No News..

It’s 4:34 pm Eastern time and the Orioles have made NO moves. Granted something could be announced later, but so far color me extremely doubtful. More Conine. More of the Lopezez. More of the same I guess…sigh.
The Dodgers got Greg Maddux and Julio Lugo. Getting Lugo was a surprise…but with Kent hurt and Nomar banged [...]

Trade Deadline Approaches

and of course, no deals to report…
It appears that Tejada is staying put.
From Foxsports.com’s Ken Rosenthal
“The Orioles will not trade shortstop Miguel Tejada, FOXSports.com has learned.
The Astros, Angels and Rangers all made substantial offers for Tejada, a major-league official says, but the Orioles were not motivated enough to make a deal.
The Orioles rejected at least [...]

I went to ballgame and saw a massacre…teaser.

How fitting on Bat Day at Turner Field, the Mets used their bats and spanked the Bravos. El Duque gave up 3 hits over 8 innings and drove in two runs. Meanwhile, Tim Hudson looked a lot like the same Tim Hudson when I saw him pitch against the O’s. Carlos Beltran hit a pair [...]

Astros wanting some Miggy

 MLBtraderumors.com has this, which comes from Baseball Prospectus’ Will Carroll:
Today he mentions an offer Tim Purpura has given to the Orioles for Miguel Tejada: Adam Everett, Morgan Ensberg, and Fernando Nieve.  According to Carroll, Tim Purpura is focused on Tejada and is being urged by Roger Clemens to go get him.
In Everett, the Orioles would [...]

Thursday Smorgasbord

Figured it’d post a few interestings stats and a couple quotes today…
We’ve all been underwhelmed by Russ Ortiz. After last Friday’s no out recorded start, I want him gone…and after comparing his Oriole line with another pitcher, I’m want him gone even more.
Stats from mlb.com
                               

W

L

ERA

G

GS

CG

SHO

SV

SVO

IP

H

R

ER

HR

HBP

BB

SO

. 
R Ortiz

BAL
0
2
13.50
4
4
0
0
0
0
12.0
25
19
18
5
1
7
4

J Brower

BAL
0
1
13.86
12
0
0
0
0
1
12.1
21
19
19
1
3
13
9

Sorry to bring back sore gaping wounds, but yes…Russ [...]

What do I want the O’s to do?

I don’t play video games like I used to, I guess that’s a part of growing up. However, I still have an X-box, the old one….I can’t justify spending 400 bucks on a 360.  I’ll break it out every once and awhile and play mainly either Madden (Carolina Panthers), NCAA Football (Clemson Tigers) and MLB [...]

Fearless Trade Predictions

With no O’s games today and the trade deadline a week away, I’m going to go over who I think goes where and why and if they do. I’ll either look like a genius or an idiot, but I’m willing to take my chances. Without further ado, Here’s my fearless trade deadline predictions…
Bobby Abreu
The Phillies [...]

Rough weekend

Caught only one O’s game this weekend…unless you count Friday, where I left before Russ Ortiz recorded an out. I made a point today to watch Erik Bedard go up against Scott Kazmir, and it was a very good game.
Bedard went 7 strong and giving up 2 runs on 3 hits. He struck out 9 [...]

Bad News, Kids

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baseball/bal-os21,0,1703857.story?coll=bal-sports-baseball
 This isn’t going to make this a must watch or must tune in game now. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but a surprise start by Russ Ortiz isn’t the way I like to have a series start out. Also, Howie Clark goes back to Ottawa and Fenardo Tatis comes to Baltimore. In [...]

Trade-talk

Astros GM Tim Purpura would not say if he is back in talks with Baltimore about a potential trade for All-Star shortstop Miguel Tejada. — Houston Chronicle
I wouldn’t be surprised if a Miggy deal happened. If it was to happen, I think the teams trading for him would rank like this…
1. Angels
2. Astros
3. White Sox
4. [...]