Monday Bird Droppings
by duck on Aug 30, 2010 6:48 AM EDT
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PrintRecaps of yesterday's win can be found at The Sun, Orioles.com, The Associated Press, LA Times, and MASNsports (with post-game Buck).
Orioles Insider: Lugo hit in head; leaves game (updated after game)
"Julio Lugo, who was starting his second straight game at second for injured Brian Roberts, was examined by Angels’ physicians and taken for a CAT scan during the game. He said the tests came back negative and he was not diagnosed with a concussion."
The Schmuck Stops Here: O's: August and everything after
"I doubt anyone would contend that Buck's arrival had much effect on Kevin Millwood, who has been all over the map the past two months, but he sure pitched great last night. I can see where the environment Showalter creates could have a positive effect on the young pitchers, but we're still talking about what I like to call his "intangible leadership quality." You can feel the difference, but you can't really put your finger on it."
Can Birds avoid a September swoon? - Carroll County Times
"This year, more than any in recent memory, it’s paramount that the swoon doesn’t take place. Evidenced by the team’s plummet to the bottom of the major-league standings until recently, the Orioles are in a fragile stage of their rebuilding process."
IN THE MINORS
Steve Melewski: Jordan on Machado
"I just think it's important to get on the field. Be a part of our practice routine, our hitting routine and progression. Being around the instructors and coordinaters. There is an orientation that needs to take place and it's important to get that out of the way," [O's scouting director] Joe Jordan said of Manny Machado.
American Chronicle | Bluefield Daily Telegraph
"Life just won't be the same in Bluefield when next June rolls around. The Baltimore Orioles will have flown the coop. Only hours before the high school football season began on Friday night, the phone rang with the news -- the Orioles were leaving Bluefield. For good."
My good memories of Bluefield as O’s end relationship - Explore Howard
"Losing Bluefield as a minor league farm team is not going to make or break the future of the big league club. The O’s have seven other minor league teams. The move may make the farm system more efficient. But it is still the end of an era, and a sad day for longtime followers of the Baltimore farm system."
American Chronicle | Baysox's playoff grip slips
"Now, after the recent slump, the Baysox find themselves in a three-way battle for a wild-card berth with Akron and Harrisburg, who began play on Friday night just a game behind second-place Bowie. The first- and second-place teams in each division qualify for the Eastern League playoffs."
Gwinnett Braves snap Tides' four-game win streak | HamptonRoads.com
"The Gwinnett Braves scored six runs in the seventh inning to overcome a 4-2 deficit Sunday at Coolray Field and beat the Norfolk Tides 8-4, snapping the Tides' four-game winning streak."
Tanaka Twirls Rock Cats | Bowie Baysox News
"The Bowie Baysox defeated the New Britain Rock Cats 6-3 Sunday afternoon, clinching the four-game series and finishing the eight game season series with a 6-2 record. The Baysox move to 71-63 on the year, but remain 1.5 games behind Harrisburg for second place and the final playoff spot in the Eastern League's Western Division, with eight games remaining."
BIZARRE FINALE ENDS WITH A WALK-OFF | Frederick Keys News
"With the bases loaded in the ninth, Pedro Florimon was hit by a Joe Testa pitch and Ronnie Welty trotted home as the game winning run. With the victory, the Keys ended a five game losing streak. "
Delmarva had the day off.
Givens Shines in Debut as IronBirds Beat Lake Monsters | Aberdeen IronBirds News
"2009 second-round draft pick Mychal Givens homered, scored three runs and drove home two in his Aberdeen IronBirds debut. It was enough to push the 'Birds past the Vermont Lake Monsters, 7-2. The win snapped a four-game losing streak."
Bluefield won 5-2
The team has three games remaining in its final season for the final West Virginia affiliate.
The GCL Orioles finished their season on Saturday.
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Minor league manager gets tossed and gives first base to a fan:
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by Knubles and Bits on Aug 30, 2010 7:55 AM EDT reply actions
signing the base
a nice touch!
Has there ever been a cooler Oriole than Eddie Murray? I mean, just straight up cool. Like a bad, suave dude. You know what I'm sayin'. COOL. SC 7/24/08
by 33 on Aug 30, 2010 8:52 AM EDT up reply actions
So doctors examined Lugo’s head and found nothing…
Sorry, it’s Monday morning and I haven’t even finished my coffee. Honestly, I’m glad he’s not seriously injured.
"The United States is the New York Yankees of countries...powerful and respected until the year 2000." - Homer J. Simpson
by Brotz13 on Aug 30, 2010 8:19 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
"Doctor, will I be able to play the violin after my injury?"
...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 know, could you play piano before it?"
"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
Anyone heard any more
about Instructional League at OPACY in Sept? Will the public be able to get in and check the kids out? I’d gladly take that as an excuse to skip work a couple mornings next month.
Has there ever been a cooler Oriole than Eddie Murray? I mean, just straight up cool. Like a bad, suave dude. You know what I'm sayin'. COOL. SC 7/24/08
I posted something last week
Can’t remember the details, though
"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
Doing Windows 7 training at work
Its sorta what i imagine hell to be like in so many different ways.
No, hell is the Professional Learning Community
sessions lasting 6 hours I had last week, killing a day I could have been in my classroom.
"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
by duck on Aug 30, 2010 12:04 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
You'd also hate this office
The decor is primarily based around a pun of one of the partners’ last name.
i actually really like windows 7, but it was a bit of a pain to adjust.
Don't mess with the bull, young man. You'll get the horns.
heyo
I just got windows 7 a week ago. This conversation applies to me! yeah!
Bring back Luis Matos.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Aug 30, 2010 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions
MLBTR article on Koji
Free Agent Stock Watch: Koji Uehara
Uehara’s agent Mark Pieper would do well to get his client a $2MM guarantee this time around.
I’d pay Koji $2M next year. What do y’all think?
"Stick to what you know, which is nothing, and stick to your little blogs." -Rob Dibble
absolutely I would
...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."
+1
Dude has been fantastic out of the pen. I don’t expect him to keep up a 9.85 K/9 and 1.59 BB/9, and he’s been lucky to have avoided giving up any homers so far with that 27.3% GB rate. But even assuming regression, he’s shown that he can be a solid arm out of the pen. Heck, I’d be fine with $3 mil, even with some incentives.
"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'd certainly be a smarter way to spend money than they have in the past
Garrett Atkins.
"Stick to what you know, which is nothing, and stick to your little blogs." -Rob Dibble
Never Forget
...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."
and yet
Consider Atkins’ 152 PA of .256 wOBA against Cesar Izturis’ 420 PA of .248 wOBA.
I believe my opinion of Cesar as a future option has changed drastically.
...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."
Though Atkins didn't bring much to the table defensively
and I’m not sure who’s out there that could be a better option
Yeah,
free-agent-wise, I don’t think there’s anyone all that much better, really (at least, no one without a club option). Which is pretty terrible.
"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
you need to bring A LOT to the table defensively
to justify being the worst everyday hitter in the majors. I don’t think Cesar’s defense can justify his offense. Let me put it this way:
2010 Cesar Izturis is hitting worse than Brandon Fahey.
...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 a little lower, but with a lot of appearance related incentives that could push it well above 2MM?
He’s a great asset when healthy, but i’d be concerned about investing in a player thats tough to rely on to always be available.
$2 mill for Koji next season seems like a good deal to me.
Unless he goes back into the injury tank some time in the next month, but I really want to believe he’s turned the corner.
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 30, 2010 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions
hopefully
we can keep him. I wouldn’t be lying if I said he was one of my favorite players on the team and he’s been extremely solid out of the pen to the point that I was obliged to buy his shirt.
"double rainbow...what does it MEAN?"
The Signing Bonus: We're back in business.
by danielreese05 on Aug 30, 2010 12:03 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
So, one off-day
before playing 24 of 31 games against the AL East. What do you guys think: do we manage to play something close to .500 ball from here on out, or do we collapse again and go back to saying, “Well, at least [pitcher] looked decent… and [batter] took a walk…” ?
"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 guessing collapse
but not epic fail collapse. I’ll put the over/under at 12.5 wins
...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."
oh, and I'm taking the under
...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."
There are a couple ways to look at it
I don’t know what’s going to happen, this team is so unpredictable (which I enjoy because they’ve been so horridly predictable for so long). This team is not even close to being as good as the Rays, Yankees, and Red Sox. They’re not as good as most teams, but they’re a lot closer to the teams they’ve been playing than the teams they are about to play.
I think that focusing on individual achievements for the rest of the year isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
Although it would be so sweet if they could just go out and kick some ass.
"Stick to what you know, which is nothing, and stick to your little blogs." -Rob Dibble
If the O's only win 1 game the rest of the way...
please let it be against Jon Lester. I’m sick of that mofo.
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." ~ The Dude
by PBR me ASAP! on Aug 30, 2010 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions
I think I'd rather us finally win a game against the Blue Jays.
"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
BECKETBECKETBECKET
We open the series against him and his fucking goatee. I want to see him cry.
"double rainbow...what does it MEAN?"
The Signing Bonus: We're back in business.
by danielreese05 on Aug 30, 2010 11:57 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
im going to fill in those blanks with brian matusz and adam jones
Anyway, I predict us to go about 14-31. We win a series against boston and toronto, get swept once by the yanks, and win at least one game from every other series.
"double rainbow...what does it MEAN?"
The Signing Bonus: We're back in business.
by danielreese05 on Aug 30, 2010 12:00 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I guess most expect them to struggle
The Red Sox are on the brink and it would be sweet if the O’s could win 2 of 3 in the next series to pretty much do them in. Then at least put up a fight against the Yankees so if the Rays do well, they take the pennant. I guess that means I don’t care if they play traditional O’s Sept. ball against the Rays.
Yeah,
I do rather hope that we win more games against the Yankees than we do against the Rays.
"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
The Red Sox are done
they’re seven games back in the loss column. They’re without Youkilis or Pedroia. They’d need like two or three miracles to make the playoffs.
...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 really dont think it would have mattered
that’s a huge gap to close in so little time. One aging player isn’t going to help that much.
...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."
BaseballProspectus odds say at most 10%
It depends on which adjusted version you use. It will be best when that number is 0% and even better if the O’s can make it happen.
The Yankees are pretty much a lock too. Part of me doesn’t care because the only way baseball will do anything about competitive balance is to have the Yankees win every damn year until fans tune out due to boredom.
I feel sorry for the rest of the AL East
They’re fighting for playoff spots are about to run into a buzzsaw.
before playing 24 of 31 games against the AL East. What do you guys think: do we manage to play something close to .500 ball from here on out, or do we collapse again and go back to saying, "Well, at least [pitcher] looked decent… and [batter] took a walk…" ?
A lot of this depends on the health of our players. One big reason why the O’s tank in August and September is due to injuries which forces replacement level players to accumulate starts. If we stay healthy, I think .500 ball is very reasonable. If Jones and BRob don’t come back and then Koji and Luke go down, it’ll get ugly.
Don't mess with the bull, young man. You'll get the horns.
So those goat rib chops I made last night were really fucking good
Much milder and more tender than i expected, I was expecting them to be somewhat gamey.
My brother's getting married in October
and some of his hippie friends are slaughtering one of their goats and pit-roasting it for his present. It’s gonna be a nonconventional bachelor party.
cxcxcxcxzzzzzzzzz
when I own a house with a yard
I only demand two things of said house: a pit for whole-roasting a pig, and trap door bookcases.
...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."
Pit-roasted pig is really fantastic.
When I was younger, one of my dad’s cousins married a Filipino woman and occasionally we’d get invited to a birthday party or something where they were roasting a pig like that. They’d just dig the pit in their yard and roast the thing. Delicious.
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 30, 2010 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions
hippies slaughtering a goat???
Doesn’t sound quite right. Eating granola maybe…
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
they're the own-your-own-farm-for-subsistence type of hippies
so they raise all their own animals for food and stuff. I think it’s probably a better kind of hippy than the urban hippy
cxcxcxcxzzzzzzzzz
like Ted Nugent!
...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."
Wow.
That sounds completely terrible already, but it’s worse?
"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
Sounds like Dibble might've gotten fired
...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."
Serves that bastard right.
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by Knubles and Bits on Aug 30, 2010 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Where did you see that? On the twitter?
I saw that he said something on his radio show today about when he “used to” call games.
"Stick to what you know, which is nothing, and stick to your little blogs." -Rob Dibble
Saw somewhere that his 2 game 'break' is at least turning into a 8 game one
as he isnt going on their next road trip. But MASN was still denying that he’s even been suspended.
For the whole Strasburg...
thing, or is this cumulative? He’s been ass-awful forever, so it doesn’t bother me at all.
by TerroristFistJab on Aug 30, 2010 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Here's the goods from NBC Hardtalk
Rob Dibble won’t be calling Nationals games any time soon
Depending on his contract they might just string it along like this for the rest of the season and then not renew him.
"Stick to what you know, which is nothing, and stick to your little blogs." -Rob Dibble
He asked for days off?
Suck it up and be a man!
I feel like I learned more in eight major league starts than I did in three years of college," -- Brian Matusz
I was surprised he made it through the year last year
After making it almost through the whole year this season, I thought maybe he know how to stay just on the right side of the line, and then he goes and stumbles completely over it twice in a couple of weeks.
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Andrew, are you still thinking about going to see a Keys playoff game?
"Stick to what you know, which is nothing, and stick to your little blogs." -Rob Dibble
oh yes
I guess that’s in like two weeks now, right?
...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."
well?
I know you said you wanted to go, but whats the deal?
...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."
ahaahah
The deal is I want to go. You want I should buy some tickets? I think a few other people expressed interest, I’ll have to go back and look.
"Stick to what you know, which is nothing, and stick to your little blogs." -Rob Dibble
I was interested.
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by Knubles and Bits on Aug 30, 2010 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions
and still am.
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by Knubles and Bits on Aug 30, 2010 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions
well
let’s round up whoever wants to go and then someone can buy tickets and then we’re good to go.
...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 found the old thread
Looks like it was the three of us and Wieters Wieners. I’ll post something on the front page about it to see if anyone else wants to go, then I can get the tickets.
I assume game one? That’s Tuesday.
"Stick to what you know, which is nothing, and stick to your little blogs." -Rob Dibble
What time on tuesday?
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by Knubles and Bits on Aug 30, 2010 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm seeing game one on Wednesday the 8th.
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by Knubles and Bits on Aug 30, 2010 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Where are you seeing Tuesday?
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by Knubles and Bits on Aug 30, 2010 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions
oh my bad
I thought it was Tuesday and Wednesday for games 1 and 2, not Wednesday and Thursday.
"Stick to what you know, which is nothing, and stick to your little blogs." -Rob Dibble
Ok.
I was looking at the schedule like, am I a moron or what?
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by Knubles and Bits on Aug 30, 2010 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
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