Royals 5, Orioles 4: Tuesday is the first day of the rest of our lives
by Stacey on Aug 1, 2010 5:45 PM EDT
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PrintThe Orioles just lost three out of four to the Kansas City Royals, despite every effort by the Royals to throw these games away. A fitting end to the Trembley/Samuel managerial tenure, if you ask me. Tomorrow is an off day, and Tuesday begins the Buck Showalter Era of Orioles baseball. Time will tell exactly what that means, but I say bring it.
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Bruce Chen FTW
Did he ever get any wins with us?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Baseball Weekly
Had a story on players reaching their peak performance levels at about age 27, and used Chen’s “breakout” season, along with B-Rob’s play, as examples. I think he was half decent atthat point.
I think he went 13-10 one year with us.
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by Knubles and Bits on Aug 1, 2010 7:06 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Bruce Chen
I loved Bruce Chen because he is Panamanian and half Korean. That totally counts as an international product to the nth degree. Excellent work Flanagan!
Librarians are hiding something
Every regular season is spring training for the Orioles organization
Has there been any word on whether Showalter would clean house. He should not be saddled with this subculture of losing. He should be allowed to bring in anyone he wants.
Is their subculture of losing even worse than their culture of losing??? That would suck.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
Please save us Buck.
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by Knubles and Bits on Aug 1, 2010 7:20 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
i have to go back to work tomorrow after three weeks off
this sucks
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Question: Why is Millwood getting paid $12,000,000 dollars? He sure ain't worth it.
What's more frustrating than being a Marlins and Orioles fan? Eye surgery???
The Rangers aren't exactly the model of financial prudence...
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
Don't count wins.
He’s had a few more quality starts that would be wins on a team that can score runs. So it’s more like $1,000,000 per quality start. Maybe. That’s not bad is it? I mean, they took Chris Ray off our hands…
by organizedchaos52 on Aug 2, 2010 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Really really REALLY bad.
"I might know a couple things that you don't know. 'Cause I've been young, but you ain't never been old." - Elvin Bishop
we swept the red sox! we swept the rangers!
the rest of the season didn’t happen. it’s a figment of our imagination.
I know I shouldn't
but I look up the standings each day to see how the Pirates are doing. The Pirates are our only competition for the number one overall draft pick next year. I figure that we should at least get something from this disaster of a season. This is hard to imagine, but the Pirates may be as bad as we are. Despite our pitiful record since the ASB, the Bucs are playing us neck and neck, or loss angainst loss. I am positive that if we get the second overall pick, he will turn into Billy Rowell, while the top pick, if the Pirates have it, will turn into Evan Longoria.
When I watch the games, I am looking for isolated pieces of good news, like the good recent pitching performance from Bergy. The creditable performances from Luke, Wiggy, Nick, and a few of the pitchers is the only thing keeping me sane.
I thought the Orioles would have a bigger lead after the last week...
…but dem O’s are only 4.5 up, with 4 in the all important win column. The good thing is that the team faces stiffer competition down the stretch, the bad things are the team is getting healthier, and a tie goes to the Pirates. Of course, the Orioles did lose 17 straight last September (remember that?), so it should be enough to withstand a very game Pirate club.
Librarians are hiding something
Trading Wigginton and Scott sure would have given us a leg up...
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
Playing the AL East
all of September (except 3 games against the Tigers + 3 more against them in Oct) should help the O’s take the crown. 10-35 in the division this season….
by organizedchaos52 on Aug 2, 2010 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Showalter
I think I’m starting to warm on Showalter a bit for a few reasons:
- he will have control of his staff
- he will implement a better strategy down the line in the organization
- ultimately, the fact that I’m excited about those two things is really a sad commentary on the organization.
I’m nervous because he’s old school, by which I mean a fan of the tried and true methods of his predecessors (OOGY love, sac bunts, hit and runs). It’s worth noting that I have no actual evidence to support that claim though. And of course, managers are hired to be fired, so it’ll be interesting to see how it ends.
Librarians are hiding something
I will not be satisfied unless Showalter cleans house
Coaching staff, Player Development, Scouting department and some of these underachieving players on the orioles. Get rid of the key guys that have been there way to long without doing a good job developing and drafting players. I know it is a chore trying to determine if a player has the right stuff but good grief our fail rate is way to high by league standards.
Is Joe Mahoney the "real deal" at 1st Base?
Are player development and scouting really under his scope of responsibility??
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
Right...
I think AM has got that covered. Buck needs to figure out how to put the guys he has in the right position to play well, and then provide input to the FO wrt needs, etc.
by TerroristFistJab on Aug 2, 2010 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions
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