The Darkest Timeline: Your 2012 Baltimore Orioles

or, A Collection of Men Who Used to be the Future

or, ENOUGH W/THE DUQUETTES

or, tea for the tillman.

or, teagarden for the tillman, even.

on that note, sounds like teagarden's back is fucked. that was fun.

http://i.imgur.com/Cqfes.jpg

lol my friend the yankee fan honestly did not believe me when i told him about that

if there new lows to be found, then goshdarnit, we'll find 'em!

what's the story there?

South Korean officials have sent a letter of protest to Major League Baseball (MLB) accusing the Baltimore Orioles of breaking protocols in signing 17-year-old schoolboy pitcher Kim Seong-min.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/07/us-baseball-korea-mlb-idUSTRE8160MV20120207

oooHHHHHhhhh!

State College of Florida 2, Baltimore Orioles 1

HA!

lost to triple-a norfolk today

Supposedly in the state college game the orioles minor leaguers were pitching and the position players were from state college. Then again, they still lost.

the ronny paulino-robert andino 8-9 combo is lethal

i love paulino

3-0

state college of florida >>>> minnesota twins

ugh. had a lot of hope for matusz today. i'm back in MY TEAM SUCKS mode. i always forget how difficult it is to listen to OPACY cheering louder for the yankees/sox than the birds.

it's pretty awesome when the yankees/sox lose, tho

if only it happened more often

yeah. i'd be less bummed if the o's were doing a single thing to warrant any cheering and if the twins didn't suck.

http://outsideisoverrated.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/reynolds-fail.gif

well if it makes you guys feel any better, the Sox lost pretty good tonight!

http://i.imgur.com/CwUJ2.jpg

awesome

needs some p-shop tweaking... brb

http://i753.photobucket.com/albums/xx177/tupac-chopra/CwUJ2rev.jpg

the darkest timeline imo

*slowclap*

how awful is kevin gregg

i really can't believe that he is still closing games in the majors, let alone the AL east

was at the game tonight, froze my ass off in the middle of a bunch of yankees fans to witness this bullshit

Really bad night to be a fan of the White Sox.

Where is Sergio Santos when you need him? Oh yeah, he was traded to Toronto for a couple of rosin bags.

A rosenbag named Nestor Molina!

four errors in 5+ innings tonight

arrieta looks fucking amazing

n/m

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INRPA2Qq5QY

Nick Johnson reached base on a hit last night, raising his season average to .033.

though, the previous at bat would have been scored a clean double for jeter. nunez has no business in left field...why should HE be penalized?

nick johnson is raking

chris davis pitching

k on three strikes!

i've been watching the past seven innings thinking "can we just lose already" and this is the best payoff

lol baseball is amazing

this is awesome

battle of the pitching position players! i love this

that was smoked

feeling bad for darnell tbh

http://www.fangraphs.com/not/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/fu-mt-gettyDL.jpg

fav

"Sometimes you wonder if the umpires are just trying to get out of there," said Teixeira, who had argued a strike three call in the eighth. "They don't want you to make a comeback. They want to go home because those were terrible calls. It is what it is. We are out there fighting. I'm out there playing on one leg. I wish it had gone my way."

ROCKIN' ONE LEG, BRO.

I'm fine w/ automatically calling out any dick who slides into first on a non-tag play.

Apparently he slid because his calf acted up.

I'm fine w/ automatically calling out Mark Teixeira.

It's kind of amazing that Buck Showalter and Davey Johnson are shoo-ins for manager of the year (*checks calendar to be sure it's not still 1995*).

shoo-ins is a little strong. what if the A's make the playoffs and the O's don't?

umps did kind of suck this game

OK, maybe not a shoo-in, but the Orioles making the playoffs would be a bigger story (and bigger accomplishment) because of their division.

It is what it is.

Teixeira to start talking like a weary homicide detective

I'm fine w/ automatically calling out Mark Teixeira.

― Andy K, Sunday, September 9, 2012 10:17 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

for the first time ever, the orioles and the ravens are in first place at the same time

now you've gone too far

nubber down the line, fake throw 2 1st, gets runner coming off 3d, v heads up by machado

throw a mclouth over ur shoulder

omg that was like a game 7 celebration

looks like Destiny

Orioles 26-7 now in 1-run games

make that 27-7

also 13-0 in last 13 extra inning games

win 81, fittingly an extra inning 1-run win that we stole from pythagoras's crying infant child

HR notwithstanding, I'm not sure Nate McLouth, leadoff hitter, is an encouraging thing.

karl ravech ‏@karlravechespn
Showalter is so unique it's silly. How many other managers would have saved his closer until he actually had chance to close. 18th inning!

Bundy has been called up.

Karl "So Unique" Ravech

bundy!

Bundy?

http://www.csnchicago.com/common/medialib/158/485321.jpg

O's are at it again -- battling Felix to a draw in regulation and about to win it on an Adam Jones HR in extras.

Jon Lester has never lost to the Orioles in twenty career starts. Anyone want to bet against the O's ending that streak tonight?

JIM THOM WINsS IT IN EXTRAS AG AGAIN??

ryan flaherty grand slam, ok sure

run differential by game

Fri	6-Apr	H	MIN 	2
Sat	7-Apr	H	MIN 	8
Sun	8-Apr	H	MIN 	10
Mon	9-Apr	H	NYY 	6
Tue	10-Apr	H	NYY 	5
Wed	11-Apr	H	NYY 	3
Fri	13-Apr	A 	TOR 	5
Sat	14-Apr	A 	TOR 	7
Sun	15-Apr	A 	TOR 	0
Mon	16-Apr	A 	CHW 	6
Tue	17-Apr	A 	CHW 	7
Wed	18-Apr	A 	CHW 	0
Thu	19-Apr	A 	CHW 	2
Fri	20-Apr	A 	LAA 	-1
Sat	21-Apr	A 	LAA 	-4
Sun	22-Apr	A 	LAA 	-3
Tue	24-Apr	H	TOR 	-2
Wed	25-Apr	H	TOR 	1
Thu	26-Apr	H	TOR 	4
Fri	27-Apr	H	OAK 	1
Sat	28-Apr	H	OAK 	10
Sun	29-Apr	H	OAK 	13
Mon	30-Apr	A 	NYY 	12
Tue	1-May	A 	NYY 	18
Wed	2-May	A 	NYY 	23
Fri	4-May	A 	BOS 	25
Sat	5-May	A 	BOS 	31
Sun	6-May	A 	BOS 	34
Mon	7-May	H	TEX 	23
Tue	8-May	H	TEX 	16
Thu	10-May	H	TEX 	17
Thu	10-May	H	TEX 	13
Fri	11-May	H	TBR 	14
Sat	12-May	H	TBR 	16
Sun	13-May	H	TBR 	15
Mon	14-May	H	NYY 	12
Tue	15-May	H	NYY 	15
Wed	16-May	A 	KCR 	16
Thu	17-May	A 	KCR 	18
Fri	18-May	A 	WSN 	19
Sat	19-May	A 	WSN 	20
Sun	20-May	A 	WSN 	14
Mon	21-May	H	BOS 	12
Tue	22-May	H	BOS 	15
Wed	23-May	H	BOS 	14
Fri	25-May	H	KCR 	20
Sat	26-May	H	KCR 	19
Sun	27-May	H	KCR 	17
Mon	28-May	A 	TOR 	13
Tue	29-May	A 	TOR 	11
Wed	30-May	A 	TOR 	8
Fri	1-Jun	A 	TBR 	3
Sat	2-Jun	A 	TBR 	4
Sun	3-Jun	A 	TBR 	0
Tue	5-Jun	A 	BOS 	2
Wed	6-Jun	A 	BOS 	3
Thu	7-Jun	A 	BOS 	-4
Fri	8-Jun	H	PHI 	-7
Sat	9-Jun	H	PHI 	-5
Sun	10-Jun	H	PHI 	-4
Tue	12-Jun	H	PIT 	-2
Wed	13-Jun	H	PIT 	4
Thu	14-Jun	H	PIT 	10
Fri	15-Jun	A 	ATL 	8
Sat	16-Jun	A 	ATL 	13
Sun	17-Jun	A 	ATL 	15
Mon	18-Jun	A 	NYM 	10
Tue	19-Jun	A 	NYM 	5
Wed	20-Jun	A 	NYM 	4
Fri	22-Jun	H	WSN 	5
Sat	23-Jun	H	WSN 	3
Sun	24-Jun	H	WSN 	4
Tue	26-Jun	H	LAA 	0
Wed	27-Jun	H	LAA 	-12
Thu	28-Jun	H	CLE 	-17
Fri	29-Jun	H	CLE 	-16
Sat	30-Jun	H	CLE 	-22
Sun	1-Jul	H	CLE 	-26
Mon	2-Jul	A 	SEA 	-29
Tue	3-Jul	A 	SEA 	-28
Wed	4-Jul	A 	SEA 	-26
Thu	5-Jul	A 	LAA 	-28
Fri	6-Jul	A 	LAA 	-27
Sat	7-Jul	A 	LAA 	-30
Sun	8-Jul	A 	LAA 	-36
Fri	13-Jul	H	DET 	-41
Sat	14-Jul	H	DET 	-39
Sun	15-Jul	H	DET 	-43
Mon	16-Jul	A 	MIN 	-55
Tue	17-Jul	A 	MIN 	-57
Wed	18-Jul	A 	MIN 	-56
Thu	19-Jul	A 	MIN 	-55
Fri	20-Jul	A 	CLE 	-47
Sat	21-Jul	A 	CLE 	-45
Sun	22-Jul	A 	CLE 	-44
Mon	23-Jul	A 	CLE 	-46
Tue	24-Jul	H	TBR 	-48
Wed	25-Jul	H	TBR 	-57
Thu	26-Jul	H	TBR 	-53
Fri	27-Jul	H	OAK 	-58
Sat	28-Jul	H	OAK 	-63
Sun	29-Jul	H	OAK 	-58
Mon	30-Jul	A 	NYY 	-57
Tue	31-Jul	A 	NYY 	-51
Wed	1-Aug	A 	NYY 	-60
Fri	3-Aug	A 	TBR 	-62
Sat	4-Aug	A 	TBR 	-58
Sun	5-Aug	A 	TBR 	-57
Mon	6-Aug	H	SEA 	-55
Tue	7-Aug	H	SEA 	-54
Wed	8-Aug	H	SEA 	-47
Thu	9-Aug	H	KCR 	-53
Fri	10-Aug	H	KCR 	-47
Sat	11-Aug	H	KCR 	-51
Sun	12-Aug	H	KCR 	-49
Tue	14-Aug	H	BOS 	-43
Wed	15-Aug	H	BOS 	-41
Thu	16-Aug	H	BOS 	-44
Fri	17-Aug	A 	DET 	-46
Sat	18-Aug	A 	DET 	-45
Sun	19-Aug	A 	DET 	-43
Mon	20-Aug	A 	TEX 	-47
Tue	21-Aug	A 	TEX 	-45
Wed	22-Aug	A 	TEX 	-54
Fri	24-Aug	H	TOR 	-52
Sat	25-Aug	H	TOR 	-46
Mon	27-Aug	H	CHW 	-45
Tue	28-Aug	H	CHW 	-39
Wed	29-Aug	H	CHW 	-46
Thu	30-Aug	H	CHW 	-44
Fri	31-Aug	A 	NYY 	-39
Sat	1-Sep	A 	NYY 	-40
Sun	2-Sep	A 	NYY 	-35
Mon	3-Sep	A 	TOR 	-31
Tue	4-Sep	A 	TOR 	-19
Wed	5-Sep	A 	TOR 	-21
Thu	6-Sep	H	NYY 	-17
Fri	7-Sep	H	NYY 	-20
Sat	8-Sep	H	NYY 	-19
Sun	9-Sep	H	NYY 	-29
Tue	11-Sep	H	TBR 	-22
Wed	12-Sep	H	TBR 	-21
Thu	13-Sep	H	TBR 	-20
Fri	14-Sep	A 	OAK 	-21
Sat	15-Sep	A 	OAK 	-24
Sun	16-Sep	A 	OAK 	-20
Mon	17-Sep	A 	SEA 	-14
Tue	18-Sep	A 	SEA 	-12
Wed	19-Sep	A 	SEA 	-10
Fri	21-Sep	A 	BOS 	-8
Sat	22-Sep	A 	BOS 	-5
Sun	23-Sep	A 	BOS 	-6
Mon	24-Sep	H	TOR 	-3
Mon	24-Sep	H	TOR 	-7
Tue	25-Sep	H	TOR 	-11
Wed	26-Sep	H	TOR 	-1
Fri	28-Sep	H	BOS 	7

http://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/USATODAY/gameon/2012/09/26/2012-09-26-deion-sanders-buck-showalter-x-wide-community.jpg

chris davis is having a mark reynolds hot streak. just blasted a huge one that might end up the only hit against shields tonight.

7 HR in past 6 games. 1 walk.

impressive win, 4 combined hits in the game

wow Shields w/ the 15-K loss

#10 game score of the year

becomes the only top 20 game score to result in a loss

buck said that was the best game throw against them all yr

can we give dan duquette exec of the year because of his voodoo magic

also rick peterson gets best professor, 2012

just realized - Johnson is only the 13th closer to break 50 saves in a season!

Caple thinks WC is better for the O's:

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/29582/orioles-should-hope-yankees-win

and with the way TEX is looking it's hard to argue.

o's are looking much worse tonight

it's one game.

important game tho, and the offense hasn't done much better the past two nights

so it's Steve Johnson or Joe Saunders to pitch tomw