Tuesday Bird Droppings
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Report: Tigers interested in Orioles' Jeremy Guthrie, too | Detroit Free Press | freep.com
"Foxsports.com writer Jon Paul Morosi, citing unidentified sources, said the team is looking at Baltimore Orioles right-hander Jeremy Guthrie. That adds to the list already comprised of Hiroki Kuroda, Ubaldo Jimenez and Derek Lowe. Morosi says Guthrie is more of a Plan B option, if the team can't land Kuroda or Jimenez.."
Do you trade Koji Uehara by the July 31 deadline? - baltimoresun.com
"Of the pending free agents, the only other one who might draw real interest this month is reliever Koji Uehara, who has been perhaps the club’s best pitcher. I’m not sure how much a right-handed setup man would bring in return, but Uehara has been one of the best."
Matt Albers not surprised Orioles were miffed at him - WEEI.com
"There is no denying that Albers threw well against the team that released him. Even so, the game was never in the balance during his appearance, and so when Albers punctuated his outing with a fist pump and a shout — shortly before David Ortiz and Kevin Gregg rumbled in a fight that would garner suspensions for both — the Orioles took notice."
J.J. Hardy's extension: Good deal for O's - SweetSpot Blog - ESPN
"All in all, it seems like a good deal for the Orioles, assuming Hardy stays reasonably healthy. The Orioles are never going to be the first choice for top free agents, so they have to build from within and hope they can sign second-line players like Hardy to long-term contracts that don't break the payroll. Trading Hardy also would have left a huge gap at shortstop that would have been difficult to fill."
Matthew Taylor: On Hardy's extension, fun and clubhouse chemistry - MASN
"I don't want to overstate this, but there were nights when I believed the 1999 Baltimore Orioles had been purposefully assembled to destroy the will of others to live. A springy Labrador puppy could bounce into that locker room and it would immediately turn into a pile of burnt hair and ashes. ... It was a sour, pitiless collection of mostly angry men, marching like orcs through an interminable season." I pulled this quote simply because I think it is amazing, not because it is representative of the story.
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I'm at work, but almost too tired to even drink coffee...
Last night was soul sapping
Just because you know how to read, doesn't mean you'll like the book.
Here's the article Matthew Taylor pulled that quote from
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6680242/the-lone-hope-orioles
Clocks and watches mysteriously stopped working in that clubhouse. Unearthly howls came out of the showers and the trainer’s room, where I’m pretty sure there was a pentagram stained into the carpet with the blood of innocents. I can’t claim this for a fact, but I’d heard a rumor that 17 different kids worked as clubbies in Baltimore that season because the first 16 were cooked over open fires and eaten.
Ray Miller was the manager. He might have been the only man on earth who needed more muscles to smile than frown. Cal Ripken’s blue eyes had turned jet black by then, his shoulders still sagging under the unbearable weight of The Streak. Joey “Albert” Belle was on that awful team, and he invariably stood at the entrance to that clubhouse with a bat in his hand, ready to beat unsuspecting trick-or-treaters to death. Brady Anderson, Will Clark, Delino DeShields, Scott Erickson, Mike “I went to Stanford and got a degree in Advanced Prickery” Mussina …
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
My first thought when Matt Albers did what he did was
Why THE FUCK couldn’t you pitch like that for us????
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Albers pitched pretty well his first year here.
If you recall, he was one of Trembley’s favorites for a while so DT pitched him every day (even with his history of labrum issues). Not surprisingly, DT’s over-use caused major arm issue, which persisted for about a year and a half. Albers was a DT casualty, just like Berken, JJ, et al. He’s always been a ground ball pitcher with decent “stuff,” and he’s always walked too many guys, but the arm injury completely robbed him of any kind of command that he might have started to develop. In any case, most of these guys have rebounded pretty well a year or so off of the DT-caused problems. (Berken’s performance this year is pretty disheartening – the arm injury clearly is still causing him command issues that he didn’t have in the minor leagues, when he was healthy.)
He had a history of labrum issues?
I thought he only got that after DT rode him into the ground.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
JJ already had his
Johnson suffered “right elbow inflammation” much of 2009 (which makes his stint as closer, when he still was suffering the effects of the overuse, a poor sampling). Thankfully, he appears to have recovered. We all should cross our fingers on his shoulder, I suppose.
I pray everytime he goes out there
His 97 mph singer and 12-6 curve bring me great joy to watch.
by IggesRule13 on Jul 19, 2011 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions
You might be right about the injury history
I was thinking that he had some issues in the minor leagues with Houston, but it doesn’t look like he missed any starts. I don’t have the month-by-month numbers off-hand, but if my recollection is right he was used pretty hard by Trembley after his first call-up and then pitched very well at the beginning of his second year with us, but developed arm issues that second year, and he began to pitch very poorly (and did for most of the rest of the year, pitching through injury). So yeah, I believe that he pitched reasonably well for us when he was healthy, and pre DT-ruining.
I'm not defending Diamond Dave here
but how much do you suppose his hand was forced by the fact that we only had like 4 good pitchers at any one time.
"Initially thought I had BieberFever but turns out I have pneumonia."
-Guts
We also had a mostly crappy rotation for most of his tenure.
So we would get into the territory we always get into, where at some point the bullpen just collapses.
"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 Jul 19, 2011 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions
DT's over-use of certain pitchers is pretty well-documented.
He caused a ton of injuries, he outright refused to use certain players even when they were available. Just gross mishandling, and it caused a ton of injuries. I kind of see what you’re saying, kind of, but you can’t employ the kind of short-sighted approach where you run guys into the ground for a month or two, knowing that you’re injuring them, and then hoping that someone else will emerge who you can run into the ground.
true
it just seems like this has been an Orioles issue for literally (LITERALLY) as long as I can remember. The starters rarely go more than 5, the bullpen has basically 2 good players, and so we use them.
"Initially thought I had BieberFever but turns out I have pneumonia."
-Guts
It's too bad Trembley could have been responsible for all that,
but none of that excuses his behavior last week. I actually felt sorry for him when he got non-tendered, but screw him now. None of the players were responsible for his troubles here. I wish he’d been fined for what he did.
by owllover711 on Jul 19, 2011 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, absolutely.
Agreed on all counts, except for the “fine” thing. MLB isn’t going to fine him, and the Sox weren’t going to fine him either. There’s no rule against being an asshole.
Rosenthal is talking GMs
What he says about MacPhail:
Andy MacPhail, Orioles: It would be an upset if he returned as president of baseball operations.
Manager Buck Showalter has emerged as a leading confidante of owner Peter Angelos, a development that MacPhail says has occurred with his blessing. Showalter, according to Peter Schmuck of the Baltimore Sun and some who know the manager well, might even want to become GM.
MacPhail, who is in the final year of his contract, has given no indication that he wants to remain in his current position. The Orioles, owners of the second-worst record in the AL, are headed for their 14th straight losing season. A shakeup of some kind seems inevitable.
It goes with the hot dog, it goes with nachos, it goes with peanuts. Beer’s perfect. Beer never got mad at me because I didn’t call beer back. - JT
This is a huge revelation
To me at least. Can’t wait to see how this plays out.
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Jul 19, 2011 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Completely uninformed speculation, but
I kinda like the idea of Buck as GM.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
by duck on Jul 19, 2011 10:27 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Certainly not the "21st Century GM" people are clamoring for
But I also really do think he’s not totally free to run this club as he sees fit. At least some part of the Vlad/Lee in the middle of the lineup, Gregg closing, etc. mismanagement has to be out of his hands and forced upon him due to contract sizes.
Didn’t he leave Texas because he didn’t have enough control? Maybe it could be great. Then again, maybe he’s cut from the same old warhorse mold that MacPhail is.
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Jul 19, 2011 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions
would he leave the bench for the front office or would he do it all?
"Initially thought I had BieberFever but turns out I have pneumonia."
-Guts
If he can get John Hart as GM, I think he stays in uniform
And there’s no way he can be entertaining the idea of manager/GM
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Maybe he could be manager/GM/relief pitcher
It goes with the hot dog, it goes with nachos, it goes with peanuts. Beer’s perfect. Beer never got mad at me because I didn’t call beer back. - JT
I actually hate the idea of Buck as GM
He’s shown a complete aversion to the kinds of stats-based analysis that makes the Rays and (to a lesser extend, given their payroll) Sox what they are. His answers on the kinds of stats-based questions, “I use stats to confirm what I think is true,” is dead, flat-out, unequivocally wrong, and it’s not what good teams do. So count me among those “clamoring for a 21st-Century GM.” I find this all very frustrating, not that I really ever considered Angelos to hire someone like Friedman/Theo/Hoyer and give him the complete autonomy to clean out the organization the way it would need to be done. So … I mean … I guess that someone like Buck would be the least-awful scenario? This organization just makes me wretch. Uncontrollably. Not to be one of “those guys,” but in the past few weeks (starting with the State of the Orioles address in which AMP and Buck completely tanked the questions about stats-based analysis) it’s become pretty clear to me that we absolutely will not compete in the next five-plus years. All signs point to this team remaining 15-20 years behind in terms of scouting and player development. So, I guess that is what it is.
he left texas because jon daniels fired his sorry ass
which is ironic because he wanted to daniels because he thought daniels would be his puppet.
Folksy literate type.
Why?
I’m not busting your chops. I just don’t know that Buck will be any better. He’s the latest guy to have Angelos’ ear. We’ve heard this before. If true, I’m just not optimistic he’ll make any headway. Why will Buck make some actual progress while the previous succession of GMs have all been the same? Or is he too to find himself stymied by Angelos’ ineptness?
So now we have to wait for another off season to get some hints if the team will develop a strategy to put a decent team on the field? I can’t see Andy doing much now if he’s a lame duck.
He won't be any better.
He’ll GM with his “gut.” He’ll have old-school scouts and an old-school front office, and we’ll continue to fall farther and farther behind the teams that avail themselves of the best ways to analyze players, quantify success, and develop players.
Ah, yes.
The same gut that tells him Felix is a better option than Nolan. Pass.
"They're throwing bottles at your house...Come on, let's go break their arms." - Henry Fool
by Fahrenheit 451 on Jul 19, 2011 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions
* nodding *
I don’t even mind Felix as a fourth outfielder, but Reimold can be a legitimate MLB starter. So if it takes getting rid of Felix in order for Reimold to get a legitimate chance at starting every day (ditto Scott on the getting-rid-of-him thing), then get rid of Felix. Angle isn’t ready to be even a MLB 4th outfielder, though, so finding one would need to be an off-season fix. I don’t really care, just FREE NOLAN REIMOLD. (Relatedly, it should have been a wake-up call when the Rays – who have perhaps the best player evaluation in all of baseball – tried to steal him from us this past winter. But nahhhhh.)
I'd be ok if Buck brought John Hart in to be GM
I don’t want Buck as the GM though. Just don’t like the idea.
I am the Frizzle Fry.
by PBR me ASAP! on Jul 19, 2011 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, the echo chamber's definitely turned against MacPhail returning.
I guess the question is how much “everyone” knows. Or if they’re all just guessing based on the same incomplete information.
"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 Jul 19, 2011 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions
If Buck becomes the GM
That’ll officially kill my interest in this team. The guy is about 20th century as it gets. I won’t pick a new team, but I’ll probably switch between watching different teams next year.
Folksy literate type.
Forget Buck in particular
But I wondering if there is broader fan sentiment in this vein. We had a little burst of hope when MacPhail came in, and he and Angelos have been a failure.
Are people finally fed up, or will there be a well new wellspring of optimism come spring training?
I already watch other teams.
I guess I'm thinking
of the candidatez PGA might actually hire, he wouldn’t be bad. He’s not my first choice, but anyone who would be palatable to us isn’t on PGA’s radar and he’d never hire them.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
For whatever reason, Robo lists Andrew Friedman as a “Could Leave” candidate.
Andrew Friedman, Rays: The challenges the Rays face are almost overwhelming, but that doesn’t mean Friedman is eager to leave for the Astros, Cubs or any other team that possesses greater resources.
Friedman’s relationship with owner Stuart Sternberg is one of the best between a GM and owner in the game. And few things are more gratifying for a GM than making the playoffs out of the highly competitive AL East, something the Rays have done two of the past three years.
Hire this man.
Folksy literate type.
that'd be huge
far, far too huge to be believable, though.
Remember, the greatest intangible of all is love. Number two is grit.
I still say buy him out and pay him double what TB is paying him
Best $10 or so we could spend on this club. If it saves us just one Derrek Lee/Vlad type of signing, it’s paid for itself.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Hell, i'll send him the ten bucks myself!
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
I'm just concerned that the Rays are paying him below minimum wage
I know they’re cash strapped, but thats no reason to break the law
they pass it off by claiming he's just doing an "internship"
"Initially thought I had BieberFever but turns out I have pneumonia."
-Guts
10 bucks in duck's time is totally 10 million in our era.
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
I'd move, but I don't think the sod makes quality housing anymore.
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
Water table's too high for sod.
Log cabins are all the rage now. Some even have floors! What will they think of next?
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Floors are the tools of the Devil
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
go out there after a big storm
and it’s like visiting Venice!
"Initially thought I had BieberFever but turns out I have pneumonia."
-Guts
Unoftrunately, it hasn't rained in about 4 years down here
Kidding. But we’re mighty dry at the moment. And a quick summer thunderstorm isn’t going to do the trick.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Frederick Keys tickets are today's Groupon
$11 for two field seats. Can’t beat that.
It goes with the hot dog, it goes with nachos, it goes with peanuts. Beer’s perfect. Beer never got mad at me because I didn’t call beer back. - JT
Thanks for the heads up!
Now I’ve got Ironbirds AND Keys tickets on the cheap thanks to these deal sites.
Anyone else who’s considering, keep in mind that it needs to used by the end of next month.
Are Ironbirds or Keys tickets normally pricey?
Just because you know how to read, doesn't mean you'll like the book.
by arlingtonOsFan on Jul 19, 2011 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions
It's basically a two-for-one deal
It goes with the hot dog, it goes with nachos, it goes with peanuts. Beer’s perfect. Beer never got mad at me because I didn’t call beer back. - JT
I'm not sure. I've not been to see either.
We went to see the Tides at full gate price, and it wasn’t expensive though.
Groupon claims the tickets are worth $22.
The Keys one expires Sept 28th
So it will cover through the end of the season.
It goes with the hot dog, it goes with nachos, it goes with peanuts. Beer’s perfect. Beer never got mad at me because I didn’t call beer back. - JT
playoffs?
I’m definitely going back for some playoff action action action in Frederick again.
Remember, the greatest intangible of all is love. Number two is grit.
You talkin' about playoffs? PLAYOFFS?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 19, 2011 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions
I dunno if the Groupon covers playoff tickets
But the two playoff games in Frederick are scheduled for Sept 7-8.
It goes with the hot dog, it goes with nachos, it goes with peanuts. Beer’s perfect. Beer never got mad at me because I didn’t call beer back. - JT
I'm seeing Aug 28th expiration
Which, yeah, looks to cover everything except an away series and playoff games in Sept. Are you seeing Sept somewhere else?
Right on the page
The Fine Print
* Expires Sep 28, 2011
* Limit 1 per person, may buy 10 additional as gifts. Limit 1 per visit. Non-transferable.
It goes with the hot dog, it goes with nachos, it goes with peanuts. Beer’s perfect. Beer never got mad at me because I didn’t call beer back. - JT
oh but I just saw the valid list of games
last one is August 28th.
http://my.groupon.com/deals/frederick-keys-july/special_content
It goes with the hot dog, it goes with nachos, it goes with peanuts. Beer’s perfect. Beer never got mad at me because I didn’t call beer back. - JT
OT - Murdoch hearings are a hoot
“At what point did you become aware of rampant criminality at NewsCorp?”
"If you don't like the effect, don't produce the cause."
- George Clinton
Guy who exposed the whole thing died
Not thought of as suspicious.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…..
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
I like how they’re not suspecting foul play either. WTH? dude wasn’t really that old and he died at a reaaallly convenient time.
In the interest of fairness
that’s what they always say in the UK when they find a dead body before the medical examiner has a look. Doesn’t matter if they find 29 bullet holes.
Of course that doesn’t mean there WON’T be a coverup…
"If you don't like the effect, don't produce the cause."
- George Clinton
That bullet naturally pierced his cranium, ol' boy what?
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
Heh. Reminds me of the Sherlock Holmes movie
Inspector: You were supposed to wait for my orders!
Holmes: If I had you’d be clearing up a corpse and chasing a rumour.
"If you don't like the effect, don't produce the cause."
- George Clinton
Where does the buck stop exactly? ...oh yeah, wherever he says it does.
“Do you accept you were responsible for the wrongdoing at the News of the World?” – Jim Sheridan MP.
“No,” – Rupert Murdoch.
“Who was responsible?” -Sheridan
“The people who I employed, or maybe the people they employed” – Murdoch.
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by arlingtonOsFan on Jul 19, 2011 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Welp, if we lose 2-nite to a guy w/ a 13 ERA whom we've drubbed B4, we greaduate from Clown College to Clown University
Maybe do a direct-enroll in the Early Modern Clownage PhD program.
It’s Guts for us, ready to put out his best stuff for the Tiges, presumably.
Go O’s!
Welcome to the Suck: Narrating the Oriole Fan's Experience 1998-2011
Is greaduate how to spell graduate phonetically with a Russian accent?
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by arlingtonOsFan on Jul 19, 2011 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions
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Welcome to the Suck: Narrating the Oriole Fan's Experience 1998-2011
So I was in NJ over the weekend
and my friend’s mom told me that she knows a guy who bet $10,000 that the Orioles would be over .500 this year because of Buck Showalter.
It goes with the hot dog, it goes with nachos, it goes with peanuts. Beer’s perfect. Beer never got mad at me because I didn’t call beer back. - JT
que barbaridad!
"the secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits"
by j.q. higgins on Jul 19, 2011 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
I bet that was Wieters Wieners.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 19, 2011 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
What odds did the guy get?
"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 Jul 19, 2011 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
I asked her, she wasn't sure. She thought it was just a 1:1 bet so he'd win $10K if he was right
I told her in that case he would have been better off just going to the roulette table and putting $10K on red.
It goes with the hot dog, it goes with nachos, it goes with peanuts. Beer’s perfect. Beer never got mad at me because I didn’t call beer back. - JT
Now that's a serious Orange Kool-Aid drinker.
"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 Jul 19, 2011 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions
No, just a moron
I’m pretty sure the guy is a Yankees fan. He fell under the spell of the last two months of last season.
It goes with the hot dog, it goes with nachos, it goes with peanuts. Beer’s perfect. Beer never got mad at me because I didn’t call beer back. - JT
That makes two of us.
"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 Jul 19, 2011 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions
going to the game saturday
getting there early for dinner and drinks.
suggestions?
I have been to the Pratt st ale house before and liked the food and beer.
Never been to Pickles but would be willing to give it a go.
I wouldn't go to Pickles for dinner
I mean, I am a fan of their spicy hot cheese balls but it’s really more just for drinking.
If you’re looking for a good casual place I recommend Abbey Burger Bistro. It’s on Cross Street in Federal Hill. If you park in the stadium lot it’s not a far walk at all.
It goes with the hot dog, it goes with nachos, it goes with peanuts. Beer’s perfect. Beer never got mad at me because I didn’t call beer back. - JT
the Abbey is the tits
i always take anyone visiting from out of town there for dinner
carolina in my mind...
I've never been there.
I’ll put it on the list. GC have you ever been to Illusions? We were thinking of check that out this weekend.
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Jul 19, 2011 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions
i haven't been but i have some friends that went one night
it was last year, but i’m going to assume that things are pretty much still the same. they said that the show was pretty entertaining and Spencer (the owner/magician) is a good showman, also that it’s nice place given the small setting/atmosphere. basically, something fun/interesting to do to change things up a bit, definitely a good place for a date night or a small group of friends, but not somewhere you’d hang out and get crazy at late night.
carolina in my mind...
ILLUSION Michael.
A trick is something a whore does for money… or candy!
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Jul 19, 2011 1:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I like the B&O restaurant at the Kimpton Hotel on Charles Street.
http://www.bandorestaurant.com/
The regular menu is out of my usual price range, but their burgers (IT HAS BACON JAM ON IT. BACON JAM!!!!) and individual size pizzas on the bar menu are great. Excellent desserts. They usually have at least one Heavy Seas beer on tap, too.
I've never even heard of that place.
But I’m pretty sure I need all of their desserts.
It goes with the hot dog, it goes with nachos, it goes with peanuts. Beer’s perfect. Beer never got mad at me because I didn’t call beer back. - JT
That creme brulee looks awesome....
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 19, 2011 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions
That's one of the best places in Baltimore
Very pricey though
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Jul 19, 2011 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions
I've walked past that one
it looks like it’s one of those restaurants where the atmosphere is super fancy and the food is not so good. But of course I’ve never eaten there so I’ll take your word. It’s a bit far of a walk from the park though, no?
"Initially thought I had BieberFever but turns out I have pneumonia."
-Guts
I love the food, and i’m not the best person to ask about atmosphere. I live in York; we consider TGIFriday’s to be fancy.
I’ve gone in dressed nicely (for a valentine’s day dinner mentioned above), but usually I’m just in shorts and a t-shirt or golf shirt. Gone a few times for drinks and/or bar menu dinner before O’s games and last time after watching a friend’s dragon boat races on the harbor. I think it’s one of those places that is intended to be fancy, but is also a hotel bar in walking distance of a ballpark so can be casual, too.
I’m not sure if it gets more of a douchy crowd late at night or not or is fancier, I’ve always gone around dinnertime.
If you’re familiar w/Philly or Atlantic City restaurants, my wife and I compare the atmosphere to the Continental.
DO NOT GO TO LUNA DEL SEA
It’s across the street from Pratt St. Ale House. My gf and her parents went to the game Saturday night. Pratt St. Ale didn’t have any seating outside so we went to Luna Del Sea. Absolutely terrible service. My gf got a grilled chicken breast that was completely raw about a centimeter below the surface. She bit into it and almost threw up. Then they refused to comp anything when her parents flipped shit.
One of the worst dining experiences I’ve ever had.
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Jul 19, 2011 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I've never been to that place
but I’ve thought about going there a million times. Guess I won’t now.
It goes with the hot dog, it goes with nachos, it goes with peanuts. Beer’s perfect. Beer never got mad at me because I didn’t call beer back. - JT
Check this out
http://www.travelzoo.com/local-deals/deal/3510
I’ve never been but that’s a hell of a deal.
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Jul 19, 2011 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I can't believe Albers.
“I kind of figured they weren’t too happy about it.”
DUH, YA THINK? Idiot. I hope anyone you tried to call hung up on you.
BtBS Updated Catcher Defense Rankings:
Overall Leaders: The overall leader so far… well, he hasn’t changed from last time: it’s still Matt Wieters, whom, despite not living up to the retrospectively ridiculous (but deadly accurate!) expectations placed on his shoulders prior to his major-league debut, is starting to be appreciated as one of the better catchers in baseball anyway. Take a catcher, give him above-average offense, and add in fielding that is 12 runs above average less than two-thirds of the way through the season, and you’ve got a very valuable player. According to this metric, Wieters does everything well behind the plate, and overall, no one else is even close this season.
Biggest Bust Ever.
Just because you know how to read, doesn't mean you'll like the book.
by arlingtonOsFan on Jul 19, 2011 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions
should not have been an all star.
"Initially thought I had BieberFever but turns out I have pneumonia."
-Guts
Totally blocking Tater.
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
Obviously, a three-year, $22.25 million contract extension is a nice comfort for a player with an extensive injury history. But the two other factors that immediately come to mind are loyalty and commitment. Hardy readily admits that he’s still a little bitter about how his time in Milwaukee ended. He felt that he was one of the guys that helped the Brewers get to the 2008 playoffs, and yet a year later, a struggling Hardy was optioned to Triple-A Nashville, a move that allowed Milwaukee to delay his free agency one extra year. The Brewers then traded him after the 2009 season to open up a spot for youngster Alcides Escobar. Hardy went to the Minnesota Twins, and he struggled to stay on the field and never felt part of that organization’s future. So Hardy was appreciative when the Orioles traded for him and then months later expressed to him that they wanted him to be part of their future. Sure, Hardy wanted the comfort of a long-term deal, but he also wanted to be wanted and feel that an organization was committed to him going forward.He got both feelings from the Orioles.
JJ, you can’t be sent to AAA anymore. In 3 months, you can could have gained the same security you gained from the O’s if not more. Not to mention, a big contract will only gain you rope. You can be benched like any other struggling player.
Fangraphs weighs on in on the extension as well.
Folksy literate type.
I went to bed before the end of the game last night
and this morning, when I wanted to read the rest of the Game Thread, my browser at work blocked it because of “Adult Material”. If they’re referring to the sophistication of the chat being above my intellectual level, that might be true, but I don’t think that’s it. If they’re referring to the rampant nudity, my eyesight is worse than I thought. Perhaps they’re measuring obscenities per square inch?
Youth may come and go, but immaturity can last a lifetime.
Sickels finally reached the only Oriole on his sleeper list review, and its nothing to get excited about
Jarrett Martin, LHP, Baltimore Orioles: 4.35 ERA, 67/44 K/BB in 70 innings for Low-A Delmarva, 59 hits, 1.38 GO/AO. Still showing live arm like last year, but command hasn’t taken the step forward that I hoped for. Age 21. Rating was based on scouting reports and K/IP ratio.
http://www.minorleagueball.com/2011/7/19/2282121/2011-sleeper-alert-list-review-part-three#storyjump
MLB Trade Rumors says
Pirates are interested in Koji Uehara.
What does Buck’s “Gut” say about this?
John S West Jr
by Adam double bubble on Jul 19, 2011 1:52 PM EDT reply actions
Can we give them Gonzo instead?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 19, 2011 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions
If we can trade him, it'll all be over even faster!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 19, 2011 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Who would be dumb enough to trade for him?
"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 Jul 19, 2011 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe the Pirates?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 19, 2011 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
He fell down on his face last night!
Seriously, ON HIS FACE. He’s the new Corey Patterson.
It goes with the hot dog, it goes with nachos, it goes with peanuts. Beer’s perfect. Beer never got mad at me because I didn’t call beer back. - JT
I seen't it!
Unbelievable. I don’t know why I even kept watching once I saw that he had come out for that second inning.
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Jul 19, 2011 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Damn...I missed this!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 19, 2011 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions
lol
My good buddy who I played with in college (who got drafted, but then got the dreaded fabrum bear) used to fall down occasionally while pitching. Probably the funniest was in a summer league and the batter was a college teammate of ours. He gets to 2 strikes and falls down while throwing a fastball and the guy is so confused by his flopping around that he whiffs on a slow fastball down the middle.
Another time he basically did a summersault mid-pitch.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
I can see how it would be distracting
the pitch Gonzo fell on his face on, though, bounced in front of the plate.
I wish I knew how to make gifs because I’d watch that one over and over.
It goes with the hot dog, it goes with nachos, it goes with peanuts. Beer’s perfect. Beer never got mad at me because I didn’t call beer back. - JT
It was ridiculous
I never understood how it happens, but you do see it occasionally. I texted my buddy right after it happened and his response was “Nothing wrong with that – just means he’s pitching with a lot of intensity!”
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
I guess fall-down-while-pitching guys have to stick together.
"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 Jul 19, 2011 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd imagine if you have mlb.tv you could watch it on the archive
It goes with the hot dog, it goes with nachos, it goes with peanuts. Beer’s perfect. Beer never got mad at me because I didn’t call beer back. - JT
gif soup maybe?
I’ve never used it before though.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 19, 2011 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah but I don't even know how to get the video
It goes with the hot dog, it goes with nachos, it goes with peanuts. Beer’s perfect. Beer never got mad at me because I didn’t call beer back. - JT
We need to light up the IHeartMASN signal.
"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 Jul 19, 2011 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions
You know damn well we're resigning him
He will be cheaper next time!
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Sad as that is, you're probably right.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 19, 2011 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Downer duck today.
Although after last night’s game I can’t fault anyone for being a downer.
"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 Jul 19, 2011 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions
They had him already. Think they'd want him back?
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
Tricked you!
Although I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see him go somewhere else and go back to being good.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Yea....we can paste some facial hair onto Gonzo and switch his uniform up.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 19, 2011 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Would a 3/4 lefty starter type like Rudy Owens or Jeff Locke be asking too much? I wouldn’t think so, right? Could someone like Diego Moreno or Brock Holt be had on the back end of a deal? It seems like if we can get value (and if we’re not going to make him our closer next year), then trading Koji is the best choice. Sadly.
I don't know
I kinda like the “who would take what for Gonzo” stuff better than reality.
Would the Pirates take Gonzo and a 4 week old ham sandwich with mayo, for a single A backup 2nd baseman?
Discuss
John S West Jr
by Adam double bubble on Jul 19, 2011 2:15 PM EDT reply actions
What kind of bread does the ham sandwich have?
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Jul 19, 2011 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions
A Nice Jewish Rye
with seeds.
John S West Jr
by Adam double bubble on Jul 19, 2011 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions
No sense letting good bread go to waste.
"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 Jul 19, 2011 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Am I plain dumb or should the Os not be underdogs tonight?
I mean, Vegas has Boston favored but I don’t see it. GUTS HAS to be better than this rookie that got blown up by the Os in his debut. The Os offense ain’t bad at all and the BoSox are without Papi and the game is in B-more (ok, scratch that). Believe it or not, I’m gonna grab the Os as underdogs in this one and I’ve been betting against them for almost a month.
by Wieters Wieners on Jul 19, 2011 2:49 PM EDT reply actions
After that ten run outburst last night I'll be surprised if the O's hit 4+ runs for the next week.
And you know the pitching staff between rotation and bullpen’s gonna be allowing 4+ runs.
"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 Jul 19, 2011 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Go Orioles.
I’m feeling a Jeremy Guthrie return to brilliance evening. Which still probably means they’ll lose.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 19, 2011 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm feeling a W tonight...
Also, I’m kinda shocked Masterson is an underdog to Liriano tonight. Seems odd.
by Wieters Wieners on Jul 19, 2011 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Is this part of the positivity joke from last week?
I’d put the O’s as underdogs against just about every team with just about every pitching matchup imaginable.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
positivity!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 19, 2011 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions
isn't it?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 19, 2011 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Apparently, the O's got a LHP from the Rangers for Nick Green.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
another bullpen candidate with strike zone issues
meh
Remember, the greatest intangible of all is love. Number two is grit.
We also had to send cash.
Not sure how much.
"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 Jul 19, 2011 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions
SInce by default he's better than Green, yeah it's a win
Don't forget - sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel is a train coming head on
by J(O's)elskIL on Jul 19, 2011 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions
its not a success, its not a failure, its a meh
Remember, the greatest intangible of all is love. Number two is grit.
He's a journeyman shitty infielder
he was one of our offseason shitty infielder pickups along w. Izzy and my boy Brendan Harris
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Makes us a top candidate.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 19, 2011 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions
and...
chorye spoone dfa’d to make room, pedro viola feeds jobu.
"the secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits"
by j.q. higgins on Jul 19, 2011 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Spoone was on the 25-man?
Just because you know how to read, doesn't mean you'll like the book.
by arlingtonOsFan on Jul 19, 2011 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd have kept Spoone over Pedro fuckin' Viola
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 19, 2011 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions
they're both pretty useless to the ML team
Remember, the greatest intangible of all is love. Number two is grit.
True.
So is Mark Worrell
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 19, 2011 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions
and so is Zach Phillips
ah, the circle of life
Remember, the greatest intangible of all is love. Number two is grit.
Nuh-uh
Spoone would have made me yell “SPOOOOOOOOOONE!”. That’s useful.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Plus, he's got approximately the same value as like 3/4 of the other guys in the bullpen.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 19, 2011 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions
And, isn't sanity really just a one-trick pony anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good and crazy, oooh, oooh, oooh, the sky is the limit
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
cal ripken on the svp show
"Initially thought I had BieberFever but turns out I have pneumonia."
-Guts
he says we're bad at pitching.
"Initially thought I had BieberFever but turns out I have pneumonia."
-Guts
fwiw...
they HAVE scored 24 runs in their last three games. nothing to sneeze at.
"the secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits"
by j.q. higgins on Jul 19, 2011 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions
and had 3487562398756 scored on them
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
Someone snuck into Rupert Murdoch's testimony and tried to hit him in the face with a shaving cream pie
Parliament is way more awesome than Congress
They've had a few more centuries to work at it.
"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 Jul 19, 2011 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions
SPIN Magazine's free tribute to "Nevermind"
The Meat Puppets + 11 bands I’ve never heard of do covers. Some very, um, interesting interpretations. You have to “Like” Spin on Facebook to get to the free download.
http://www.spin.com/articles/free-album-spin-tribute-nirvanas-nevermind
If you wait a week, you can get it without the FB nonsense.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
SPIN isn't worth the like
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
"Stay Away" by Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band kicks ass
NIrvana done as a late 60’s-early ’70s soul track, complete with Leslie spinning amp head for the guitar line.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
EMA's version of "Endless Nameless" is pretty damn good, too.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
clever!
"the secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits"
by j.q. higgins on Jul 19, 2011 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions
From teh Spin site...
After Kurt and Co. performed the Vaselines’ “Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam,” on MTV Unplugged, the Scottish twee-poppers were “always being asked if we’d ever cover a Nirvana song,” explains singer-guitarist Eugene Kelly. “We’d always said no. We just didn’t think we could find a way to do it that wasn’t going to feel stupid.” Seventeen years later, they have. “Keep it sparse,” he says of their approach. “The more simple and naive the better.”
It’s the chick singing, a four-note bass line, and some ethereal-sounding organ chords in the deep background, with some choir-sounding backing vocals buried in the mixed, which eventually change to the guitarist ranting the chorus off-time. It’s different, yet it works.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
"Hi, I'm the bass player from Nirvana"
“Kurt became a martyr and a legend. I know whether or not Courtney did it, but I’m not sayin’. Dave went on to make his own stuff, became a huge rock star. Funny videos dude, especially that one where you dress like a woman. Me? Oh, I’m the bass player from Nirvana….. fuck you buddy.”
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
Yeah, well
this awesomeness didn’t happen in Kurt’s mom’s house. It didn’t happen in Dave’s mom’s house (because that’s in Virginia). It happened in Krist’s mom’s house.
I mean two, now I feel like I fail at math.
But I think I just turned the years since Nevermind into the years after I was born.
I was leaving an O's game when I heard the news on 98 Rock pulling out of the parking lot.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
It wasn't exactly unexpected
since he’d tried to kill himself in Rome a couple of months before.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Best bootleg I've ever heard came out of those shows, though
“Roma” is straight off the soundboard and sounds better than 90% of the legit-released live CDs ever.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
There were places called "record stores" in the '90
where you’d give them cash and they’d give you a CD. Quaint, now, I know, but they did exist.
Non-smart-ass answer: buddy of mine briefly owned a CD shop that specialized in imports and he suggested it. It’s out there for acquisition, if you get my drift.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
I did pay close to $30 for that one
And never regretted a penny.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
I paid $100 bucks for a 4 cassette import from the US once
What was it?
Weird Al Yankovic’s Greatest Hits. Not available in Canada at the time I ordered it. I’m sure I was insane.
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
It was 1993, I was 18.
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
It was also through Radio Shack
so I’m pretty sure they raeped me hard on that.
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
between four cassette import, weird al, and radio shack, these posts are so full of awesome.
Folksy literate type.
It had a booklet written by Dr Demento too!
Trying to justify it here. Failing.
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
next to stevie ray vaughn
greatest musical loss in the last 25 years of someone who wasn’t old as fuck and about to die anyways.
Folksy literate type.
what?!
why you no respek jay reatard!?
…nah, i gotcha.
"the secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits"
by j.q. higgins on Jul 19, 2011 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions
jeff buckley and elliot smith are the probably the next biggest losses.
but they’re not in the same ballpark and cobain and vaughn.
Folksy literate type.
biggie? tupac?
"the secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits"
by j.q. higgins on Jul 19, 2011 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Musical loss, not popularity loss
Yeah, I went there. :)
Look, they both had immense talent in writing, I suppose, but neither could actually sing or play an instrument, so how, exactly, were they musicians?
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's not music.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
by O'sFan21 on Jul 19, 2011 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, the major musicians that have died since then
or in other words, musicians whose deaths I would have known about, have been old musicians. I guess there was Layne Staley (I like AiC more than Nirvana), but people saw that coming for a while. Plus I didn’t know who he or Alice in Chains were when I was 10.
Layne Staley holds the Guiness World's Record
for World’s Longest Suicide.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
oh, snap.
"the secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits"
by j.q. higgins on Jul 19, 2011 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions
layne stanley had run his course in terms output
mad season’s river of deceit is one of my sneaky favorite songs from the 90s. layne is just amazing on that song.
Folksy literate type.
I don't understand why Mad Season doesn't get more attention from rock fans.
Most fans of the era know about Temple of the Dog, but not Mad Season, even though they had Layne and Mike McCready. River of Deceit is a fantastic song. And since I brought up McCready, I’d like to point out that Pearl Jam apparently reacted to fame in the best way out of the big 4 Seattle bands: try to avoid it.
I think it’s a timeline issue (and I’m not saying this is a good reason to dismiss Mad Season). I believe Temple of the Dog was seen as one of the first important bands in the Seattle scene. Thus they get praise for being seen as a progenitor. Mad Season was seen as a super group like Traffic or the Traveling Wilburys.
Folksy literate type.
And AiC snuck "What the Hell Have I?" onto the Last Action Hero soundtrack
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
I'm not sure if it's true,
but I read somewhere that “What the Hell Have I?” could have been on Dirt but they chose to put “Iron Gland” on instead.
For a shitty movie it had a cool soundtrack at the time
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
Teenage Fanclub and De La Soul had my fave tune off that.
Travellinggggg at the speeeeeed of light…
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
Yeah that's my other fave
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
Never seen it.
And never want to see it. But the soundtrack does look good. I believe that the first Doom game had alternate versions (since they couldn’t get the actual ones) of some popular songs, including some by Alice in Chains and Pantera. But I can’t remember what songs.
I'd mention Dimebag Darrell
but Damageplan had nowhere near the influence that Pantera did, so his time in the limelight was probably done, anyway.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
I'd put Bradley Nowell on that list
bu probably a big below Kurt.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
They're free - give 'em a try.
Don’t like them, delete them.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
I think a couple will pleasantly surprise you
That cover of “Stay Away” is pretty amazing.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Bell back to Norfolk to make room for Simon.
Roberts to the 60 day DL.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
...and mark worrell tightly grips his pedro viola medalion.
"the secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits"
by j.q. higgins on Jul 19, 2011 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Its like Lord of the Rings
Whoever has the ring has serious power! How do these crummy pitchers still stay here?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 19, 2011 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions
behold the mystical whims of the sphere of mediocrity!
"the secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits"
by j.q. higgins on Jul 19, 2011 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions
A scout
who is retired and now just scouts for college teams told me brother (in confidence) that an NL team is trying to unload a high WAR guy because stats lie (this time) and the team wins when he’s hurt. He told my brother the team is getting real frustrated trying to deal him, too many teams know the guy is a cancer. Teams that may deal won’t take his salary. He said Oakland almost went for it but backed out, so Baltimore is on their, they want a right handed bat and left handed reliever and are willing to toss in a prospect. Knowing who they want to get rid of, and who they want to add, makes sense but not for Baltimore. Just letting you know teams are making offers to the O’s.
this is so oddly specific
for bullcrap, anyway.
Remember, the greatest intangible of all is love. Number two is grit.
I feel like I just read something from Liz Smith on Page 6 about 15 years ago...
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
NL Batters by WAR
Who’s the cancer?
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
you know I'm having fun when I'm googling Cameron Maybin
looking for incident reports
Remember, the greatest intangible of all is love. Number two is grit.
He forgot the fruit dip for the honeydew
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
man, what an asshole
I hope the Orioles don’t trade for him.
Remember, the greatest intangible of all is love. Number two is grit.
I suppose I should have posted a link for pitchers too
But I figured the whole “team loses when he plays” thing was more a hint of an everyday player:
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
could be Madison Bumgarner
he’s 4-9, and when we say “his stats lie” of course we mean “except for this one convoluted stat which doesn’t lie because I say so”
Remember, the greatest intangible of all is love. Number two is grit.
A guy that young won't fit the "salary" requirement though.
"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 Jul 19, 2011 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Derek Lowe!
he looks like the kind of guy who would, like, never flush in the clubhouse toilet.
Remember, the greatest intangible of all is love. Number two is grit.
I'm pretty sure LaRussa doesn't like Rasmus.
So maybe. But that was a load of shit that dsciswe posted, anyway.
Or those Halladay and Hamels assholes
Ohhhhh OKAY.. we’ll take em off your hands anyway, Phillies. Nahhh you don’t really want them anyway eh?
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
Cole Hamels and Jake Arrieta.
That would be the most handsome rotation ever. Because that’s what matters.
only if we can get Mike Mussina to come back and mentor the kids
Remember, the greatest intangible of all is love. Number two is grit.
if I had to guess I’d say Beltran.
Damn it feels good to be a contributor, Music City Miracles.
@DPR9
"We’re not backing down, we’re not scared of them...them and their 180 million dollar payroll"
- Kevin Gregg
by danielreese05 on Jul 19, 2011 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions
This story, the scouts in the chat rooms he reads.
I really wish I had the connections dsciswe does.
this is the weirdest, dumbest, most awesome comment I've seen ever
not only because I heard it in pirate speak thanks to “told me brother.”
It goes with the hot dog, it goes with nachos, it goes with peanuts. Beer’s perfect. Beer never got mad at me because I didn’t call beer back. - JT
From now on, I will read his comments in a Cockney accent in my head
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
He told me brother that rapscallion was a cancer, argh.
It goes with the hot dog, it goes with nachos, it goes with peanuts. Beer’s perfect. Beer never got mad at me because I didn’t call beer back. - JT
I seem to use "me" instead of "my" a lot.
Goes with the part of the continent though.
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
lol
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 19, 2011 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions
And Brandon Synder has to find a new roommate
He has a sad on Twitter.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
i must really hate myself...
just got tix for tomorrow.
"the secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits"
NO! You hate having money.
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
that's crazy!
now, pardon me while go shine my solid gold jackalope.
"the secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits"
by j.q. higgins on Jul 19, 2011 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions
My daughter loves me
Having to pick her up from school unexpectedly has saved me from the pain.
Like a bad, suave dude. You know what I'm sayin'. COOL. SC 7/24/08
by 33 on Jul 19, 2011 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions
According to Britt, Scott could be back during this homestand. "Best case" for Izturis is Tuesday.
Might I ask…..how on earth is Cesar returning to the lineup ever a “best case?”
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Just wait until he's leading off.
"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 Jul 19, 2011 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions
He'll have to fight Matt Angle for it
LF – Angle
SS – Hardy
RF – Markakis
CF – Jones
C – Wieters
1B – Lee
3B – Reynolds
DH – Reimold
2B – Davis
It goes with the hot dog, it goes with nachos, it goes with peanuts. Beer’s perfect. Beer never got mad at me because I didn’t call beer back. - JT
I guess I'll gladly trade a stupid leadoff hitter for Reimold still playing
Remember, the greatest intangible of all is love. Number two is grit.
But that lineup!
Why don’t we just have Reynolds bat last?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 19, 2011 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I guess.....I still think I'd bat him 5th
I’m okay with Hardy, Markakis, Jones, and Wieters in the top 4.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 19, 2011 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions
So I started following Reggie Bush on Twitter because he's hot
But he’s gotta be the dullest person in history. Shouldn’t he be posting some shirtless pictures or something?
It goes with the hot dog, it goes with nachos, it goes with peanuts. Beer’s perfect. Beer never got mad at me because I didn’t call beer back. - JT
That's the same reason why women think Dane Cook is funny.
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
Dane Cook is hot?
It goes with the hot dog, it goes with nachos, it goes with peanuts. Beer’s perfect. Beer never got mad at me because I didn’t call beer back. - JT
It's the reason I'm given when I ask a female fan of his what makes him so funny?
“He’s so cute/hot!!”
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
well I don't think he's funny, so there you go
It goes with the hot dog, it goes with nachos, it goes with peanuts. Beer’s perfect. Beer never got mad at me because I didn’t call beer back. - JT
I respect you :P
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
When I was in 11th grade, my AP US History teacher randomly asked who our favorite comedians are.
And three girls said Dane Cook. He said, “You just like him because he’s hot.”
You didn't learn your lesson with Adam Jones?
"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 Jul 19, 2011 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I've been following Reggie Bush way longer than Adam Jones
He doesn’t tweet all that often, though.
It goes with the hot dog, it goes with nachos, it goes with peanuts. Beer’s perfect. Beer never got mad at me because I didn’t call beer back. - JT
So, Grantland takes on the Pirates...
New GM Neal Huntington has spent the past four years trying to rebuild the Pirates the way they should have been rebuilt all along — with patience. Every veteran player not nailed down was sent packing for prospects. The Pirates started to spend more money in the draft and in signing amateur talent from Latin America. The organization seemed headed in the right direction for the first time in two decades.
And people wonder why I’m depressed about the O’s…
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6781455/when-long-shot-your-best-shot
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Now now....let's not go all crazy here.
They have a half game lead in a shitty division and are only 6 games above 500. I’d love to be there too, but they aren’t that great of a team.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 19, 2011 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions
If they break their consecutive losing season streak, we take over the ignominious #1 spot.
"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 Jul 19, 2011 6:31 PM EDT up reply actions
+1 ignominious
Just because you know how to read, doesn't mean you'll like the book.
by arlingtonOsFan on Jul 19, 2011 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions
This is true, but it should be noted that they didn't draft the majority of their top performing players right now
Or sign them from Latin America.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 19, 2011 6:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, and their payroll is like $42 million, with their highest paid players making $5.75 million
"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 Jul 19, 2011 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions
true.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 19, 2011 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions
They seem pretty shitty to me
slightly better than the Nats.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
at least the Nats are trending upward. there’s just absolutely no way the Pirates’ pitching is this good. they’re also missing Alvarez which is a pretty big deal.
Damn it feels good to be a contributor, Music City Miracles.
@DPR9
"We’re not backing down, we’re not scared of them...them and their 180 million dollar payroll"
- Kevin Gregg
by danielreese05 on Jul 19, 2011 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions
we'll see if the nats are trending upward
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
they’ve been hanging around with limited Zimmerman and no Strasburgh with Werth sucking wind for a good part of the season. plus there’s Espinosa who’s only getting better and Michael Morse who looks solid. plus there’s Harper, top prospect in baseball. it’s a decent core even if Rendon doesn’t pan out.
Damn it feels good to be a contributor, Music City Miracles.
@DPR9
"We’re not backing down, we’re not scared of them...them and their 180 million dollar payroll"
- Kevin Gregg
by danielreese05 on Jul 19, 2011 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm looking mostly at their rotation
which other than the other Zimmermann sucks shit. There’s not a major league starter in the bunch other than him. Also Lance Nix sporting an OPS+ of 121??? Please. Espinosa, Zimmerman/n, Strasburg (if he can stay healthy), and Harper make a decent core, but tons of holes.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
To play devil's advocate for a sec....
The NL East could be wide open over the next couple of years.
The Phillies are getting very old, very quick. And they are about to face some financial difficulties with all of those long term deals to older players hanging over them. Their pitching should still be the cream-’o-the-crop though.
The Braves are set up reasonably well at the moment. With a backed up pipeline of young pitching and some very good young and in-their-prime players. They would seem to be the biggest threat to dominate the division over the next few seasons.
The Mets are in rebuild mode and who knows how long that will take. But Alderson is a bright man and should have that ship righted within a few years, but certainly not immediately.
The Marlins…..well who knows what they are going to do in any given year. They also have a boatload of young talent, but their best player (HRam) has regressed this year and their pitching has be spotty.
So the Nats have a chance. The F.O. has shown a proclivity to get involved in free agency, so maybe they bring in a CJ Wilson to help in the rotation next year.
Wishing Frank McCourt had been approved to buy the RedSux.....
by PBR me ASAP! on Jul 20, 2011 6:46 AM EDT up reply actions
I disagree
I don’t see the Phillies having any down periods for quite some time. They sell out every single game and every playoff appearance ensures that continues. They’ll have plenty of money for many years to come.
The braves are also very well positioned with huge young pitching.
Nats are probably in better shape than either the Mets or the Marlins, but what does that get you? 3rd place.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
There's an ad at the top of this site for Capella University. Anybody wonder how they sing the school song...?
Also, here in PA I keep seeing ads for Keystone University. Wouldn’t it be way cool if their team was, y’know…
Welcome to the Suck: Narrating the Oriole Fan's Experience 1998-2011
...
The Keystone Lights Ices!
Just because you know how to read, doesn't mean you'll like the book.
by arlingtonOsFan on Jul 19, 2011 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions
No, the Keystone Kops, o' course!
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