cult of Rick. They even have a Facebook page! -zk
Peter Schmuck column: O's uptick could complicate managerial search
"Nobody is going to put much stock in one big weekend by a team that entered Tuesday 29 games below .500" says Schmuck, but then he goes on to say he's worried that the FO will do just that. That they'll think the team has "turned it around", and ignore the fact that the team the Orioles swept is one of the only ones in the majors that might finish the year with fewer wins. And then Petey again trots out his ridiculous idea that Samuel should finish the year, while whomever they hire "stands on the sidelines for the rest of the season", looking over Samuel's shoulder. Riiiight. It's like Schmuck is trying to out-dysfunction the Orioles or something. -zk
'62 Mets share mixed feelings on losses | mets.com: News
Al Jackson, a member of the '62 Mets: "If any team could have lost a shutout, it was us. I know the Orioles are going through a tough time, but I don't think they can keep up with what we did. ... I don't want to hang onto [the distinction] necessarily. But I wouldn't wish it on anyone else. That was hard. It was misery." (hat tip: Britt Ghirolli) -zk
Baltimore Orioles' Jake Fox says Oakland A's took him out of comfort zone - Inside Bay Area
"Jake Fox didn't have the success he wanted with the A's partly because he felt he was being asked to become a different kind of hitter. Fox likes to be aggressive in his at-bats and believes the A's were taking him out of his comfort zone by asking him to take pitches and work counts." Great. Just great. -zk
Patience at the plate paying off for Wieters | orioles.com: News
"I think before I was being a little bit too aggressive before I actually saw the pitch. Now it's just seeing it and trying to hit it wherever the pitch is," Wieters said. "Instead of making up your mind before you go to the plate what you're going to try to do with it, just seeing it deep and trying to react to it." Well we knew Terry Crowley would never tell him to stop being aggressive, so it's nice that SHJ figured it out on his own. -zk
MLB, People Magazine and the Orioles announce winner of People's 'All-Stars Among Us' campaign | orioles.com
Casey Davis, a Westminster resident, has been chosen by fans across the nation for his community service through DeafMD, an online service that provides health education videos for the deaf. He will attend and be honored during the pre-game ceremony of the All-Star Game. -zk
Orioles Insider: Minor league game recaps -- June 29
Dean Jones' always-excellent recaps of the Minors. Winners: Norfolk, Bowie, Delmarva, Bluefield, and GCL O's. Losers: Frederick, Aberdeen. Josh Bell hit two dingers, one of them a grand slam. Baby Rhyno was 2-for-5 with a run scored. Chris Tillman picked up the win for Norfolk, with 7 Ks and 2 BBs in 6 2/3 innings, but also allowed three solo taters. Gonzalez let another teenager get a hit off him. Billy Rowell was 2 for 3 and hopes someone is paying attention. -zk
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I didn't watch Birdland day.
I checked one when we were losing 3 or 4-0, and decided to fire up the ole PS2, and enjoyed a lovely game of MLB 09. I waoke the next day, and when I say the Sun, my jaw hit the floor. Evern though I didn’t actually watch it, it had to be one of my favorite moments I can remember being an O’s fan.
Mi firma está escrito en español!
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Jun 30, 2010 7:07 AM EDT reply actions
Aw man
that overflow thread was one of my favorite things in the history of Camden Chat. It was SO exciting.
Isn't it almost impossible to believe that none of the perfect games this season have been thrown against us? -O'sFan21
i remember this so well!
that game started while i was still at work. got home and watched my life instantly get better
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jun 30, 2010 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Matt Hobgood hasn't pitched since the 11th...
…reports have him still at least a week away from pitching due to shoulder tendinitis, although he hasn’t been placed on the minor league DL.
In other news, Tyler Matzek struck out seven in 5 2/3 yesterday and has struck out 26.9% of all batters faced.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
Thanks, Sunshine
Isn't it almost impossible to believe that none of the perfect games this season have been thrown against us? -O'sFan21
Reading the various Birdland Day threads
just makes the current state of the Orioles that much more depressing.
"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've never had a nickname that stuck in my life
That one would be funny though.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
Keep on with the doom and gloom first thing in the morning
and it might take :)
Isn't it almost impossible to believe that none of the perfect games this season have been thrown against us? -O'sFan21
My third day in a row of being up at 5am
This is why people shouldn’t be up that early.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
Ha.
That’s five days a week for me. Not that I disagree with your point.
"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 isn't like I sleep in...
…I’m up around seven, even on the weekends, to walk the dog.
Those two hours though… I miss them.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
Yeah,
I’m pretty sure the only reason I’m able to stay up till 10 or later watching O’s games is because I’m 24. Give me another 5-10 years and I’ll be nodding off in the fifth.
"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
damn
i get up for work around 6am and i’m still nodding off by the 5th inning. i’m only 22!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jun 30, 2010 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Sometimes I really just want to go to bed,
but I watch anyway, just in case something good happens.
"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 never even have a choice
i try to stay awake and all of a sudden, i’m just out.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jun 30, 2010 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Hahaha.
Orioles baseball, the ultimate sleep aid.
"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 disagree
They’ve given me many sleepless nights. When I do fall asleep, I wake up screaming.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Wow.
Maybe you can sue for emotional distress or something.
"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
That would have to be class action...
against the king of class action suits? I doubt that would go well for us.
"I do think the O’s have sucked balls this season. If that displeases you Luke, then oh well."-birdman
Ouch.
Good point.
"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 dunno
I sleep less now than I did when I was 24. Back then, when I could, I’d sleep 10-12 hours on weekends. Now I’m not even sure when I last got six hours.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
this
i dont get enough sleep during the week (i try to get to bed around 11 to wake up at 6, but i’m almost always getting less than 6 hours) so i can sleep forever on weekends
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jun 30, 2010 9:45 AM EDT up reply actions
I usually sleep in a lot on Saturdays and a little on Sundays,
but sometimes I wake up a little after 5 anyway. I get back to sleep in short order, but that’s always annoying.
"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'm 24, and I spend an inordinate amount of time asleep
It’s just usually where I want to be when I’m not at work.
Fire Julio Lugo.
or you could be like me
and spend time at work sleeping :-)
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jun 30, 2010 9:57 AM EDT up reply actions
me too
I sleep a lot less than I did in my early to mid twenties. The last couple nights I’ve been going to bed earlier (like 11) in an attempt to start getting to work earlier, and I’ve been waking up at like 4 a.m. I think that experiment is over because it turns out waking up early doesn’t mean I’m capable of making myself leave the house any earlier.
Isn't it almost impossible to believe that none of the perfect games this season have been thrown against us? -O'sFan21
by Stacey on Jun 30, 2010 9:58 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
its impossible for me to leave earlier
i got up at 5 once to try and catch the 615 bus and i still couldnt get myself out of the house before the 650 bus. now i dont even bother trying to get out early. it just wont happen
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jun 30, 2010 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions
Delmarva also had their ASG break during that span
Just saying.
"If you go up there clueless, you're going to come back [to the dugout] clueless. It's that simple." - Nick Markakis
by duck on Jun 30, 2010 9:39 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Not much of a vacation
We signed up Ali for pitching camp at UMd, then her rec team made the second week of the playoffs. So we’ve had to drive from College Park back to Salisbury for games, then back to Columbia after games to my MIL to wake up and do the same thing the next day. I’ve driven 900 miles since Saturday. Life of a dad…
"If you go up there clueless, you're going to come back [to the dugout] clueless. It's that simple." - Nick Markakis
by duck on Jun 30, 2010 11:33 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah
The stuff you breeders go through…
On the other hand, playoffs! You can be one of those psycho sports parents yelling at the refs!
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
Um, no
When I was a HS coach? Sure. As a patent? No. And the officiating for our rec softball is a hell of a lot better than the HS wrestling refs I dealt with. These guys actually know the rules if the sport, unlike half the wrestling refs I dealt with. And I don’t want my daughter to blame the umps when she’s pitching. Ghats a crutch to explain away bad performance. Unless the O’s are playing the Yanks, then it’s true.
"If you go up there clueless, you're going to come back [to the dugout] clueless. It's that simple." - Nick Markakis
by duck on Jun 30, 2010 4:47 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I defer to George Carlin...
People want to know what’s wrong with kids. I’ll tell ya. Meaningless structure. Little League, Cub Scouts, swimming, soccer, karate, piano lessons, bagpipes, watercolours, witchcraft and glass blowing. And play dates! Making appointments to play? Whatever happened to “you show me your wee-wee and I’ll show you mine”? Know what we need to bring back? Playing with sticks. Just send them outside for an hour every day and tell them to play with a fuckin’ stick! They’ll be less neurotic for it. And so will you.
You can't fix stupid. Stupid is forever.
by sluggo 2.0 on Jun 30, 2010 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Know what?
I’m fucking tired of hearing about Tyler Matzek. There I said it. Every time Matt Wieters has an 0-fer, can we point out Jason Heyward’s numbers, too? Or how about going back to the old “we could have had Tim Lincecum, but instead we got Bill Rowell” line!
I mean, Christ. Are we going to talk about our guys, or are we going to wistfully talk about what might have been for years on end, like some pimply teenager after his first girlfriend leaves him? It was a bad pick – let’s just get the fuck over it already.
Fire Julio Lugo.
Meh
I am talking about our guys – our front office and scouting guys.
This isn’t comparing Wieters to Heyward, or even Rowell and Lincecum. And I’m not willing to concede that Hobgood was a bad pick yet either. But I’m also not willing to let our front office off the hook. I’ve praised Jordan a lot here, and I’m not going to do that without checking in on his choices that appear questionable. Jordan is a lot more important to our future than Matt Hobgood.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
Well I notice
you didn’t bring up the rest of that trade-off. How’s Ryan Berry looking?
Fire Julio Lugo.
Berry looks good
Shall we talk about how Coffey hasn’t pitched and may not this year, and Givens is done for the year?
I take Jordan at his word – he took Hobgood because he was higher on his board than Matzek. And the entire “we took Hobgood so we could spend money later in the draft” thing is bull anyways – Colorado took Matzek, and still found room to sign Brothers, and Tim Wheeler, and Nolan Arenado and Balcom-Miller and Matthes.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
Fair enough
I’m obviously not going to be able to match wits with you re: the draft. I just know that I want to hear about Matt Hobgood just once or twice without having to hear about Tyler Matzek. Why don’t you compare him with Jacob Turner, just to mix it up a little. Or Zack Wheeler. I liked Zack Wheeler. It’s a solid name.
Fire Julio Lugo.
Likewise, fair enough
Although, for what it is worth, I think you could match wits with me on any subject. Except perhaps for early 20th century detective fiction.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
I'm reading Farewell, My Lovely
after KLaw’s suggestion (That guy almost never steers me the wrong way)
Fire Julio Lugo.
Chandler is one of the titans of American fiction
I still drink gimlets in the summer because of “The Long Goodbye”.
If you enjoy the genre, my top recommendations:
Dashiell Hammett, “Red Harvest” (this is the book that inspired “A Fistfull of Dollars” and “Yojimbo”)
Chester Himes, “If He Hollers Let Him Go”
Jim Thompson, “A Hell of a Woman”
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
Yeah
Hammett didn’t write much, but he wrote the hell out of his stories.
It always makes me smile when people love that book.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
it didn't hurt
that I totally have watched Fistful of Dollars around 50 times. I never liked the sword vs. gun thing in Yojimbo as much as the bulletproof vest-aim for the heart deal.
I watched The Big Sleep a while ago – with Bogie – and it totally lost me. I just had no idea what was going on in the plot. Is the book any better?
A couple of weeks ago I watched Double Indemnity, where Billy Wilder brought in Chandler to redo some dialogue and man, that really made that movie.
Fire Julio Lugo.
The Bogie/Bacall Big Sleep
Doesn’t hew that close to the book; the movie changed a lot around to increase Bacall’s importance and screen time and to focus on the dialog between the two of them. But Chandler, as great as he is, is known for somewhat inconsistent plotting. And even in the book, “The Big Sleep” has Chandler’s most famous plot error.
Still, it is great, and the first book in the Philip Marlowe series. It is hard to miss any of the Chandler books, IMO, but the essentials I’d say are “The Big Sleep”, “The Long Goodbye”, “Farewell, My Lovely” and “The Lady in the Lake”.
Billy Wilder is one of the all-time greats, and Double Indemnity is one of the definitive noir films. Although I still love Sunset Boulevard the best. If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend “Out of the Past” with Robert Mitchum and Kirk Douglas – maybe my favorite noir movie, and certainly the one with my favorite line.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
yes!
i love sunset boulevard.
…and the big sleep.
At all hazards, a man must keep up appearances. Dignity, I say. Dignity above all, Governor. Hear, hear!
-Det. William "Bunk" Moreland
by j.q. higgins on Jun 30, 2010 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Dashiell Hammett FTW!
"If you go up there clueless, you're going to come back [to the dugout] clueless. It's that simple." - Nick Markakis
by duck on Jun 30, 2010 11:36 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Oh, and Tillman adding a fifth pitch now
A two seamer in addition to the cutter.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
Did he ever use the cutter in the majors?
I don’t remember him doing so. Honestly, instead of playing with yet another pitch, I’d rather him figure out how to make his four-seamer not be 90 mph and straight as an arrow.
"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'm not sure
But this is why I was in favor of letting Tillman loose in the pen – give him a chance to work on getting people out with his fastball.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
What?? I know I just argued with you about this a couple weeks ago.
I believe you said it messes with his development and pointed out Joba as a reason not to do it and I said it was the Earl Weaver way and pointed out Phil Hughes and David Price as success stories.
Yeah
With more thought, I changed my mind.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
oh cool,
now i kinda feel like an a-hole for pointing that out tho :)
No worries
Call me on my prior bullshit, please. Everyone knows I have it coming.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
i dont think i ever saw him throw it,
but he definitely needs something else other than the straight fastball
Maybe the answer to that flat 90mph 4 seamer
is to drop it in favor of a 2 seamer. Paired with a cutter that could be a nasty combination. Or he could just continure to suck. Who knows.
Insert something witty here.
by Knubles and Bits on Jun 30, 2010 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
And in our final bit of cheery news
Reimold to miss a few games to deal with a “family matter”.
Wear a condom, kids.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
Also...
don’t bang sleazy ladies.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Yeah, don't think that's gonna sweep the nation'
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
Yeah, Nolan is a ballplayer
in the Charlie Sheen mold.
Fire Julio Lugo.
I like baseball, movies, good clothes, fast cars, whiskey, and you... what else you need to know?
he's got no chance
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jun 30, 2010 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Mein eyes! Ze goggles, zey do nothing!
Fire Julio Lugo.
I like baseball, movies, good clothes, fast cars, whiskey, and you... what else you need to know?
hahaah there are way ugly ballplayers than him
If he gets rich he’ll be just fine.
Isn't it almost impossible to believe that none of the perfect games this season have been thrown against us? -O'sFan21
He actually sort of reminds me of Jayson Werth
Anyone remember Chris Britton? Now there was an ugly motherfucker. His head looked like a lumpy bag of potatoes and doorknobs.
Fire Julio Lugo.
I like baseball, movies, good clothes, fast cars, whiskey, and you... what else you need to know?
ahaah yeah he was awful
He looks kinda like the boyfriend of a friend of mine. Sad day for my friend, I know.
Generally though I feel like the Orioles don’t have as many 100% pure hideous players as other teams. They’ve been a relatively good looking bunch. Which is nice for them since they’re oftentimes not very good at baseball.
Isn't it almost impossible to believe that none of the perfect games this season have been thrown against us? -O'sFan21
My Yankee-bored girlfriend
doesn’t think it’s fair that the Orioles have the most attractive position player (in-season Markakis) and the most attractive pitcher (Arrieta) in baseball. I said we balance it out with the hideousness of the Beav and the Chihuahua Julio Lugo. And you know, by completely sucking.
Fire Julio Lugo.
I like baseball, movies, good clothes, fast cars, whiskey, and you... what else you need to know?
what....she doesnt think joba's attractive???
hahahahhahaha
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jun 30, 2010 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the attractiveness
But I would take a team full of dudes who look like John Lackey and Bartolo Colon if that got the O’s to the World Series. I can find pretty people on every TV station.
So to your Yankee-loving girlfriend, I respectfully say “whatev.”
Isn't it almost impossible to believe that none of the perfect games this season have been thrown against us? -O'sFan21
not on the YES tv station
unless youre into AJ Burnett’s scowl and Mark Texieria’s mouth-breathing
Fire Julio Lugo.
I like baseball, movies, good clothes, fast cars, whiskey, and you... what else you need to know?
Thankfully I do not get the YES tv station
However the Yankees upped their attractiveness quotient about 200% when they traded for Curtis Granderson. I also think Francisco Cervelli is attractive, although I feel very ashamed about it.
Isn't it almost impossible to believe that none of the perfect games this season have been thrown against us? -O'sFan21
ugh
Cervelli is one of those guys who just grates on the very fabric of my being for absolutely no reason. Also he looks dopey in that big helmet.
Fire Julio Lugo.
I like baseball, movies, good clothes, fast cars, whiskey, and you... what else you need to know?
I know, I know
And the thing is, I can’t even figure out what exactly I find attractive about him. His jawline, maybe.
Isn't it almost impossible to believe that none of the perfect games this season have been thrown against us? -O'sFan21
it helps that ponson and gibbons are gone.
"I put a pepper rub on the scallops so you have a little contrast. You have sweetness from the coconut oil and little acidity from the splash of lemon." – Luke Scott
Ugh, yeah it does
Gibbons especially. Ponson is more repugnant as a human, but on straight looks the Horse Face Killah takes the ugly cake.
Isn't it almost impossible to believe that none of the perfect games this season have been thrown against us? -O'sFan21
He looks like he's living in 1990.
Perhaps earlier than 1990.
Baltimore is Baltimore. That's kind of what I know. - Manny Machado, 6/7/10
by Eat More Esskay on Jun 30, 2010 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions
illegitimate child of kurt rambis?
At all hazards, a man must keep up appearances. Dignity, I say. Dignity above all, Governor. Hear, hear!
-Det. William "Bunk" Moreland
by j.q. higgins on Jun 30, 2010 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions
lovely.
"I put a pepper rub on the scallops so you have a little contrast. You have sweetness from the coconut oil and little acidity from the splash of lemon." – Luke Scott
There's really only two sad things about re-reading the Birdland Day threads
1. All the excitement about Reimold.
2. All the hate directed at Lugo when he was on the Red Sox … and then I had to remember he’s on the team now.
Baltimore is Baltimore. That's kind of what I know. - Manny Machado, 6/7/10
by Eat More Esskay on Jun 30, 2010 10:35 AM EDT reply actions
In case anyone missed it
the Gamecocks won the CWS last night with third rounder Dan Klein getting the loss. Leadoff walk, wild pitch/passed ball, line drive into right. You’ll fit right in, kid.
Fire Julio Lugo.
wow
he must have been trying to impress the orioles brass. “hey lets see if i can give them EXACTLY what they already have. seems to work for them, right???”
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jun 30, 2010 10:48 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh, I wouldn't read too much into it
The kid’s been pretty good as UCLA’s closer this year, and he pitched 3.1 innings last night (as the closer? I see College Baseball isn’t interested in learning its lesson), and by all accounts was a solid pick for the Orioles. He struck out more batters than innings pitched this year, didn’t he?
PING
Fire Julio Lugo.
haha yea
i was trying to be facetious.
on that note, name one of two words in the english language that use all 5 major vowels in order.
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by twistedlogic on Jun 30, 2010 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions
facetious
you didn’t say to name the other one.
Fire Julio Lugo.
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hahahaha
i dont actually know the other one.
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by twistedlogic on Jun 30, 2010 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions
I think there are more than two
…abstentious and abstemious both come to mind.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
oh well look at that
you learn something new everyday
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by twistedlogic on Jun 30, 2010 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
come see the violence inherent with the system!
help! help! i’m being repressed!
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by twistedlogic on Jun 30, 2010 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions
There's actually a facebook group for students of my AP English teacher
She was awesome. My sixth grade English teacher was too – even though she ruined “Dead Poets Society” for me when my mom and I ran into her in the theater – she predicted the plot exactly from the poems they read.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
Darn it.
Now you’ve got me trying to think of more.
"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 can only think of one that does them in reverse order
“Subcontinental”
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
Dude WHAT is your brain
Isn't it almost impossible to believe that none of the perfect games this season have been thrown against us? -O'sFan21
I used to do the crossword...
and go to bar trivia nights.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
Here's one.
It might be too easy compared to these crazy vowel things, but: name an eight-letter word that is only one syllable.
"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
clutched
a winner is me!
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Ha, nice.
Maybe when I first heard it, it had to be a noun… the one I had in mind was “strength.”
"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
give me a word that has six consonants in a row in it.
"I put a pepper rub on the scallops so you have a little contrast. You have sweetness from the coconut oil and little acidity from the splash of lemon." – Luke Scott
Is y a consonant for this?
Rhythm.
"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
y is a vowel in that word :)
"I put a pepper rub on the scallops so you have a little contrast. You have sweetness from the coconut oil and little acidity from the splash of lemon." – Luke Scott
SUPPORT THE VOWELS!!!!
"I put a pepper rub on the scallops so you have a little contrast. You have sweetness from the coconut oil and little acidity from the splash of lemon." – Luke Scott
let's see what else we can make him do!
Isn't it almost impossible to believe that none of the perfect games this season have been thrown against us? -O'sFan21
that works. i was thinking of latchstring.
"I put a pepper rub on the scallops so you have a little contrast. You have sweetness from the coconut oil and little acidity from the splash of lemon." – Luke Scott
Rousseauian
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by Knubles and Bits on Jun 30, 2010 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm not sure that's gonna be allowed
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Why not?
Its in merriam-webster.
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by Knubles and Bits on Jun 30, 2010 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions
really?
it just doesn’t seem like it should be. I would contest it in scrabble
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Also: does it refer to Henri or Jean-Jacques?
Yes, it matters.
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Yes.
It is of or pertaining to Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
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by Knubles and Bits on Jun 30, 2010 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Ahh.
Never would have thought of that one.
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by Knubles and Bits on Jun 30, 2010 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions
This one is very childish and simple
but I like it anyway. Give me a non-curse word that starts with F and ends with -uck.
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Fire truck is two words.
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by Knubles and Bits on Jun 30, 2010 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions
What is the only word in
the english language that ends with -mt?
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by Knubles and Bits on Jun 30, 2010 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions
dreamt
"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
ooooooh
my brain got stuck on “amount” and wouldn’t break free.
Fire Julio Lugo.
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I can't get past "flintlock" on yours.
"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
oh, i was looking for firetruck
it is too a single word!
Like I said, simple and childish. I make no apologies!
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New riddle
a little different. Someone tell me what single word, when repeated eight times is a grammatically accurate English sentence.
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I like baseball, movies, good clothes, fast cars, whiskey, and you... what else you need to know?
that easy?
huh.
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I like baseball, movies, good clothes, fast cars, whiskey, and you... what else you need to know?
explain?
"I put a pepper rub on the scallops so you have a little contrast. You have sweetness from the coconut oil and little acidity from the splash of lemon." – Luke Scott
well
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo.
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that's some crazy shit.
"I put a pepper rub on the scallops so you have a little contrast. You have sweetness from the coconut oil and little acidity from the splash of lemon." – Luke Scott
well its easy because i've heard it before
I cant imagine many people coming up with “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.” as a grammatically correct sentence off the top of their head.
Ok that was kind of easy.
The name of what language is also a palindrome?
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by Knubles and Bits on Jun 30, 2010 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions
is that the english name
of the language, or that language’s name of the language?
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Its the english name
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by Knubles and Bits on Jun 30, 2010 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I found it via a list of languages,
but I assume that’s cheating.
"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 think anyone else knows it.
So its ok.
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by Knubles and Bits on Jun 30, 2010 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Malayalam.
Spoken by >30 million in India.
"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
Name a word in the english language
that becomes a plural word when losing an S.
"I do think the O’s have sucked balls this season. If that displeases you Luke, then oh well."-birdman
Punctuate the following:
John while James had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher.
"I put a pepper rub on the scallops so you have a little contrast. You have sweetness from the coconut oil and little acidity from the splash of lemon." – Luke Scott
I think we did this before in school
or something similar at least. It’s something like:
John, while James had had “had”, had had “had had”. “Had had” had had a better effect on the teacher.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
bingo.
"I put a pepper rub on the scallops so you have a little contrast. You have sweetness from the coconut oil and little acidity from the splash of lemon." – Luke Scott
Pretty sure lots of words meet that criteria in Baltimore.
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by Eat More Esskay on Jun 30, 2010 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions
aeiou!
What do you mean that’s not a word?
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Jun 30, 2010 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions
He threw 73 pitches in 3.1 innings
Does anyone know if its normal for him to throw that much or just another example of college coaches abusing the arms while they still have them?
Well
it was the college world series championship game – college coaches give a shit about a guy’s arm at that point.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
Yup
I’m a little concerned, if only because Klein had arm problems previous to this season, and the Orioles want him to be a starter (which I think is admirable but foolish) and it won’t do for him to tear a labrum before we even see what he’s got.
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I forget where I read it from, it might have been mlbbonusbaby.com,
but they theorized his shoulder problems came from football in high school. Not sure if it’s true, but it’s worth hoping I’d say.
Thats what I was afraid of
The coaches only goal is the CWS. There is nothing for them after that, but for them to potentially ruin a kids career for a relatively meaningless goal is pretty sad to see.
I don't know
that the CWS is any less meaningful than the WS. It’s an absolutely absurd achievement.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
yeah, but the CWS is amateur,
and if the coach destroys a pitchers arm when he’s an amateur, than he could be costing him millions of dollars. So it’s not really in the best interest of your players, which I think a college/high school coach’s mentality should be life success first, team success second.
Eh
Lots of guys would trade an arm injury for a CWS championship. Also many people would argue that life success and baseball success are not all that linked. Unless a guy is a real top pick the road to millions of dollars is pretty steep and bumpy.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
If I were in Dan Klein's position
knowing I had been drafted by an MLB team, I would definitely not want to overuse myself for a CWS. Just making the majors is still $400K for a year. No way I’d risk my arm in college even for a chance at that. But, maybe that’s just me.
I think you'd probably feel differently
it’s quite a thing to be playing for a meaningful championship with 25 other guys that you’ve been busting your ass with every day for the last 3 years. His pro career was nowhere in his mind during that game.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
Man, you know what's weird
last night’s loss just slipped right through me. I don’t remember hardly anything about it. There was some dreadful play, and we lost. All the specifics just…faded away from me overnight. It’s….weird.
Fire Julio Lugo.
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same for me
except i didnt watch the game. so maybe that’s why
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by twistedlogic on Jun 30, 2010 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Wow.
It was late last night when I went and found the birdland day threads for BD. So I didn’t really rad all of the overflow thread until just now. It took my, like, 40 minutes.
And it’s genius. I got psyched, and then giddy and then tense and then euphoric. Awesome stuff in there. Guthrie pinch running. Palmer fuming at the umps. Flat Breezy hitting batters in the ninth. 2632 yelling at her cat. SC bitching about his wedding. Amazing stuff.
"I put a pepper rub on the scallops so you have a little contrast. You have sweetness from the coconut oil and little acidity from the splash of lemon." – Luke Scott
Not to mention Ghostbusters 2 as a denouement.
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by Eat More Esskay on Jun 30, 2010 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah it's awesome
I re-read it this morning. I’m reading the first part now. I should have done so first to properly build up some rage. It appears I made a comment about not wanting to buy a player’s t-shirt until it’s established that he’ll actually have a future with the team. I Felix just won me over extra quick because I have TWO shirts about him (Camden Chat version and regular).
Isn't it almost impossible to believe that none of the perfect games this season have been thrown against us? -O'sFan21
Speaking of Felix
I think maybe Birdland Day is the day that I started loving him. Does that mean today is our anniversary?
Isn't it almost impossible to believe that none of the perfect games this season have been thrown against us? -O'sFan21
Now you *have* to go to Bowie tonight.
"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
not when he stole third off K-Rod
I KNOW you’re a sucker for that happy display of clapping.
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Oh, right! That's my profile pic!
yes, I loved him then I think. I was going off of the way I was talking about him in that Birdland Day gamethread. I guess I was just being careful in case it didn’t work out.
Isn't it almost impossible to believe that none of the perfect games this season have been thrown against us? -O'sFan21
I will say that it appears
I first called Felix Pie adorable on July 2nd in IHeartMASN’s Birdland Day highlights.
It’s a really slow day at work.
Isn't it almost impossible to believe that none of the perfect games this season have been thrown against us? -O'sFan21
Nolan Reimold
Did I miss something about him? Do we know why he needed a leave of absence to attend to a family matter.?
Nothing has been published, that I've seen
But since his drama with his ex-fiancee is pretty public, I’d assume that’s the reason.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
Did anyone catch that Denard Span had 3 triples yesterday?
Quite impressive.
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by Knubles and Bits on Jun 30, 2010 12:25 PM EDT reply actions
From the Fox Article
“I didn’t mind his aggressiveness, it was just overaggressiveness — swinging at stuff that was out of the zone early in the count,” A’s hitting coach Jim Skaalen said. "I didn’t mind
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that he was going up there ready to hit. But there’s got to be a clear cut plan in mind. That was the thing that he might have taken issue with. But there’s talent there. That’s why they traded for him."
Pea, meet pod.
Don't mess with the bull, young man. You'll get the horns.
If only we had some sort of coach around to teach players how to hit
A hitting coach, if you will. Can we hire someone like that?
From Dempsey's Article
Hernandez posted a 5.42 ERA (6.61 FIP, 5.60 xFIP) over 101.1 innings and Berken posted a 6.54 ERA (5.34 FIP, 5.10 xFIP) over 119.2 innings. It wasn’t pretty and it appeared that the Orioles were fine with using these two “non-prospects” as cannon fodder.
Man, neither of these guys were top prospects but they weren’t cannon fodder. And not every guy has spend an entire season at AAA before being deemed ready.
Don't mess with the bull, young man. You'll get the horns.
I read it not that they WERE cannon fodder
but that that’s how the Orioles were treating them. Letting them go out and get hammered over and over again. He clearly thinks based on their success this year that they are not as hopeless as the Orioles believed they were.
Isn't it almost impossible to believe that none of the perfect games this season have been thrown against us? -O'sFan21
I read it not that they WERE cannon fodder but that that’s how the Orioles were treating them.
From the previous paragraph, “Neither was on any top prospect lists. There were no expectations.” Not to mention, the O’s took these guys out of the rotation eventually. They just sucked.
Don't mess with the bull, young man. You'll get the horns.
They were both in the rotation through the end of the 2009 season
I guess I’m not sure what you’re saying.
Isn't it almost impossible to believe that none of the perfect games this season have been thrown against us? -O'sFan21
I’m saying they weren’t mistreated. Did they struggle a bit, yes, of course. Young pitchers typically struggle. But to suggest that the O’s let them get hammered over and over again is over dramatic. Hernandez carried an ERA of 4.54 until Sept 1. He then got hammered in his next two Sept starts, had two quality starts, before going 4.1 IPs, 5 ERs in his last start. Hardly misuse. Berken wasn’t doing good. He either got lit or pitched well but didn’t last long. He was then moved to the pen this year. I guess the O’s could have pulled some random vet off the waiver wire to shield Berken from this “horrible” beating he took last year but I think that’s exactly the type of BS the O’s have done in the past which pisses me off. I’m find with letting him take his lumps. Those games where he went 6 innings but gave up 5 runs were learning experiences.
Don't mess with the bull, young man. You'll get the horns.
a random vet....like Adam Eaton?
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or sidney ponson
or jorge julio
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by danielreese05 on Jun 30, 2010 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions
In my head
I consistenly find myself saying “Jorge Julio Lugo” and then I wonder how far I can take a chain like that.
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from what i can tell
no one in the MLB is named lugo. thank god for that.
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by danielreese05 on Jun 30, 2010 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions
well i meant using some arbitrary other players
like Jason Michael(s) Aubrey Huff, etc.
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I don't know that anyone said they were mis-treated.
They were treated like non-prospect placeholders, which is what they were. The Orioles needed pitchers to stick out there while they waited for the arms they really valued were ready. I’m sure Berken had plenty of learning experiences that perhaps helped him be a better pitcher this year. But Berken was a 25 year old at AA when 2009 started, they didn’t bring him up because they thought he had proven his worth and was ready. They brought him up because they needed to bring someone up.
Isn't it almost impossible to believe that none of the perfect games this season have been thrown against us? -O'sFan21
I don’t know that anyone said they were mis-treated.
Cannon fodder?!!!! “Letting them go out and get hammered over and over again!!!!” If that doesn’t say mistreated, I don’t know what does. And placeholder isn’t exactly an alluring adjective either!
Don't mess with the bull, young man. You'll get the horns.
Eh
placeholder is what they were. They did go out and get hammered. Chris Tillman has been yanked all over the place this year. Say what you want about how that may be helping or hurting him, the Orioles are doing it because they think that’s what they should do for a top level talent. They didn’t do that for Hernandez or Berken because they don’t view them that way. What happened to Hernandez and Berken last year happened because they were the good soldiers who went out over and over again. I can’t speak for Heath, only for myself. I don’t think they were mistreated necessarily but I don’t think they were treated as future talent either. And maybe that helped them, as you assert. But that wasn’t the Orioles intention.
Isn't it almost impossible to believe that none of the perfect games this season have been thrown against us? -O'sFan21
I don’t think they were mistreated necessarily but I don’t think they were treated as future talent either. And maybe that helped them, as you assert. But that wasn’t the Orioles intention.
Fine, but I was disagreeing with the contention that nobody was saying they were mistreated. Phrases like “cannon fodder” "Letting them go out and get hammered over and over again," scream people believing such things.
That said, I do think that they weren’t necessarily seen as future STARTER talent (I believe the O’s always viewed Tillman, Matusz, and Arrieta as taking priority as future starter talent), but I disagree with the notion that the O’s never saw any future value from them. There seems to be a tone that the O’s just called up these guys because they were only the warm bodies around. I don’t see this at all. The O’s wanted to give them a chance to stick in the rotation, if that worked, great, if not, I think the O’s always saw developmental potential in DH and JB in the pen. If the O’s saw no future value from them, they would have buried them in the minors and signed cheap vets.
Don't mess with the bull, young man. You'll get the horns.
Phillies with another 3 run home run
Think theres some way i can mess with the color balance on my tv to make it look like these guys are wearing orange?
And by a backup yet again?
Wow.
"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 know it's not even because of highly different IP but,
Jason Berken’s ERA: 1.60
Ubaldo Jiminez’s ERA: 1.83
Jason Berken’s HR/9: 0.4
Ubaldo Jiminez’s HR/9: 0.4
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Jun 30, 2010 2:23 PM EDT reply actions
yeeeeeeeeeeeeah
not even remotely the same thing
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I'm well aware.
I just find it cool, even though the stats aren’t even.
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Jun 30, 2010 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah because Berken pitches in the big boy league :()
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I'm curious what Jiminez's numbers would be if he pitched in the AL East.
He’d have to have the to face the Yankees, Red Sox and Rays a few times, plus he won’t have the pitcher batting.
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Jun 30, 2010 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions
not pitchers
but lugos.
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"harden the fuck up mike gonzalez."
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by danielreese05 on Jun 30, 2010 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions
he's getting pretty lucky right now,
he’s still a great pitcher though, i think a sub 2.50 ERA in the AL East would be possible
Claw Megadeth cleared waivers and accepted assignment to Norfolk
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
That's sort of surprising.
Would have thought somebody would snatch him up. I’m happy about that. Hopefully now after we get rid of Albers and Mata and Koji gets hurt he’ll come back up and regain his form.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
Claw Megadeth is the most awesome name ever.
Don't mess with the bull, young man. You'll get the horns.
Claw Megadeth?
That sounds like a name for a Dragon-Ball Z character.
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by Zachary Beard on Jun 30, 2010 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions
The Orioles have signed Sebastian Vader
that’s a WIN if there ever was one.
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Help me Obi Wan Markakis.
You’re our only hope.
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by Knubles and Bits on Jun 30, 2010 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Have the Nats signed Bobby Fett?
"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
Are they going to resign
Luke Scott-Walker next?
"All those who look down on me, I'm tearing down your balcony." -Eminem
by Zachary Beard on Jun 30, 2010 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions
That's a good question
can they add Vader to the awesome Luke montage they use at the yard?
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
They played that Luke montage last Friday
because it was his birthday.
Isn't it almost impossible to believe that none of the perfect games this season have been thrown against us? -O'sFan21
it's time, it's time..
it’s Vader time!
What up?
by snakethejake on Jun 30, 2010 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions
now we really need Wedge to get the manager’s job.
"I put a pepper rub on the scallops so you have a little contrast. You have sweetness from the coconut oil and little acidity from the splash of lemon." – Luke Scott
and then
get Billy Biggs to come out of retirement.
"I put a pepper rub on the scallops so you have a little contrast. You have sweetness from the coconut oil and little acidity from the splash of lemon." – Luke Scott
Blast it, Biggs, where are you?
"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
Alas, we can't get every Star Wars-related name, though.
Otherwise we’re honor-bound to acquire Joba Chamberlain somehow.
Do you think a player named Johan would be close enough for horseshoes?
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by Eat More Esskay on Jun 30, 2010 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Joba, Wedge, Luke, Vader...
maybe we can get Jesus Soloranzo from the Marlins, Luke Yoder from the Bosox (that’s a daily double!), and give CP Luke Scott’s number.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
If we fused
Rob Dibble and Jim Palmer, we’d have R2-D2, too.
"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
And i'd fucking shoot myself
I’m pretty sure the combo would end up sounding more like Jar-Jar.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Rick Dempsey instead?
…Still Jar-Jar, huh?
"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
Don't forget, we already have a tie fighter . . . sort of.
"MONTANEZ: Alas! I cannot hit. Deal with it."
-Eat More Esskay
ok, that's a bit of a stretch.
"I put a pepper rub on the scallops so you have a little contrast. You have sweetness from the coconut oil and little acidity from the splash of lemon." – Luke Scott
i was at the game on birdland day
i’ve got salazar’s home run ball. that day marked the greatest day of my entire life.
"Being an Orioles fan is like having very painful genital warts."
"harden the fuck up mike gonzalez."
The Signing Bonus: We're back in business.
That's pretty awesome.
"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
That is a valuable piece of history to Birdland day
"All those who look down on me, I'm tearing down your balcony." -Eminem
by Zachary Beard on Jun 30, 2010 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions
My fiance's parents were there....
they left during the rain delay. I guess you can’t blame them….
"Real Orioles don't pout. Real Orioles don't gloat. Real Orioles just win."
by NewYorkOriole on Jun 30, 2010 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions
i was going to but the traffic was blocked up big time and the light rail was jammed up
sure glad i stayed
"Being an Orioles fan is like having very painful genital warts."
"harden the fuck up mike gonzalez."
The Signing Bonus: We're back in business.
by danielreese05 on Jun 30, 2010 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Heh
Joe Pawlikowski of Fangraphs on what various disappointing players’ numbers would look like if they had Denard Span’s game last night (3 triples, 1 single, 1 walk):
Adam Jones. Before the season there was much talk of Jones, now 24, breaking out and helping turn around the Orioles. Instead the O’s are the worst team in baseball and Jones has had a rough time getting on base. After a Span night, he’d improve his .268/.295/.437 line to .278/.305/.464. That would, of course, require him to actually draw a walk.
We’re laughing AT you, Adam, not with you.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
Adam here,
Who needs to walk when I can bunt.
Don't mess with the bull, young man. You'll get the horns.
Sure March/April Adam was a disaster,
but has May/June Adam really been that much of a disappointment, at least offensively?
Depends
He’s still hacking at everything and showing the patience of a meth-addled hummingbird. Which leads to three possibilities: he’s either the second coming of Vlad Guerrero, the next Jeff Francouer, or he’s going to have to come up with a new approach.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
If he’s the second coming of Vlad, I can live with it.
"I'd like to do something. We all would here," he added. "As I've said before, you just don't want to do anything stupid that you're thinking in May, 'What in the God's green earth was I thinking about?'" - Andy MacPhail 12/8/09
I'll bet you a lot of money that he won't be.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
I'm not taking the bet
I might be a degenerate gambler and all, but I’m not stupid.
"I'd like to do something. We all would here," he added. "As I've said before, you just don't want to do anything stupid that you're thinking in May, 'What in the God's green earth was I thinking about?'" - Andy MacPhail 12/8/09
Yeah, I only bet under two circumstances
When I am certain I’ll win, or when I’m in an argument about something political and I want it to be over. I find that betting that Obama will win in 2012 or that the Supreme Court will never overturn Roe is much easier than arguing the minutia of why I think those things will happen.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
To watch all the Birdland Day highlights:
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/y2009/index.jsp?gid=2009_06_30_bosmlb_balmlb_1&mode=wrap
Bring back Andino.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jun 30, 2010 4:00 PM EDT reply actions
I think IHeartMASN made one of his highlight reels;
I probably have it saved if so. I could try uploading it to Google Docs for a bit once I get home, if anyone’s interested.
"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
Also
Julio Lugo was 2-6 with 3 K’s on Birdland Day.
Bring back Andino.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jun 30, 2010 4:05 PM EDT reply actions
On a positive note
My 2 year old nephew said that he wants to be Nick Markakis when he grows up. I’m actively encouraging him in this, obviously.
"I'd like to do something. We all would here," he added. "As I've said before, you just don't want to do anything stupid that you're thinking in May, 'What in the God's green earth was I thinking about?'" - Andy MacPhail 12/8/09
HAPPY BIRDLAND DAY!!!
"I do think the O’s have sucked balls this season. If that displeases you Luke, then oh well."-birdman
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