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Orioles 7, Yankees 5: We've only just begun
Though Dennis Sarfate decided to make it interesting in the ninth by allowing three earned runs, George Sherrill came in to get the final out (after allowing an RBI double to Mark Teixeira, charged to Sarfate) and the Orioles secured their second straight win over the Yankees. Nick Markakis was...
Morneau wins Derby, Hamilton makes history
via d.yimg.com Justin Morneau won the 2008 Home Run Derby, making me a genius or a wizard, but no one will remember that. The man he out-donged in the final round, Josh Hamilton, was the story. If you missed it, find his first round performance on the internet ASAP. Just amazing stuff. 28 home...
Hang on, man, just, like, let me say this...
I've been sorta busy lately and unable to post as much as I want to and unable to get down to the real heart of the matter about this Baltimore Orioles team that we all so love and cherish, but now that I have a few late night minutes again I want to make a few things very clear. I love Gary Thorne...
A couple of more thoughts about slaughtering the Yankees
We don't play this game on paper! Shut it, Squinty. You give hating the Yankees a bad name. This is sort of a "random thoughts" idea, although I really don't like how "random thoughts" sounds. I don't like the word "random." It gets used too much. That, in itself, is a random thought. Or, really, I...
O's 9, Rays 6: .500? Must be a peach of a hand
Huff photo © D. Heller Photo © Rob Carr / AP Not much in the way of a crowd tonight. Announced attendance, apparently, was about 10,500. We really are the Major League Indians. But to quote another quality sports movie of the same era, the sun shines on a dog's ass some days, Billy...
Melvin Mora is Roger Dorn
What do you want Melvin to do? Dive for it? "I've never heard of half these guys. And the ones I do know are way past their prime." "Most of these guys never had a prime." Adam Jones is Pedro Cerrano. Straightball, he hit it very much. Curveball...bats are afraid. Daniel Cabrera is Rick Vaughn....
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