Waiting for Wieters (and TIllman, and Jones and...) (the 2011 Baltimore Orioles Thread)

for discussions of overhyped prospects, buck magic, the fascinating deliberations of andy macphail, the FIP-defying jeremy guthrie and the best ballpark in the american league.

best ball park in the american league. close thread.

hey! dave trembley's a stathead...

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2011/3/7/2035651/david-laurila-interviews-ex-orioles-manager-dave-trembley

is Laurila doing both BP and SBN? I haven't noticed.

bummer. duchscherer will begin the season on the dl.

lets all pretend to be shocked.

duke, roberts, lee and koji: the four horseman of an injury strewn apocalypse

Lee now too? yikes. is it serious?

lee's dealing w/ a little wrist tendinitis due to the lay off from the thumb surgery.

who knwos who serious, really. it's disconcerting to say the least.

SCORCHED EARTH BUCK

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/rays/content/os-showalter-rips-jeter-red-sox-while-kinda-praising-rays

First, on Red Sox GM Theo Epstein:
"I’d like to see how smart Theo Epstein is with the Tampa Bay payroll. You got Carl Crawford ’cause you paid more than anyone else, and that’s what makes you smarter? That’s why I like whipping their butt. It’s great, knowing those guys with the $205 million payroll are saying, ‘How the hell are they beating us?’ ”

And on Jeter:
“The first time we went to Yankee Stadium, I screamed at Derek Jeter from the dugout. Our guys are thinking, ‘Wow, he’s screaming at Derek Jeter.’ Well, he’s always jumping back from balls just off the plate. I know how many calls that team gets – and yes, he (ticks) me off.”

<3

buck showalter is a quote machine. i'm sure the tide will turn against him as it is wont to do, but the fans seem to dig a salty manager.

sweep! sweep! sweep!

brian roberts smacked his 2nd weaver bomb of the season today.

classic line from O's play-by-play guy when they put up the AL slugging pct leaders, showing Nelson Cruz at 1.000: "Well, you can't do better than a thousand percent." (I'm almost positive it was that guy and not Jim Palmer.)

zach britton is gonna be really good i think

Showalter Magic in absentia

http://www.twitvid.com/VLDEH

<3 buck

SimplyAJ10 10
Off day spent wit Luke Scott. Just imagine what we about to do.

Luke Scott, ugh

http://deadspin.com/#!5794540/luke-scott-is-still-a-gun+humping-birther-survivalist-lunatic-chickenshit-espn-story-wont-say

"If they can counterfeit $100 bills, I think it's a million times easier to counterfeit a birth certificate, if you ask me," Scott said. "So, all it is, let's just see if it's real. Anybody can produce a document, so let's check it out."

http://eye-on-baseball.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22297882/29050374

Yeah, right.

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/09/luke-scott-has-a-torn-labrum

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/610304/GuerreroOffPlate.gif.opt.gif

will luke scott be prepared to play tonight post-rapture?

Arrieta is tied for the ML lead in wins

(stats that don't really mean anything but you know...)

who?

Jacob Joseph Arrieta

never met him.

SimplyAJ10 10
I'm getting F***ing fed up wit this ish

Another painful loss last night. And Zach Britton is back in the minors

Jim Johnson has dope stats but the dude is 0-5 in save attempts. Small sample size etc but im sure the casual fan could give a shit..

but, koji!

there is now talk that johnson will be stretched out to return to starting next year, but he mya, in fact, get a couple save opps over the next few days w/ gonzalez and gregg suspensions.

lol @ 15-0 End of 2nd

can someone explain to me why they called britton back up to pitch a road game against the yankees

Guess who pitched in a nonsave situation and got booed today.

Detroit - Top of 9th
Kevin Gregg pitching for Baltimore
K Gregg relieved W Eyre.
V Martinez singled to right center.
W Rhymes ran for V Martinez.
J Peralta singled to left, W Rhymes to second.
R Raburn singled to right, W Rhymes to third, J Peralta to second.
A Avila walked, W Rhymes scored, J Peralta to third, R Raburn to second.
R Santiago walked, J Peralta scored, R Raburn to third, A Avila to second.
A Jackson singled to left, R Raburn scored, A Avila to third, R Santiago to second.
J Johnson relieved K Gregg.

Neyer:

Eight or nine years ago, I was working on a piece about Angelos that I never finished, because I couldn't get anyone to talk to me, on the record. But I'll never forget speaking to someone employed by Major League Baseball, and he was actually optimistic about the Orioles' future.

Why?

"Nobody lives forever."

Perhaps not. But Peter Angelos is now 82 and by most accounts still going strong.

http://mlb.sbnation.com/2011/11/2/2533373/baltimore-orioles-gm-search-lacava