From my inbox

I’ve been saddled with a rotten cold for the past week, so I’ve been down for the count for a few days.
I checked my inbox and I got another one of those Nigerian bank scam emails. Apparently scammers like the Orioles as well, and if they’re reading this…I’m not an idiot, so quit with the [...]

Surprise Team of 2007?

HOld on to your hats and sit down. Here’s something positive about the Orioles from a national writer. 
From Foxsports.com’s Ken Rosenthal:

Orioles
2006 record: 70-92.
Key players: Daniel Cabrera, Adam Loewen.
They play in the wrong division. They’ve got the wrong owner. And after nine straight losing seasons, it’s reasonable to call them the game’s most underachieving franchise; the Orioles, playing [...]

Only 23 more days

We’ve got 23 days til Spring Training. It’s the time of year where my hope springs eternal.
Last year at this time, I was full of optimism and that of course was dashed.
Why was it dashed?
Rodrigo Lopez and Bruce Chen were bad on an epic scale.
The bullpen was equally as bad.
Javy Lopez was not very good.
Jay Gibbons got hurt…again.
Stopgaps in the rotation [...]

A little down time

If you haven’t noticed, I’ve taken a few days off. There’s not too much going on news wise and in just a couple weeks spring training will be starting and there will be plenty to talk about. So until then, I’m taking it easy. I’ll post a couple times a week, so when Spring Training [...]

A less than perfect circle?

The Texas Rangers have offered our boy Sammy Sosa a minor league contract.
Sosa signed his first pro contract with the Rangers 22…yes..22 years ago and now if he signs, he’ll sign his last with them too, more than likely.
Nothing symbolizes false hope to me more than Sammy Sosa. When the O’s traded for him and [...]

We all say Goodbye to Roddy

He’s gone, but we still sadly remember
Rob’s salute to the Man, the myth…the 18 loss pitcher.
The Oriole Post says their farewell to Lopez.
My Baseball Bias has the cold hard stats our former boy and they are not good.
Last but not certainly not least, Camden Chat has the best salute to Roddy.
I find the whole Roddy/Javy [...]

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Fare thee well Rodrigo Lopez

Take a breath and exhale.
The Rodrigo Lopez era is over.
It’s TRUE!!!!!!
For the golden arm of Rodrigo, we  get Double-A pitchers Jim Miller and Jason Burch from the Colorado Rockies.
From ESPN:
Miller was 0-3 with 12 saves and a 3.86 ERA in 45 relief appearances last year for Tulsa, the Rockies’ Double-A affiliate. Colorado picked him in [...]

Forgiving Chris Sabo

Through the years there has been one player I’ve always disliked. When I’d heard his name I’d groan and become irritable. For the past 13 years I’ve always held a grudge against that be-goggled 3rd baseman Chris Sabo.
Sabo signed with the Orioles in 1994 after spending his prior years with the Reds. Now in 1994, [...]

A few links

Thought I’d take a few a do a little linkage and support my fellow blOgs before I head out and enjoy the night since I have a rare, oh so rare, Friday off.
John Eisenburg has another in what has been a conga line of pining salutes to The man, the myth, the legend Cal Ripken Jr.
Over at the [...]