Monday Bird Droppings
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Andy MacPhail's likely departure a blow to Baltimore Orioles - SI.com
"MacPhail's expected departure is the latest in a string of blows covering more than a decade for the storied franchise gone south."
Adam Loewen: Friend or foe? - baltimoresun.com
Adam is Dropping and Driving for someone else now. Do we care?
The week that was in Birdland (Sept. 11th) - isportsweb
"There’s no question that these Orioles are playing out a string of games to merely get to the end of the season at this point, however we’re also starting to learn a few things about some of the younger players we’re starting to see."
Baltimore Orioles GM Candidates - MLB Daily Dish
"The Baltimore Orioles are beginning to look at general manager candidates and the few whispers making their way up the I-495 are that former Diamondbacks GM Josh Byrnes is a leading candidate to be the teams next GM. Let's take a quick look at Byrnes and two others who are on the Orioles' radar." Up the "I-495"? I do not think that means what you think it means.
Buck Supposedly Has the Option of Being GM and Manager Concurrently - Camden Depot
"Buck would be the first person to occupy this position since Paul Richards who was the Orioles GM and manager from 1955 to 1958 when Lee MacPhail took over the GM role, leaving Richards as only the manager of the team. Even back in the 50s this was considered a unique situation. There are just too many reasons for this not to be a good idea and it is why few have ever tried to do it."
Steve Melewski: Potomac rallies and beats Frederick to force Game 5 - MASN
"The Frederick Keys took a 1-0 lead to the eighth inning this afternoon at Potomac. Six outs from advancing to the Carolina League championship series, the Keys could not maintain the shutout. Potomac came up with six runs in the last of the eighth to post a 6-1 victory that evens the best-of-five series at two wins and sends the clubs back to Frederick Monday night at 7 p.m in the fifth and deciding game." The winner of that game will play Kinston in the championship series.
Orioles Buzz: James Baker: As fall slowly starts to arrive ... - MASN
"That is why I watch, because Markakis still feels the need to lower his shoulder and drive through Cervelli in a game that means nothing to Baltimore, save for pride. As long as that is the case, I will feel the need to sit and comment, watch and cheer. It's in my blood and even though this season has been an unmitigated disaster as fall begins to show itself in between the raindrops, my heart begins to sink because I know it is coming to an end."
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already three back in the pick'em pool
what a way to start the year.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
welp
if it makes you feel any better, my pick of KC over BUF iced me from my survivor pool in week 1. that has never happened to me before. :(
"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 told you guys not to pick KC!!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Sep 12, 2011 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions
I switched to SD
Half the league is out already with CLE and ATL picks.
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 Sep 12, 2011 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions
ATL seemed like an unnecessary risk against CHI
I would never, ever pick CLE in a survivor pool regardless of who they are playing. San Diego was a good pick this week, as was Houston…..feel like they always start strong and fade a bit, so getting them (Houston) out of the way was cruc.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Sep 12, 2011 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions
First place!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Say no to Prince Fielder in 2012.
by Knubles and Bits on Sep 12, 2011 7:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Mike Scifres subscribes to the Rick Dempsey school of placekicking
“I was a little nervous, and now, driving home, I still find it hard to believe I did it, honestly. I’m kind of shocked. But it comes back to you: swing easy, just try to make solid contact, don’t try to hit it too hard.’’
Buck as GM/Manager:
Is there a worse option than this? The guy still uses Kevin Gregg in high leverage situations. I’d rather resign Andy to a 5 year deal. Outside of installing Bavasi as GM, this has to be the worst possible scenario.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
This.
I can’t imagine a guy who constantly goes to Gregg and bats Vlad 4th as our GM.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Sep 12, 2011 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Agreed.
I had a whole giant paragraph typed out, but it basically boils down to what you guys are saying.
I don’t want to automatically assume Showalter would do a poor job, but we need a GM that can take full advantage of other GMs that still think this way.
I think Buck is still trapped in the stone age or something.
But still….would Vlad bat 4th even back in the Stone Age?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Sep 12, 2011 9:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Camden Depot
If Angelos does allow Buck to serve in both roles and Buck chooses that route, I do not think this team will be best served under that scenario.
If that isn’t the understatement of the year. It would be fucking awful if Buck becomes manager and GM. Knowing his huge ass ego, he might be down with that.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
The sad reality is that I suspect that even if the Orioles hire a different GM,
he’ll merely be a figure head. Everything will have to go through Showalter and the Orioles will be just as shitty in 3 years as they are now. On the flip side, Adam Eaton is likely available and won’t cost Matt Wieters.
If you look at those UZR ratings or whatever
Heyman article
The SI article quoted a baseball source as saying that the Os are the weakest team in the division at both the major league and minor league levels. We know, painfully, that this assessment is true of the big team. I assume that the statement is also true of the minor league teams.? Norfolk is terrible. I know that the Rays and Sox got a haul in this year’s draft. I know that the Jays mine the international market. We seem to have some prospects in the lower minors. Are we weakest by a lot? Is there any hope for the Os ever?
Sorry to be pessimistic. It is Monday.
From a Jays opinion
the Orioles farm is at least a step behind the Sox and Yankees (Sox-wise it’s their depth, they always sign a lot of toolsy types, with the Yankees it’s just they’ve hit big with a few youngsters atm, their farm is usually similar to yours), and a long way away from the Rays. You’ve got that occassional stud prospect, but it’s the lesser number of toolsy upside guys that makes most of us just pass the Orioles by. You always seem to be relying on a handful of make or break talent, instead of bringing up a huge wave of youngsters like the Rays do and seeing what sticks.
Saw Don't Be Afraid of the Dark last night
it was pretty good! Although I kept expecting the family to call up Hellboy and get him to take care of their problem.
Jim: Why?
Gary: I don't know why.
This may be old news,
but apparently, starting this year, there will be a Gold Glove for each OF position, rather than three for any kind of outfielder (which all go to some combination of center fielders, Ichiro, and Torii Hunter).
http://www.kansascity.com/2011/09/09/3132067/switch-in-gold-glove-balloting.html
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs." -- Earl Weaver
Playoff races are getting pretty interesting
I’d love a scenario where Boston misses the playoffs, although it really doesn’t seem fair that the Red Sox play the Orioles seven of their last eleven games while the Rays play the Yankees seven of their last eleven.
We just have to beat up on the Red Sox, then.
…Somehow.
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs." -- Earl Weaver
I suggest arsenic-laced crabcakes.
"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
That would certainly add new meaning to the phrase "roster depletion."
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs." -- Earl Weaver
do we know that Kevin Gregg likes crabcakes?
Jim: Why?
Gary: I don't know why.
by Andrew_G on Sep 12, 2011 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
BANNED
"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
Obviously just an attempt at playing off Gregg's latest comments
Anyone who doesn’t like crabcakes should be deported to a place where no good things exist.
We should have a Greggland award
Not for every game, but for games where someone screws up royally. Like that game Pie had a few weeks ago where he missed the ball and then threw it into the ground or something.
"Real Orioles don't pout. Real Orioles don't gloat. Real Orioles just win."
by NewYorkOriole on Sep 12, 2011 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions
oh, i wasn't aware of gregg's latest comments.
perhaps i have built a mental wall to shut out anything that douchebag says.
sort of an evolutionary survival skill to keep me from offing myself.
"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
Just to remind everyone how much of a douchebag this guy is, not that we need it:
“The bottom line is you obviously haven’t acquired my taste in pitching yet," Gregg said. "It’s what I do. It’s what I’ve always done. And yeah, it’d be nice if I was like [Jim Johnson] and went 1-2-3, every inning I’m out there. But I’m not J.J. I don’t throw 97 [mph] with sink."
wow. what a fucking asshole.
no, i haven’t acquired a taste for losing. i hope i never will. so sorry to hear that you have, you fucking waste of space.
"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
Holy cow. What a POS. I hadn't seen that quote
I think I may hate this guy more than Albert Belle, who I had always considered to be the biggest POS in Orioles history.
He's so very easy to hate
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 Sep 12, 2011 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow, holy shit
That guy has no self-awareness at all.
by Holymittens on Sep 12, 2011 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions
He has the self awareness of Cartman in that episode where Wendy beats the shit out of him
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
one of the nicest things
is that the rays’ grand slam yesterday was off matt albers.
"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
Hey, guys.
We may get to see Matt Moore tonight.
http://www.draysbay.com/2011/9/11/2419360/matt-moore-will-be-called-up-from-durham-monday
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs." -- Earl Weaver
Haven't been around much lately.
Andrew, what’s your signature referring to?
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs." -- Earl Weaver
a quote from the midnight game the other night
it just made me laugh. I think Gary said something like “Look at these fans, still here in the rain at 1 in the morning!”
Jim: Why?
Gary: I don't know why.
In the biggest surprise in the history of television
everything worked our for everyone by the end of the Entourage finale.
I didn't stick around for Entourage last night
but Curb Your Enthusiasm was hilarious last night (even if it was a blatant rip off of the anti-Dentite Seinfeld episode)
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Its really amazing that a show that lasted 8 season could have so little impact with its finale
alas, that’s the impressive lack of depth that Entourage managed to acheive.
Show dropped off huge after the first 3 or so seasons
I haven’t seen the finale yet so don’t ruin it, but I’m not surprised at all. It’s always been sort of a feel good show and the times when things got bad (ridiculous drug addiction last year, Mediien debacle) it seemed really forced and you knew it wasn’t going to last.
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 Sep 12, 2011 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
by friend puts it thusly
The entire history of Entourage is summed up as follows.
- (happy voice) “Hey! Vince got a movie!”
- (sad voice) “Oh, no! Something happened! Vince can’t do the movie!”
- (happy voice again) “Wait. Something else happened! Vince can do the movie!”
- (sad again) “Oh no, you won’t believe it! Now Vince can’t do the movie!”
.
.
.
&c
"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
What a great episode
Do you watch Rescue Me? He had a great guest part on that.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
I felt bad watching MJF
He’s so awesome and seeing him like that felt terrible. But he was great in that episode for sure.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
I have the opposite reaction
I think he’s saying fuck you to the disease and it seems pretty badass.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
I like that he's doing it
I just hate seeing him like that.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Did you see last week's Curb?
I thought that softball pregame speech was some of the funniest TV I’ve ever seen. “Fuck these people!” lol
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
That was also great
but there was too much Buckner.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Does anyone know why I can't get the Gameday threads anymore?
I can get everything except the threads that are going on during the games. I’ve tried everything, but for the past several days, every time I try to bring it up I get nothing. I get the front page for it, but then the comments never load. Strange.
Also
Did we option Gregg to Frederick and no one said anything?
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
saw Contagion last night
I thought it was boring. I also saw Higher Ground over the weekend. Thought that was boring as well. Bring on Moneyball.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
What does the world need to do to entertain you?
quick someone think of something, birdman is bored.
@sibsinExile
Red Remover!
"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 saw 127 hours (again) yesterday
That’s quite good.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Ugh...."upgraded" the laptop to windows 7 from xp
My computer has gone freakin’ crazy since. Doesn’t recognize any of my old hardware….no external monitors etc.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Yeah, that sucks. Your drivers probably got erased and you unfortunately have to reload them all. That said, I like Windows 7 a lot more than XP.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Do you know where I can get those from?
I tried to do the automatic driver update and it kept failing.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Sep 12, 2011 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions
where to get the drivers?
you probably have to download them individually either from the drivers disk that came with the device or their website. if you’re lucky, you device might have came with a driver’s disk that windows 7 compatible.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Nah....it was an old XP device that my employer forced me to upgrade to win7
I’m not even sure what hardware was on here in the first place to update the drivers.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Sep 12, 2011 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Now that I think about it...
Hardly anything on this machine works since going to Win7.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Sep 12, 2011 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Think of Win 7 as XP in a Vista coat. I don't think they considered XP people too much for compatibility
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
Mine's a little different.
None of the company computers had Vista. They designed this thing specifically for xp to win7. The only problem is, they have multiple different computer models. For the people with my computer make, the “upgrade” wipes out all of the drivers. For the other people, it worked just fine without requiring any driver reinstalls.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Sep 12, 2011 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Exactly what I was coming here to talk about haha...
What do you think of this? This site has good reviews on W00t and I would buy a RAM upgrade and install myself. Basically, is it okay for me to stick with XP if I’m not planning on playing computer games or anything? All I want it for is web browsing, storing music on iTunes, and writing the occasional paper.
My laptop crapped out and I want to get a dirt cheap laptop to just use as a hub and then get the iPad2 with iCloud and iMatch, assuming they do what they’re rumored to do.
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 Sep 12, 2011 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions
That isn't a bad deal, but at this point in the year
you would probably be better served by waiting for black friday deals. You could bet your life there will be better computers for cheaper than that.
Yeah I was thinking that too
I’m not sure how much longer my laptop has to go though. It’s on death’s door.
I don’t mind XP at all though. What I’m wondering is, if I got this and stuck with XP, with 2.4 GHz and myabe 3-4 GB of RAM, would I have a super fast web browsing monster, or does it not work like that? Seriously, zero percent chance of me ever using this thing for anything other than web browsing and iTunes. No games or big programs.
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 Sep 12, 2011 3:11 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't think it'd be a monster
I just replaced my D630 last week. Looked exactly like the laptop you just posted but the processor probably wasn’t as good. It had 4GB of RAM. I bought it in 2007 and it served me well for a while.
The reason I replaced it was because of constant nVidea driver issues. I had gotten the 3-year in-home service plan with it and just before the three-year mark, I had to use it to replace the motherboard or something like that, since the graphics card was built in to it. Or something like that, I don’t remember all the details. But that only fixed the problem for a few months and then it was back to its old self, which means that it would choke on Chrome if you had too many tabs open (I’m talking like 20), and would randomly BSOD when playing web videos.
I replaced it with a Dell Vostro that has an i5 and 6GB of RAM. Just got it last week and it was $700, but you can get an i3 with less RAM for around $400. I’d recommend doing that instead of buying a 4-5 year old laptop with an equally old processor.
Meh
Apple REALLY needs to announce the new iPhone and officially announce the iCloud and iMatch so I can start making moves.
If the iCloud and iMatch do what they’re rumored to do, all I need is a laptop to just sit there and house all of my music on iTunes like an external Hard Drive. Then as long as you’re connected to the internet, you should be able to use the Cloud to pull any music you want off of there and temp store it on the iPad or just stream it. And then iPad would be used for all web browsing without any issues.
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 Sep 12, 2011 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions
And I know it's nitpicky
but I noticed the “up the 495” thing as well. I’m 800 miles away and even I know that a) it doesn’t really go up anything, it more or less goes across, and b) it’s in frickin DC.
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
Also nobody around here refers to an interstate as "the"
I think that’s a west coast thing.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Sep 12, 2011 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I think it's just a California thing.
People in Oregon looked at me funny when i said “the 5” or “the 405”
Mother, did it need to be so high.
Up here we just say THE highway.
Because we, well, only have one, coast to coast.
"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, it's isolated to CA out west.
i was in seattle this weekend, and my sister (who lives in the cascades) had this exact conversation with me.
it’s very prevalent in both nocal and socal, but not so much in OR and WA.
"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
Not just a west-coast thing
A friend of mine lives in Baltimore now but is originally from Buffalo, NY. Moved here like three years ago. I heard here say “the 83” and I was like whaaaaaaaaaaat you crazy
If somebody wants to fit in around Baltimore with interstate numbers...
…what they really need to do is puzzle out how you say “ninety” without a ‘t’ or even a ‘d’ sound.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Sep 12, 2011 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey, I'm alive.
And I’m just telling you that I’m applying early decision to Oberlin College, where I get to swim among the ultra-PC masses. Now, it’s math time.
"Dyslexia?? It's DCO." - WestcoastO'sfan
it's Troy Patton!
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
Silly Rabbit
we all know there is no Troy Patton
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