2006 Wrap

Today’s the last of the year, a particularly rainy one that I’ll spend in my house today in my flannel pants and watching football. Since I’ve got the time and no desire to get out of the big chair, this will be a pelthora of stuff.
Business first: Huff is done
Hey, I like this signing. He’s [...]

O’s sign Aubrery Huff

Exhale…Aubrery Huff is now an Oriole
Terms are 3 years and 20 million. This is a pretty sane deal. I like Huff and the fact that he can play first, third, left field and right. With the exception of that month he missed last season, he’s also been very durable…something Jay Gibbons knows little about.
Huff’s only [...]

From the Rocky Mountain News:
Baltimore hopes to sign outfielder Shannon Stewart to an incentive-laden contract that will protect the Orioles in case foot injuries that plagued him in 2006 flare up again.
Not a fan of this one. I don’t think Stewart will be this year’s Frank Thomas, partly because he’s never been a Frank Thomas [...]

Awesome Ripken article

Great article from Tim Kirkjian about Cal Ripken today.
I’ve always liked Kirkjian and this piece makes me like him even more. It paints another side of Ripken, the clubhouse guy with a big competive streak. Really great piece.
USA Today has a lengthy but rather ho-hum piece about Leo Mazzone and the O’s, along with some [...]

Wilson or/and Huff?

Roch says that the O’s are still in talks with the agents of Craig Wilson and Aubrery Huff, but not to expect anything til the New Year.
I’d like for the O’s to sign both of them. They’re both versatile players. Huff has played both corner outfield spots, 3rd, and 1st over the course of his [...]

Merry Christmas… I got you a present

Hope every one is having a merry one. I just got back from the parents’ house and had a good one myself. Christmas isn’t as huge of deal to me as it used to be. When I was a kid, there were two weeks of school that I got off, plenty of presents, the fact that [...]

My Christmas Post

Christmas is pretty much here and this will likely be my last post before the holiday. As of tomorrow, work will consume my soul for the last remaining days and the evenings will be full of family obligations and time with friends visiting from out of town. Now if some signing or trade happens, I’ll [...]

Gomez Re-signs

I didn’t see this coming. Chris Gomez re-signed with the Orioles. It’s a one year deal and his return should result in Brandon Fahey being the starting shortstop for the Norfolk Tides next season.  I’m glad to see Gomez back. He’s a solid guy to have off the bench.
Brian Roberts is still on the Braves’ [...]

Ripken saves the O’s again?

Cal Ripken wants to buy the O’s. He has said it publicly before and I do think it will happen one day. It’s not going to happen tomorrow, and it may not happen in the next 5 years. But it’s going to happen at some point. When it happens, it’ll be a happy day for [...]

Tuesday

Rejoice Rejoice REJOICE
The Jay Payton deal is official. I can’t say that I am nuts over this deal, but y’know what, at least it’s not Fahey and Newhan.
Our new boy’s numbers.
I don’t think this is a bad deal, I think it’s a medicore deal. Jay Payton clearly wasn’t the front office’s top pick to sign [...]