Wednesday Bird Droppings

Recaps from yesterday's absolutely forgettable loss can be found at Orioles.com, The Sun, The Associated Press, and Seattle PI.

Orioles notebook: O's keep roster unchanged
"Amid speculation that the Orioles would begin shaking up their ailing offense upon returning home Tuesday, the 25-man roster remained the same." I can't imagine we get through this homestand without at least one roster move. -duck

Orioles Insider: Patterson's arrival imminent
Expect Corey Patterson to be added to the roster on Thursday. But who goes - Lou Montanez or Nolan Reimold? -duck

Baltimore Sun Orioles notebook: Trembley calls on batters to be patient - baltimoresun.com
"I do think there is something to be said for working the count a little better. Taking some pitches," said Trembley, who said he crunched some offensive statistics on Monday's off day. OMFG. It took you until June to figure this out? And you had to "crunch offensive stats" before you could see it was necessary? Jeez Louise! Tune in next week, when Dave discovers that it actually doesn't make sense to have wild pitchers give up IBBs to load the bases. -zk

Growing concerns over Reimold - MASNsports.com
Diamond Dave thinks Nolan Reimold is not performing to his abilities. I certainly hope this isn't his level of ability. -duck

Looking at the Adam Jones enigma - MASNsports.com
"O's outfielder Adam Jones is struggling at bat, and the worry for fans - and for team officials as well - is that this could be more than just a slump." He hasn't hit worth a lick in almost a calendar year. -duck

Griffey speaks to Iraqi teens in Baltimore | MLB.com: News
The future Hall of Famer spoke to a visiting group of youth and coaches. -duck

Griffey: 'There are some issues that are not true'
Ken Griffey Jr. kinda, sorta denied sleeping in the clubhouse last week. But not really. It's confusing, go read for yourself. -duck

It's unfair, but MLB had no other choice than to move to Philly - Big League Stew
Toronto fans won't get to boo Roy Halladay unless they travel to Philadelphia. Thanks, G20 Summit.

Drunk Jays Fans: If This Blows Halladay’s Return, So Help Me (expletive deleted) God
FROM THIS WINTER: A Toronto blog bemoans the possibility of the Jays' series against the Phillies being moved to accommodate security concerns of the G20 summit, in hilarious and extremely profane ways. (NSFW) -duck

Chin music for Baltimore’s baseball bloggers
Drew Forrester says that we never link to him! So here you go, buddy. Don't say I never did nothing for ye. -Stacey

IN THE MINORS: Norfolk won 5-3 loss as Armando Gabino got the win, working the fifth, sixth and seventh innings for Norfolk, Bowie won 6-5 as Chorye Spoon wasn't great (5.0 IP, 4 R, 2 ER), but picked up his first win in five starts, Frederick won 4-1 as Billy Rowell went 2-for-3 with a walk and the bullpen pitched four scoreless innings, and  Delmarva had the night off but is auctioning off an autographed Matt Wieters bobblehead. He never played there. -duck

Orioles Prospect - Brandon Waring | Bowie Baysox News
Brandon Waring gets the spotlight on the Baysox website. -duck

Orioles Insider: Surgery (yesterday) for Lebron 
No, not the basketball player, but reliever Luis Lebron. He had ligament replacement surgery on his right elbow Tuesday. -duck