Wednesday Bird Droppings
by duck on Aug 18, 2010 9:02 AM EDT
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PrintRecaps from yesterday's loss can be found at The Sun, Orioles.com, MASNsports (with post-game Millwood). School of Roch (with post-game Showalter), School of Roch (with post-game Showalter) and Seattle Times.
Ty Wigginton, Luke Scott won't be traded this season - baltimoresun.com
"The Orioles are virtually finished running their 25-man roster through nontrade waivers, and several players, including potential trade chips Ty Wigginton and Luke Scott, did not clear and cannot be traded for the remainder of this season."
Orioles Insider: MRI on Tatum's right knee shows no damage
"Reserve catcher Craig Tatum underwent a MRI on his right knee Tuesday, and it showed no damage."
Orioles Insider: Orioles talk: Samuel, trades, Berken, Markakis
"Former interim manager Juan Samuel arrived in the Dominican Republic on Saturday to begin his review of the Orioles’ academy down there. Samuel’s scouting assignment is expected to continue through Sept. 4, and then he’ll give Orioles president of baseball operations Andy MacPhail a report when he returns."
Paly grads sign pro baseball contracts - San Jose Mercury News
"Alec Schmarzo also didn't divulge the size of his signing bonus. "It's enough to get me out here," said Schmarzo, who added that the Orioles agreed to pay for part of his remaining college education. "I only have a few classes left, so them helping to pay the bills made my decision a lot easier. That was a big part of the negotiations. It's one more reason to go out and be a pro."
Orioles Notebook: Machado completes expensive draft class - Carroll County Times: Orioles
The Orioles' late-night signing of first-round pick Manny Machado on Monday completed the most expensive draft haul in franchise history.
Steve Melewski: Talking about Machado in the O's clubhouse
Adam Jones on Machado: "He's drawing comparisons to A-Rod and all that stuff. I think it's stupid when scouts and all that compare people to other people. If he's good, just say he's good, let him be his own person and hopefully he becomes his own person in the big leagues."
Steve Melewski: An honor for Buck
Buck Showalter has been named as the manager of the All-Time New York Penn League.
Thomson, hit famous '51 playoff homer, dies | MLB.com: News
Bobby Thomson, the "Flying Scot," whose swing delivered perhaps the most famous home run in Major League history with the "Shot Heard 'Round the World," passed away Monday at age 86.
IN THE MINORS
Orioles Insider: Minor league game recaps -- Aug. 17
Dan Klein was assigned to Aberdeen as well.
Two Flaccos in Charm City? | The Daily Times
"If I could get to play in the major leagues in Baltimore for the Orioles, that would be amazing. I'll be so ecstatic being in the big leagues with the Orioles, I'll probably won't be thinking about Joe," he joked.
Keys' Hoes sounding off with his bat - The Frederick News-Post Online
"I'm just getting comfortable in the box and going back to relaxing and having fun. That's the main thing," he said. "Sometimes, when you struggle, you forget how fun the game is."
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SBN was fucking not working at fucking all this morning
I’ll clean it up
"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
And the Pie balls in play article was clipped yesterday.
Buck Showalter clearly isn't interested in having Anthony Rendon as a member of the Orioles.
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 18, 2010 9:30 AM EDT up reply actions
You wanna do this each morning?
"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
by duck on Aug 18, 2010 9:56 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Nope.
Just pointing it out.
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 18, 2010 10:02 AM EDT up reply actions
So, in the post-game last night
Buck Showalter said Luke French was “sharp. That wasn’t some flukey thing…He was good. He was really good”.
Well, at least he didn’t utter those magic words you all know and love.
It's a fight to the finish. That's a good place to stop.
Gotta tip my hat Andrew for you pointing that out.
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 18, 2010 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Dempsey dropped an alternate version, "You gotta take your hat off to 'em"
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." ~ The Dude
by PBR me ASAP! on Aug 18, 2010 9:49 AM EDT up reply actions
LOL, but he did the exact thing he said he wouldn't
even if he didn’t mutter the magic words.
Don't mess with the bull, young man. You'll get the horns.
O's Ratings
Heard on the radio this morning that Monday’s game was the most-watched show in the market. Ten-hut!
From the Land of Pleasant Living...
Wow
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 18, 2010 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions
And yet only 14K show up
"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
by duck on Aug 18, 2010 9:55 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Well, yeah.
But I’d say this is the first step in re-engaging the fan base. You’d have to imagine they’d start paying attention via TV before handing over cash to go watch it in person.
From the Land of Pleasant Living...
People...
aren’t going to come back to pre-decline attendance numbers until this team is really winning, probably a little later than the actual recovery (kind of like how jobs are a lagging economic indicator). A lot of cynical fans are more than happy to enjoy the Orioles on TV as they still harbor an unreal hatred of PGA.
I, on the other hand, will hate it when people come back, as that means I won’t have a three seat buffer around me. J/K – sorta.
by TerroristFistJab on Aug 18, 2010 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions
so, wiggs...
is he a type b now? is he offered arb?
At all hazards, a man must keep up appearances. Dignity, I say. Dignity above all, Governor. Hear, hear!
-Det. William "Bunk" Moreland
according to mlbtr
Wiggy is about 17 points shy of type B status as a first baseman….so that’s not going to happen.
The only player hanging on to arbitration compensation status is Kevin Millwood (who might lose it by the end of the year), and I doubt the Orioles offer him arbitration anyway. That sucks.
It's a fight to the finish. That's a good place to stop.
comp picks would be nice
But in theory we have a second round pick this next draft…for now.
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on Aug 18, 2010 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
That's mighty absurd...
when you consider how damn awful he had been for most of the middle third of the season.
by TerroristFistJab on Aug 18, 2010 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
They consider the past few years in the calculation.
Which makes more sense. I still think comp picks should be determined by the amount they are paid in the next year if they sign with another team. You wont know who qualifies until they sign, but its less arbitrary.
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on Aug 18, 2010 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions
True...
so I wonder how the arbitration goes for a guy like Millwood (were the Orioles to offer)? He’s clearly on the decline, but would still have been a type B player if he declined arb.
by TerroristFistJab on Aug 18, 2010 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions
you can only get like a 25% decline in pay from arbitration
So he would only be at like 9 or 10M.
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on Aug 18, 2010 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions
So we're pretty much not offering him...
arbitration, picks be damned, right?
by TerroristFistJab on Aug 18, 2010 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions
yeah, I dont see much reason to
unless he makes it absolutely clear he wants OUT of Bmore
It's a fight to the finish. That's a good place to stop.
For $10M he may want to stay in Bmore no matter what
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on Aug 18, 2010 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions
so no way we offer arbitration
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on Aug 18, 2010 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
yes, exactly
...a piece of V mail in which everything but the salutation "Dear Mary" had been blocked out and on which the censoring officer had written, "I long for you tragically. R. O. Shipman, Chaplain, U.S. Army."
So, in an attempt to waste as much time as possible
on a molasses-slow Wednesday, I am pondering my favorite animal. The finalists, in no order:
Kangaroos, Puffins, Dogs, Red Pandas, Chinchillas
Hrm…I better put on another pot of coffee, this could take all day…
It's a fight to the finish. That's a good place to stop.
Ducks
they can walk, fly, and float on water. Thats land sea and air people.
monkey – honorable mention
We have ducks...
in our neighborhood that were raised by a neighbor in his bathtub and then introduced to the pond in our subdivision. Them suckers do not fly. Even when being chased by predators, as their population has slowly whittled down to three from two dozen.
Still pretty cool to walk out the front door and have a duck honking at you because you woke it up.
by TerroristFistJab on Aug 18, 2010 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions
ive had geese hiss at me as I run past them
surprisingly terrifying. Not sure I could take a Canada Goose in a fight.
It's a fight to the finish. That's a good place to stop.
The foxes, primarily...
Them suckers are ninja quiet and attack when the ducks are sleeping, which is like half the damn day, which is why the ducks primarily leave the pond area and come take naps in front of the row of houses, as the foxes are pretty afraid of people.
by TerroristFistJab on Aug 18, 2010 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions
i could go for some potatoes
fried in a little duck fat right about now
It's a fight to the finish. That's a good place to stop.
And clip news articles at 8:30 am
after drinking until 2 in the morning the night before…
"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
"dogs" is awfully vague, no?
Its hard to debate the merits of dogs vs. the rest of the list when the rest are fairly well-defined animals but dogs can vary so dramatically.
well, i already know
that my favorite breeds are Scotties and PBGVs (or is it PVGBs?)….and I do also like ducks a lot. Crap. I’m gonna be here all day on this one.
It's a fight to the finish. That's a good place to stop.
Penguins!
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 18, 2010 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions
They make great pets!
Haven’t you ever read Mr. Popper’s Penguins?
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 18, 2010 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions
No,
but based on the title, that strikes me as a work of fiction.
Animal that apparently does make an awesome pet: Skunks.
oh come on
who would be the first one to try that?
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I'm totally serious
You get the scent glands removed, and they’re supposed to be great. Because they dont have any natural predators, they’re very trusting and not at all defensive. Supposedly great with kids.
I always wanted to get one and dye the stripes different colors.
I saw that if you take out the stink glands, they're not half-bad.
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 18, 2010 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions
isn't that like
taking a black cat and just painting two white stripes on it (and presumably watching it fend off the romantic impulses of skunks)?
It's a fight to the finish. That's a good place to stop.
puffins >>> penguins
and I like penguins, but that’s the God’s Truth
It's a fight to the finish. That's a good place to stop.
I'd like to see puffins handle sub-zero temperatures.
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 18, 2010 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions
I love hummus on my PITA...
I doubt PETA will have a problem with that though…
by TerroristFistJab on Aug 18, 2010 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Speaking of PETA
Did you see what Dodge with their ad with the monkey?
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 18, 2010 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions
No, but I'm always down for a good monkey video!
by TerroristFistJab on Aug 18, 2010 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions
There was a monkey dress like Evil Knivel
Then PETA got pissed because for a reason which escapes me, it had something to do with the fact that monkey was dressed like EK, so they wanted the ad off the air, Dodge gave them the FU, and made the monkey invisible.
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 18, 2010 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Wow...
that seems silly, unless they actually had the monkey do crazy jumps and other dangerous things – safety first, you know.
by TerroristFistJab on Aug 18, 2010 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions
Nope, the monkey just pressed a dynamite type thing and a confetti burst happened.
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 18, 2010 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
See...
that’s cool. Not PETA, the mokey.
by TerroristFistJab on Aug 18, 2010 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F551qAv_iPk
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 18, 2010 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions
It wasn’t because of anything in the commercial, just the widespread mistreatment of captive chimps in general.
http://jalopnik.com/5611061/dodge-bests-peta-with-invisible-monkey-ad
I owned a chinchilla for a while
he was great! They’re so bouncy.
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I'm not even at work today
So I have plenty of time to ponder this. I think tops on my list is baby tigers.
When I was about 12 years old I was staying the weekend with my grandparents on their farm in western Maryland, and I was sitting out on the front porch and saw a kangaroo hopping out of the woods. I thought I was going crazy, then it went back into the woods. So I went and told my grandmother and she thought I was making it up. She had me convinced that I imagined it until about a half hour later my grandfather came in from outside and said, “You’re gonna think I’m crazy, but I swear I just saw a kangaroo down by the trees.” It turns out a guy down the road actually HAD a kangaroo and it got loose.
It was one of the most exciting days of my life
up until that point. I mean, what kind of farmer in the outskirts of Hagerstown just has a kangaroo?
Did someone say HAGERRRRSTOWN!?!?
Best day city on earth
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 18, 2010 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions
htown representing
I have a strange nostalgia about that place. Probably stockholm syndrome.
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on Aug 18, 2010 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions
hahaha.
im from cumberland..i got to hagerstown to experience a “bigger city” lol..
It’s the Ric Flair Theory of baseball – To be the man, you gotta beat the man. -duck
by Parkinglotninja on Aug 18, 2010 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions
I always wanted a pet...
Chimpanzee, until this happened. Potentially disturbing image included in the article, by the way.
by TerroristFistJab on Aug 18, 2010 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Is that the woman who got mauled by a chimpanzee?
(and other stuff happened…I’m not clicking on that either)
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Yes indeed...
there was another story from a few years back, I remember Tony K going over it on his radio show. Something about a man visiting his chimp in a refuge (it had attacked someone else and had to be put their or destroyed) with a birthday cake (for the chimp, of course) and ended up getting his testicles removed, his fingers bit off, and eyes gouged.
Chimps, man.
by TerroristFistJab on Aug 18, 2010 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Is that the one where her face doesn't look anything like a face?
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 18, 2010 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I was talking to my dad about this the other day
He’s a biologist and he studied monkey behavior in grad school (he decided not to go that route and dropped out…anyway, story for another day) for some reason, and I was asking whether gorillas were mean. It turns out that unless they view you as a threat they’re actually very shy and gentle, but they can kill a human with their own bare hands…just snap him in half. Chimps are just mean, plain mean. They’ll attack you for no reason. It’s never really smart to keep wild animals as pets. They’re not meant for that. People do it though…
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It amazes me...
that anyone thinks that owning a chimp is a good idea, but hey, it’s your facial reconstructive surgery. And testicular reattachment. You get the point.
by TerroristFistJab on Aug 18, 2010 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Or any really dangerous wild animal for that matter
It’s like people don’t even do research.
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If you go to the Natural Bridge Zoo, in Natural Bridge, VA, you can hold (briefly while they take your picture) baby tigers. My wife and I were holding one of them, and another one was attacking my wife’s feet like a kitten.
yeah I did that in Myrtle Beach
felt sort of wrong, but also cool.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
Speaking of the DC Zoo
I saw a couple years ago, large monkey, forgot what species, regurtitate (sp?) a piece of food for five minutes, it was awesome and gross at the same time.
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 18, 2010 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Lions, parrots, turtles, koalas
I love lions because they’re beautiful, parrots because they’re hilarious, turtles because my first pet was a turtle and my parents forced me to give it away…the people who took killed it (not deliberately as far as I know), and koalas are cuddly and adorable.
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that reminds
Craig Robinson had an amusing little blog about animals talking to each other
http://flipflopflyin.com/g/2010/08/brief-conversations/
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oh I also like koalas
good call.
Ok here are my finalists: white baby tigers, kangaroos, prairie dogs, cheetahs, and my brother’s westie.
That made me do a double take.
and my brother’s westie.
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 18, 2010 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions
I know, but it's still funny.
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 18, 2010 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions
I think Kangaroos
go with a specific story that won’t be any good to tell. In Disney World’s Animal Kingdom, which is basically a zoo with some rides, my gf and I were very hot and tired and went looking for a bench in an isolated path off the main causeway and found a kangaroo pen instead. Very nice memory.
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Um.....
Are we supposed to read into the ending?
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 18, 2010 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions
well, he was with his girlfriend
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by the fix is in on Aug 18, 2010 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions
maybe
I thought I saw the top start to fall, but…
...a piece of V mail in which everything but the salutation "Dear Mary" had been blocked out and on which the censoring officer had written, "I long for you tragically. R. O. Shipman, Chaplain, U.S. Army."
When I went to Australia I held a koala in my arms
It was like a little teddy bear. If you ever get the chance definitely hold a koala!
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Capybaras
"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
it looks like a wombat and an otter had a child
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and a log.
Haha.
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 18, 2010 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions
My fave animal at the Salisbury Zoo
"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
And who else was gonna take capybaras?
Lions, tigers, thy’re sooooo predictable. But a capybara? You got yourself a conversation piece there.
"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
Well, they are odd-looking
They remind me of the dog (Brian) from Family Guy for some reason.
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I feel bad for you
Capybaras are, to borrow a word, adorable.
"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
My GF loves these
she really wants a dog-sized guinea pig, which is basically what these things are. The only problem would be if they shit as much as guinea pigs do. Guinea pigs shit all the time, but the poop pellets are tiny and they don’t smell. I’m sure capybara pellets would be much, much larger.
That'd be epic.
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 18, 2010 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions
I took my friends to the Salisbury zoo once when they came to visit
We had a good time.
Do you ever go to the duck decoy museum? A friend of mine in college interned there and he had to like, write the duck decoy newsletter.
WAY too expensive
I think I’ve been one since it opened.
"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
I dont even get a discount at M.R. Ducks
Thinking of suing them for copyright infrigement
"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
I don't have any real strong opinions here
I love cats and dogs, I hate squirrels. Squirrels think my truck is tasty and have chewed on the fuel line many, many times. I left it at my mom’s house overnight a few weeks ago (in the country) and squirrels chewed a hole in the fuel line so big that when I started it up, gas was shooting out from under the truck like a hose. I had to have it towed. I never brake for squirrels.
My GF, on the other hand, love animals and has very specific likes. She loves Guinea Pigs (we have two), kittens/cats, hedgehogs, narwhals, joeys (baby kangaroos), and nutria (which are like giant guinea pigs, those in southern MD probably know about them).
From a Robothal article on Fox Sports
A Showalter-influenced overhaul of the farm system also might be warranted — one rival scout says the O’s minor leaguers display "the worst body language of anyone in baseball."
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." ~ The Dude
man, what does that even mean?
all of the minor leaguers at every level? Just the guys at Bowie? Just Billy Rowell and Ryan Adams? What a delightfully vague thing to say. Not that it’s wrong, but it’s pretty open-ended. And, you know, how could one scout know? Has he scouted every single minor league team this year, and has objectively recorded that the Orioles have the bottom five body language teams?
This much we know: the organization’s player development needs to be fixed, and Buck Showalter seems to be the right man for the job. That’s quantifiable fact. Why go into ridiculous, vague hyperbole to underline a fact that’s already been underlined several times?
...a piece of V mail in which everything but the salutation "Dear Mary" had been blocked out and on which the censoring officer had written, "I long for you tragically. R. O. Shipman, Chaplain, U.S. Army."
I will say, that after having watched Rowell in person about a month ago
his demeanor was terrible. The rest of the team seemed pretty engaged, but Rowell just stood around with his hands on his hips staring about. But he did hit a HR that game, so that was cool.
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." ~ The Dude
by PBR me ASAP! on Aug 18, 2010 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions
rosenthal is a moron, what the hell does that even mean?
that’s such a vague and ridiculous statment to make. And really, we’re evaluating players based on their body language now? So Barry Bonds sucked and David Eckstein is amazing is what we’re back to now?
Also, for the 5 millionth time, can we stop it with the “well the players just needed a real manager to give them a kick in the ass” line?
by Strat12 on Aug 18, 2010 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I will admit
that minor league body language definitely means something. We’re not talking about Bonds or Eckstein…we’re talking about the difference between Chris Tillman and Brian Matusz (or, anyway, that’s closer to the topic).
I also like Robothal better as a reporter than as a columnist…but at least he isn’t Jon Heyman. That guy is the worst.
...a piece of V mail in which everything but the salutation "Dear Mary" had been blocked out and on which the censoring officer had written, "I long for you tragically. R. O. Shipman, Chaplain, U.S. Army."
Maybe it does make a difference to the people evaluating them, but it shouldn't.
It shouldn’t matter what you look like, only how you perform.
well yeah
it goes back to the Yunel Escobar thing. If he was lazy and a clubhouse cancer, man, it sure didn’t show up in the box scores. What’s important here?
But, I think with minor leaguers you’re trying to figure out if a guy is going to be able to handle himself as a big leaguer or not, and the mental aspect of it isn’t zero.
...a piece of V mail in which everything but the salutation "Dear Mary" had been blocked out and on which the censoring officer had written, "I long for you tragically. R. O. Shipman, Chaplain, U.S. Army."
Ok, so an initial round of cuts
leaves me with:
Kangaroos, PBGVs, and Puffins…acknowledging that Red Pandas are adorable but most likely too popular for an elitist like myself, and that while chinchillas are wonderful and bouncy (and my first pet), they don’t stack up to these guys.
I also acknolwedge that ducks can do everything except not complain when someone points out that they messed up something on the bird droppings.
...a piece of V mail in which everything but the salutation "Dear Mary" had been blocked out and on which the censoring officer had written, "I long for you tragically. R. O. Shipman, Chaplain, U.S. Army."
We are incapable of that...
"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
I was talking about my namesakes
I have no clue what a PBGV is
"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
I keep telling you
Ya gotta watch the dog show in Feb!
"Fairy tales start 'once upon a time...'. Fishing stories start 'now this ain't no bullshit...'."
- Cap'n Phil Harris
its a hound dog
...a piece of V mail in which everything but the salutation "Dear Mary" had been blocked out and on which the censoring officer had written, "I long for you tragically. R. O. Shipman, Chaplain, U.S. Army."
they always howl during dogshows
so I always root for them
...a piece of V mail in which everything but the salutation "Dear Mary" had been blocked out and on which the censoring officer had written, "I long for you tragically. R. O. Shipman, Chaplain, U.S. Army."
I prefer those dog competitions
where they grab frisbees while leaping over the pool or all the jack russells race across a field to get into their designated hole in the wall.
Yeah those are awesome.
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 18, 2010 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions
Thats not a ban-worthy duck pun?
I felt like we were on shaky ground as soon as ducks were mentioned.
Like I was going to fight this tidal wave and win
Y’all will have this out of your system in a few hours. I throw a hissy fit and start bannin’ folks, well, that’d just too much damn drama for the week I go back to work. Not that I’m above hissy fits. Don’t say anything bad about my alma mater…or Slayer. Just saying.
"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
That, and Andrew was pretty much dead on right.
"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
The more you tighten your grip, the more name jokes will slip through your fingers.
It's as if every eccentric in the South decided to move north, ran out of gas in Baltimore, and decided to stay. - John Waters
by Eat More Esskay on Aug 18, 2010 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Thank you, Princess Leia
"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
Haha. WW is allowed to call me Screech. It's all good!
Not the first time I’ve heard that in my life, and I doubt it’ll be the last.
It's as if every eccentric in the South decided to move north, ran out of gas in Baltimore, and decided to stay. - John Waters
by Eat More Esskay on Aug 18, 2010 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Gracias....
And you can call me whatever you want!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 18, 2010 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions
sorry to stick my nose in there
Just wanted to stick up for fellow nerds! Not that anyone needs me to stick up for them…
Eh, well
Having gone to UMD I’ll say that it… wasn’t all bad
Slayer, however, sounds like planes landing & taking off at the airport. Wait, that’s not fair to the planes.
"Fairy tales start 'once upon a time...'. Fishing stories start 'now this ain't no bullshit...'."
- Cap'n Phil Harris
Oh, SNAP!
"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'm used to it....
Trust me.
"I got a good Christian raising and a 8th grade education / Ain't no need in y'all in treating me this way." - Billy Joe Shaver
Now I've ALWAYS stayed away from the last name comments
because you’ve probably heard them all by 3rd grade.
Many of my music/movie/TV choices meet with similar comments.
Oh, and I claim immunity under the “existing rapport” clause. (;-)
"Fairy tales start 'once upon a time...'. Fishing stories start 'now this ain't no bullshit...'."
- Cap'n Phil Harris
Do I spy Catch-22 in your sig?
I noticed you called that your favorite book ever in the OT thread and I feel like that line sounds familiar.
It's as if every eccentric in the South decided to move north, ran out of gas in Baltimore, and decided to stay. - John Waters
by Eat More Esskay on Aug 18, 2010 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions
indeed
most of my online gaming accounts tend to use R O Shipman as a username, too. Love that book. It’s pretty rare that I’ve literally laughed out loud while reading, but there you go.
I get bored my sig line way too often.
...a piece of V mail in which everything but the salutation "Dear Mary" had been blocked out and on which the censoring officer had written, "I long for you tragically. R. O. Shipman, Chaplain, U.S. Army."
Sometimes you just get tired of staring at the same thing.
I seem to be changing mine about every two months.
It's as if every eccentric in the South decided to move north, ran out of gas in Baltimore, and decided to stay. - John Waters
by Eat More Esskay on Aug 18, 2010 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions
That's about the same for me.
Expect for the Jimmy V quote, I had that for while. I liked “Mi firma en escrito espanol!” though, I thought about having that in French or German, but I decided against it.
Buck Showalter clearly isn't interested in having Anthony Rendon as a member of the Orioles.
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 18, 2010 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Me too
I just get bored with it too often.
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 18, 2010 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions
To start another topic...
How badass does the trailer for “Machete” look?
"I got a good Christian raising and a 8th grade education / Ain't no need in y'all in treating me this way." - Billy Joe Shaver
havent seen it
whats that even about?
...a piece of V mail in which everything but the salutation "Dear Mary" had been blocked out and on which the censoring officer had written, "I long for you tragically. R. O. Shipman, Chaplain, U.S. Army."
Revenge, ultra violence, Danny Trejo, Robert Rodriguez, etc...
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." ~ The Dude
by PBR me ASAP! on Aug 18, 2010 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Here's the Red Band trailer
That means boobies, bad words, and LOTS of blood (NSFW)
"I got a good Christian raising and a 8th grade education / Ain't no need in y'all in treating me this way." - Billy Joe Shaver
Oh, yeah, and he rappels down the side of a building
using a dude’s large intestine. It’s not for the faint of heart.
"I got a good Christian raising and a 8th grade education / Ain't no need in y'all in treating me this way." - Billy Joe Shaver
Thanks for the mental image.
"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 want to be Robert Rodriguez's brain
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." ~ The Dude
by PBR me ASAP! on Aug 18, 2010 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions
From El Mariachi
to Spy Kids, to making Tarantino’s wanger drip off in PT. How do ya follow that path?
I was so geeked about this when I saw the trailer on the Planet Terror DVD a while ago
only to find out that trailer wasn’t an actual trailer, just something done for shits and giggles and thrown on the DVD. So when I found out that it really was going to be made I was ecstatic.
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." ~ The Dude
by PBR me ASAP! on Aug 18, 2010 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought it was a joke at first
Especially after the Jessica Alba portion, “we didnt cross the border, the border crossed us”
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on Aug 18, 2010 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Move to Seattle!
Buck Showalter clearly isn't interested in having Anthony Rendon as a member of the Orioles.
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 18, 2010 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I think I'm going to settle on
kangaroos. They have pouches, they box, they have tails, they’re herbivores that release no methane gas, they hop, they have floppy looking ears, and a group of them is called a mob of kangaroos. And I’ve heard about golf courses needing to temporarily shut down in Austraila because of kangaroo infestations on the fairways. Kangaroos win, they are my favorite animal.
Whew. I need a break now.
...a piece of V mail in which everything but the salutation "Dear Mary" had been blocked out and on which the censoring officer had written, "I long for you tragically. R. O. Shipman, Chaplain, U.S. Army."
I don't like kangaroos, they shouldn't be mentioned in the same breathe as turtles in terms of being feared.
>>>>>>> 
Buck Showalter clearly isn't interested in having Anthony Rendon as a member of the Orioles.
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 18, 2010 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Wiggles
Made it to #15 in the comeback player of the year rankings done by Dobrow over on cbssports.com. Here is his entry:
“Here’s the headline for this one: “Mediocre player has slightly less mediocre season.” Hey, on name-recognition alone, it’ll buy him another year or two in the bigs."
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