tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199776652024-01-31T03:11:57.490-05:00Because sometimes Orioles fans need an optimistic refugeGo O'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12497172554892649624noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19977665.post-1156619853025622102006-08-26T15:15:00.000-04:002006-08-26T15:17:33.040-04:00

Nick Markakis is far and away the best player of all time.Followed closely by Erik Bedard, Chris Ray, and (gasp) DANIEL CABRERA.Yes, you heard me right, Daniel Cabrera no longer sucks. And yes, I know I just jinxed them.Adam Loewen ain't too shabby either.Trade Conine!Call-up Newhan and Penn!I'm out.

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12497172554892649624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19977665.post-1152630973809634162006-07-11T11:13:00.000-04:002006-07-11T22:22:13.626-04:00

Another typical O's season.Is it sad that the only thing I'm looking foward to is the trading deadline? I'm starting to think it is. Deal Conine, R. Lopez, J. Lopez, Chen, Todd, Hawkins, and get prospects and Shealy. I would be ecstatic if that happened.Go O's!

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Ortiz was solidMiggy was himselfKakes is KILLING THE BALL. 4-5, he's now hitting .271.O's win!

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12497172554892649624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19977665.post-1151720770552057692006-06-30T22:19:00.000-04:002006-06-30T22:26:10.566-04:00

Todd Williams blew it. Again. But I'll do what I do best and pull some positives out of todays game.-Conine is starting to heat up, and got a 2-run homer that was big when he hit it. Hopefully he can continue to hit 'til we get Newhan/Gibbons/possibly Shealy back.-CPat broke out of his slump and hit a loooooooooooong homer. That thing was a shot. 2-4.-Kakes is scorching the ball. 3-3 today with a

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12497172554892649624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19977665.post-1151632410288031792006-06-29T21:39:00.000-04:002006-06-29T21:53:30.323-04:00

Blanked. It sucks, I know, but I have a bone to pick that really got me mad at the end of the game.Down 4-0, 2 on with 2 out, O's rallying. Miggy hits a grounder to third, tough play bad throw.......................Miggy walks to first base, putting no pressure on the infielders and Howard makes the pick giving the Phils the W.I'm sick of it. If he has a bad knee, let him sit, but this not

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12497172554892649624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19977665.post-1151549901268644442006-06-28T22:51:00.000-04:002006-06-28T22:58:21.280-04:00

O's win again! Creeping back to .500, here are my e-highlights on the second game of the double-header sweep.-Benson didn't have his best outing, 5 IP with 4 ER's given up, but he still got his 9th win of the season.-Kakes hit a triple and went 4-4 , boosting his average up to .250.-Ramon caught both games, and also hit a homer in each, taking the team RBI lead.-Miggy also went 4-4, and his

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12497172554892649624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19977665.post-1151526844962154262006-06-28T16:30:00.000-04:002006-06-28T16:34:04.980-04:00

The O's picked up a W in the first game of the double-dip today, and it was pretty eventful. Here is the quick and dirty version.-Ray got save #20.-Birkins got crushed. 4 runs in 2/3 of an inning.-B-Rob finally went deep.-Ramon homered. Again.-Bedard pitched his second straight gem.-Miggy went 2-5, but hit the ball so hard he could have easily gone 4-5.O's win, O's win, holy cow the O's win.

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12497172554892649624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19977665.post-1151520313607332172006-06-28T14:27:00.000-04:002006-06-28T14:59:08.996-04:00

Vacation and Orioles related depression have kept me off the blog for the last couple weeks, but (hopefully) I'll start updating it more often now that I'm back.-Went to see the 2 good O's/Nats games last weekend. Bill Bray and Chris Ray are great guys. Ray was disgusting Friday night.-We signed Russ Ortiz. Believe it or not, I like this move. Very low risk, and I have a feeling he will step up

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12497172554892649624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19977665.post-1149039307169228802006-05-30T21:31:00.000-04:002006-06-20T02:51:16.220-04:00

Is Corey Patterson something or what? 2 jacks and a game-saving webgem tonight.That 2 single A prospects for C-Pat deal is the steal of the century.Another not terrible(he's getting better!) start for Roddy, looked much sharper than usual.BUT. Chris Ray needs a couple days off. He's been overworked in the past couple weeks and probably should have blown the save tonight.Go O's!

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12497172554892649624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19977665.post-1148263294753789462006-05-21T22:00:00.000-04:002006-05-21T22:01:34.766-04:00

Wait a second. Did we just lose a series to the Nationals?

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12497172554892649624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19977665.post-1148177643143333202006-05-20T22:11:00.000-04:002006-05-21T10:25:11.566-04:00

That was the kind of game we need to win. Had an early lead of 3-1, then gave up a 2-run Soriano jack(who I wouldn't mind seeing in Orange and Black next year) and several more runs, with a final score of 9-3. Hopefully we can pick up a W tomorrow, but I won't hold my breathe with Chen facing Livan Hernandez.Roberts is still on the DL, and has missed 18. I thought he was only supposed to miss 10

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12497172554892649624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19977665.post-1148091628332358382006-05-19T22:14:00.000-04:002006-05-19T22:20:28.343-04:00

The O's take the first game of the Beltway series.Benson pitches a comeplete gme, giving up only 1 run,but the big news was off the field.The O's signed Melvin Mora to a 3-year contract-extension. The deal is worth 25 million and has a no-trade clause. Finally!Against the Gants again tomorrow, 7 @ RFK.Go O's!

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12497172554892649624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19977665.post-1147916810086481052006-05-17T21:42:00.000-04:002006-05-17T21:46:50.096-04:00

FINALLY! The dryspell vs. Boston that went on seemingly forever is finally snapped, thanks to Erik Bedard, Kevin Millar, and Chris Ray sticking with it and picking up the save. We're going into Washington next in the first Beltway series, and I think it's very winable(especially with the help we'll be getting). Speaking of that...Brian Roberts is getting a rehab start at Bowie and will be back

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12497172554892649624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19977665.post-1147834198733645312006-05-16T22:49:00.000-04:002006-05-16T22:49:58.753-04:00

Congrats to Fahey on his first career jack.

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12497172554892649624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19977665.post-1147746095094385512006-05-15T22:17:00.000-04:002006-05-15T22:21:35.110-04:00

Why are Rodrigo and Chen still starting on this team? I can live with one of them, but this team has no shot at competing with both of them in their starting staff. When Daniel comes back(on 15-day DL) the rotation better be...BensonBedardCabreraPennRodrigo or ChenBTW-When is the "Mazzone effect" going to take place?

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12497172554892649624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19977665.post-1147654838192399862006-05-14T20:57:00.000-04:002006-05-14T21:00:38.203-04:00

YES! Great win today, and a big comeback. Am I the only one that thought we had no shot at coming back after the 7th run scored for KC?Hopefully we can carry this momentom into the Boston series, and accually beat them! I would give my left arm to take this series....Go O's!

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12497172554892649624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19977665.post-1147560988092369392006-05-13T18:55:00.000-04:002006-05-13T18:56:28.143-04:00

Great win, great crowd, and great weather-which is why I'm not doing a recap today.Go O's!

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12497172554892649624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19977665.post-1147488306499120082006-05-12T22:15:00.000-04:002006-05-12T22:59:15.696-04:00

You know how in the song "Orioles magic" they say that every night has a different star? Well that held true tonight, and we accually had 2 unexpected heroes.Corey Patterson:C-Pat went 2-3 tonight, and got 4 RBI's. He started off his superb night in the 2nd inning, with a 3-run shot onto the flag court court taking away the Royals lead and putting the O's up 3-1. His next hit was in the bottom of

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12497172554892649624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19977665.post-1147312394940169332006-05-10T21:49:00.000-04:002006-05-10T21:54:54.890-04:00

UGH! The O's finally pick up a game, only to neutralize it the next day.Roddy gave up 2 in the first, cruised until the 7th, and then gave up 4 giving the Tigers a 6-1 lead.The O's tried to climb back in with the bases loaded and one out, and they did pick up 2 runs, but that was all they could get.Kurt Birkins looked good yet again tonight, and his breaking pitch is disgusting. Could he replace

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12497172554892649624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19977665.post-1147228890973977892006-05-09T21:57:00.000-04:002006-05-09T22:41:31.046-04:00

FINALLY!!!! THE STREAK IS SNAPPED!Tonight looked like it would be just another game in the long strech(6 games, to be exact) of bad play recently. Not so much, as clutch hits helped the O's pick up a much needed W.In the third inning Miguel Tejada got of his cold streak(was 2-21) with a 2-run jack, giving Daniel an early lead to work with.But like most of the night, the Tigers had an answer. With

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12497172554892649624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19977665.post-1147039636298870252006-05-07T18:05:00.000-04:002006-05-07T18:07:16.313-04:00

And the downhill spiral continues.(Note that my gamethreads have been lacking recently due to the fact that I'm on vacation, they'll be back Tuesday)Go O's!

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12497172554892649624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19977665.post-1146967488701035442006-05-06T22:04:00.000-04:002006-05-06T22:11:03.463-04:00

What, were you expecting something else?

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19977665.post-1146880553647718102006-05-05T21:55:00.000-04:002006-05-05T21:55:53.646-04:00

Way to go, Todd Williams.

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12497172554892649624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19977665.post-1146793926497101272006-05-04T21:49:00.000-04:002006-05-04T22:38:33.896-04:00

The O's were crushed today(the final score lies).Guess who was pitching? You got it, Bruce Chen.Kevin Mench and Mark Teixera went deep.Jay Gibbons went deep off Millwood in the 9th.Bruce Chen went 4 innings, 8 ER, 11 hits, 1 walk, 2 K's. Can you say Penn?O's lose in a blowout.Final score:8-2, Millwood tosses a complete game.Tomorrow:Schilling vs. Rodrido Lopez, Fenway Park, 7:05.

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19977665.post-1146712969978413472006-05-03T21:57:00.000-04:002006-05-04T15:06:55.856-04:00

Heart-breaker tonight...In the third inning, a double was followed by an infield single to give the Rangers 2 on with no outs. A sacrifice fly gave them a run, but that was all they could come up with. 1-0 Rangers.The next half inning, with 2 outs, Jay Gibbons(a lefty) lifted off on John Koronka(a lefty), smashing one into the right field seats. 1-1.And the score stayed like that, until the 7th

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