Sunday Bird Droppings
by duck on Jun 6, 2010 8:08 AM EDT
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PrintRecaps of last night's loss (I have a keyboard shortcut for that now) can be found at orioles.com, baltimoresun.com, and MASNsports.com.
Guthrie wasn't 100 percent - MASNsports.com
It wasn't just a burned-out husk of a bullpen that led the O's to pull Jake Arrieta from his start Saturday - Jeremy Guthrie told the staff before the game he felt sore. Nothing specific, just sore. So, of course, when Guthire went into the 7th, the O's used Arrieta in his Norfolk game anyway, and then the Daily Parade of Relievers started after Guthrie departed the game, and we probably still need an extra arm in the bullpen today anyway, and Arrieta is now probably not available. This team can't get out of its own way. -duck
Handed a chance for the win, the O's politely refused - MASNsports.com
Boston did their best to give away that game last night, but like a big department store, the Orioles weren't taking it back. Not without a receipt. -duck
Baltimore Sun Orioles notebook: Bergesen moved to bullpen
Brad Bergesen will have his next start skipped with Monday's off day, so he's getting moved to the bullpen indefinitely. Juan Samuel won't say how long the move will last. -duck
Samuel wants a stabilized, set lineup | orioles.com: News
"Interim manager Juan Samuel wants to get a lineup that's more stable so that players can know what the team is going to want when they take the field each day." So, we're back to 2009? -duck
Orioles' Samuel receives high marks - baltimoresun.com
"This is a really good fit for Sammy," said former Oriole Mickey Tettleton, who played with Samuel in Detroit in 1994. "He always carried himself in a leadership role. Sammy's players will work hard, like he did, and they will play the game right." I keep reading quotes like that, and then seeing Miguel Tejada jog to first base on a grounder. -duck
Trembley’s ouster close to 30 years in the making " Cumberland Times-News
A reminder that the Orioles' farm system started to rot well before Angelos. The problems started with EBW. -zk
Nationals' success magnifies Orioles' woes - Carroll County Times
The Natinals are the new darlings of baseball. Enjoy it fellas, 'cause you're going to come back down to Earth sooner than later. Not that we have any right to talk. -zk
Roster should be next on O's list for makeover - baltimoresun.com
Peter Schmuck argues it's time for a fire sale of old guys. I don't exactly disagree with him. -duck
Orioles' issues run deeper than manager | orioles.com: News
"If the Orioles are going to at least start to turn the corner on a 15-40 start, there will need to be more changes than simply the nameplate above the skipper's office." Pretty accurate assessment. -duck
IN THE MINORS
Tides drop Saturday slugfest as Norfolk and Buffalo combined for 37 hits as the Tides dropped a 12-9 slugfest at Harbor Park Saturday night, Bowie won 4-2 as Zach Britton went 7. 1IP with just 2 unearned runs scoring, Frederick won 6-1as LHP Nate Nery allowed just four hits on the night as he improved to 4-5 on the year, and Delmarva lost 7-0 as Jesse Beal didn't make it out of the 5th, giving up 5 runs and 10 hits.
Chirpin' with the Birds: Britton back on track - CCT
Josh Land interviewed top pitching prospect Zach Britton this week about the left-hander's recovery from a slow start and readiness for the majors. After posting a 5.03 ERA through his first four appearances, Britton pitched to a 2.48 ERA over seven games before Friday. -zk
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Doesn't matter
Doesn’t matter if Zack Britton can hold an opposing team to 2 runs over 7.1 IP. He’d still lose in Baltimore….
From the Schmuck article, "Do whatever you need to do with Garrett Atkins"
as in possibly plug the Gulf oil eruption with him? I’m okay with that.
Make the world a better place; punch a Yankee fan in the face!
I was thinking Dick Cheney was the logical candidate for that, but there's no reason he couldn't go on TOP of Atkins
Come to think of it, maybe Atkins was at the Secret Energy Policy Meeting, too, yelling Let’s drill ‘em up good, mother%$#&%s. We’ll never know, will we…
"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.
Atkins would be the redundancy measure then. Just to ensure the plug is nice and tight.
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by PBR me ASAP! on Jun 6, 2010 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions
lol
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by bestbostonsports on Jun 6, 2010 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Just have to repeat this
Last night in the fifth inning, with runners on first and second (i.e., with a runner already in scoring position), Juan Samuel directed B2B to bunt. With Cesar Izturis and Corey Patterson up next.
That’s right, with a RISP, and three guys in a row who hit below .240, Juan Samuel elected to give away an out to accomplish…..WHAT? I’M NOT REALLY SURE.
I guess he would argue that it was to give Cesar the opportunity to bring the runner in from third. Against John Lester, ‘Cause that’s so likely. I mean, if you’re going to move a runner to third for CESAR FUCKING IZTURIS, then you call a squeeze on the next play, because bunting is about the only thing Cesar can do.
There are a lot of different approaches to that situation—including pinch-hitting, although perhaps the 5th inning is too early for that—but bunting is about the last thing I’d expect with those two guys coming up.
Is it to early to start JSWTF as a feature?
"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 don't have the stomach to write many more WTFs. It makes me so sad and queasy.
Isn't it almost impossible to believe that none of the perfect games this season have been thrown against us? -O'sFan21
I was in a brewpub with my wife at that point
I explained to her that the O’s were the worst team in baseball and that they would prove it now by not scoring a single run. They didn’t even come close. The bases loaded later was even more pathetic.
by drj on Jun 6, 2010 1:03 PM EDT up reply actions
we could start using this a magic trick or something
“hey frank….i’ll bet you a hundred bucks they don’t score here with the bases loaded”….“i’ll take that bet!!”
BAM…..one hundred bucks in the pocket.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
I made that bet once
Bases loaded no outs, I bet they wouldn’t score. A DP grounder did score a run, followed by a weak K. I technically lost, but the guy didn’t take my money because he felt that was one of the most pathetic ways to score a run and quickly end a promising inning.
by drj on Jun 6, 2010 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions
1988 Orioles were 14-42 after 56 games
2010 Orioles are 15-41.
Isn't it almost impossible to believe that none of the perfect games this season have been thrown against us? -O'sFan21
so you're saying we're ahead of them, then?
"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, here's a little good news for the day
The Douchey One is proving to be a bad investment for the Yankees this year:
.215 / .328 / .370 / .698
"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
What would that make him
our second-best hitter?
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
With an OPS of just under .700?
Fourth behind Nick, Wiggy and Luke. Seriously. He’d be our 4th best hitter.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/2010.shtml
When you watch the Orioles every night, a beer after dinner turns into a six pack WAY too many times. Stacey
his average is lower than B2B's
"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
You're comparing batters based on AVG?
1985 called, they want their shades back.
When you watch the Orioles every night, a beer after dinner turns into a six pack WAY too many times. Stacey
Happy Sunday morning to you too, prick.
Dennis Miller called and he wants his caustic, unfunny style of comedy back.
"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
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;)
"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
Ooooh, not bad.
I liked Dennis Miller for about 18 months, before he went all politically wacko on me.
When you watch the Orioles every night, a beer after dinner turns into a six pack WAY too many times. Stacey
yeah, he used to be a funny guy
before he became an embittered old man at the age of 40-something
"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
Gee, hope that doesn't happen to me...
Wait a minute….damn, too late.
When you watch the Orioles every night, a beer after dinner turns into a six pack WAY too many times. Stacey
The consensus is starting to be...
..that the Pirates are going to select Taillon, leaving the Orioles picking Machado or a mystery player.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
Is that OK?
I kinda wouldn’t mind another big ol’ Texas HS kid pitcher. Because if we take a SS, you just know he’s gonna suck in 2 years. It’s our destiny.
When you watch the Orioles every night, a beer after dinner turns into a six pack WAY too many times. Stacey
At this point, I want Taillon...
….and I’m not in the least bit convinced that we even take Machado if Taillon isn’t available. I fear that Taillon to the Pirates puts all kinds of bad ideas like Matt Harvey into play.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
Brutal
Maybe its all rumors, who knows. If we dont take Machado or Taillon and go with a Harvey, i’m not going to be pleased.
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on Jun 6, 2010 1:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Where is the info about the Pirates intentions coming from?
by drj on Jun 6, 2010 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Keith Law, Jim Callis, and Frank Piliere all have it
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
I still dig Rhyne Hughes' facebook page
I hadn’t looked at it in awhile but enjoyed this photo just now:
Isn't it almost impossible to believe that none of the perfect games this season have been thrown against us? -O'sFan21
Also
Facebook suggest that since I like baseball, I might also be interesting in liking girls.
Isn't it almost impossible to believe that none of the perfect games this season have been thrown against us? -O'sFan21
*interested
Isn't it almost impossible to believe that none of the perfect games this season have been thrown against us? -O'sFan21
Yes, we are
Isn't it almost impossible to believe that none of the perfect games this season have been thrown against us? -O'sFan21
Did you 'like' the O's also?
What kind of recommendation did that generate? Psychiatric help? Drug & Alcohol counseling?
Make the world a better place; punch a Yankee fan in the face!
by PBR me ASAP! on Jun 6, 2010 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Facebook also suggests you like virtual farming.
Perhaps you should open a virtual farm with some girls.
"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
Arrieta on the late scratch
This is what Jake Arrieta had to say following last night’s scratch which he called one of the most bizarre nights he ever had…
“I was called in there an hour before gametime and they said, ’You’re not starting.’ They gave me the rundown of how the game was going to start out. They said if you pitch you’re going to come out of the pen, and that’s all the information they gave me. They didn’t say anything else. They’re just following orders from higher up. That’s all I knew, that’s all they knew.”
[was it frustrating?]
“With the lack of information you feel like there are a lot of unanswered questions, but I’m sure the answers will come in the future.”
“I think there’s a good reason why they did what they did, but it’s a reason I don’t know.”
Tides manager Bobby Dickerson said he got a call at about 6 p.m.
“I was told by the farm director to use my pitchers in that order,” he said. “That’s all I knew. All I was privy to was to scratch him from the start.”
"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
So now that MacPahil is preaching patience...
Anyone else want Tillman back at Norfolk and Arrieta stay there until these guys are really ready? Last year was a crap team with the intention of letting the young guys develop.
Tillman looks like he still needs to work on the change up we’ve heard he was developing. I’m not sure he has much confidence in anything beyond the two pitches he showed in his last outing and the Red Sox ate him up by waiting for the fast ball.
Bring back some schlubs like Eaton and announce the season a waste. Don’t rush anyone else. We see what the pressure is doing to Wieters, Jones, Reimold. The team is shit. Now that MacPhail is admitting it, why rush any more young guys up to participate?
Wait, I just had A BRILLIANT IDEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! C R O W for M A N A G E R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Today it’s the end of the Maui Wowie bag: a lot of sticks, stems and seeds, but the latter actually give a a pretty terrific rush if you can get past the bitterness-in-the-throat thing.
"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.
scrape the resin outta that bowl there my man!
Make the world a better place; punch a Yankee fan in the face!
Eating my first snowball in 2 years
There are definitely some things i miss about not living in Baltimore
2 years?
Holy crap.
"There's rock bottom, 50 feet of crap, then the Orioles."-Stacey
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Jun 6, 2010 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions
snowballs are no treat for bitter, bombastic nimrods
in other news…i haven’t had a snowball in 22 years
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
lol
i dont even understand how that conversation even turned into that kind of name calling. guess my IQ is below average too.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jun 6, 2010 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions
and even i can't even form a sentence
without even using the word “even” a few too many times
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jun 6, 2010 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions
What I can't understand
is why you guys are calling a snowcone a snowball.
When you watch the Orioles every night, a beer after dinner turns into a six pack WAY too many times. Stacey
cuz they serve it in a cup
if it were on one of those little flimsy paper cones, it’d be a snow cone
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jun 7, 2010 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions
Has anyone seen this article on Jaime Garcia?
Some interesting stuff on why he’s not an Oriole and is instead in the running for RotY w/ St. Louis.
A real feel good piece…
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
hmm...i've got him on my fantasy team
its still early though. for a guy who hasn’t thrown much, we’ll see how long he lasts.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jun 6, 2010 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
True that he is still quite young, but he would have been good organizational fodder / trade chip in the minors for the O's.
Make the world a better place; punch a Yankee fan in the face!
by PBR me ASAP! on Jun 6, 2010 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
agreed
we screwed the pooch
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jun 6, 2010 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I heard Jon Miller talking about it on SNBB
Then i posted a comment over on the Fred Lewis post about it. Way to go Warehouse.
Make the world a better place; punch a Yankee fan in the face!
by PBR me ASAP! on Jun 6, 2010 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
At least Jordan knew what was up and wanted him
That’s a bit reassuring.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
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