Dignity for Breadsticks

What would it take for you to really kick a man while he’s down?
Certainly most of us would refrain from a belittling a man further when he’s already been chewed up and spit out in the most public of the public eye.
But still there’s that part of us that smells the blood in the water [...]

A Couple of Things 6/30

In kind of a rush and wordpress’ toolbar is down, so pardon the lack of links. If you want to see the articles that I’m meaning, just go to Orioles.com…these are all things mentioned on the front page.
-Brandon Fahey’s back….HOO R—ugh. Frankly, Cintron has looked bad defensively in what I’ve seen of him. I guess if [...]

A gutwrenching save

George Sherrill….what can say?
Last night’s 7-5 win over the Cubs was a rollercoaster ride. It started out as what looked like a blowout win. Luke Scott hit a two run triple, Nick Markakis drove in 2, and Brian Roberts had 3 hits (including his 1,000th career hit) as the O’s were cruising with a 7-1 [...]

Mandatory Teixeria Post

This isn’t my first post on this and I’m sure it would be the last…
I watched some of Mark Teixiera’s 3 homer game on Sunday and of course, I thought about his impending free agency. There’s the whole bit that we’ve heard a bazillion times about Teixiera: That he’s a local boy and he’s said [...]

Sunday blues and a goodbye to Freddie B.

With today’s loss against the Brewers, the O’s are 1-11 on Sundays. Seriously. Since beating the Mariners on April 6th, the O’s have lost every Sunday game since.
Today’s game was more frustrating because Manny Parra gave up 6 walks in 5 innings. As a team, the O’s left 9 on base. The game turned when [...]

Miggi returns to Birdland

I had fully intended to have this up before yesterday’s game, but things happen. Anyway, Miggi’s back in Baltimore with the Astro’s. They lost to the mighty O’s as they came back from behind again to win 6-5.
Last year when Miggi got traded, I was relieved. It had to happen and it needed to happen. [...]

Few Things 6/15

A few things

The O’s took 2 out of 3 from the Pirates in a surprisingly tight series. Not that we’re scores better than the Pirates or anything. But I was expecting some bland baseball this series. Not the case.
The O’s are back at .500 with a 34-34 record. Everytime they fall back to .500, I [...]

Build a Shortstop Workshop

We kind of a need shortstop. With Cal Ripken and Miguel Tejada at shortstop for most of what I can remember, shortstop has been one of the rare positions that hasn’t been a glaring hole for the Orioles. With Tejada in Houston and Cal in Cooperstown, the O’s need a shortstop. Thus far, we’ve had [...]

6/11 News and such

A few things that slipped through the cracks that I haven’t gotten around to yet.

Steve Trachsel…  DFA’ed. The only surprise here is that it didn’t happened earlier. Anyway, Trachsel was fairly decent for the team last season. This season he was horrible. He’s 37 and he’s out of gas. Oscar Salzaar was recalled from Norfolk [...]

Roberts for Weeks?

Ken Rosenthal mentions today that the Brewers are interested in Brian Roberts and ponders whether Rickie Weeks would come back to the O’s.
Here’s a deal that makes sense: Brian Roberts for Rickie Weeks. The Brewers, who recently had two scouts watching the Orioles, are interested in Roberts, but it remains to be seen whether they [...]