Free Agency filing begins

Three Orioles filed for free agency today. Chris Gomez, Chris Widger, and the undeniably amazing Russ Ortiz filed. Of the three, Gomez would the only one I’d like to see back, but it won’t wreck my world if he signed elsewhere. Gomez is a good utility guy to come off bench.
Chris Widger, I barely knew [...]

The season is over

The Cardinals finished off the Tigers last night to win the World Series. What happened to the Tigers? I thought that whoever would come from the NL, that the Tigers would eat their lunch. The Cards were the last team that I would figure to win it. They limped into the playoffs and barely held [...]

Tim McCarver makes my brain cry

“He went from reading books to reading pitches.”
Wrap your brain around that enigma from last night’s game and once you’ve passed out from frustration and irritation, I’ll explain it to you.
The annoying Joe Buck, who besides doing Baseball, NFL, and NFL Pre-game shows also finds time for those lame Holiday Inn commericals, told the story [...]

A li’l o’ this and a li’l of that

Sorry about the last post. Somehow it got cut off when I was publishing. What was cutoff was the fact that Mets invested all this money to get to the series and they get knocked in seven games by the Cards, the same Cards who limped into the postseason on the very last day.
Anyway, the [...]

Cards prove me wrong

It’s been a few days since I’ve posted, but it’s that time of year…so I’m not posting everyday.
I was wrong about the Mets. With all those bats, I thought they could swing past the Cards. Jeff Weaver suddenly stopped being Jeff Weaver and turned into a good pitcher and then Jeff Suppan (who I know [...]

Mangerial Changes

I called this one before the season started.
Lou Piniella will introduced as manager of the Chicago Cubs tomorrow.
I do not think this is a good move. Lou Piniella is 63 years old and not someone who will be there for the haul. The deal is for 3 years with a fourth year option. If he makes [...]

I do not like this…

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!
I hope this doesn’t happen.
Orioles senior executive vice president Jim Duquette thinks his team would have to do more than just kick the tires.
“We’d have to seriously consider it(signing Barry Bonds),” said Duquette. “We could sorely use a power bat.
“Obviously, there are many factors we’d have to consider, including contract. But I would think if [...]

Offseason needs- SP

Looking toward the offseason, it’s obviously the Orioles need another couple of starting pitchers. Now there are some promising arms in the minors, but the rewards of that probably won’t be reaped for another season- unless Hayden Penn gets it together and Garrett Olsen is ready ahead of schedule. I’m going to consider no on [...]

Tweaking

I called into work today, I’ve got a vicious stomach bug. The worst of it’s over, it sort of feels like the way I felt when Hayden Penn made his few starts this year, only with less barfing. But since I’ve already slept 12 hours, I figured it’d be a good day to do a little tweaking [...]

What to do with Miggy?

The million buck question this offseason is “Will Tejada get traded?” It’s a question that I’m sick of. Last offseason it started with Miggy requesting a trade from the Orioles because of the lack of progression. Later he rescinded it, but around the trade deadling it came back in full force with reports of the [...]