Thursday Bird Droppings
by duck on Jun 30, 2011 8:00 AM EDT
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FROM THE BLOG OVERLORD: June 30, 2009: A Night to Remember
It was on June 30, 2009 that the Orioles completed the greatest comeback in franchise history, and it was one of the most fun games I can remember watching. After falling behind 10-1 to the Boston Red Sox, the Orioles scored five runs each in the seventh and eighth innings to come all the way back and defeat the hated divisional rivals 11-10.
Orioles Insider: Orioles start Hardy talks; Orioles agree to terms with two more
So, we very well may be looking to extend Hardy and then trade him?
Franklin's reaction described as 'relief' - STL Today
So the O's have gotten so bad, that if you're an opposing reliever who gives up a few runs against them, you get released.
School of Roch: RIP if you're a RISP
Another rant concerning the O's lack of production. Oh, and Nolan Reimold may get a start tonight, as the Cardinals have changed their original probable starters.
Orioles Help Howard County Kids Stay Healthy - Ellicott City, MD Patch
About 50 kids from Howard County ran and played on the fields they worship, and met with some of the people who make up the home team Baltimore Orioles.
Orioles starters are putting their bullpen counterparts in jeopardy - baltimoresun.com
"It has been more than two weeks since an Orioles starter went seven innings. It last happened on June 10 when Jake Arrieta managed to keep his pitch count down long enough to hand the ball over to the bullpen before the eighth inning, and it was the only time an Orioles starter has lasted past the sixth inning in June. No wonder the Baltimore bullpen has allowed more run earned runs than any other team in baseball."
IN THE MINORS
Gazette.Net: Three Baysox named to all-star team
Bowie, the Class AA affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, will send catcher Caleb Joseph, center fielder Xavier Avery and left-handed relief pitcher Pedro Viola to the Eastern League all-star game.
PressBox: Intriguing Prospect Oliver Drake Grabbing O's Attention
"Buck Showalter took advantage of Monday's night off to get a glimpse of the Orioles' most intriguing work in progress, and had to be impressed with what he saw."
Oh, that's great, blame it on the little guy. How original. He must've read the Open Thread wrong with his one eye.
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So yesterday at 3:15 p.m.
Matt Vensel writes the same thing I wrote on MASN that morning.
Felix Pie is a ninja robot sent from the future to make everything adorable.
that wasn't really my point
Felix Pie is a ninja robot sent from the future to make everything adorable.
Um, I'm sure it's a coincidence?
Maybe? Could be? Possibly?
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Actually I'm sure that it is
It’s a pretty obvious problem.
Felix Pie is a ninja robot sent from the future to make everything adorable.
Happy Birdland Day!
Whenever my MASN post goes up today, that’s what it will be about.
Felix Pie is a ninja robot sent from the future to make everything adorable.
How did Pedro Viola end up on a AA all-star team?
I mean, what’s he doing in AA? Wasn’t he just pitching for the Orioles earlier this year? And isn’t he almost 30 years old?
Felix Pie is a ninja robot sent from the future to make everything adorable.
24 G, 28 IP, 2.24 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 9/25 BB/SO
That ain’t shabby.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
And he likes long walks on the beach, is turned off by women who talk about their jobs, and purple is his favorite color
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
by duck on Jun 30, 2011 8:37 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
loves his mom?
takes his vitamins?
"the secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits"
by j.q. higgins on Jun 30, 2011 9:27 AM EDT up reply actions
cc 4 lyfe
"the secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits"
by j.q. higgins on Jun 30, 2011 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions
That's like saying Lou Montanez is good
Because he was better than the kids in AA when he was on his third try.
Felix Pie is a ninja robot sent from the future to make everything adorable.
Well, he was among the best players
but that doesn’t mean he was playing in the correct league.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
this open thread is totally the duck and stacey show
Where is everyone?
Felix Pie is a ninja robot sent from the future to make everything adorable.
I know, right?
I’m finally back after 5 days and everyone else leaves!
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Where are you?
Here.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jun 30, 2011 8:55 AM EDT up reply actions
Then we respond and everybody who was here leaves!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jun 30, 2011 9:06 AM EDT up reply actions
I'd like to join the game.
Say no to Prince Fielder in 2012.
by Knubles and Bits on Jun 30, 2011 9:25 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
On a train, in a plane
On a boat, with a goat.
by fishoutawata on Jun 30, 2011 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Lou hit a homer yesterday I think
For the Cubbies
Less big words and more exclamation marks
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Jun 30, 2011 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions
DEAL W/ IT!
"the secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits"
by j.q. higgins on Jun 30, 2011 10:07 AM EDT up reply actions
What I wouldn't give for a stable rotation. The most tiring story to me is how we blow out our bullpen every year.
What is also tiring is the story about how we spend so much money on a a bullpen that has been the worst in the league.
Buck's 'turn around' last year...
It was all predicated by decent starting pitching. I’ve no idea why it seemed to suddenly appear sometime in August last year. It’s been AWOL this year. Lord knows why. Is it expected vicissitudes for young pitchers, O’s mucking with mechanics with a new pitching coach, both? Something else?
Moves like Reimold over Pie, moving Reynolds up in the batting order, or letting Vlad sit may help a bit. It all means nothing if this level of pitching continues.
I didn't expect our staff to be destroying everyone but I did expect a quality start here and there
I am thinking august was a mirage induced by all the other out of contention teams bringing up their AAAA players to test out. And our young rotation got comfortable facing the people they dominated in the minors.
well...
i’ll be curious to see if we can get a few turns of the rotation w/ a truly healthy guts and matusz.
"the secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits"
by j.q. higgins on Jun 30, 2011 9:44 AM EDT up reply actions
Extend This Man!
That makes me feel a little better about buying a New JJ jersey earlier this year…
"I don't have an on-deck circle for ideas. It's just 'Batter up!!' Even though they're bad" - Mike Birbiglia
by Parkinglotninja on Jun 30, 2011 9:51 AM EDT reply actions
We're still just in talks right?
I immediately Googled Hardy when I read your post to see if I missed the announcement of an extension or something. Still just “in talks” but I did find this amusing article in the process.
Less big words and more exclamation marks
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Jun 30, 2011 10:09 AM EDT up reply actions
New Hottie Matchup posted
Crazy busy at work today, sorry for the delay. Penelope Cruz vs. Kate Beckinsale in the Working Girls Regional Final. We’ll break for the holiday weekend after today and start the Final Four next week.
Less big words and more exclamation marks
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Jun 30, 2011 10:11 AM EDT reply actions
wait...
penelope cruz beat out sofia vergara? y’all high.
"the secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits"
by j.q. higgins on Jun 30, 2011 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions
haven't you heard
that the bird is the word?
oh, and there’s a bias against large breasts amongst the population of camden chat apparently.
carolina in my mind...
everybody's heard that the bird is the word!
"the secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits"
by j.q. higgins on Jun 30, 2011 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions
fuck off is two words.
"the secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits"
by j.q. higgins on Jun 30, 2011 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions
The word is up
"I think we consider too much the luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm." ~ FDR
dial l for low...
"the secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits"
by j.q. higgins on Jun 30, 2011 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions
W. O. R. D. Up.
Said it like that. (Said it like that) Said it like that. AW.
From the Land of Pleasant Living...
Say, is that a bat he's holding?
Looks like a free agent! Get ’im, Andy.
by fishoutawata on Jun 30, 2011 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions
And if we pay him at least $7.6 million
we can guarantee him the clean up spot throughout the year no matter how much he sucks.
Mother, did it need to be so high.
So was Eddie Gaedel.
As long as the O’s play like a circus show, we might as well make it more like a real circus.
Mother, did it need to be so high.
we should hire that cirque de soleil pitcher
Cirque de soleil first pitch ….wait a minute! I knew I recognized that wind up, when did dontrell willis join cirque du soleil?
You want the best first pitch ever?
I gots your best first pitch ever, RIGHT HERE
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Oh, there's highjinks afoot....
http://twitter.com/#!/zbritton/status/86453826252574720
@zbritton
Zach Britton
@JGuthrie46 if ur R8 happens to be missing tires and doors today, it wasnt me…
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
can the hotfoot be far behind?
or is that passe’?
"the secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits"
by j.q. higgins on Jun 30, 2011 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Its right behind a giant bubblegum bubble on top of Guthrie's cap.
Mother, did it need to be so high.
shiiiit
Jeremy Guthrie has an R8??? that’s a damn fine car.
"Initially thought I had BieberFever but turns out I have pneumonia."
-Guts
When you're making nearly $6 million a year
you have your pick of very nice vehicles. And a fine pick it is.
Mother, did it need to be so high.
I understand it's quite the rage
among Mormon ex-missionaries.
by fishoutawata on Jun 30, 2011 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions
He also has a shoe vault.
A walk in vault of shoes.
"That was fugly." - JArrieta34
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jun 30, 2011 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I wish I was a millionaire
Felix Pie is a ninja robot sent from the future to make everything adorable.
Just marry an Oriole.
"That was fugly." - JArrieta34
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jun 30, 2011 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions
I think Alfredo Simon is single...
Just wear a bullet proof vest when you meet him.
"That was fugly." - JArrieta34
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jun 30, 2011 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't think he shoots at his dates
Although I could be wrong.
Felix Pie is a ninja robot sent from the future to make everything adorable.
He only shoots straight up in the air!
It’s highly unlikely that you’ll get hit on the way down.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Wait a minute, Alfredo Simon isn't a millionaire!
Felix Pie is a ninja robot sent from the future to make everything adorable.
If the Orioles keep assuming that he is really good when he isn't.
He will be soon.
"That was fugly." - JArrieta34
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jun 30, 2011 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions
No question
We really need a Orioles player vs. car driven chart, so I can totally pass judgement on their choices in motor vehicles.
I'm guessing Lada or Grenada
"I think we consider too much the luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm." ~ FDR
Watch the Top Gear episode with that in it
One of the funniest ones they ever did.
"I think we consider too much the luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm." ~ FDR
There were several.
Mostly just rolling them over, but on one they made it into a space shuttle and launched it. Funny stuff.
by fishoutawata on Jun 30, 2011 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Now I get why he rides a bike to work
Maybe he feels a bit guilty for buying a car that gets 15 MPG
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
by daveh873 on Jun 30, 2011 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I really pictured him driving a 15 year old toyota tercel or something
no idea why that would be. I probably shouldn’t be surprised that an athlete has a supercar.
"Initially thought I had BieberFever but turns out I have pneumonia."
-Guts
Favre's tractor never goes anywhere
Just goes back and forth in one spot.
"I think we consider too much the luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm." ~ FDR
Good to see the rotation boys are enjoying themselves!
When there isn’t a one of them that can make it to 6 innings, and rarely w/o giving up 4. Party on, fellas!
by fishoutawata on Jun 30, 2011 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Happy Birdland Day, people!
"That ball is gone. We'll pause ten seconds to commit suicide ... I mean, for a station identification." - Joe Angel, 6/17/11
by Eat More Esskay on Jun 30, 2011 11:40 AM EDT reply actions
Breaking News
I just heard that the Orioles will be getting Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder, my source told me that Pujols would be coming to the Orioles in 2018 and Fielder in 2021 when they’re both long, long, long past their prime, Go O’s!!!! Sorry about that y’all, but it sure wouldn’t surprise me at all because we are so good at buying the contracts of over the hill “Once Upon a Time” superstars, so very, very, very good at that, hey while were at it bring back the Booger, Brooksy, Frankie R., Davy boy Johnson, and good ol’ #8 Cal Ripken…… Then we would be a contender in the AL East, wow that would be something seeing a AL East Division winners flag flying high above the Yards, as Kirk Gibson use to say (ala ’88 season) “How Sweet It Is!”
by F4PhantomPhreak on Jun 30, 2011 11:48 AM EDT reply actions
What Would Charles Johnson Do?
"I think we consider too much the luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm." ~ FDR
As a stopgap
it seems Mike Cameron is now available to provide demonstrated overpaid suckage. Somebody get out the checkbook.
by fishoutawata on Jun 30, 2011 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Wiggy's rocking an .841 OPS.
He has four stolen bases! No caught stealing. What the hell is up with that?
"That ball is gone. We'll pause ten seconds to commit suicide ... I mean, for a station identification." - Joe Angel, 6/17/11
by Eat More Esskay on Jun 30, 2011 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions
what is it in the baltimore water that makes it so no oriole can have consecutive stellar seasons
but if they do well and then leave they can continue being good.
He MUST be
in the best shape of his life. Heck, I’m in the best shape of his life.
by fishoutawata on Jun 30, 2011 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I sent my friend my Bird Food post and his response was, “What’s up with the two periods after each sentence? What are you, a 60 year old man?”
Folksy literate type.
yeah, that went out of vogue with typewriters
Felix Pie is a ninja robot sent from the future to make everything adorable.
More precisely
with proportionally spaced fonts.
by fishoutawata on Jun 30, 2011 3:11 PM EDT up reply actions
the only way that is going to go out of vogue is when teachers realize it and also stop
assigning page lengths on reports.
I learned to stop doing that in college
I had a professor who assigned page lengths but specified font, type, margin size, and said NO double spaces after a period. It took me forever to get the hang of it but now when I see it, it drives me batty.
Felix Pie is a ninja robot sent from the future to make everything adorable.
I never even learned that way to type
I wish I had. I could have quit using 12.5 font size for everything instead of 12.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Um, I meant with the advent of proportional fonts
being as I was trying to be more precise, that is.
by fishoutawata on Jun 30, 2011 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I am not insane
And I use the double space.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jun 30, 2011 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I do too
but I’m not so sure that either of us isn’t insane given our choice to spend so much time following a baseball team that makes us miserable.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
I've actually tried to switch
but if I’m not really paying attention I sleep right back into it.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
i'm going to try to change.
shit, that means i should fix the spaces in the report that i’m writing now.
Folksy literate type.
I'm of the opinion that if your sanity is measured by spaces after punctuation
then people really have too much time on their hands.
"I think we consider too much the luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm." ~ FDR
When I started writing for MASN, Pete Kerzel said to me
“I haven’t noticed you doing this, but please don’t put two spaces after a period.”
Felix Pie is a ninja robot sent from the future to make everything adorable.
There's absolutely no reason to do it, though
So you’re doing it just to do it. It’s like wearing one of those titanium bracelets that do nothing.
uh, that's kinda bad...
if you like structured campiagn finance regs.
"the secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits"
by j.q. higgins on Jun 30, 2011 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions
at least as i understand the request.
"the secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits"
by j.q. higgins on Jun 30, 2011 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions
from a political standpoint I think it is horrible but if him making a mockery of the system
helps result in the decision to reconsider personhood for corporations then I am for the hi-jinx that are about uto ensue.
Yeah, I have to think they were actually hoping the request would be denied
If it was, it would have fucked a lot of the Fox News hosts.
Tonight's lineup
Hardy 6, Markakis 9, Jones 8, Guerrero DH, Lee 3, Wieters 2, Reynolds 5, Reimold 7, Andino 4, Matusz 1
Felix Pie is a ninja robot sent from the future to make everything adorable.
Who's Reimold?
Did we just trade for him or something?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jun 30, 2011 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Miracles happen on Birdland Day.
"That ball is gone. We'll pause ten seconds to commit suicide ... I mean, for a station identification." - Joe Angel, 6/17/11
by Eat More Esskay on Jun 30, 2011 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Vlad still at 4.
Where is your brain at Buck?
"That was fugly." - JArrieta34
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jun 30, 2011 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions
It's really just a pile of cash holding a bat.
the real Vlad Guerrero has long since left the building.
Mother, did it need to be so high.
by salvotion on Jun 30, 2011 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Found this on TSN
10. Among players with at least 30 at-bats in June, Brewers 1B Prince Fielder has the highest OPS. There are a lot of expected names in the Top 10, but a couple of Orioles would qualify as surprises:
Player Team June OPS
Prince Fielder Milwaukee 1.312
Matt Kemp Los Angeles 1.290
Adrian Gonzalez Boston 1.258
Paul Konerko Chicago White Sox 1.221
Albert Pujols St. Louis 1.197
Brian McCann Atlanta 1.151
Mark Reynolds Baltimore 1.134
J.J. Hardy Baltimore 1.134
Nick Swisher N.Y. Yankees 1.116
Miguel Cabrera Detroit 1.105
"I think we consider too much the luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm." ~ FDR
He didn't.....
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jun 30, 2011 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I am going to go take my first driving lesson today (a little late, I know)
Should be back in time to see us get swept though.
"That was fugly." - JArrieta34
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jun 30, 2011 4:18 PM EDT reply actions
But we have Brian Matusz going tonight!!!
Oh wait…I forgot he’s Chris Tillman part II.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Hey he could still be the next Jamie Moyer at this velocity!
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Have a little faith, man.
Two years ago on this date we had Rich Hill starting and we won.
"That ball is gone. We'll pause ten seconds to commit suicide ... I mean, for a station identification." - Joe Angel, 6/17/11
by Eat More Esskay on Jun 30, 2011 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions
my driver's ed teacher would always have the O's on the radio
also, don’t crash into stuff.
"Initially thought I had BieberFever but turns out I have pneumonia."
-Guts
I would love to have learned driving in the US. It's a freaking nightmare here.
Don't forget - sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel is a train coming head on
by J(O's)elskIL on Jun 30, 2011 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions
off-topic: Taratino is a weird dude
Completely unsurprising if you’re a QT fan.
Folksy literate type.
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