March 3 - At Dodgertown

[beardbr]

Listening on Gameday Audio, dogder's feed. Charlie Stein mentioned that BRob could well be gone...

[Hank Scorpio]

Per Roch (http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/roch/blog/) :

Adam Jones - CF

Tike Redman - LF

Nick Markakis - RF

Mike Costanzo - 1B

Scott Moore - 3B

Ben Davis - DH

Guillermo Quiroz - C

Eider Torres - 2B

Brandon Fahey - SS

Brian Burres - P


And for the Dodgers:

Juan Pierre - LF

Rafael Furcal - SS

Russell Martin - C

Jeff Kent - 2B

Andruw Jones - CF

James Loney - 1B

Nomar Garciaparra - 3B

Matt Kemp - RF

Andre Ethier - DH

Chad Billingsley - P

[Hank Scorpio]

Oof, this one could hurt. That Dodgers lineup is quite impressive.

[Hank Scorpio]

Kinda frustrating - I have MLB audio but no Flash player installed on my work computer. Argh.

[beardbr]

Jones Struck out, Redman flied out, Markakis up, the dodger's announcers are just praising Markakis, and totally dissing last year's pitching

[beardbr]

Nick singles...Costanzo flies out...Dodgers coming up

[ChrisAF79]

Oof, this one could hurt. That Dodgers lineup is quite impressive.
When Ben Davis is your DH and you've got guys like Redman/Quiroz/Fahey filling out the order, you know you have a crummy line-up.

[ChrisAF79]

Thanks for the updates beardbr.

[beardbr]

Pierre singles...

[PaulFolk]

Looking at that Dodgers lineup, I think about 6 of those guys were mentioned in Bedard trade rumors on the OH this winter.

[Jik]

It's always nice to hear the different stations that cover baseball. I always picture Joe Angel sitting back having a nice drink and very relaxed while he's announcing.

These guys sound like the stereotypical Californian style radioshow that is kinda like H. Stern.

[Jagwar]

Listening on Gameday Audio, dogder's feed. Charlie Stein mentioned that BRob could well be gone...

I'm assuming this was only speculation on his part, correct?

[beardbr]

yeah it is, 2 out's grounders, kent drives in Pierre, kent gets nailed at going for 2, 1-0 dodgers, inning over

[Hank Scorpio]

Who gunned Kent?

[Jik]

Moore hits a double :)

[mdevito]

Do these guys do any research? "moore is blocked at 3rd, because Melvin Mora is our BEST player on the team" (paraphrased)

Did I not hear that correctly?

[mdevito]

Quiroz single up the middle, Moore scores

[Jik]

Do these guys do any research? "moore is blocked at 3rd, because Melvin Mora is our BEST player on the team" (paraphrased)

Did I not hear that correctly?

they didn't say that. they said moore is blocked by mora and that as a young team Moore needs to prove that he can pick up where Mora declines. Thats what I heard anyway

[mdevito]

Interesting, I'll have to play it back again after the game is over. I could swear that he said that, the only thing I though maybe I heard wrong was maybe they were saying best 3rd baseman on the team. you're listening to the Dodgers announcers right?

Quiroz flies out, Fahey does the same 3 outs.

[Camden_yardbird]

Can someone provide some PBP answers.

Who gunned out Kent.

Who is pitching for the O's? How is B/S ratio. Are the hits hard hits?

How did moore get on base?

[StunninSteve]

They need to somehow figure out a way to get Moore his ABs on a daily basis this season.

[StunninSteve]

Can someone provide some PBP answers.

Who gunned out Kent.

Who is pitching for the O's? How is B/S ratio. Are the hits hard hits?

How did moore get on base?

Redman gunned down Kent.

[StunninSteve]

I wish we could somehow trade Mora so we could give more PT to Moore. I think that Mora should be the one spelling him anyway.

[Hank Scorpio]

Burres is pitching for the O's, Moore hit a double.

[Camden_yardbird]

Thank you for the answers.

[mdevito]

Kent slipped rounding first though, so he was out by a mile they said. He jsut committed even though it was obvious he would be out.

Loney just doubled off of Burres.

Nomar flies out to center. (2 outs)

[canonfaz]

thanks for the detailed updates guys. rep.

[mdevito]

Kemp infield hit, Loney goes to third.

[mdevito]

Ethier hits to 1st, deflected off Constanzo's glove then fielded by torres , throws back to Constanzo at first Ethier is out. Inning Over.

[mdevito]

Jason Johnson, replaces Billingsly as pitcher.

Adam Jones K's

[mdevito]

Tike Redman first pitch swing to shortstop out at first. (2 out)

Markakis singles.

[Hank Scorpio]

Markakis is a beast. Phew..

[Frobby]

Nick is up to his usual impressive spring showing.

[DMTerp08]

Roch says Jones threw out Kent, FWIW.

[mdevito]

(yes, it was jones)

Constanzo fly ball drops in for a double, Markakis to third.

Moore walks, bases loaded.

[StunninSteve]

Roch says Jones threw out Kent, FWIW.

Oh okay MLB.com gave Redman the assist on that play. My mistake.

[mdevito]

Ben Davis lines into LF, diving catch by juan pierre. (3 outs)

[mdevito]

Matt Albers in for Burres.

[mdevito]

Juane Pierre single, followed by SB (Trembly out to talk to umpire since it appeared like it was foul tipped)

Ramon Martinez K (1 out)

[Camden_yardbird]

Roch says Jones threw out Kent, FWIW.

So that is two assists he should have if Ramon would have blocked the plate in that first game, which I don't think he should in a ST game. Impressive none the less.

[Crazysilver03]

The Orioles dont have four regulars in the line-up. I count two (Markakis and Jones). I wonder if they will get fined by MLB.

[Camden_yardbird]

Any line on Burres? Seemed by the PBP to be a decent outing against a solid offense.

[mdevito]

I missed the beginning, though they mentioned 2 IP, no walks and 1 k I believe. though I could be wrong on the K.

[mdevito]

Russel Martin called K (2 outs)

[Crazysilver03]

Any line on Burres? Seemed by the PBP to be a decent outing against a solid offense.

Burres:
2 IP
9 batters faced
3 GO
2 FO
4 hits
1 R
1 ER
0 K
0 BB

[Camden_yardbird]

The Orioles dont have four regulars in the line-up. I count two (Markakis and Jones). I wonder if they will get fined by MLB.

What? Is this a joke or hyberbole? I was unaware of anything regarding this. If it is a joke it is some very dry humor.

[mdevito]

Matt Albers strikes out Kent, 3 ks and 1 hit.

[Dracula]

Nice work by Albers

[mdevito]

Quiroz broken bat, ball hit to shortstop, 1 out.

Torres hits to shortstop, ball caught. 2 out.

[WebLink21]

I really like Albers. At this point I would like to see him get the #5 and Burress to start as long relief.

[Crazysilver03]

What? Is this a joke or hyberbole? I was unaware of anything regarding this. If it is a joke it is some very dry humor.

I am being completely serious. A team has to have at least four regulars for an away game in ST.

The Mets got in trouble the other day (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/spring2008/news/story?id=3268713), because they only sent Ryan Church.


It's about time MLB started looking to enforce the "four regulars" rule after teams have gotten awfully lax about it the last few years. Fining the Mets in this case isn't absolutely necessary, but if MLB lets it know that the fines will come in the future, teams will begin to toe the line.

[mdevito]

fahey line drive to nomar caught. 3 out.

[Camden_yardbird]

Burres:
2 IP
9 batters faced
3 GO
2 FO
4 hits
1 R
1 ER
0 K
0 BB

Thanks. Looks like an average Burres line. Lots of hits, few walks and strike outs, and if he is lucky few runs.

[Camden_yardbird]

I am being completely serious. A team has to have at least four regulars for an away game in ST.

The Mets got in trouble the other day (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/spring2008/news/story?id=3268713), because they only sent Ryan Church.

Interesting. I wonder how "regular" is defined. If it is anyone who would be on the 25 man, or were, then I would say Quiroz, Burres, Jones, Markakis, and Redman count. If you can't count pitchers then take out Burres. If you can't count backups then I think its a pretty unfair rule for a team that is rebuilding the O's

[mdevito]

fly ball right field off wall Loney doubles.

[mdevito]

Nomar grounds to third (2 outs) Loney stays at 2nd.

[IHeartMASN]

Although I wish Joe was doing the game. Charley Steiner isn't half bad on the call.

[mdevito]

Kemp groundball to short, out at 1st (3 out)

[Crazysilver03]

Interesting. I wonder how "regular" is defined. If it is anyone who would be on the 25 man, or were, then I would say Quiroz, Burres, Jones, Markakis, and Redman count. If you can't count pitchers then take out Burres. If you can't count backups then I think its a pretty unfair rule for a team that is rebuilding the O's


And the definition of "representative" was a "minimum" of four players who were regulars the previous year or had a "reasonable chance" of being regulars this season.

So that would rule out Quiroz, not sure about Redman.

It is also in reference to the line-up, not the pitching staff.

The Orioles have Markakis, Jones, Scott, Roberts, Mora, Millar, Huff, Hernandez, and Payton who could all fit the bill really though.

[mdevito]

Adam Jones HR, straight away CF! 2-1 O's

[baseballnelie]

Good 2 solid innings out of Albers. I would like to see him do well and possibly get that 5th starting spot.

[mdevito]

After Adam Jones HR (in case you missed on previous page)

Tike Redman flies out to CF (1 out)

Markakis k (2 out)

Costanzo k (3 out)

[baseballnelie]

Is Albers coming back out for a 3rd inning or did they mention someone warming up in the bullpen?

[Cire]

I am being completely serious. A team has to have at least four regulars for an away game in ST.

The Mets got in trouble the other day (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/spring2008/news/story?id=3268713), because they only sent Ryan Church.

Well the Orioles don't have an assigned regular SS and we don't know if Roberts is going to be here.

I don't see why MLB should have a problem, but they probably will

[mdevito]

Randor Bierd in for Albers. Great day for Albers.

Already recorded an out, I missed how it happened.

[Camden_yardbird]

So that would rule out Quiroz, not sure about Redman.

It is also in reference to the line-up, not the pitching staff.

The Orioles have Markakis, Jones, Scott, Roberts, Mora, Millar, Huff, Hernandez, and Payton who could all fit the bill really though.

I don't know that Quiroz is ruled out. The rule is still unclear on "regular" as to whether it can be a backup or whether it must be a starter. Quiroz has a "reasonable chance" to become a regular this year.

Could be argued that with the fluidity of trades and such, and many will shriek at this, but with a Roberts trade both Torres and Fahey have a "reaonable chance" to be regular 2B's this year.

I agree there is a lot of stretching but I have to think the rule is enforced subjectively, and as such you can't possibly target a team with as much roster fluidity as the Orioles right now.

[Bosibus]

After Adam Jones HR (in case you missed on previous page)

Tike Redman flies out to CF (1 out)

Markakis k (2 out)

Costanzo k (3 out)

From Matt Riley (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=6349)

[mdevito]

lol, they're making fun of Randor Bierd's name.

Pierre grounds out to 2b. (2 outs)

Martinez pops it up (3 outs)

[wickedwitch]

We could always argue that Moore will be a regular.

[Bosibus]

That Boss button on MLB GameDay Audio is hilarous.

I mean, I give my boss my name and password so we can both listen to the games but if someone used that, seriously.

[Hank Scorpio]

Check out Matt Riley's Sally League debut at Delmarva :

W L ERA G GS CG SH GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK H9 HR9 BB9 K9 WHIP GB%

5 4 1.19 16 14 0 0 0 0 83.0 42 19 11 0 44 136 9 3 4.55 0.00 4.77 14.75 1.04

Friggin' ridiculous.

[mdevito]

Moore pops out to CF.

Davis out (missed what happened from phone call)

[Bosibus]

Check out Matt Riley's Sally League debut at Delmarva :

W L ERA G GS CG SH GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK H9 HR9 BB9 K9 WHIP GB%

5 4 1.19 16 14 0 0 0 0 83.0 42 19 11 0 44 136 9 3 4.55 0.00 4.77 14.75 1.04

Friggin' ridiculous.

Nasty K:9.

[baseballnelie]

Check out Matt Riley's Sally League debut at Delmarva :

W L ERA G GS CG SH GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK H9 HR9 BB9 K9 WHIP GB%

5 4 1.19 16 14 0 0 0 0 83.0 42 19 11 0 44 136 9 3 4.55 0.00 4.77 14.75 1.04

Friggin' ridiculous.

Yeah so we never know how a prospect will turn out, no matter how good they look at the lower levels and what we expect from them. I like all the new prospects we've gotten back in trades though.

[Camden_yardbird]

Nasty K:9.

Seconded. Thats disgusting. Even if it had been cut in half by the time he reached the ML's he would have still been a decent pitcher.

[beardbr]

Sarfate strikes out his first batter...

[mdevito]

Sarfate in for Bierd.

Martin k(1 out)

[mikezpen]

Keep throwing strikes kid.

[mdevito]

Kent grounds out to third. (2 outs)

Xavier K (3 out)

[baseballnelie]

Nice work Sarfate. That's two good performances today from pitchers acquired in the Miguel Tejada trade.

[Elon Os Fan]

Nice work Sarfate. That's two good performances today from pitchers acquired in the Miguel Tejada trade.

Hey 2 out of the 3 pan out, that aint so bad....

[baseballnelie]

Hey 2 out of the 3 pan out, that aint so bad....

Yeah and Patton still has a chance to be something even if he does require surgery. He still has a small chance of helping us out as well.

[mdevito]

Fahey slow roller to first (2 out) torres before him

[NuOriolesNation]

Yeah and Patton still has a chance to be something even if he does require surgery. He still has a small chance of helping us out as well.

You are referring to only this year with regards to helping us out right? I mean dude is only 23 and I don't think the recovery from surgery is going to shelve him forever, but I guess you never know...

[mdevito]

Luis Terrero pinch hits for Jones. (line drive to martinez 3 out)

[baseballnelie]

You are referring to only this year with regards to helping us out right? I mean dude is only 23 and I don't think the recovery from surgery is going to shelve him forever, but I guess you never know...

Yeah just this year. He is still young and can have a lot of baseball ahead of him. The Tejada trade looks better and better though with Scott and Costanzo and then Albers, Sarfate, and Patton.

[mdevito]

Aquino in, no one currently playing left field lol.

[Fan4Life]

Aquino in, no one currently playing left field lol.

Moore................

[Bosibus]

Aquino in, no one currently playing left field lol.

Only took 4 minutes to find someone to play LF.

[mdevito]

Loney line drive off glove of Aquino, Aquino fields the ball and tosses to 1st Loney OUT

[The Rick]

Is that you RShackelford? How dare you post a scoreless 7th against your beloved Birds. ;)

[baseballnelie]

Also all 5 srikeouts today were in the 3 innings pitched by Albers and Sarfate

[mdevito]

Tiffee grounder to 2b, out at first. (2 outs)

[Fan4Life]

Also all 5 srikeouts today were in the 3 innings pitched by Albers and Sarfate

Knock on wood..... ZERO BB's

[mdevito]

Matt Kemp K (3 out)

[Bosibus]

Man, how good does that look below the box score?

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[wickedwitch]

It's interesting following this game, because now I know a large portion of the LA lineup really well. I keep thinking "he could have been ours and he could have been ours..." But in the extremely SSS of today's game, Jones has outplayed them.

[Crazysilver03]

It's interesting following this game, because now I know a large portion of the LA lineup really well. I keep thinking "he could have been ours and he could have been ours..." But in the extremely SSS of today's game, Jones has outplayed them.

It could have been Tejada and Bedard gone to LA. Well Albers and Sarfate shut em down and Jones scored against them.

[mdevito]

hey guys sorry I gotta stop the play by play, need to get some actual work done here. Hopefully someone can take over.

CONSTANZO HR!!

[baseballnelie]

This part of the box score looks just as good

Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO
Burres 2.0 4 1 1 0 0
Albers 2.0 2 0 0 0 3
Bierd 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarfate 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Aquino 1.0 0 0 0 0 1

[baseballnelie]

Just some information from the MLB.com box score

O. Salazar Out (not sure how)
Roberson Out (not sure how)
Costanzo Homerun (like th3rdworld said)
Moore Singles
Davis Doubles
Quiroz Singles (not sure who got the RBI this time Davis or Quiroz)
Heintz PH for Santos Out ends the inning

[IHeartMASN]

Cherry pitches a scoreless inning, walking 1.

4-1 going to the 9th.

[mikezpen]

O's pitching looking good.

[IHeartMASN]

Torres flies out on the first pitch.

1 out.

[Fan4Life]

Costanzo moved to catcher....

[baseballnelie]

Cherry giving up the first walk of the day in the 8th

[IHeartMASN]

Fahey hit in the rear with a pitch.

[IHeartMASN]

Terrero with a soft liner to short.

2 outs in the Orioles half of the ninth.

[IHeartMASN]

Salazar grounds out to 3rd.

Orioles lead 4-1 going to the bottom of the 9th.

[Jik]

Cherry giving up the first walk of the day in the 8th

he makes up for it by having a pretty awesome name :cool:

[byrdz]

I know that this is ST but the solid pitching against a lot of these high profile Dodgers is promising and look at that beautiful BB line.

[IHeartMASN]

Yan in to pitch for the Orioles in the 9th.

[IHeartMASN]

Hu pinch hits for the Dodgers and walks to lead off the 9th.

[Jik]

Yan in to pitch for the Orioles in the 9th.

welp there goes the lead.

[rooter]

Yan in to lose the game :p

[IHeartMASN]

Xavier Paul homers to cut the Orioles lead to 4-3.

[rooter]

Moore is an absolute beast so far. I hope he keeps it up and easily secures a spot on the roster.

[rooter]

Xavier Paul homers to cut the Orioles lead to 4-3.

Just call me Nostradamus :eek:

Cormier and Yan need to be dumped pretty quickly.

[IHeartMASN]

Andy LaRoche singles to left.

[Hank Scorpio]

Yan in midseason form!!!

[Jik]

Just call me Nostradamus :eek:

Cormier and Yan need to be dumped pretty quickly.

we can tag team it up with our predictions!

[IHeartMASN]

Trembley out to relieve Yan.

[Jagwar]

Trembley out to relieve Yan.

Trembley should relieve himself on Yan

[IHeartMASN]

Anderson in to pitch.

[baseballnelie]

Wow I had to get up to walk from one class to the next and in that time Yan comes in and lets up 2 runs and another single

[IHeartMASN]

John Lindsay pinch hits for Tiffee and pops out to first.

1 out in the ninth.

[Cire]

Gotta feel bad for Yan though.

The Orioles are probably his last chance for a baseball job and he's not making a good impression.

[IHeartMASN]

Repko strikes out swinging. 2 down in the 9th.

Nice to see Anderson come in throwing strikes.

[IHeartMASN]

Ball gets by Costanzo to advance LaRoche to 2nd.

[rooter]

lol... oops

[Who's On 1st]

Yan needs to hang up his cleats..........

[IHeartMASN]

Andre Ethier loops one into left. Game tied 4-4.

[Jik]

way to mess up a good day of pitching Yan.

[IHeartMASN]

Pinch runner for the Dodgers steals 2nd.

[canonfaz]

ugh... this feels too much like last year.

I know its ST and all, but ick.

[IHeartMASN]

Young grounds out to Fahey at short. End of inning.

4-4

[byrdz]

Young grounds out to Fahey at short. End of inning.

4-4


End of game right?

[Jik]

Young grounds out to Fahey at short. End of inning.

4-4

end of game, ST don't go into Extras

[baseballnelie]

End of game right?

Do they go to extra innings in spring training or does the game just end?

Guess the game is over.

[Double062]

Esteban Yan, "S**t! I been cut already...?!"

[IHeartMASN]

Free baseball folks.

Roberson leads off the 10th. Malone pitching for the Dodgers.

[mdevito]

they're going into the 10th.

[IHeartMASN]

Roberson pops to short.

[IHeartMASN]

Costanzo strikes out looknig.

[IHeartMASN]

Moore singles to right.

[Jik]

Moore is fighting for a reason to stay on the team. Hopefully this isn't being ignored.

[Hank Scorpio]

Scott Moore is en fuego.

Thank god, here's hoping he keeps it up.

[ChrisAF79]

Moore singles to right.
Moore's on fire during ST so far.

[rooter]

Moore really wants a job on the ML team.

[JTrea81]

I think that the game can go into extras if both clubs have guys they want to get some work in.

[IHeartMASN]

Davis is out (got pulled away, don't know how).

[IHeartMASN]

Mickolio pitching for the Orioles.

Martinez walks to leadoff the 10th.

[IHeartMASN]

Gary Bennent pinch hits for the Dodgers and lays down a sacrifice bunt.

Martinez to 2nd. 1 out.

[IHeartMASN]

Hu grounds to 2nd.

Martinez to 3rd. 2 out.

[IHeartMASN]

Paul has fouled off four straight full-count pitches.

[IHeartMASN]

Paul walks after being behind 1-2 in the count.

[IHeartMASN]

Paul goes to 2nd on defensive indifference.

LaRoche is behind 0-2.

[IHeartMASN]

LaRoche strikes out swinging.

Game over. 4-4 tie.

[JTrea81]

LaRoche strikes out swinging.

Game over. 4-4 tie.

Big strikeout for Mickolio, LaRoche is a really good hitter. Not a bad inning for not getting any appearances. It sounds like he didn't get too rattled with runners in scoring position. I'm really liking the return on the Bedard trade.

[Hank Scorpio]

Nice job Mickolio.

[Remember The Alomar]

Didn't have the best control today but he worked through it, good for him.

[Cire]

Lets look at it this way. Yan is a situation setter for other pitchers.