Birds Up, O's Down for August 8 - 14
by twistedlogic on Aug 16, 2011 9:15 AM EDT
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Who's hot and who's not for the Baltimore Orioles:
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Jeremy Guthrie | Fairly mediocre week for Guts. Ten earned runs (3 home runs allowed) and just 3 strikeouts (with 2 walks). |
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Tommy Hunter | It wasn't a great outing, but if the Orioles can get 4 earned runs over 6.2 innings in every start from Hunter, they'd at least be more in the game than they have with some of the other starters they've trotted out this year. |
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Jo-Jo Reyes | First start was weak, but the second was a great effort. The O's tried to lose the game, but 1 ER over 6 innings from Reyes was excellent. |
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Alfredo Simon | Alfredo Sauce was up to his usual antics this week allowing 4 runs on 11 hits (3 walks) over 4+ innings. In a month, Simon has added over 1 run to his ERA. |
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Chris Tillman | Tillman was also up to his usual antics this week. A week after allowing 2 runs on 4 hits over 7 innings, he allows 6 runs on 8 hits in 2+ innings. Gross. |
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Brad Bergesen | Four innings of scoreless relief. Not bad. |
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Jason Berken | Hadn't pitched since that awful outing vs. the New York Yankees (yea....you know which one that was). Made several appearances this week with better results. |
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Willie Eyre | Welcome to Baltimore, Willie. Hopefully your time here is better than your previous seasons.... |
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Mike Gonzalez | He's actually beginning to resemble a major league pitcher! Where was this all season? Gonzo hasn't allowed a run since July 18. |
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Kevin Gregg | Yuck. |
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Chris Jakubauskas | Jack O'Boskie pitched 6.1 innings of scoreless relief this week while allowing just 3 hits. |
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Jim Johnson | A week after seemingly losing his mojo, JJ returned to form. Started the week poorly, but finished with two scoreless innings and a save to get his ERA back under 3.00 |
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Troy Patton | Took a loss this week when he allowed a run in a 2.2 inning stint, but really hasn't been pitching all that bad. |
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Robert Andino | Had hits in all but one game this, but his OPS continues to since toward .600 |
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Josh Bell | Nugget can't play defense and doesn't really hit that well. Such things probably cost him playing time this week, as he saw two starts and one PH opportunity. |
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Blake Davis | Guess he was mad he doesn't get much playing time as he started one game, launched a homer, and added three RBI. |
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Chris Davis | Back from "sleeping on his neck funny" and added more strikeouts than he did hits. |
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Vladimir Guerrero | At least they aren't batting him cleanup all of the time now. |
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J.J. Hardy | Hitless in his last two games, but absolutely feasted on Chicago pitching. Added 4 home runs and 10 RBI last week. |
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Adam Jones | No comments on his defense (missed most of the games this week while on vacation), but his hitting line looks great. |
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Nick Markakis | Fairly nice week at the plate for Nicky too. |
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Felix Pie | Raising his OPS just a smidgen from nearly .500 saves him from the down arrow, but he really hasn't done anything. |
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Nolan Reimold | Gazelle was really struggling at the plate and needed a good week to boost him. He got it this week with 7 hits (including 3 2Bs and a HR) |
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Mark Reynolds | Defense is still bad. In other possibly related news, water is still wet. Reynolds couldn't hit much this week either, adding just one single. Now has 140 soul-killing strikeouts. |
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Craig Tatum | Played in just one game last week and was pretty good in that game. |
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Matt Wieters | Got a bit of a boost at the plate this past week. |
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I just wanted to say that if there's anything enjoyable about this season, it's seeing J.J. Hardy instead of Cesar Izturis.
It reminds me why I still have the slightest urge to follow the O’s. And also: nice timing, twisted.
"Dyslexia?? It's DCO." - WestcoastO'sfan
I think my highlight of the season so far ...
… is the expansion of my baseball knowledge by learning about soul-killing strikeouts.
Brings a smile to my face everytime i read it.
"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people; it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests".
- Patrick Henry –
Your soul has in fact been killed if you're smiling about such a horrible thing!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Aug 16, 2011 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Doubt it.
I’m feel I’m on pretty solid ground when I say that I doubt God cares about the success of any sports team.
In fact I think there may be an argument to be made that God specifically doesn’t care about the Orioles (Matt Wieters excepted).
"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people; it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests".
- Patrick Henry –
It isn't.
Why do you hope it is?
"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people; it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests".
- Patrick Henry –
Guthrie / Hunter /Simon / Reyes
Who guessed that as the O’s starting rotation back when the season started?
It pretty much says everything you need to know about the O’s.
Is it too early to start dreaming about Bundy / Bundy / Berry / Hobgood as the future rotation of aces?
"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people; it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests".
- Patrick Henry –
there won't be any Tom Hardy
telling you to “dream a little bigger, darling”
Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the Orioles' season?
by Andrew_G on Aug 16, 2011 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
His MMA movie next month looks surprisingly watchable, no matter how ridiculous the plot.
I hear the MMA action is fairly well done.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Bundy / Bundy / Berry / Hobgood.....
I was with you until the last name in that series. Seriously, I’m not sure he ever makes it to Bowie, let alone Norfolk in the next 3 years.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
I was being facecious (sp?) when I included him.
Besides, I couldn’t think of other decent starter prospect after the three B boys.
"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people; it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests".
- Patrick Henry –
That's fine.
He sucks.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Aug 17, 2011 8:42 AM EDT up reply actions
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