Yankees 4, Orioles 2: Elevator going down
by Eat More Esskay on Jul 31, 2011 4:32 PM EDT
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The umpires didn't do the Orioles any favors today in this loss to the Yankees. They rang up strikes for Freddy Garcia that Jake Arrieta simply wasn't getting. They refused to call a check swing strike against the Yanks for most of the game. But the Orioles didn't help themselves much either. Funny strike zone or not, two runs isn't going to cut it from the offense when the pitching staff is the worst in baseball.
As it turns out, the pitching wasn't even awful today. Of the four runs the Yankees scored, only two were earned. All of the runs were charged to Arrieta, who walked six in five innings and was clearly out of gas by the time he came out for the sixth. We will never know what the Orioles rotation could be with such a terrible defense behind them. Even the usually sure-handed J.J. Hardy hurt in the fourth inning with an error on what should have been a GIDP ball. Both of those runners scored on the Brett Gardner triple.
The off day tomorrow is something of a mercy. The Orioles as a team can absorb the changes due to the trades made near the deadline, and even better, they'll be getting out of New York. A trip to Kansas City begins on Tuesday. Alfredo Simon is listed to start the opener.
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The text is stubbornly centering even though I have repeatedly set it to align left.
I submit that you will just have to deal with this aesthetic oddity. Sorry.
"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 31, 2011 4:34 PM EDT reply actions
The WYSIWYG has never failed me before.
"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 31, 2011 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Speaking of trades
Koji throws 8 pitches in the 7th. 7 for strikes. 2 SO (Davis & Bautista). Side retired in order. Aaaaaand they lose. I bet he feels like he never left…
"They're throwing bottles at your house...Come on, let's go break their arms." - Henry Fool
I’d rather have traded Guthrie.
Damn it feels good to be a contributor, Music City Miracles.
"We’re not backing down, we’re not scared of them...them and their 180 million dollar payroll"
- Kevin Gregg
by danielreese05 on Jul 31, 2011 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Me too
But I just get the sense everyone was offering up balls for Guts. Which is a pretty damn good strategy considering who they were negotiating with…
"They're throwing bottles at your house...Come on, let's go break their arms." - Henry Fool
by Fahrenheit 451 on Jul 31, 2011 6:18 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
he’ll probably dominate.
Damn it feels good to be a contributor, Music City Miracles.
"We’re not backing down, we’re not scared of them...them and their 180 million dollar payroll"
- Kevin Gregg
by danielreese05 on Jul 31, 2011 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions
How do you think it will go
if he starts begging to be taken out when he gets a little winded? Bedard who doesn’t like scrutiny playing for PHN. That will end poorly, by which I mean wonderfully
Funny
according to a lot of, OK, ‘nasty’ or ‘dull’ Seattle fans, Bedard was untradeable and worthless, no one would ever even ask about him. Yes, I find that hilarious about now. Not that many other people will, at all.
August will be busy for a few teams, a lot need offence and they didn’t get any this week; unless they want to be 2011 Seattle, they’ll try and improve their lackluster lineup like San Fran and Pittsburgh did.
You know what a lot of teams still need?
A certain future hall of famer who hustles and puts pressure on the defense!
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
by O'sFan21 on Jul 31, 2011 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yup
they do. You’re sarcasm aside, hitting is still at a premium in the AL, and if you want to beat the Yanks and Beans you have to get good pitching (which about 5 AL contenders have) and hitting (which about 5 AL contenders lack). Such as it is, Guerrero outhits a lot of DH’s and may, or may not, be moved in August. A lot comes down to what a GM thinks his team can do, and can’t, and obviously the Seattle GM, amongst others, is ruing that he didn’t try and improve in May, he gambled and lost. The Angels, Cleveland, Minny and more may cry in their respective beers if they don’t try and improve and they fall out in August. Guerrero is just one option of many for teams, just like Bedard was just one option, harden another, but Bedard moved.
that’s the thing, he doesn’t outhit a lot of DH’s. I think he’s probably got Hideki Matsui and Jack Cust behind him right now but that’s about it. at a glance, you see the stats, but then you see that he’s batting cleanup with those 8 homers and that SLG% under .410 and it’s just so much worse. nobody, especially a contender, wants (or should want) this guy as anything more than a bench bat.
Damn it feels good to be a contributor, Music City Miracles.
"We’re not backing down, we’re not scared of them...them and their 180 million dollar payroll"
- Kevin Gregg
by danielreese05 on Jul 31, 2011 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions
wait, you can just get rid of under-performing players whose role could be filled by a younger player?
Damn it feels good to be a contributor, Music City Miracles.
"We’re not backing down, we’re not scared of them...them and their 180 million dollar payroll"
- Kevin Gregg
by danielreese05 on Aug 1, 2011 1:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Please list all the DH's that Vladi outhits
lol
I’ll just go with the ones you listed since they are glaringly ridiculous.
Sea – Why the fuck are you even talking about them when they’re 15 games out? You think they are going to acquire a 3 month rental old DH??
The Angels DH is Bobby Abreau who has an OPS+ of 111 compared to Vlad’s pathetic 101.
Cleveland’s DH is Travis Hafner who has an OPS+ of 142.
Minnesota’s DH is Jim Thome with an OPS+ of 120.
I mean really what the FUCK are you talking about?
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
by O'sFan21 on Jul 31, 2011 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I forgot Abreu was still alive.
Damn it feels good to be a contributor, Music City Miracles.
"We’re not backing down, we’re not scared of them...them and their 180 million dollar payroll"
- Kevin Gregg
by danielreese05 on Jul 31, 2011 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe dsciswe is just happy he's not playing as badly as Adam Dunn.
Then again, considering what we know about his thoughts on Mark Reynolds, he probably hated Dunn at his best, too.
Strikeout machine that puts zero pressure on the defense!
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
This weekend's games = Ober-Sadness
Maybe we can trade Vlad for a Double-A bullpen arm… and some Big League Chew.
Tomorrow is another day. Maybe we can get a new owner tomorrow.
Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.
Damn,
now I want some Big League Chew.
You come at the king, you best not miss.
by organizedchaos52 on Jul 31, 2011 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey, weekend's not a total loss. My kid's team won the USSSA "C" East World Series
OK, she never touched the field, but hey, I’ll take it.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
congrats
Does that mean they advance to some next round?
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
All the rest of the pitchers age up to 16U next year - except her
So, she’ll got from #4 on the depth chart to #1 or #1A
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Soo I went away for the weekend...
Anything of note happen?
"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 depends on your definition of "note"
"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 Aug 1, 2011 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions
Well I see we kinda sucked against the Yanks
And we traded Koji for what could be another potential Buhdard-type trade, or turn out to be the eventual reality of the Buhdard trade. Also, D. Lee for the filler we’d thought he’d get?
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
no we actually beat them once! it was exciting.
Damn it feels good to be a contributor, Music City Miracles.
"We’re not backing down, we’re not scared of them...them and their 180 million dollar payroll"
- Kevin Gregg
by danielreese05 on Aug 1, 2011 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions
If it's not one thing, it's another.
If that easy ground ball doesn’t roll right between Hardy’s legs, we might actually win this game.
Would you prefer what the Padres got for Adams over what the O’s got for Koji? I think so, but only slightly. A lot depends on how Davis develops. Someone with an OPS of 1.200 or so in the minors can’t stink it up that much in the majors, right?
Amen brother
I have this belief that the Orioles value “major league ready” over talent. Whatever, MacPhail better be gone after the season and PGA and company can hire Cam Bonifay.
If you look at those UZR ratings or whatever
after watching Horrible Bosses
I think we should cut a deal with Marlins fans. We’ll knock out Jeffry Loria for them, they’ll knock out PGA for us. It’s brilliant I tell you.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
The flaw in your plans is the lack of Marlins fans, unless Danny DeVito is one...
If you look at those UZR ratings or whatever
by dfa on Aug 1, 2011 1:09 AM EDT up reply actions
Wouldn't you be just fine with Loria if you were a Marlins fan?
I’d be totally on board with the whole “win a WS every 10 years and then scrap the team and start over” approach.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
seems like MacPhail doesn’t want to admit that his plan isn’t working
Damn it feels good to be a contributor, Music City Miracles.
"We’re not backing down, we’re not scared of them...them and their 180 million dollar payroll"
- Kevin Gregg
by danielreese05 on Aug 1, 2011 1:32 AM EDT up reply actions
of course
to admit failure is to basically hang a sign around his neck that says, “i deserved to be fired.”
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
I don't think that's true.
If you fail and admit it and start fixing the situation, you’d be fine. But in this case he’s following the same path as if everything is OK
"Baseball is an island of activity in a sea of statistics." - Anon
If you fail and admit it and start fixing the situation,
if you work in a forgiving boss and industry… neither which applies to Angelos or baseball. Owners, in general, tend to have high turnover with GMs. Petey runs through GMs like kleenex.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
that almost makes me think he won’t be back this year.
Damn it feels good to be a contributor, Music City Miracles.
"We’re not backing down, we’re not scared of them...them and their 180 million dollar payroll"
- Kevin Gregg
by danielreese05 on Aug 1, 2011 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Around the minors 7-31:
Norfolk lost to Columbus 6-5 in 13. Hey wow, Brian Matusz went 7 innings, giving up 3 earned on 6 hits (2 homers), striking out 1, walking 2, with a GB/FB of 12/5. Jose Diaz went 1.1 innings giving up 1 earned on 2 hits (including a solo shot), striking out 1, walking one. Ryan Adams went 1-5 with a walk and a K. Jake Fox went 1-4 with a K and committed his 3rd error (only 3?). Brandon Snyder continues to not play, not sure if it’s due to injury or ineffectiveness.
Bowie beat New Britain 12-8. Xavier Avery went 1-5. LJ Hoes went 2-4 with 2 walks and a SB. He is batting .315 on the year. Good thing he started in Frederick. Joseph Mahoney went 3-6 with 2 triples. Caleb Joseph went 2-4 with a walk and a K. Ronnie Welty went 0-3 with 2 walks and a K. Wynn Pelzer went 1.2 innings, giving up 1 hit and 1 unearned run, striking out 2 and walking none. His ERA in the Eastern League is 4.26.
Frederick lost to Potomac 5-2. Jonathan Schoop went 1-4 with a K and a SB. Manny Machado went 0-4 with a K. Kipp Schutz went 0-2 with a walk and is batting 234 in the Carolina League. Matt Gurka went 2 innings, giving up 2 earned runs on 4 hits and 1 walk while striking out 1.
Delmarva lost to Hagerstown 3-1. Matt Bywater got the start for the Shorebirds and tossed 5 shutout innings, but he walked 5 and gave up 3 hits along with his 4 strikeouts and a GB/FB of 8/1. Ty Kelly went 1-4 with a double and a K. Michael Ohlman went 1-4.
Aberdeen lost to Mahoning Valley 1-0. Glynn Davis went 0-4. Joe Velleggia went 1-3 with a walk. Wynston Sawyer went 0-4 with a K. Mychal Givens went 2-3. Connor Narron went 1-3. Trent Howard had another nice start for the iBirds, giving up 2 hits in 5 scoreless, striking out 6 and walking 1 with a GB/FB of 5/3. Brandon Erbe went 1 scoreless inning with a GB/FB of 1/2.
The GCL and DSL Orioles were off today.
If you look at those UZR ratings or whatever
1 K for Bmat
FUCK!
Nice to see Hoes and Mahoney (2 triples???) have good nights.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Running some errands today I wondered if I could ever be a fan of another team,
and I don’t think it’s possible. I turned the game off in the 9th because it seems like me not caring about the Orioles has come about a month earlier than usual.
If you look at those UZR ratings or whatever
I can always pick a team to sort of vaguely root for in the postseason, but that's about 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 Aug 1, 2011 2:28 AM EDT up reply actions
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