Thursday Bird Droppings
by duck on Aug 5, 2010 9:52 AM EDT
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PrintRecaps from last night's win can be found at The Sun, Orioles.com, and LA Times.
School of Roch: The Showalter must go on
Lots of post-game Buck quotes, but no video.
Orioles Insider: O's win game and likely lose Hernandez; Bell and Roberts OK
David Hernandez has a sprained ankle and will miss time, while Brian Roberts (shin bruise) and Josh Bell (cramps) both expect to be available today.
Showalter, Orioles find themselves on a streak - Washington Post
"They are getting quality starts, proper aggressiveness on the bases, sure-handed defense and an avalanche of hits with runners in scoring position. Dave Trembley and Juan Samuel probably aren't the only ones wondering, "Who are these guys?"
Orioles notebook: Orioles won't have set closer, Buck Showalter says
Orioles won't have set closer, Buck Showalter says. Alfredo Simon still likely No. 1 choice in save situations, but new manager isn't averse to mixing it up.
Background on the Buck Showalter - Johnny Oates relationship
Our friend Roar From 34 has a great write up of the history behind Buck Showalter and Johnny Oates' friendship, one that led Buck to wear Johnny's number when he got to Baltimore.
Showdown of Suckdom: 2010 Orioles vs 1988 Orioles
Dempsey's Army compares the two teams position by position. It's kind of a bummer.
AROUND THE LEAGUE
Nolan Ryan Group Wins Texas Rangers - WSJ.com
"With a winning bid worth more than $608 million, baseball legend Nolan Ryan and Pittsburgh lawyer Chuck Greenberg bought the Texas Rangers in bankruptcy court Thursday after some 12 hours of deliberations and bidding." Damn. That's a lot of money.
Roberto Alomar's wife gets domestic injunction in Fla. - baltimoresun.com
"The wife of retired Orioles second baseman Roberto Alomar has obtained a temporary injunction against him after a domestic dispute over the weekend." That's no good, Robbie!
IN THE MINORS
Prince George's Stadium, Home of the Bowie Baysox
stadiumreview.com, which gave a fantastic review of OPACY (is there any other kind?) has moved on to minor league parks.
Group is appealing its loss in Sarasota baseball lawsuit | HeraldTribune.com
After a weeklong trial, a judge ruled in July that three county commissioners violated the state's Government-in-the-Sunshine Law by discussing the spring training deal by e-mail outside of public meetings. But the judge also found that those violations were not "egregious" and ruled that the Orioles contract should stand. The citizens group is appealing the ruling to the Florida Supreme Court.
MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS
Norfolk and Aberdeen had the day off.
Johnson Leashes Sea Dogs | Bowie Baysox News
The Bowie Baysox notched their 60th victory of the year with a win over the Portland Sea Dogs 6-3 Wednesday night at Hadlock Field. The Baysox offense continued to hum along, as it produced more than 10 hits for the third consecutive game as the Baysox out-hit the Sea Dogs 14-9.
BIG INNING DOOMS FREDERICK IN FINALE | Frederick Keys News
Despite scoring the first run of the night, the Keys dropped the rubbermatch to the Salem Red Sox, 7-3. Salem scored a run in the fourth to tie the game up and then unleashed four runs in the sixth and cruised to a victory in the final game these two teams are scheduled to play at Harry Grove Stadium in 2010.
Shorebirds and Power Postponed Wednesday | Delmarva Shorebirds News
An intense storm crashed down on Appalachian Power Park around 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday night and forced the West Virginia Power to postpone game three of the series. The teams will play a doubleheader on Thursday night with game one starting at 6:05 p.m.
IronBirds Drop Game One To Jammers | Aberdeen IronBirds News
In a game stopped due to rain before the bottom of the ninth inning, the Aberdeen Ironbirds lost to the Jamestown Jammers by a score of 3-2. The IronBirds scored first in the bottom of the third inning. With Michael Rooney at second base and two outs, Trent Mummey hit an infield single that Rooney came all the way around to score on and it gave the IronBirds 1-0.
The GCL Orioles lost 6-4
Starter Yancorix Adrian was the hard-luck starter, giving up just two earned runs but also two unearned runs, as well as six hits and three walks against three strikeouts. The homer didn't help, either.
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Boo this man!
"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
Can’t tell if the latest Alomar news is better or worse than the last headline…
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
proper aggressiveness on the bases,
LOL, so when DT instills aggressiveness on the bases, it’s moronic. But it’s “proper” when Buck does it. Talk about a honeymoon phrase.
Don't mess with the bull, young man. You'll get the horns.
Well
at least from my perspective the word “proper” is VERY important there – I never heard DT ever imply that he saw a difference between aggressiveness and proper or appropriate aggressiveness. Hunter’s blunder last night sure was aggressive after all…
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
out of curiosity
has Buck talked about his baserunning philosophy anywhere?
Don't mess with the bull, young man. You'll get the horns.
I hope it goes something like this
Dont get thrown out doing stupid stuff. That would be a good message for our team to hear. And Hunter too apparently
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on Aug 5, 2010 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions
not that I know of
but somebody posted on here that team and individual steals tend to increase substantially the year after Buck hits the road, so I don’t think he’s a big SB guy.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
i havn't heard anything from Buck,
but in the past he has only let high % guys steal. Of course he also almost never let people sac bunt in the past, so who knows?
I want to know if Buck believe stealing is a necessary ingredient to create runs in order to compensate for the lack of power. There’s nothing runs with steals and taking extra bases if done properly.
Don't mess with the bull, young man. You'll get the horns.
check out this link for what he's done in the past
He has previously always tried for the big inning and avoid outs on the basepaths at all costs. I doubt he’s changed his philosophy much, but it’s possible.
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/the-buck-stops-.-.-.-in-baltimore
I approve of it
if you’re stealing a lot of bases with guys who aren’t high percentage swipers, then you’re shooting yourself in the foot. If you’re sac bunting with your number two hitter in the early parts of the game, you’re shooting yourself in the foot. The Orioles need to refrain from shooting themselves in the foot.
I am okay with Izzy sac bunting with 2 on and no outs, and when we absolutely need exactly one run in the ninth or eighth or later. And that’s about it. Buck SEEMS to agree. So, I think this is the beginning of a yadda yadda yadda
Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder, 'Why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.
oooh, i likey
There are other ways Showalter leaves clearer fingerprints upon his teams. He’s arguably the least “small ball” manager ever. To him “bunt” is just another four-letter word. His offenses finished in last place with sac hits or tied for it four times, including at least once with every franchise he’s managed. He’s also come next-to-last twice. None of his AL teams ever bunted more than 27 times a year. MLB’s record low for team SH is nine – and that was the Showalter-managed 2009 Rangers.
Thank god.
I wonder if Buck will be the exact opposite of DT: great tactician, poor clubhouse leader.
Don't mess with the bull, young man. You'll get the horns.
I was hoping Cuban would win the Rangers.
He’d make Bill Veeck look unoriginal and boring.
"[The] dictionary is the only place that success comes before work." - Vince Lombardi
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 5, 2010 10:34 AM EDT reply actions
Was never gonna happen
The MLB lawyers would make sure of that. Cuban never had a chance – MLB had the right to take the second-best bid if they wanted. Ryan was predestined to get that team – Cuban just drove up the price.
"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 totally have that on lock down
"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
BTW
Koji is an absolutely ridiculous looking person. That picture is just absurd.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
Koji's Burns?
Any relationship to Ken Burns? ;)
"[The] dictionary is the only place that success comes before work." - Vince Lombardi
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 5, 2010 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Will it be like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HNgqQVHI_8
"[The] dictionary is the only place that success comes before work." - Vince Lombardi
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 5, 2010 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm still waiting for Bayless & Mariotti to take Chuck Barkley up on his offer...
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." ~ The Dude
by PBR me ASAP! on Aug 5, 2010 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions
FanGraphs
is calling Torii Hunter’s caught stealing The Worst Baserunning Play of the Year.
"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
Ray Lewis
Just ordered two of these bad boys….
Im so effing amped for da foosball season!
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 5, 2010 12:57 PM EDT reply actions
Love the name of that blog
"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
Based, if memory serves me right
on a PJ O’Rourke quote.
"Fairy tales start 'once upon a time...'. Fishing stories start 'now this ain't no bullshit...'."
- Cap'n Phil Harris
You got it
"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
As am I
and I wish your Ravens all the best. However, this recent spurt of real baseball has renewed my interests. It’s been a long time since I had to be passionate about baseball and football at the same time. I wonder if it could happen this year…
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
I know.
Normally I’m Ravens crazy by now, but with Buck I’m holding back.
"[The] dictionary is the only place that success comes before work." - Vince Lombardi
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 5, 2010 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I love the Ravens
but being crazy about pre-season football is some weak sauce.
Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder, 'Why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.
DB situation
is scaring me. It could turn out to be the Achilles heal that spoils a lot of other good stuff.
Same thing with mad men.
"[The] dictionary is the only place that success comes before work." - Vince Lombardi
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 5, 2010 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Mad Men's been on pretty regular seasons
All 4 seasons have started in late July or early August and ended late October or early November. Breaking Bad is going to have a full year between the end of season 3 and the beginning of Season 4.
I think an intersting thing for Buck
Will be if he can prevent the annual August-September collapse, if he can prevent that from happening, he is the man.
"[The] dictionary is the only place that success comes before work." - Vince Lombardi
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 5, 2010 2:18 PM EDT reply actions
with the season they've had so far
how would you be able to tell they were having a collapse? i’m not sure it would be possible to collapse more.
"If I were a horse, I'd go over to AJ [Burnett]'s house all the time!" -- Rob Dibble
We haven't lost 17 in a row...
So it is possible.
"[The] dictionary is the only place that success comes before work." - Vince Lombardi
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 5, 2010 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Orioles fb page has an article about our future young starters
The “trio” this guy speaks about is composed of Matusz, Arrietta, and Bergesen. Did I miss something? I thought people realized bergy is not a promising young starter. And what about Tillman?
by GeoffreyA on Aug 5, 2010 2:23 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Tillman has seriously regressed
He doesn’t even own AAA anymore. Still, Bergy?
something awesome
Guts has as many quality starts as john lester this year.
"double rainbow...what does it MEAN?"
The Signing Bonus: We're back in business.
by danielreese05 on Aug 5, 2010 5:13 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
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