Monday Bird Droppings
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Print It's time to find out if Ryan Adams can play at the major league level - MASN
"It has become more than clear that Buck Showalter is a real Robert Andino fan and Andino has done a solid job playing second base and serving in his utility role on the club this year. But I think the Orioles by now know about Andino's talents and may want to learn more about what Adams can do."
For the Orioles, the goal is to avoid 100 losses | Baltimore Sports Report
"The Baltimore Orioles are on pace for the third 100 loss season in their franchise’s 56 year history. The Orioles lost 100 games in 1954 when the St. Louis Browns moved to Baltimore and 107 in 1988 when the Orioles started the season 0-14."
Orioles tragic: Let me count the ways - baltimoresun.com
It's slim pickings on a Monday morning when I'm clipping Peter Schmuck.
Joe Posnanski " Posts Wild Card vs. Wild Card - SI.com
"So, theoretically, I can see the value. And hey, I’m always for more baseball. No, my only problem comes when I actually look at the standings. This year, for instance, the Yankees-Red Sox loser would probably play Tampa Bay or the Angels in a one-game playoff. In the National League, the Braves would probably play the Giants-Diamondbacks loser, or perhaps St. Louis."
Frazier's Good Luck Rubs Off On Orioles - PressBox
OK, this woman is adorable.
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Schmuck
“I now believe I will win the Power Ball jackpot before the Orioles reach the playoffs. I realize that the odds of picking all five regular numbers and the Power Ball correctly are 1 in 195 million, yet I still feel more optimistic when I pick up my bi-weekly Quick Pick than when I watch an O’s game.”
Ouch.
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 22, 2011 8:33 AM EDT up reply actions
The only way I see Schmucks powerpall odds getting worse
is if he brings in vlad to pick the 4th and gregg for the 5th numbers.
Gregg would only pick if there were 9, and he would only pick the 9th.
Not enough adrenaline otherwise.
orioles
It is obvious , there is something deeply wrong with tthe orioles. They hve gotten some pretty good balplayers. The evaluation was high enough They should have been better. The offense has improved over last year not a lot but some. They still don’t execute the little things offensively. The pitching however demonstrates a real problem. The young pitchers were all thought to be very good as evaluated by the rest of major league baseball. However once they got here they have all regressed. All of them. There is something wrong with the way the are developing them either in physical conditioning or teaching or both. It is now in McPhail’s lap. He eihter has to change the entire coaching and conditioning staff or he should be gone. He can’t answer the following proposition. OK the orioles are in the same division as the Yankees and Red Sox. Nearly impossible to really compete . But they can’t even compete with the Blue Jays. They have the worst record in the American League. Why can’t you compete with the rest ot the league excluding the Yankless and Red Sox? You have a decent enough core. Jones, Markakis, Weiters, Hardy, and yes Reynolds. Change now before they all get old or leave and the young pitchers are ruined.
It's not in MacPhail's lap
In his lap are airline tickets to somewhere else, dated Oct. 1, 2011. He’s packing up his office and deciding if he wants to take up pottery this off-season.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Not even close
Dude has sentence structure, punctuation, and complete thoughts.
OK the orioles are in the same division as the Yankees and Red Sox. Nearly impossible to really compete . But they can’t even compete with the Blue Jays. They have the worst record in the American League. Why can’t you compete with the rest ot the league excluding the Yankless and Red Sox?
That’s not a bad question. It’s one we’ve asked ourselves a million times, but it’s a question that the O’s front office needs to answer.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
I miss chuckthefan
Wish you assholes wouldn’t have chased him off.
When was the last sighting anyway?
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 22, 2011 8:49 AM EDT up reply actions
last siting???
dude im rite here ive been herthe hole time what are you evn talking about lolz/
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
haha... it never gets old
I seriously wish he was a regular.
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 22, 2011 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Well...
the Crow had been in this organization long before the Andy. Maybe Angelos protects some shitty people in important positions.
But, I agree with you.
Just because you know how to read, doesn't mean you'll like the book.
by arlingtonOsFan on Aug 22, 2011 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Who dropped out of the CC Fantasy Football league?
It bumped our draft time because we now have an odd number of teams. Draft will be at 915pm EST now…..and we need one more person in the league.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Tomorrow at 915pm
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Aug 22, 2011 8:48 AM EDT up reply actions
Take it
I can do tonight, tomorrow’s no bueno.
TL, we gonna do a survivor pool?
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 22, 2011 8:50 AM EDT up reply actions
We can....
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Aug 22, 2011 8:53 AM EDT up reply actions
for the record
Jeff Galfer, who was in our pick ’em pool last year (and just joined again this year) runs a survivor pool for $50 each year.
If you’re interested, you can email him at jeff at jeffgalfer dot com
"I put a pepper rub on the scallops so you have a little contrast. You have sweetness from the coconut oil and a little acidity from the splash of lemon." – Luke Scott
I can't afford to dump another 50 bucks into this.
I’d do it for 20 max.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Aug 22, 2011 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Go for it.
There’s a fanpost about it on the sidebar.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Aug 22, 2011 8:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Good show.
Gonna be a late one for the east coast folks. Draft probably won’t end until about 1115-ish.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Aug 22, 2011 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Just means more drinks will be flowing.
I better start researching, I’ve done zero prep-work for my drafts thus far this year. Been incredibly busy the past two weeks. Do you think we have guys that will pay attention and be rational, or is Flacco getting drafted third overall?
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 Aug 22, 2011 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Haha....no idea.
I might even be missing the first few rounds of the draft, but like you, I’ve done absolutely no research and have not set my autodraft priorities yet. I’ll probably get Randy Moss or somebody in the first round.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Aug 22, 2011 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions
I had an auction draft yesterday that i thought went pretty well
but thats about all the prep i’ve done
i have my dynasty league auction this upcoming weekend
start out with assigning players franchise/transition tags, then have a 3 round rookie draft, and then have an auction for the remaining free agents. it’s the most hardcore league that i’ve ever been in.
carolina in my mind...
I'm too afraid to do a dynasty league
We just stick with auction. I feel like you can screw yourself for years with one bad draft in dynasty/keeper.
@sibsInExile
yeah dynasty leagues are tough
i came in and took over for a really shitty team a couple of years ago. but i got lesean mccoy in my first rookie draft and managed to get sam bradford in last years, so i’ve got a solid base to build on for the next couple of years.
carolina in my mind...
That sounds like a promising future
but can bradford really compete with the elite qbs of now. I feel like you gotta wait a couple of years and that’s depressing.
The good thing is that there is probably much more skill involved, so idiots don’t win the league by chance.
@sibsInExile
We usually do a 12-team league
And every year we have a 2-team turnover of some sort. So we’ve tried to get into keeper/dynasty but it never really got off the ground.
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 22, 2011 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions
Yea ours is a 12-team auction
I like it for now. Don’t think we’ll switch into keeper/dynasty for a bit. Maybe in a couple of years if we get convinced. Just like how we got convinced to go from snake to auction.
@sibsInExile
That sounds like a lot of fun
Can you trade draft picks as well? It would be pretty cool to be in a league where one guy wanted to go all in for a season and you could get more draft picks to keep.
yeah we can trade draft picks as well
one guy has two of the top 5 picks in the rookie draft this year, so he’ll end up with at least one of the QB’s and either aj green or julio jones. not a bad haul.
carolina in my mind...
it's a two QB league
so as of right now he’s my second QB which i’m ok with. this off-season matt schaub is a free agent so i’m planning on going all-in on him during the auction. i also traded mccoy to get adrian peterson, so i have peterson, deangelo williams, marques colston, and kenny britt going in to the season. solid nucleus to build on with some salary cap left to add pieces.
carolina in my mind...
I've got a big problem with two-QB leagues
I left our work league (partially) because of it.
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 Aug 22, 2011 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Those just turn into QB hoarding.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Aug 22, 2011 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions
not my favorite format either, but i've grown to tolerate it for this one league
i would never willingly set up a new league as two QB though
carolina in my mind...
Understandable
If it’s standard scoring, having two stud QB’s can win you the league instantly. In last year’s work league, I drafted Rodgers-Manning 1-2 (7th or 8th pick I think) and I steamrolled the league. Only one other team took two high end QB’s in the draft, and I ran into the guy who FA’ed Vick in the finals.
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 Aug 22, 2011 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions
Haha everyone ran into the guy who
FA’D vick in the finals last year.
I really can't get too much into the FF thing.
Can’t imagine ever playing for money. In fact, I dunno why I even volunteer myself to cough up 50 bucks in the pick’em pool. Especially since I know my money is directly funding Wieters Wieners gambling debts.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Aug 22, 2011 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions
I was reading once about a group of guys who started a fantasy baseball league
where the draft occurs each year after the amateur draft and international signings are completed. You have to maintain a full farm system in addition to your major league roster. Now thats hardcore.
My buddy is in the exact same thing.
They also toss in a couple hundo each year per team.
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 22, 2011 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions
I've done some before
I thought i got really good deals on Adrian Peterson and Ray Rice (though the other top running backs went for less than i expected, so they ended up not being the steals that i expected). After spending 40% of my money on those two, i got a little too conservative and ended up with more money at the end than i needed, but thats also because i got some players for almost nothing that i was expecting to have to fight for.
QB- Phillip Rivers, Matt Schaub
RB- Adrian Peterson, Ray Rice, Mike Tolbert, Toby Gerhart, Ricky Williams
WR- Desean Jackson, Malcom Floyd, Michael Crabtree, Lee Evans, Jordy Nelson, Torrey Smith
TE- Jimmy Graham, Greg Olsen
K- Dan Carpenter
DL- Trent Cole, Ndamukong Suh
LB- Ray Lewis, Cameron Wake
DB- Eric Berry, Tyvon Branch
we had our auction draft yesterday
and we had 1 guy who said he ranked and would autobid because he just couldn’t get off of work.
We used ESPN and he got absolutely SHAFTED because his team never autobid once, so he got a bunch of 1 dollar fliers at the end. Cam Newton is a starting QB and Ryan Williams was the first RB it gave him.
I’m not sure what happened, I’ve seen autobid work just fine before and there were definitely guys going under value that I would have thought autobid would have taken a shot at, anyone else ever had that problem? Really fucked up our league because now that dude is basically a bye.
that sucks for him and all of you.
i hate it when there are only a couple of active managers in a league.
I have done no prep
but I pay attention (even though fantasy baseball has me pretty burnt out on fantasy at the moment). I feel like I might half ass this fantasy season, but my lineups will always be set. I just might not be super active on the trade/waiver front.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Haha.....it is the for-sure time until it changes again.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Aug 22, 2011 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions
You'll all be happy to know
That I set a Canton bartender straight Saturday night when he was talking out of his asshole about how great Vlad and his high batting average are. He also mentioned that he “knows a guy who works with the Orioles” and that we were gonna resign Vlad for two years at $8 mil per. That’s when I completely lost it and went on a tirade that Andrew G and James F would’ve been proud of.
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 Aug 22, 2011 8:54 AM EDT reply actions
I bet that bartender was dsciswe
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Aug 22, 2011 8:55 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Probably
Also Kevin Gregg needs to get the Die Slow. Seriously. I can’t take this guy anymore. Where does he live?
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 Aug 22, 2011 9:00 AM EDT up reply actions
i was out at the bar when that travesty unfolded saturday night
and all i could think was, i have a pretty good idea of what’s being said on CC right now, and it involves a lot of expletives
carolina in my mind...
We're all proud of you, AMD.
Statements like that deserve to be tiraded upon.
"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 22, 2011 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Haha... we made Simmon's mailbag again.
Q: Thome’s 600th this week prompted me to look into the all-time home run leaders. I can’t believe Aaron is only 7 behind Bonds on the all-time list. Can Hammerin’ Hank can still put a few in the bullpen? Proposition for Hank and Bud to ponder: have Henry DH for the Orioles for the rest of the year and slug 8 out in meaningless games. It would be great to see him run around those bases again like when he got mobbed by the 2 guys in Atlanta.
— Mike Snyder, Scranton
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 22, 2011 9:18 AM EDT reply actions
Alright, I'm done after this promise... but this made me laugh.
Q: My buddy Chris is a collector who loves wrestling and boxing. It is an illness. When going through his collection of stuff one day, I asked him this hypothetical: Walking into the men’s room in Vegas, you pass Ali coming out of a stall. You go in the stall he just came out and you realize he dropped a deuce, but forgot to flush. What do you do? His response: “Ooh… Tough call.”
— Eric Kidwell, Yorktown, VA
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 22, 2011 9:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Yea I read that
and then I got super depressed. That a 70-year old playing DH for us wasn’t totally crazy. Rock bottom?
@sibsInExile
That ridiculous statement is a pretty good representation of why he's awful
Also he has a very punch-able face.
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 Aug 22, 2011 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh, right.
Whatever. I’m sure his response involved a plot element from a 90s movie that grossed $15 million in the box office, or referenced a character from MTV’s The Real World. Hard-hitting journalism.
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 Aug 22, 2011 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
That's a rec. KHAAAAAAAN!
"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 22, 2011 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Thats the thing that's so shitty about this season.
Our current most interesting subplot is “Will we lose 100 games”. I guess that and the outside chance Marky Mark gets to 40.
I’ll take a subplot anywhere I can get it.
Playing spoiler the last couple weeks with NYY and BOS duking it out could be fun too. But they are both making the playoffs so that doesn’t really even matter that much.
I’d get behind some type of MD Lottery prize where if you win, you get to play LEFT FIELD for an inning or something. Tell me that wouldn’t be hilarious. It’d be like “WILL A BALL BE HIT TO HIM THIS INNING”… watch some fan catch a couple flyballs and instantly be signed to a contract.
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 22, 2011 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions
i think you just stole the plot from the next "major league" movie they're working on
carolina in my mind...
Somehow I dont think buck putting up a stripper board of Angelos will give the guys
the same kind of motivation to win.
good point
however, i would still prefer a drug-addled charlie sheen as our closer than kevin fucking gregg
is greater than 
i mean if you’re gonna rock the glasses, at least incorporate the skull and crossbones like the wild thing does
carolina in my mind...
Charlie's available too
However the rest of the team is unfamiliar with “winning”, so it might screw up the chemistry.
All is transient.
by Zeke McGeek on Aug 22, 2011 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Fact: I could play better defense in LF than Felix Pie.
No joke. I played lots of OF in little league.
As far as your other point is concerned, I’d love to be the team that beats either NYY or BOS in one of those games to fuck up one’s playoff hopes.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Aug 22, 2011 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, but they are both a shoe-in for the playoffs.
I guess it would just mess up the division race, which isn’t very fun.
Why are we watching again?
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 22, 2011 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Because we're addicts.
Its hard to kick a bad habit.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Aug 22, 2011 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions
What the hell is with snatch patches right below the lip?
"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've spent a lot of time trying to figure out why he thinks that 'stache is a good idea.
I haven’t found an answer yet.
"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 22, 2011 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions
He said he was getting bored with his face.
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 22, 2011 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions
You guys are so harsh on him... I find his articles wildly entertaining.
C’mon haters.
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 22, 2011 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions
I actually don't hate him
But I hate his real world/mtv references. And he’s relying too much on pop culture.
I also feel like he coasts too much. I love his mailbags, but it seems like the readers are funnier than him. It’s easy to be funny when you just have to reply to funny emails.
@sibsInExile
Yeah, I never got into real world/road rules.... but I'm all over Jersey Shore.
I’ve never read a Simmons article/mailbag/column/draft diary wihout being entertained and I’ve read every single word off his fingertips for the past ten years. To each his own though I guess…
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 22, 2011 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Probably the most satisfying to me is him continuing to freak out over the Helmet Catch.
Never fails to get me rolling.
"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 22, 2011 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions
In a way you can't blame him. He's been writing articles for a long time.
And I suspect he’s doing a lot behind the scenes for the new Grantland website. Just as his time a couple of years ago started being taken up getting the 30 for 30 documentaries in line, etc.
He’s probably earned the right to mail(bag) it in at this point. Just nobody is allowed to pretend he’s a relevant commentator on anything that doesn’t relate to gambling on football games, or NBA basketball, or the 90s.
"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 22, 2011 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Honestly
You deserve for credit for pumping out Game write-ups for 100+ Orioles games night after night without them getting stale. Not to mention your occasional guest-appearance on the recap.
KUDOS!!!
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 22, 2011 12:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Ditto this
THAT’S what I call good sports writing. Not some mustached, child molesting, real-world loving, has been high school paper writer.
@sibsInExile
I don't blame him at all.
Like I said, I like his stuff usually. I just hate it when people say he’s this great sports writer. He’s very entertaining and very talented. But a lot of his stuff nowadays are just responses to funny stuff his readers come up with. Currently, I would say he’s a very entertaining writer, that’s it.
And WW, I hate saying it, but I love Jersey shore. Shit is addicting. It’s like a trainwreck, you can’t look away.
@sibsInExile
Yeah, Im not saying he's gonna win a Pulitzer, he's just entertaining.
Every so often though, he’ll pound out a damn good article about life or what-not. The one when his dog passed away was brilliant. And the one about his daughter liking the color purple was pretty awesome. But yeah, for the most part it’s just great “print off and take to the porcelin throne while you’re on the clock” material.
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 22, 2011 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Those were both great articles.
Also the one where he discovered the nature of old friendships through a trip to Vegas for his – 40th? – birthday. Fantastic stuff. I don’t think anybody can be on that level all the time. It’s worth reading to see when the magic comes along, though. Better odds of another Simmons masterpiece before the Orioles are good again, anyway.
"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 22, 2011 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Dude, next week is gonna be insane...
Mike and Ronny finally throwing down.
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 22, 2011 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Mike needs to get punched more than Simmons
Can’t wait, hope it doesn’t disappoint.
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 Aug 22, 2011 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions
You know it's funny
I adored the Situation through Season 1, but maybe it’s just because I wasn’t familiar with someone being SUCH an asshole and it came off funny. But he’s really a shallow asshole and once Pauly D and Vinny caught their stride he kind of fell into the background.
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 22, 2011 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions
His retardedness makes the show funny though.
I put up with all his bullshit drama starting business, because I knew it was going to end in a fight. Hopefully we will be rewarded big time.
@sibsInExile
I know, right
Last episode kinda sucked. Seemed like a filler episode.
I hate that I can’t watch it through mtv because they don’t allow people outside us to watch it on the website, so i have to scour the whole goddamn internet to find a stream.
@sibsInExile
Dude just grab the torrent from Piratebay and drop it in Utorrent.
It took me 4 minutes to download yesterday.
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 22, 2011 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I refuse to do that
because I refuse to tarnish the integrity of my hard drive by putting that on there. I stick to streams solely for jersey shore. I’ll download all my other shows though.
@sibsInExile
hahaha is that weird?
I only keep stuff on my hard drive of stuff I really, really like or stuff that has repeat watchability. So TV shows-wise, I have Always Sunny, Entourage, Arrested Development, and Curb.
I also like to keep stuff that people here would enjoy.understand and I think Jersey shore would shock/immediately kill these folks.
@sibsInExile
Bro, I didn't say keep it.
Take 4 minutes and download it, watch it, delete it.
Are you telling me you just have a recordable hard drive? haha
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 22, 2011 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't have the american luxury of unlimited downloads at full speed
We have this thing called fair usage policy so we get 10 mbps for up to 30gb and then it goes down to 1 mbps, so we try to conserve.
Also I usually only download and delete if im watching HD stuff and let’s be hones, Jersey shore isn’t HD download material. Also, I am completely ocd/insane so you’re not going to talk me into it.
@sibsInExile
dude! last episode was awesome. twinning?
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 22, 2011 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions
That hot mess of a twin
Running around blacked-out wasted and trying to jump into multiple beds… it’s a wonder there hasn’t been more rape allegations against these guys.
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 Aug 22, 2011 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions
fuck Ronny. he’s a damn fool.
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 22, 2011 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions
He built Grantland as an internet monument to himself
I can moderately appreciate Klosterman because his whole schtick is being a cynical bastard commenting on pop culture. But Simmons is supposed to be writing about sports, and his thousand word diatribes on why Ryan Reynolds is an actor-but not really-but I still like you Ryan in case you want to hang out sometime-but you know what i mean right makes me want to choke him out.
Also let’s please not forget that THIS MAN HATES CAL RIPKEN!!!
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 Aug 22, 2011 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
First round's on me next time you can stomach a live O's game
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 Aug 22, 2011 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Haha, I was just messing with ya.
Ill be at the Ravens game Thursday though… anyone else going?
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 22, 2011 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Solid counterpoint. And he's a Red Sox fan.
The kind where their attitude in the last 7 years has made you stop feeling bad for their 86-year drought.
"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 22, 2011 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions
We need a Simmons meme.
I’m the king of Red Sox Nation and New England is the centerpiece of the sports world and civilization as a whole, so much so that i must mention it at least once every paragraph. – Moves to L.A. the nanosecond he becomes famous.
Going on PTI? Better grow a mustache so the ten hipsters that have the wrong channel on will think I’m cool.
Highly respected sports writer? Take a full time job writing for a crappy late night show.
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 Aug 22, 2011 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions
You like Simmons about as much as Twisted likes Michael Vick.
Or Stacey likes Jen…. errrr…. she who shall not be named.
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 22, 2011 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I just like calling out how much of a poser he is.
I actually used to read his stuff pretty frequently. I always find myself skipping massive sections when he goes off topic 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 Aug 22, 2011 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions
The 30 for 30 series was phenomenal.
Some of the greatest TV drama I’ve seen.
The Two Escobars
The Rugby one
Once Brothers
The guy that runs across canada on one leg.
The best that never was (Dupree)
All fantassssssssssssstic stuff.
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 22, 2011 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Also
Grantland looks to be pretty damn money so far for a nice random collection of grab-bag material in one spot.
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 22, 2011 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions
to me, simmons peaked right around when he released his first book
which, even though it was entirely about the red sox, i thoroughly enjoyed since it was the first time i had read most of those articles. ever since then he has just coasted by on his mailbags and podcasts. i bought “the book of basketball” and could only get through the first 100 pages or so because it was just incredibly boring.
plus, part of his appeal was always that he was representing the thoughts and ideas of the average sports fan. it’s kind of hard to still be considered the “average sports fan” when you’re making appearance on Around the Horn and you are buddy-buddy with the GM of the houston rockets.
carolina in my mind...
Any one of us, and especially me, would jump at the chance to sell out the way Simmons has sold out.
"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 22, 2011 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Say it ain't so EME...
You’d leave us without a motivational pre-game write-up?
Hey, maybe you should write tonight’s game thread as if you were Simmons. You could totally roast him with an insane cocktail of obsolete movie/tv references. Just make sure to talk about this CT fella a lot.
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 22, 2011 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions
If MASN was going to hire me to be Roch 2.0 or something, I would be out.
But I’d still come back and say hi, and maybe I could organize from the inside a CC Suite Night or something.
Dear MASN person who’s probably bored and reading this, I am serious. Please tell your boss about me.
"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 22, 2011 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Posnanski
Once you are employed by ESPN, you must be forced to write stuff like this
Sure we want the Yankees-Red Sox race to matter again. But unless you hate the Red Sox or Yankees — as many of you no doubt do — do you really think it would be fair to have them play the clearly beaten Tampa Bay Rays for the 20th time for the right to go the playoffs? That feels like some second-chance on a game show.
Sports writers have seemingly swallowed the line that the only thing good for baseball is to have the Yankees and Red Sox to smother everyone else. MLB sure thinks that way. So Posnanski is not concerned that the league structure is unfair to most everyone else, but he’s concerned about an inferior team knocking off one of the teams with the built in advantages.
I am thinking that I need to accept the extra wild card team for precisely this reason. The game is slanted to favor a small few, so why not root for a lesser team to have a one game pot shot at knocking one of the favored teams? Once it happens MLB will scramble to adjust the system, probably with extra games, and they’ll be playing into Thanksgiving.
Poz doesn’t work for ESPN.
I do think he misses the point, though – the idea is to make winning the division more valuable relative to being the best 2nd place team. Punishing a solid second-place team is a feature, not a bug. Modified wild card takes care of one of the biggest problems, the fact that there can never be a truly meaningful pennant race between the two best teams in the league.
And from a personal standpoint, I’ve never been forced to have a particular opinion on any subject. My editor may request a certain general subject that’s relevant to an event or something else going on in the news, but the only requirement I’ve ever had is that it be interesting, which hardly seems unreasonable.
by D.Szymborski on Aug 22, 2011 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions
ryan adams...
now has a respectable .805 OPS at norfolk. presuming he ends the season w/ the big club, he will have had two consecutive minor league seasons w/ a SLG of .462. he strangely has a .370 OBP and .558 SLG at harbor park this year which is known as a pitcher’s park. he has 8 doubles and three homers this month. he doesn’t take many walks.
oh, well.
"the secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits"
he doesn’t take many walks
So basically, he’s a typical Oriole?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Aug 22, 2011 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions
His soul hasn't been crushed, yet.
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
tonight is the night!
"Grow nothing, buy the 'Pen" (Wieters Weiners)
by IggesRule13 on Aug 22, 2011 12:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Don't understand
why Pie is still on the O’s roster. His contract is up at the end of the season. Clearly, he’s not a major league OF and should not be part of the 2012 Orioles. Why don’t they just release him and bring someone up (Matt Angle?) to play left the rest of the season? At least give us something different to look at the rest of the season.
Seriously... he is the least adorable person in the majors right now.
I can’t stand even looking at him anymore.
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 22, 2011 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions
Adam Dunn is still worse!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Aug 22, 2011 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions
My vote is for Jason Bay
That guy sucks!
"Grow nothing, buy the 'Pen" (Wieters Weiners)
by IggesRule13 on Aug 22, 2011 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Even Joe Mauer plays OF better
I think Buck makes the lineup “pin the tail on the donkey” style.
Who is looking like the #1 pick next year?
"Grow nothing, buy the 'Pen" (Wieters Weiners)
by IggesRule13 on Aug 22, 2011 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions
This.
I at least want to get excited for a Straus or Bryce Harper dealio.
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 Aug 22, 2011 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
there's nobody close to being on that level in this upcoming draft
there may not even be anybody on the level of the top 5 picks from this past year’s draft.
sorry to pile on to the depression.
carolina in my mind...
I knew that was the case
What a joke. The damn O’s and that 2nd half last year was horrible…
1 it gave us hope for this year
2 made it seem like a Vlad and Lee might be good supplement players
3 missed Harper
4 Kevin Gregg
I am sure there is more but the last few months of the season last year set this franchise back years imo.
"Grow nothing, buy the 'Pen" (Wieters Weiners)
by IggesRule13 on Aug 22, 2011 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions
We may yet end up with a crappier record than the Astros.
"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 22, 2011 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Yea, I wish this level of suck would have been achieved and maintained last year.
"Grow nothing, buy the 'Pen" (Wieters Weiners)
by IggesRule13 on Aug 22, 2011 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I think we have made out OK in the draft this year.
The year where we needed to suck more is 2008, so we could have had either Strasburg or Ackley in 2009’s draft, instead of… Hobgood. Fuck.
"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 22, 2011 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Man, I'd love to have Ackley.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Aug 22, 2011 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions
I think we should hire Jim Hendry as our next GM.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
I can already see Cubs C-level prospects flowing into the system. And Big Z.
Andy Mac will approve while he sips drinks on the beach, yelling at the waiter that because he asked for no salt, NO salt on his margarita.
Let’s do it.
I can have this place closed forever!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Aug 22, 2011 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions
His firing really hurt the O's
now who are they going to trade with?
"Grow nothing, buy the 'Pen" (Wieters Weiners)
by IggesRule13 on Aug 22, 2011 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Dammit
Just found out about the $100 HP Touchpad deal too late!
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 22, 2011 11:51 AM EDT reply actions
Hahahhahaa....
I just put an insane offer for one of those touchpads on Craigslist.
Only catch, I put my buddy’s number out there….
He’s gonna be getting calls off the hook!!!
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 22, 2011 12:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Note to self: never let WW have phone number.
"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 22, 2011 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions
i brought it up in the game thread friday, but no one was around.
still, it was a huge hassle trying to get them… you basically had to follow the slickdeals forum to find out where they were in stock and it changed quickly.
I finally got shipping confirmation from HP today on a 32gb that cost $130 after a coupon. I also ordered a 16gb off amazon yesterday since I’m pretty sure one of my friends will want one.
nice
the CDW link I posted above had both the 16GB and 32GB TouchPads, but they also charged shipping and 6% sales tax. Total was $119 for a 16GB after all was said and done.
Deals are dead according to sellout.woot
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 Aug 22, 2011 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions
you reselling or joking?
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
i'm surprised sellers aren't putting on a purchase limit
these type of deals are a reseller’s dream. only a fraction of people who actually want to use them actually get to buy them.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
I'll buy you TWO rounds of Natty Boh for one of them!
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 Aug 22, 2011 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Wait....is this two rounds of Natty Boh from a traditional bar or two at a live Orioles game?
Its like 8 bucks at Camden Yards!
And speaking of drinking, WW, we gotta try out that new Sterling Turtle. I almost went to the one in Frederick yesterday.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Aug 22, 2011 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions
The Schmuck post is really worth reading if anybody hasn't checked it out yet.
There’s nothing new in there, but it’s fascinating that Peter Schmuck has been driven to where he has to point all these things out.
"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 22, 2011 12:06 PM EDT reply actions
yea, refreshing to read this instead of “sunshine and rainbow” spins writers normally try to put on the team. The Orioles are going nowhere fast.
"Grow nothing, buy the 'Pen" (Wieters Weiners)
by IggesRule13 on Aug 22, 2011 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions
The Sun guys definitely haven't been spinning sunshine and rainbows.
Jeff Z’s daily pieces have been hitting on just how terrible the O’s are.
"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 22, 2011 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions
i feel like...
zrebiec is almost your mainstream alter ego.
"the secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits"
by j.q. higgins on Aug 22, 2011 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Good
I don’t read up on the sun too much but I am glad they are not letting these bums off the hook for playing like garbage.
"Grow nothing, buy the 'Pen" (Wieters Weiners)
I'm bored at work.
Should I go back and read Saturday night’s gamethread or would I just want to kill myself afterward?
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 22, 2011 12:27 PM EDT reply actions
Don't do it
play solitaire instead
"Grow nothing, buy the 'Pen" (Wieters Weiners)
by IggesRule13 on Aug 22, 2011 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions
about saturday night
did you see amber TH’s post game highlights? she couldn’t speak correctly and the video wasn’t in-sync with what she was talking about. Even the coverage of the O’s is soul crushing.
"Grow nothing, buy the 'Pen" (Wieters Weiners)
by IggesRule13 on Aug 22, 2011 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes, very similar!
they should have cut to video feed of Amber and cut the sound.
I felt so bad for her, it was awful.
"Grow nothing, buy the 'Pen" (Wieters Weiners)
I just bet my buddy that the O's won't win 10 games the rest of the season
Easy win right?
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
9-29 or worse feels inevitable at this point.
"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 22, 2011 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I think I would have strongly considered the bet at 7 wins.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
i hope u got odds.
"Grow nothing, buy the 'Pen" (Wieters Weiners)
by IggesRule13 on Aug 22, 2011 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions
You think they are going to win 10 games?
34 of 38 games are against teams with winning records and 27 are against the AL East.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Yea, I think they will get like 15
but just looking at the schedule it’ll be tough. especially since Toronto steals signs.
How the heck does britton go 5-0 then 1-9!? give me a break.
"Grow nothing, buy the 'Pen" (Wieters Weiners)
by IggesRule13 on Aug 22, 2011 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions
you think they are going to go 15-23???
They’ve gone 17-46 since June 10th.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
If anybody hasn't seen this yet it's pretty awesome
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/21/logan-schafer-triple-play-video_n_932533.html?icid=maing-grid7|aim|dl9|sec1_lnk2|88285
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
the way the Brewers are playing.
even their minor leaguers can screw up. I wish a ball would hit felix pie in the face b/c that would mean he was actually close to catching it.
"Grow nothing, buy the 'Pen" (Wieters Weiners)
by IggesRule13 on Aug 22, 2011 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
say, remember when...
andy macca was talking up all these calls he was fielding on felix pie?
ooo, boy.
"the secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits"
I bet the calls went something like, "Are you gonna non-tender him or are you gonna keep trolling Orioles fans?"
"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 22, 2011 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions
nah...
i think they could have got something useful for him once upon a time, but that time has obviosuly LONG passed.
"the secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits"
by j.q. higgins on Aug 22, 2011 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions
can someone post an update on when pryor gets taken in the supplemental draft?
this is when not being able to get on twitter really sucks
carolina in my mind...
According to Schefter
On the twitter, Raiders took him in the 3rd round
This is not remotely surprising.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Aug 22, 2011 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions
very high on him as a WR. They could probably use him to negotiate trades as well.
"Grow nothing, buy the 'Pen" (Wieters Weiners)
The photo caption
Can you really say Pie dropped the ball? He never actually had it to drop, he just kind of fell over while trying to see it.
BUODs are up.....and down.
http://www.camdenchat.com/2011/8/22/2377060/birds-up-os-down-for-august-15-21
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
thanks as always
Like a bad, suave dude. You know what I'm sayin'. COOL. SC 7/24/08
by 33 on Aug 22, 2011 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I do it for you, 33
I DO IT FOR YOU!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Aug 22, 2011 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions
from MLB Trade Rumors
titled “Why Your Team Won’t Sign Prince Fielder”
Orioles: The Orioles could probably fit in Prince’s salary without raising payroll, but would a new GM jump in with a $100MM+ commitment for a team that isn’t expected to compete in 2012? Is there any way they’d win the bidding on a top Boras client? Fielder is not a good long-term signing for the Orioles, who may prefer to give Chris Davis a full season at first base if he continues to avoid labrum surgery. All that said, they will probably at least be in the mix.
that whole paragraph just makes me give one big “sigh”
carolina in my mind...
Fuck Chris Davis.
That said, I’ll pass on Prince.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Aug 22, 2011 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions
The rest of the MLB Trade Rumors
article reads as though nobody is signing Prince. Boros will have his hands full drumming up enough teams to get into a bidding war.
I still like the fact that a lot of the usual teams, Yankees, Red Sox, Phillies, Mets, Dodgers, Tigers, White Sox, Angels, will probably be sitting this bidding war out.
If all that turns out to be true, and the Orioles get a real GM, then maybe they place a respectable offer to Prince.
How sad it that, I just want a respectable offer. I don’t have hope that we will even do that.
Wow, we really need a new, young, outside the box thinking GM, and let him spend some money.
Sharon Marsh "Stan, what did I tell you about being a smart ass?" Stan Marsh "Don't be a smart ass"
John S West Jr
by Adam double bubble on Aug 22, 2011 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
If all that turns out to be true, and the Orioles get a real GM
Buster Olney wrote a column on Sunday about Andrew Friedman leaving the Rays. Of course, he’ll never come here though. But it’s nice to think about it.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
i thought...
smart money had him going to houston?
"the secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits"
by j.q. higgins on Aug 22, 2011 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions
There is no smart money.
"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 22, 2011 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions
spoken like a long time orioles fan.
"the secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits"
by j.q. higgins on Aug 22, 2011 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions
What is the timeline
for this mystical “ability to compete?”
"Grow nothing, buy the 'Pen" (Wieters Weiners)
Wait a second
Didn’t last year start off with the mantra of “Wins count”?
I hate saying this, but it seems obvious that turning a generous profit is far more important than pretending to be competitive.
Of course, I don’t have any Sabermetric numbers to back that up.
Sharon Marsh "Stan, what did I tell you about being a smart ass?" Stan Marsh "Don't be a smart ass"
John S West Jr
by Adam double bubble on Aug 22, 2011 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I think that all parties involved want to win.
In the case of the owner, he doesn’t know how to evaluate who’s a good GM to turn the ship of around.
In the case of MacPhail, he doesn’t know how to turn the ship around.
In the case of the players, most just aren’t good enough to turn the ship around, and the ones who are good enough aren’t good enough to do it all by themselves.
"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 22, 2011 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions
FML
how long will it take for good FA to come to Bmore again?
"Grow nothing, buy the 'Pen" (Wieters Weiners)
First we have to build up enough of a core where it's worth paying an exorbitant price to a good FA.
This year was when that core was supposed to be on display, and, well…
"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 22, 2011 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions
we signed tejada once
pay enough and they’ll come.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
#inception'd
There is no Troy Patton. Or Troy Patton calendar. We’re all in this nightmare together.
i can't be inceptioned since my mind is super militarized.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
The Orioles are kinda like limbo
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Aug 22, 2011 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions
our token is kevin gregg throwing a strike so we're fucked.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
by birdman on Aug 22, 2011 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I thought a token was to show us we were in the real workld
Kevin Gregg throwing strikes doesn’t happen in this version of reality.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
They missed something
Prince Fielder isn’t going to sign with the worst team in major league baseball.
"The United States is the New York Yankees of countries...powerful and respected until the year 2000." - Homer J. Simpson
I think he'll stay with the Brew Crew
if they continue on this ridiculous trend they are on.
"Grow nothing, buy the 'Pen" (Wieters Weiners)
Wait....
Another player who needs labrum surgery???? WTF
The person who introduced Andrew to baseball and the O's
wow, i missed a weekend of shit.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
solid gold turdfest
"Lord help my poor soul" Edgar Allen Poe's last words
by Bromo on Aug 22, 2011 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
the hurk!
not knighted, but honored by the international league…
really? mitch atkins got starts instead of this guy?
"the secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits"
We don't reward competence here, sir.
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
Haha... my friend had over 150 calls, 80 texts, 50 voicemails....
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 22, 2011 3:46 PM EDT reply actions
Hope he doesn’t pay per text……
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Aug 22, 2011 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions
does he know it was you?
Those are sound grounds for the start of a very interesting war.
OMG
50 voice mails!? who leaves voice mails these days?
"Grow nothing, buy the 'Pen" (Wieters Weiners)
Insecure people trying to find out why you're not answering their 150 calls and 80 texts?
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
5 out of the 6 most popular stories on the HuffPost are about Kim Kardashian (sp)...
People suck more than I thought
by WestcoastO'sFan on Aug 22, 2011 6:50 PM EDT reply actions
This comment is now trending on google for its Kardashian reference
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Imagine a team
that actually benched players for screwing up in the field.
Wild, huh?
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
The problem with the Orioles
is if you bench the players that screw up in the field you won’t have enough left to field a team .
Giraffes have absurdly strong necks.
the baseball prospectus guys on xm radio said the O's have the one worst defense in AL, probably in the entire league.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
i don't need those pencil necked geeks to tell me that!
"the secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits"
by j.q. higgins on Aug 22, 2011 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions
This
KL available to GM?
"Grow nothing, buy the 'Pen" (Wieters Weiners)
by IggesRule13 on Aug 23, 2011 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
Ooooo...
Da’Rel Scott outta Maryland… 97 yard TD run. Impressive, sir.
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