These Here Are Good Times--the 2010 Baltimore Orioles Thread

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here, we discuss the continuing education of wieters and matusz, the gold glove of adam jones and the numerous youngsters who will be taught cut fastballs by kevin millwood.

What's Atkins going to teach them?

i think i'm more curious about the lessons miguel tejada might teach them.

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lol

ha hahha ha!

lol needs to be a thread (maybe separate threads for pitchers/posplayers?)

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that old royals uni is ill

i am bummed out by the potential goodness of this team.

oh how i used to read the O's threads with such an air of superiority. such cockiness, such folly.
this was once one of the few places a J's fan was safe from the natural feelings of inadequacy that, on occasion, surface with baseball message boards.
but no more, i fear.
are there, by chance, any royals fans on ilbb?

are there, by chance, any royals fans on ilbb?

lolz

lol at this guy in their spring training

http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/L/Luis-Lebron.shtml

i just noticed it says "ecstasy in flushing" over frenchie's head
whoa

why lol? b/c he looks like a blackand orange baseball cap? don't laugh. it's a very serious condition.

it's cuz his last name is Lebron

it's prob spanish for something, but i lol'd when i was looking at their spring training stats and saw L. Lebron

i could be wrong, but i think this guy used to be called luis noel, but changed the last name for some reason not related to being older under a bogus ID.

THE HOME RUN BY BALTIMORE'S LUKE SCOTT IN THE 4TH INNING WAS 456 FEET. IT WAS THE LONGEST OF HIS CAREER

he killed this ball

if there was a back wall to the trop that ball hit it

Welcome to the AL East, Mike Gonzalez.

I forgot Matusz was going tonight -- he's been walking guys, I see.

lol orioles

boo.

matusz looked good, though. 8k, no bb. sweet.

fwiw, matusz has now pitched two straight games w/ 8k and no bb. millwood has allowed 1bb and struck out 20.

as was just pointed out on fangraphs, after facing felix tonight their schedule goes:
3 vs BOS, 4 vs NYY, 3 vs BOS, 4 vs MIN

yeesh

err actually its even more NYY games than that

3 @ bos
3 vs nyy
3 vs bos
3 @ nyy
4 @ min

they could be 20 games out by mid-may...

RIP

i expected this team to be doing better.

yeah i was expecting them to be better than the jays (and who knows, they still may be) but the entire offense is slumping

pie getting hurt was pretty sad, he was the only one having a nice start

i *was* expecting...

They won another game finally--7 to 6 over the Red Sox. Last night against the R. Sox was painful--they pulled Matusz with a 3 to 1 lead and by the time the bullpen was done with the inning they had given up two 3 run homers and were losing 7 to 3. The night before that 3 relief pitchers in a row walked people. Great job with that bullpen Orioles front office.

that thing has been a nightmare for as long as i can remember.

how is corey patterson only 30 yrs old

lol corey

today he hit a 2b, a HR, & threw out the tying run at the plate in the bottom of the 9th w/ 2 outs

& 1 shaving-creamed towel to the face

corey patterson was 3/4 w/ a walk tonight. a WALK!

i really hope they ride his hot streak as long as they can and his cooling off coincides w/ the resuscitation of reimold.

did you see the shaving cream pie interview? good grief! dude kept his composure and acted as if nothing happened.

did you see the shaving cream pie interview? good grief! dude kept his composure and acted as if nothing happened.

veteran leadership

man this team will just swing at anything

Adam Jones you are a goddamn delight to watch play CF

lol Patterson still leading off

CamdenDepot
Viviano is reporting Trembley will be fired after today's game with Juan Samuel taking over.

JUAN SAMUEL!

"His chore's going to be how to back it off a little," Inge said "Because he's very intense, very intense."

Jim_Duquette
Jim Palmer on @MLBNetworkRadio relaying a story told him - "If you saw one Oriole work hard in spring training, it woulda been the 1st. "

jesus harsh!

i blame miggy

yeah ppl were kinda high on this team(meaning a solid 4th) in march, werent they?

Britt_Ghiroli
Samuel looked intense: "I will push them to the limit."

Brandon Inge OTM

yeah ppl were kinda high on this team(meaning a solid 4th) in march, werent they?

see top of thread - i am guilty.

lol Patterson still leading off

bloop single by gardner scores one vs o's because o's infield is in halfway w/ the bases loaded, 1-out in a 6-2 game. I know why they pulled the infield in vs gardner but I don't know "WHY" they did it...

can't root for Samuel-managed O's (Dykstra trade)

man, they're bad

not a fun season. hopefully, garret atkins and julio lugo will be gone soon.

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Dunno if I posted this or not.

Yes you have because I re-posted it on the "sleep" thread on noize.

lol

right in his wheelhouse afaiac

qft

the garrett atkins experimentis over. sun reports he's finally being dfa'd.

welcome back koji.

what a moment

for corey patterson

oh, cliff.

Coulda gotten amazing odds vs a 4-game sweep by O's last Thursday

Miguel Tejada grounded out for the cycle tonight:

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Showalter IN!

good luck 301

i'd like to see an odd couple style sit com starring buck showalter, andy macphail and peter angelos.

BREAK THEM UP

Was wondering if this pitcher "P Viola" had any relation to Frank and, er, it's probably not likely.

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whadda maroon