one of the games was 20-0 lol

I think they outscored them like 45-3 over a three game series or something completely lopsided like that...but right after that series, the Brew Crew was only 5-10 against other teams in the majors

but anyways

5/3/2010 3:38:17 PM

yeah that's just awful.

i remember a few years back the Rangers whooped the O's like 25-0 or something. it was a dark day to be an O's fan, i think they ran through all their pitchers

those were the days of Rodrigo Lopez and Daniel Cabrera competing to be the heir to Mussina. whoops!

5/3/2010 4:52:06 PM

Fucking Mussina.

5/3/2010 6:07:28 PM

it sucks he left, but it made it worse he went to the Yankees

O's were solid and he was a big piece...however, i foresee a pitching dynasty like the
ones of yore

Matusz is straight slingin' it on the mound like he's done it 100 times before

5/3/2010 6:19:05 PM

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"^^didn't the Pirates lose like 32-1 over a 3 games series with the Brewers? yikes"

they got swept at home by the brewers 8-1, 8-0, and 20-0

then went to houston and got swept

then went to milwaukee and lost 17-3 (so that's 53-4 over those 4 games against the brewers)

but then: 3 game winning streak! followed by 3 game losing streak. which brings us to today.

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"those were the days of Rodrigo Lopez and Daniel Cabrera competing to be the heir to Mussina. whoops!"

i heard ben mcdonald is gonna be awesome

[Edited on May 4, 2010 at 11:41 AM. Reason : -]

5/4/2010 11:35:22 AM

ol' McDonald...if he had been given the time to develop that these younger pitchers have, he might have been great

or he could have been Kerry Wood, but it's nice to think about

[Edited on May 4, 2010 at 9:08 PM. Reason : ]

5/4/2010 9:06:53 PM

didn't Matusz face Burnett like a week ago?

5/4/2010 9:25:15 PM

yeah Matusz lost that one, not sure of the score

if he doesn't lose the game tonight, he won't get a decision either

poopers

5/4/2010 9:40:13 PM

I have them both in fantasy which is why I noticed...I might be wrong, but I want to say the previous game was also 3-1, although yeah, Matusz got the L

Thats one of the dilemmas of having decent AL East pitchers like Matusz...a quarter of his starts are against great offenses like Tampa and NYY (and Boston when they want to be)

5/4/2010 9:43:10 PM

matusz still got me 4 points today. thankfully my league awards 3 points for every 1 IP. and i guess the o's/yankees game won't be televised in NC on MLB network tomorrow for the 1:00 PM game. fuck you, time warner cable. i wouldn't be able to watch it regardless, but fuck you anyway.

[Edited on May 4, 2010 at 11:16 PM. Reason : TWC]

5/4/2010 11:16:15 PM

they used to televise the games here and in Charlotte before Angelos pulled his MASN shit

and yeah, fuck some TWC

David Hernandez caught the L today, 7-5 to the Yankees

on a positive note, Ty Wigginton is hitting great (9 HR, 17 RBI) on a team that rarely scores

5/5/2010 7:04:23 PM

came close to coming back. at least they made it interesting.

7-21 so far. how long will it be before they can compete again in the AL east?

5/5/2010 11:16:52 PM

i would love to say next year, but i think 2-3 more years before they get all the young bats and arms ready to compete at a high level

a few younger guys should be called up around midseason, but i doubt they make a serious impact til next year or the year after

5/6/2010 11:50:02 AM

Bergesen picks up the win 2-0 over the Twins

his ERA dropped 3 points from pitching almost 7 scoreless innings, so hopefully he can keep that up after just being called back up from the minors

i'm keeping this shit updated

5/6/2010 10:37:16 PM

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"but i think 2-3 more years before they get all the young bats and arms ready to compete at a high level"

and a couple more draft picks in the top 10

5/6/2010 10:59:49 PM

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"7-21 so far. how long will it be before they can compete again in the AL east?"

not until they get a new owner or MLB gets a salary cap

i mean, soon! keep the faith!

^^good win for yall...Pavano pitched decent...Bergeson was on...although zero strikeouts lol


[Edited on May 6, 2010 at 11:31 PM. Reason : .]

5/6/2010 11:30:32 PM

game postponed, double header tomorrow

i thought the Twins had a sliding roof on their new stadium? i thought i saw some kind of structure like that when i caught a Twins game

unless it's a bad attempt at modern architecture

5/7/2010 10:25:09 PM

no roof

and the way they built target field pretty much means they can never add one on, either

that's pretty fucking dumb for baseball in april and september in minnesota if you ask me

5/7/2010 11:20:49 PM

^exactly why i'm wondering why the game was postponed...no roof? seriously? they bitched and moaned for a new stadium all for themselves and that's what they build? nice work

5/8/2010 12:14:19 AM

L 5-1 to Seattle

Cliff Lee stopped any runs from scoring, the bastard

currently 9-24...conservatively, i hope they can get to 10 wins before 30 losses

and by the way, very glad Garret Atkins has only a one year contract

5/11/2010 9:49:00 PM

Win 5-2 vs Mariners today

Luke Scott with a grand slam in the 8th!

remember Corey Patterson, of Cubs fame? he was just called up to replace Reimold in the outfield, and is already producing

5/13/2010 4:22:57 PM

5-2, 6-5, same difference

5/13/2010 4:31:06 PM

it helps my fan morale to list winning scores

5/13/2010 4:37:07 PM

imagine how good Matusz could be if he didn't pitch for the Orioles

5/15/2010 10:38:22 PM

The O's are going to eventually become mired in a duel with Pittsburgh to see who takes the longest to get back to the playoffs, and who loses the most can't-miss star players due to suckitude in the process.

[Edited on May 18, 2010 at 11:35 AM. Reason : .]

5/18/2010 11:34:53 AM

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"imagine how good Matusz could be if he didn't pitch for the Orioles"

the exact same pitcher, just with better stats that are dependant upon the offense/defense of his team mates

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"The O's are going to eventually become mired in a duel with Pittsburgh to see who takes the longest to get back to the playoffs, and who loses the most can't-miss star players due to suckitude in the process."

why the pirates? it's not like the royals and nats (expos) have longer playoff droughts or anything...

5/18/2010 11:43:38 AM

Forgot about them. Pittsburgh has a more storied past, however. It's not like the Expos were the dominant team of any period of time other than April-July 1994.

5/18/2010 3:08:50 PM

I went by camden yards this weekend....I was sitting behind an Indians fan.



that is all.

5/18/2010 3:35:55 PM

did you at least eat well and drink natty boh?

5/18/2010 5:32:14 PM

the orioles will be fine eventually, i would rather they do it right by taking their time and developing players instead of chucking money at free agents, which is what has set them back so far

after this season there should be some activity in free agency or trades to acquire some bats and baserunning speed and most of all they'll address the bullpen

they have gotten to the point where they can add a few pieces and maybe not finish last

5/18/2010 9:07:26 PM

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"the orioles will be fine eventually"

they might be able to compete the with Blue Jays in some years

If they don't want to spend $200+ mil a year they'll never compete with the Yankees and Sox...and the Rays seem to have a damn good farm system

5/18/2010 9:10:57 PM

the hope is that they can build the farm system the way the Rays have

the way that McPhail built the teams in Minnesota and Chicago Cubs is promising...i think that if they combine the philosophy of the Rays, and simultaneously add high end free agents or trade for players who are peaking they could be solid

the farm system is coming along, it just takes like 10 years

5/18/2010 9:14:31 PM

just sucks for you and other Orioles fans that you happen to be in the same division as Boston and New York...half the time those teams will be the division winner and wildcard, in whatever order

5/18/2010 9:16:42 PM

yeah it does suck...i miss the mid-90s when playing the Red Sox and Yankees had big time implications

now it's just hoping to steal 1 of 3, at least for the foreseeable future

5/18/2010 9:26:27 PM

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"i think that if they combine the philosophy of the Rays, and simultaneously add high end free agents or trade for players who are peaking they couldwill be solid"

a lot of people probably don't realize that the orioles can spend with the top 10 teams in baseball, or at least they have in the past. proper spending with money like that and talent in the farm system will translate into success more often than not.

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"just sucks for you and other Orioles fans that you happen to be in the same division as Boston and New York...half the time those teams will be the division winner and wildcard, in whatever order"

i'm so fucking sick of this, not only because there's parity in baseball, but also because people act like the yankees and red sox will never be bad ever again. all it takes is shitty ownership and management to sink a ball club. there was a time when no one thought the orioles would ever be bad either. at one time they were probably THE model franchise in baseball, and look how that turned out.

[Edited on May 18, 2010 at 10:37 PM. Reason : .]

5/18/2010 10:35:44 PM

seems like they lose a lot of close games (lost in 10 last night to the Rangers)

maybe next year they will split or win a majority of those games with younger players learning

5/20/2010 7:39:37 PM

yes, the Orioles still play baseball!

They have the 3rd pick in the upcoming draft, which i'm not super excited about...they have had horrible drafts since 1991 save for a decent player here and there

yet another reason why they suck, they've basically had a farm system full of retards that don't improve

W last night over the A's, Matusz on the mound tonight

god dangit i wish i could watch this on TV...i want to see him pitch

5/26/2010 7:12:08 PM

Matusz has given up 5 earned runs already

glad I dropped that sack of shit in fantasy

5/26/2010 8:07:36 PM

i prefer to call him a work in progress, but sack of shit works too

5/26/2010 9:03:39 PM

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"they have had horrible drafts since 1991"

the last couple years haven't been that bad

5/27/2010 8:21:15 PM

no, potential-wise they haven't been bad. but those players have a lot more work to do...a lot of big names in the past that never panned out for one reason or another

5/27/2010 9:21:06 PM

last year's first pick (matt hobgood) appears to be doing decent in rookie ball. his ERA isn't terrible, but it looks like it's more a function of sub par defense behind him at the moment. i've never been big on drafting high school players anyway since it usually takes so long for them to develop, but we'll see how it goes. looks like we might have the number 1 pick in the draft next year if things keep going the way they have been this season.

5/28/2010 9:23:53 AM

The whole "well, you play in the East" thing is a bad excuse. The Rays have shown what you can do to counter that. There's no reason why the O's farm system couldn't be much better.

5/28/2010 1:33:18 PM

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"The whole "well, you play in the East" thing is a bad excuse. The Rays have shown what you can do to counter that. There's no reason why the O's farm system couldn't be much better."

Quote :

"The whole "well, you play in the East" thing is a bad excuse. The Rays have shown what you can do to counter that. There's no reason why the O's farm system couldn't be much better."

Quote :

"The whole "well, you play in the East" thing is a bad excuse. The Rays have shown what you can do to counter that. There's no reason why the O's farm system couldn't be much better."

Quote :

"The whole "well, you play in the East" thing is a bad excuse. The Rays have shown what you can do to counter that. There's no reason why the O's farm system couldn't be much better."

Quote :

"The whole "well, you play in the East" thing is a bad excuse. The Rays have shown what you can do to counter that. There's no reason why the O's farm system couldn't be much better."

thank you.

[Edited on May 28, 2010 at 2:01 PM. Reason : /]

5/28/2010 2:01:40 PM

Chris Tillman has been called up to start tomorrow vs. the Blue Jays...hopefully he tears it up

Jake Arrieta shouldn't be far behind with David Hernandez throwing like shit and the possibility of Millwood being moved to a contending team looking for pitching depth (though maybe not until July)...he hasn't gotten any help from the offense this year despite solid pitching

with how bad they are, i wouldn't mind seeing Josh Bell called up to take some at-bats away from Garret Atkins, who plays with a swiss-cheese bat

^the farm system right now is as deep as it's ever been...after all those bad drafts they needed a few years for McPhail to bring in some better players through the draft and also trade aging veterans for young prospects (Bedard for Jones, Tillman)...this all just takes time, which can get frustrating

the issue now is can they find the right manager? can they find the right lineup? who can you push and who do you need to develop slowly? i don't think anyone wants another Ben McDonald/Larry Bigbie

5/28/2010 4:02:36 PM

Trembley has been fired, a month too late

6/5/2010 12:35:24 PM

Juan Samuel gets his first win as Orioles manager, 4-3 over the Red Sox

looks like next year is going to be what this year was supposed to be

6/6/2010 10:07:31 PM

what, just bad instead of terrible?

6/6/2010 10:17:47 PM

right on i'll take it at this point my god they are bad

6/6/2010 10:19:34 PM

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"Trembley has been fired, a month too late"

i mean i guess the O's front office is just trying to do whatever they can to spark this team into winning some games, but it really sucks that trembley had to be thrown under the bus. the guy was given a shitty hand the second he took over in 2007. he really has no control over what the bullpen does, or the fact that adam jones and matt wieters keep swinging at an unreasonably high amount of pitches outside the zone and leave their bats resting on their shoulders on too many pitches inside the zone that are much better pitches with which to make contact.

roberts is out indefinitely (he might be done for good imo), jones can't hit, wieters can't hit, markakis started slow. if roberts was healthy and the rest of those guys performed like they did last year in addition to wigginton, i'm sure this team would've put together several more wins and wouldn't be nearly as bad as they've shown. and i'm sure millwood, guthrie and matusz would have a lot more confidence stepping on the mound knowing they had a little bit of run support behind them.

i always liked trembley and thought he was nothing but a class act, and i hate that he had no control over this team's failures. he didn't have the greatest bullpen management, but it's not like he was able to go out there and hold leads himself. but i did hear that a lot of scouts reported that the orioles' spring training regimen was kind of a joke, and that they were the worst prepared team entering the season. you can certainly lay a lot of that on trembley.

still, i don't know who the fuck they're going to convince to take over this ship that's already at the bottom of the ocean. people still don't want to deal with peter angelos despite the fact that he's let up on his crushing death grip over the last couple years. i don't even put much stock in managers anyway considering a very, very small percentage have shown the consistent ability to produce wins from year to year using managerial tactics with their respective clubs, earl weaver being one of the few that did. but there are definitely characteristics about managers that you can't quantify, so that alone is probably worth shaking things up a bit when nothing is coming together. i don't even know how i'll react to whoever has the misfortune of inheriting this mess, but apparently angelos wants rick dempsey.

regardless of what happens, i'll be riding this glorious dogshit atom bomb all the way to the bottom

[Edited on June 6, 2010 at 11:08 PM. Reason : .]

6/6/2010 10:53:38 PM