June 25th @ Northsiders

[McNulty]

Albers vs Ted Lilly

B. Roberts 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .296
N. Markakis rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .285
M. Mora 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236
A. Huff 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271
R. Hernandez c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .243
L. Scott lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .272
J. Payton cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254
A. Cintron ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .319
M. Albers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Chi Cubs
AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg
E. Patterson lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .320
R. Theriot ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313
D. Lee 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294
A. Ramirez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .301
J. Edmonds cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235
G. Soto c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275
M. DeRosa rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
M. Fontenot 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240
T. Lilly p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217

[McNulty]

I don't know if they are showing the National Anthem on TV, but I'm listening on the radio feed, and man did a LOT of people go OOOOOOOOOOO. It was great.

[Leitch]

Man did Ted Lilly always have that hitch in his delivery?

[Palmer Esque]

Mcnulty,

Great avatar by the way. The sea was angry that day my friend...

[Leitch]

Oh man terrible 2-0 swing

[Palmer Esque]

Well that was an inauspicious first inning on the Orioles part.

[McNulty]

Mcnulty,

Great avatar by the way. The sea was angry that day my friend...

Like an old man trying to send back soup at a deli.

Joe Angel called Ted Lilly "cagey" no less then 5 times in that inning.

[Leitch]

Albers's sinker better be awesome today

[SoulDad]

when they just showed the O's fans did you see the guy on the right picking his nose the whole time? bwahahahaha

[Leitch]

Eric Patterson is nowhere near as devastatingly handsome as Corey

[Palmer Esque]

when they just showed the O's fans did you see the guy on the right picking his nose the whole time? bwahahahaha

Man I saw that too. Embarrassing big time.

He was knuckle deep and thoroughly enjoying himself without a doubt.

[Leitch]

Nice 2-2 curve

[SoulDad]

melvin? dude?

[Palmer Esque]

Eric Patterson is nowhere near as devastatingly handsome as Corey

Agreed lol. Corey has the look of an all pro running back. Manly. Or wait, nevermind, you baited me not fair. Silly goose :eek:

[McNulty]

Ah, Melvin. When will we tire of your mental lapses?

[Leitch]

Oh boy Albers you better not get all walkin' guys

[blueberryale77]

Great job to the poster who started that thread about how underrated Melvin's defense is last night. :rolleyes:;)

[Leitch]

Nice play for B-Rob

[McNulty]

Great job to the poster who started that thread about how underrated Melvin's defense is last night. :rolleyes:;)

He's fine if he remembers to take his ADD meds. :)

[Leitch]

Man Ramirez was out in front

[blueberryale77]

He's fine if he remembers to take his ADD meds. :)

Aren't they all! ;)

Also, happy birthday to Luke Scott :epic:

...and I know BRob's short but I didn't expect Ryan Theriot to be taller than him. Is Theriot listed shorter than 5'9" (not that anybody believes Brian is 5'9")?

edit: never mind, baseball cube says Theriot's 5'11". I'm not quite buying that, but it makes sense now for him to be a couple inches taller than Brian.

[SoulDad]

What's Melvin doing over there? giving Juan a reach around?

[Leitch]

C'mon DP ball

[Leitch]

C'mon bases loaded already?

[Palmer Esque]

Small strikezone? Or is Albers nibbling? Both?

I thnk he is just wild and trying to be too fine.

[Why Not?]

Wow, pretty bad kickoff here.

[wickedwitch]

What's Melvin doing over there? giving Juan a reach around?

Playing cards maybe?

[SoulDad]

here comes cormier!

[Crazysilver03]

Oh gosh. Albers is leaving with an injury. Cormier into the game.

[ilovetheos]

injury delay?

[JDBirds10]

get albers out of there put cormier in this is getting ugly fast

[Leitch]

Is Albers hurt?

This is gonna be a long day

[itsernst]

Ah god...what happened to albers?

[Crazysilver03]

I dont see why we couldnt use Cabrera tonight as a side session or use Liz ahead of schedule.

[Camden_yardbird]

And visions of 30-3 danced in their heads...

[Palmer Esque]

So this should be a proverbial drain on the pen.

This game is going to last 3.5 hours plus. Get your seat comfy.

[Leitch]

I dont see why we couldnt use Cabrera tonight as a side session or use Liz ahead of schedule.

We still could. Really how many innings could you expect out of Cormier

[blueberryale77]

Well this sucks! Can somebody please stop killing our pitchers?! If you must kill Orioles, please kill shortstops. ;)

[JimDH]

None of those balls were close to being strikes according to Gameday.

[Palmer Esque]

And visions of 30-3 danced in their heads...

LOL oddly enough, I think this game will be long and close.

[Crazysilver03]

Ah god...what happened to albers?

Nothing happened to him while he was on the mound but he lost his entire control.

[ilovetheos]

what happened?

[SoulDad]

injury delay?i thought i saw him mouth "don't feel well"...maybe he has what BB has?

[Whitty_BDB]

Great job to the poster who started that thread about how underrated Melvin's defense is last night. :rolleyes:;)

Meh.

I stand by it.

I also smell a blowout!

[Crazysilver03]

On the brightside Bukvich was going 5 to 6 innings as a starter last week in Norfolk so he could give us some innings.

[Why Not?]

Albers apparently felt something awry. It wasn't anything obvious.

[Leitch]

Has anybody ever puked on the mound before? That would be hilarious

[blueberryale77]

I dont see why we couldnt use Cabrera tonight as a side session or use Liz ahead of schedule.

They'd have to do that at the start of an inning if they were going to since starters are used to warming up longer and not used to entering with men on base. If it were Guthrie due for a side session I'd say it would be a no-brainer to do that at some point, but it's a little more difficult with Liz who is a rookie and has difficulty repeating his delivery or Cabrera who is, well... Cabrera.

[Why Not?]

i thought i saw him mouth "don't feel well"...maybe he has what BB has?

Note to whichever team is coming to Wrigley next......don't eat the spread.

[TonySoprano]

What the Orioles would love here is the DP ball?

Gee, you think? Thanks, Cap'n Obvious Hunter

[Ozone]

On the brightside Bukvich was going 5 to 6 innings as a starter last week in Norfolk so he could give us some innings.

Not sure I see a bright side. ;)

[Leitch]

Oh come the hell on dude

[McNulty]

I think between Cormier and Bukvich we can get into the 7th or so, assuming they can get some outs.

[blueberryale77]

Has anybody ever puked on the mound before? That would be hilarious

Matsuzaka puked in the dugout tunnel between innings during a start last year. I've seen people puke on football fields, but I don't think I ever have seen anyone in baseball.

[Palmer Esque]

This umps zone is rediculously small. Complete Bull honkey. There is no need for these guys to be bigger than the game.

The second pitch to Soto was right on the outside.

[SoulDad]

On the brightside Bukvich was going 5 to 6 innings as a starter last week in Norfolk so he could give us some innings.he did so well the other night :wedge:

[Leitch]

Cintron's arm is absolutely pitiful

[TonySoprano]

Wheel
of
Misfortune

everybody advances

[wickedwitch]

The ump is squeezing Cormier a bit.

Our fielding has been putrid this inning. Two misplays be both Melmo and Cintron.

[Palmer Esque]

Cintron should be embarrassed and go dig a hole. I know it was a hard play, but get your body in front of it.

Then he throws home and allows Soto to scooter to second. Ah.

[itsernst]

if that ball was anywhere near the plate, it would be 2-0

[blueberryale77]

Judas Priest Cintron! :mad::cussing:

[Leitch]

Hey, Cormier.

Hey.

Throw strikes.

[Why Not?]

We'll get 'em tomorrow!

[Ozone]

Paging Deivi Cruise...Stat.

[SoulDad]

Jesus on a bike, throw a damn strike!

[blueberryale77]

Cintron's arm is absolutely pitiful

As is his glove!

[Camden_yardbird]

The orioles hopes of a .500 season dashed by bad chicken salad...

[SoulDad]

Chi Cubs hosting the Bad News Bears!

[mrbig1]

It's going to a long night.

[McNulty]

Its gonna be one of those nights. Lets try to keep the overreactionary stuff to a minimum, shall we?

[blueberryale77]

The orioles hopes of a .500 season dashed by bad chicken salad...

I bet all the guys who tease BRob about going on the diet where he eats all organic food from a personal chef are starting to wish they did the same thing.

[Leitch]

I take it back that was some paint

[Leitch]

Ok Cormier you really can't fall behind Ted Lilly

[Camden_yardbird]

Announcing now that Mike Winters was pulled just previous to the game from umpiring duties...maybe there is a bug of some kind.

[Foolio]

I'm kinda cheering for the Cubbies. I mean, c'mon! It's been over 60 years since they've won a pennant!

[blueberryale77]

Its gonna be one of those nights. Lets try to keep the overreactionary stuff to a minimum, shall we?

Aw, come on. The overreactionary stuff is fun! ;) :deadhorse:

Fontenot looks irate. I would be too if I struck out in this game.

[Palmer Esque]

The orioles hopes of a .500 season dashed by bad chicken salad...

I dont know if you are kidding, but I do not like it one bit. It is easier to blame on shrimp salad, as it spoils much faster :D

[Leitch]

I'm kinda cheering for the Cubbies. I mean, c'mon! It's been over 60 years since they've won a pennant!

Nobody ever deserves a break ever at the expense of the Orioles

[itsernst]

I'm kinda cheering for the Cubbies. I mean, c'mon! It's been over 60 years since they've won a pennant!

yeah....so...you can leave whenever you want...mkay?

[Palmer Esque]

Nobody ever deserves a break ever at the expense of the Orioles

Yeah, dude needs to go somewhere during this series.

[orioles77]

Okay lets score some runs now!!

[SoulDad]

I dont know if you are kidding, but I do not like it one bit. It is easier to blame on shrimp salad, as it spoils much faster :Dpotato salad is the worst

[Leitch]

John Shelby better be significantly more hilarious than we're being shown

[wickedwitch]

Three cheers for NL rules!

[LA2]

I've been trying to restrain myself, but FOR G'DS SAKE CAN WE PLEASE PLEASE FIND A SHORTSTOP FOR THIS TEAM!! :angryfire:

[Leitch]

That's LOW ump

[Palmer Esque]

This guys strike zone is laughable. We need to be patient will Lilly.

[Camden_yardbird]

I'm kinda cheering for the Cubbies. I mean, c'mon! It's been over 60 years since they've won a pennant!

um :no:

And you call yourself an Orioles fan

[LA2]

That's LOW ump

Yep. It was so clear. HOw cd he call that a strike?

[Leitch]

Hey Ramon Hernandez.

Hey, c'mon c'mon

[Leitch]

Jim Hunter just shut it for serious

[blueberryale77]

potato salad is the worst

Personally I think all salads that don't involve lettuce are evil by their very nature... but really I think the common problem between all the salads you all are describing is the mayonnaise.

[LA2]

John Shelby better be significantly more hilarious than we're being shown

LOL. Yes, they're starved for something from him. I hope he's not usually so boring. Maybe that's why so many runners have been caught napping off first. :p

[brvn52]

This guys strike zone is laughable. We need to be patient will Lilly.

Well Ramon did pretty showed good patience during that AB.

[Leitch]

Scott's gonna break somebody's window in their house in Chicago

[Palmer Esque]

Oxymoron from Hunter during Ramon at bat.

"The Orioles need to be patiently aggressive, see that ball wait and then hit it"

Oh man. I love his voice and hair though. Just not the things that come out of his mouth.

[Palmer Esque]

Well Ramon did pretty showed good patience during that AB.

Yeah that is a good sign. He read what I typed on his IPOD he had on deck.

[Leitch]

Oxymoron from Hunter during Ramon at bat.

"The Orioles need to be patiently aggressive, see that ball wait and then hit it"

Oh man. I love his voice and hair though. Just not the things that come out of his mouth.

Buck Martinez has the best hair this side of Gordon Beckham

[Camden_yardbird]

Personally I think all salads that don't involve lettuce are evil by their very nature... but really I think the common problem between all the salads you all are describing is the mayonnaise.

Actually science has proved that mayonaise is too acidic for anything to grow in it if it sits out in the heat.

[McNulty]

Buck Martinez has the best hair this side of Gordon Beckham

Gordon Beckham doesn't even have the best hair on his team. Josh Fields does. ;)

[LA2]

Paging Deivi Cruise...Stat.

Yes, I've actually been thinking the same thing. Not much range, but "soft hands." And he actually drove in a good number of runs.

[Leitch]

Ramon in June: .295/.358/.426

[Camden_yardbird]

Wrong game, but Michael Kay just called T.J. Beam a tall drink of water in the Pirates Yankees game. Anyone else disturbed by that?

[Leitch]

Jay Payton

[McNulty]

Wrong game, but Michael Kay just called T.J. Beam a tall drink of water in the Pirates Yankees game. Anyone else disturbed by that?

Anything Michael Kay says disturbs me. Seriously.

[orioles77]

Payton!!!!!!!

[The Rick]

Sweet sweet action---That ball was JACKED!!!!

[brvn52]

JJJAAAAAAAYYYYYYY!!!

4-2!

Trade Jones now! We have our CFer of the future in Payton!

:clap3:

[jamessemaj]

Jay Pay!! Now let's hold 'em down!!

[Why Not?]

Walk and a bomb, new ballgame.

[mdterps4life25]

That sounded beautiful off the bat...

[Palmer Esque]

I swear to God I told my wife he is going to hit a home run here.

She said "We are talkign about Jay Payton here arent we" (she reads the hangout off and on)

[LA2]

THAT was in Payton's wheelhouse! He owns Lilly!

Cintron fails to redeem himself, at least this AB.

[Leitch]

http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper871/stills/30g2b326.jpg

http://www.codball.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/gordon-beckham.jpg

[MurphDogg]

Man, Payton has Lilly's number. Cubs announcer practically catatonic with his call on that homerun. The anti-Thorne, if you will.

[Palmer Esque]

Anything Michael Kay says disturbs me. Seriously.

Yeah has such a hard on for everything NYC. His show on xm141 is repulsive. Gives the city a bad taste IMO

[Pushmonkey]

Well F.cab and Big Loe and Bierd will be back soon enough.

[McNulty]

http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper871/stills/30g2b326.jpg

http://www.codball.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/gordon-beckham.jpg

Helmet of hair < Mullet

But that's just a personal preference.

[blueberryale77]

THAT was in Payton's wheelhouse! He owns Lilly!

Cintron fails to redeem himself, at least this AB.

Seriously, Cintron needs to become the best hitter o our team if he wants to keep his pathetic glove in the lineup!

Nice HR by the non brim-flipper... did anyone else notice that instead of simply patting Ramon on the butt when they congratulated eachother, Jay stroked his butt in a way that would have done Paul Bako proud?

[Palmer Esque]

Mark it down right here. The Orioles will find a way to win this game. You can take it to the bank...... small print - butihavetherightovoidatanytime - small print

[McNulty]

http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper871/stills/30g2b326.jpg

http://www.codball.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/gordon-beckham.jpg

http://www.capecodbaseball.org/Weekly/Week2006/Photos/AW_JoshFields.jpg

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0gG34pdfOn0CH/610x.jpg

http://mtimages.cstv.com/extrainnings/UGaJoshFields.jpg

[Palmer Esque]

Seriously, Cintron needs to become the best hitter o our team if he wants to keep his pathetic glove in the lineup!

Nice HR by the non brim-flipper... did anyone else notice that instead of simply patting Ramon on the butt when they congratulated eachother, Jay stroked his butt in a way that would have done Paul Bako proud?

Just as long as he did not cup his hand and scoop and make it overly gay I am ok with it.

[Leitch]

http://www.capecodbaseball.org/Weekly/Week2006/Photos/AW_JoshFields.jpg

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0gG34pdfOn0CH/610x.jpg

http://mtimages.cstv.com/extrainnings/UGaJoshFields.jpg

Ok, you win

[Leitch]

Damn it Cormier

[McNulty]

Ok, you win

Thanks buddy. You have a nice vacation last week?

[L.D.Blair]

My brother-in-law lives in Rogers Park, and says that he saw Burres and Albers at Billy Goat Tavern today around 12:30. Too many greasy cheeseburgers for Brian and Matt. He said there was a third guy, too but he didn't recognize him.
I'm hoping it was Cintron. (Sorry, Alex.)

[blueberryale77]

It always amuses me how surprised opposing announcers are about "a half hearted effort by Ramon Hernandez."

[itsernst]

another half ass attempt at a ball in the dirt by ramon...

[Palmer Esque]

What would you do it your son grew up and looked like this?

http://www.kingjames.co.za/images/uploaded/Mullet%20man.jpg

This might be the king of mullets.

[Leitch]

Thanks buddy. You have a nice vacation last week?

It was the longest week of my life for serious

[blueberryale77]

My brother-in-law lives in Rogers Park, and says that he saw Burres and Albers at Billy Goat Tavern today around 12:30. Too many greasy cheeseburgers for Brian and Matt. He said there was a third guy, too but he didn't recognize him.
I'm hoping it was Cintron. (Sorry, Alex.)

I assume you're kidding, but I think if Cintron ate any bad hamburgers what it gave him was mad (or just bad) shortstop disease.

[itsernst]

again...bases loaded 1 out.

[Leitch]

Man and here I thought Jim Edmonds was cooked

[McNulty]

Jim Edmonds eye color creeps me out.

[Leitch]

Nice try Cintron :rolleyes:

[mrbig1]

OK O's pitching staff. Their's this thing called a out.

[Peace21]

Can this team ever have a complete game. I mean the hitting does well, the starting pitching does well, and the BP does well. I would just love to see a all around good game.

[itsernst]

cintron's wet noodle arm couldn't throw edmonds out.

[Palmer Esque]

Soto is killing us.

The Cracker is stale tonight. He has nothing.

[blueberryale77]

Cintron is the worst shortstop imaginable... horrible arm, horrible range, horrible glove, horrible instincts, and afraid of baserunners!

[itsernst]

cormier looks toast already.

[Leitch]

Lol Jim Hunter just insulted Palmer

[brvn52]

So at what point to you bring Bukvich in for about 4 or 5 innings to get us through the game.

[jamessemaj]

Oh my lord. This is as frustrated as I've been in several weeks.

[Palmer Esque]

I equate Cintrons arm to weak stream.

Lance is just brutal tonight.

[L.D.Blair]

Cintron for Fontenot, straight up.

If the Cubs won't take that deal, throw in Sosa and Palmeiro.

[McNulty]

Joe Angel, "So we'll pause for a station break, mostly because I need a break..."

[Leitch]

Holy crap Cintron moved his arm in a motion as if he were throwing to first and the ball went there

[itsernst]

downright awful pitching tonight...

[Palmer Esque]

Oh my lord. This is as frustrated as I've been in several weeks.

At least everyone on here is good natured and has a sense of humor tonight. It is helping me get through this game so far without breaking anythign.

The OH is a good placebo some time.

[blueberryale77]

Oh my lord. This is as frustrated as I've been in several weeks.

It's just one of those days. Which of our position players who is not as valuable as Markakis can pitch? Any chance Quiroz could do it?

[itsernst]

Holy crap Cintron moved his arm in a motion as if he were throwing to first and the ball went there

he has a little hydraulic pump under his jersey that assists his arm...i saw it before the game.

[McNulty]

downright awful pitching tonight...

The defense hasn't helped in the slightest.

[SoulDad]

OK O's pitching staff. Their's this thing called an out.fixed.....

[Pushmonkey]

OK O's pitching staff. There this thing called a out.

fixed that

[itsernst]

It's just one of those days. Which of our position players who is not as valuable as Markakis can pitch? Any chance Quiroz could do it?

how about a few years back when jeffrey hammonds took the mound...i think his era was about 32.00

[The Rick]

People want to ***** and moan about the SS quandary every night but liked the Tejada trade. My goodness, okay we know that we don't have a formidable SS. I'm getting sick of hearing about it all the time.

Oh and BTW, I loved the Tejada trade, but all the same i've accepted that our SS position is lacking talent and i'm over it. I hope AM addresses it as best he can, but *****ing about Bynum/Cintron/LH/Fahey non-stop is really stupid to do IMO.

[SoulDad]

fixed.....


fixed thatmissed that one..lol

[McNulty]

People want to ***** and moan about the SS quandary every night but liked the Tejada trade. My goodness, okay we know that we don't have a formidable SS. I'm getting sick of hearing about it all the time.

Oh and BTW, I loved the Tejada trade, but all the same i've accepted that our SS position is lacking talent and i'm over it. I hope AM addresses it as best he can, but *****ing about Bynum/Cintron/LH/Fahey non-stop is really stupid to do IMO.

The Rick ANGRY!!!

[Pushmonkey]

just think ESPN and all the experts thought the O's would do this every game at the start of the season.

[Jagwar]

fixed.....

Fixed your Fix

OK O's pitching staff. There's this thing called an out

[Leitch]

Originally Posted by mrbig1 View Post
OK O's pitching staff. There's this thing called a out.

fixed that

fixed that

[brvn52]

how about a few years back when jeffrey hammonds took the mound...i think his era was about 32.00

I remember Manny Alexander taking the ball in an Oriole-Ranger game probably about 10 years ago.

[Pushmonkey]

missed that one..lol

oh man I missed the an.

[Palmer Esque]

People want to ***** and moan about the SS quandary every night but liked the Tejada trade. My goodness, okay we know that we don't have a formidable SS. I'm getting sick of hearing about it all the time.

Oh and BTW, I loved the Tejada trade, but all the same i've accepted that our SS position is lacking talent and i'm over it. I hope AM addresses it as best he can, but *****ing about Bynum/Cintron/LH/Fahey non-stop is really stupid to do IMO.

The thread has a tongue and cheek feel tonight. We all know the SS position is bad, the Orioles even know it. We are just trying to make light of it in a non violent way by joking about it.

Nothing more nothing less. We need laughter sometimes.

[itsernst]

roberts continues to impress.

[Pushmonkey]

The Rick ANGRY!!!

Is he going to turn green?

[Leitch]

Markakis is going to jack one so hard that the ball explodes into fireworks that spell out "O's win"

[SoulDad]

wife wants me to take a ride to look at a house for sale.. wtf????

(i'll be back..lol)

[Foolio]

LET'S GO CUBS!!

Er, uh... let's go O's... :confused:

[ledzepp8]

Well on a lighter note...Fresno State is three innings from winning the College World Series.

[Peace21]

Is tonight a good night for movie qoutes?

[Palmer Esque]

Is tonight a good night for movie qoutes?

Yes please. A real good night

[ledzepp8]

Is tonight a good night for movie qoutes?

What's Marcellus Wallace look like?

[Leitch]

Is tonight a good night for movie qoutes?

When someone asks you if you're a god, you say yes!

Bonus quote within a quote

[blueberryale77]

People want to ***** and moan about the SS quandary every night but liked the Tejada trade. My goodness, okay we know that we don't have a formidable SS. I'm getting sick of hearing about it all the time.

Oh and BTW, I loved the Tejada trade, but all the same i've accepted that our SS position is lacking talent and i'm over it. I hope AM addresses it as best he can, but *****ing about Bynum/Cintron/LH/Fahey non-stop is really stupid to do IMO.

Nobody's arguing against the Tejada trade, but we are not talking about merely mediocre or "replacement level" here. Cintron shouldn't start at shortstop on a little league team. He's so bad he seems to be costing us close to a run a game so far if not more and his poor decisions and inability to get the ball out of his glove has the potential to get our one good middle infielder killed. MacPhail should have done something to get a stopgap, but I wouldn't be ranting if we had Brandon Fahey or even Luis Hernandez out there. There's really just no excuse for Alex Cintron being the only shortstop option on you major league roster.

[ChaosLex]

Is tonight a good night for movie qoutes?

How about jokes?

[Leitch]

Nice AB Nick

[Jagwar]

fixed that

OK O's pitching staph. Thair's this thing callt a Owt

Fixed. I'm appalled by the poor use of the English language.

[L.D.Blair]

People want to ***** and moan about the SS quandary every night but liked the Tejada trade. My goodness, okay we know that we don't have a formidable SS. I'm getting sick of hearing about it all the time.

Oh and BTW, I loved the Tejada trade, but all the same i've accepted that our SS position is lacking talent and i'm over it. I hope AM addresses it as best he can, but *****ing about Bynum/Cintron/LH/Fahey non-stop is really stupid to do IMO.

I had been looking for some guidance on this issue. I had the idea that *****ing about this shortstop issue would accomplish something.

But, I have now been disabused.

And, I am thankful.

[JimDH]

I remember Manny Alexander taking the ball in an Oriole-Ranger game probably about 10 years ago.

I remember Elrod took the mound for a perfect inning when we were getting kill by the Blue Jays. He also batted one time that year and got a hit. Ended up leading the O's that year in hitting 1.000, and ERA 0.00. then became fulltime coach.

[LA2]

roberts continues to impress.

But if he had been running instead of slow jogging it into the second he cd have taken third on the bobble, I really think so.

[blueberryale77]

Is tonight a good night for movie qoutes?

Heck, type the entire script to your favorite movie if you feel like it.

[RShack]

yeah....so...you can leave whenever you want...mkay?
I said that to bummer and davearm dinged me... can you believe it?

By the way... game is sorta iffy (so far) but the thread is pretty funny, here and there anyway...

[Leitch]

Nobody's arguing against the Tejada trade, but we are not talking about merely mediocre or "replacement level" here. Cintron shouldn't start at shortstop on a little league team. He's so bad he seems to be costing us close to a run a game so far if not more and his poor decisions and inability to get the ball out of his glove has the potential to get our one good middle infielder killed. MacPhail should have done something to get a stopgap, but I wouldn't be ranting if we had Brandon Fahey or even Luis Hernandez out there. There's really just no excuse for Alex Cintron being the only shortstop option on you major league roster.

Hey.

Hey.

Cintron would be top 5 in MVP balloting in a Little League

[Jagwar]

When someone asks you if you're a god, you say yes!

Bonus quote within a quote

Is that Ghostbusters II?

[blueberryale77]

Nick gets one back for all the wide called strike threes he's taken this year.

[Peace21]

When someone asks you if you're a god, you say yes!

Bonus quote within a quote

Great flick.

[NICK]

ghostbusters and pulp fiction lol

[BrewCity]

Original Ghostbusters - Ernie Hudson

[blueberryale77]

Hey.

Hey.

Cintron would be top 5 in MVP balloting in a Little League

He probably would... but as a right fielder. :p

[Peace21]

Heck, type the entire script to your favorite movie if you feel like it.

I dont think Tony would like that..:)

[Leitch]

Is that Ghostbusters II?

Ghostbusters One

Also tons of shocked and disgusted looks

[EddieO's21]

big time for a big hit huff...let's go

[Jagwar]

Here's a quote

"It's not armed robbery if the gun isn't loaded."

[Leitch]

The dinger that Huff is gonna hit is gonna be legen

[blueberryale77]

Cintron for Fontenot, straight up.

If the Cubs won't take that deal, throw in Sosa and Palmeiro.

I'm all for getting rid of Cintron, but what would we do with Fontenot?

[Leitch]

......dary

[Sanfran327]

The dinger that Huff is gonna hit is gonna be legen

wait for it... dary

[Palmer Esque]

"Call the stewardness, Vaughn, I need one of those bags"

[brvn52]

Tonight is just not our night guys. Unless Cormier can hold them to 6 or less through 5, I really don't think we have much of a shot.

[Sanfran327]

"Call the stewardness, Vaughn, I need one of those bags"

i dont think they have any stewardesses...

[Jagwar]

"Call the stewardness, Vaughn, I need one of those bags"

Major League?

[blueberryale77]

I dont think Tony would like that..:)

Ok, change just enough of it so that it's not copyright infringement.

[Why Not?]

I'm all for getting rid of Cintron, but what would we do with Fontenot?

Well, he's short and white, so we could fawn over him! :p

Please recognize the above statement as a joke.

[The Rick]

Nobody's arguing against the Tejada trade, but we are not talking about merely mediocre or "replacement level" here. Cintron shouldn't start at shortstop on a little league team. He's so bad he seems to be costing us close to a run a game so far if not more and his poor decisions and inability to get the ball out of his glove has the potential to get our one good middle infielder killed. MacPhail should have done something to get a stopgap, but I wouldn't be ranting if we had Brandon Fahey or even Luis Hernandez out there. There's really just no excuse for Alex Cintron being the only shortstop option on you major league roster.

Don't get me wrong, I agree with your logic. But to me it just doesn't make sense.

It's kind of like saying the sun is bright. I mean, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that we have a huge hole at SS. For ****'s and giggles let's say we rate our options on a scale of 1-10. All of them are at least negative 5... so what if Cintron is negative 6 instead of 5. I just get tired of hearing about it is all.

It's not like we traded Tejada, and in a separate deal picked up Hanley Ramirez and he's sucking big time. What we have here, ladies and gentlemen, is a situation where we all knew coming in that we didn't have a legit SS and, figure this one out... we were right.

It's the weirdest thing... I unlocked the door to my car this morning, and then I was able to open the door. :scratchchinhmm:

[blueberryale77]

i dont think they have any stewardesses...

I wonder if they have any pilots?

[LA2]

Tonight is just not our night guys. Unless Cormier can hold them to 6 or less through 5, I really don't think we have much of a shot.

Cormier will turn it on THIS inning! :clap3:

[Leitch]

This Calls for Divine Intervention!

[brvn52]

"Call the stewardness, Vaughn, I need one of those bags"

"There aren't any stewardesses."

"I wonder if there's any pilots."

[ChaosLex]

This Calls for Divine Intervention!

Dead Alive/Braindead

"I kick arse for the Lord."

[brvn52]

Cormier will turn it on THIS inning! :clap3:

I hope so. I'm sticking around. I just don't think anything's gonna happen tonight.

[Leitch]

Dead Alive/Braindead

Best scene evar (http://youtube.com/watch?v=MfkHkdu5IEI&feature=related)

[Sanfran327]

I wonder if they have any pilots?

This is good! This is real good! a 757 to Milwaukee?

[L.D.Blair]

Well, he's short and white, so we could fawn over him! :p

Please recognize the above statement as a joke.

Cindyluvsmikie?

[Fan4Life]

I'll say this... I don't know Millar's stats against Lilly.. but seeing how Mora is batting .120... and how pathetic he looks at the plate against Lilly today... perhaps Millar should be a 1B today with Huff at 3B?

[JimDH]

This Calls for Divine Intervention!

And what is Devine Intervention?

[Pushmonkey]

My liver is angry -- I get to get totally wasted on Jim beam black label because the Glorious state of Maryland feels that people need to cater to the public , so I have to work 12-8 tomorrow.....and those I was like ok okay I can get bombed and watch a great O's game and I get this...at least I can laugh...Happy drunks


*fistbump*

[ledzepp8]

Jules: You, flock of seagulls, you know why we're here? Why don't you tell my man Vincent where you got the **** hid?
Marvin: It's over there.
Jules: I don't remember askin' you a ******* thing! You were saying?
Roger: It's in the cupboard. No, no, the one by your knees.
Jules: We happy? Vincent! We happy?
Vincent: Yeah, yeah, we happy.
Brett: I'm sorry, I didn't get your name. I got your name, Vincent, right? But I didn't get...
Jules: My name's Pitt. And your ass ain't talkin' your way out of this ****.
Brett: No, no, I just want you to know... I just want you to know how sorry we are that things got so ****ed up with us and Mr. Wallace. We got into this thing with the best intentions and I never...
Jules: [Jules shoots the man on the couch] I'm sorry, did I break your concentration? I didn't mean to do that. Please, continue, you were saying something about best intentions. What's the matter? Oh, you were finished. Well then, allow me to retort. What does Marsellus Wallace look like?
Brett: What?
Jules: What country are you from?
Brett: What?
Jules: What ain't no country I ever heard of. They speak English in What?
Brett: What?
Jules: English, mother****er, do you speak it?
Brett: Yes.
Jules: Then you know what I'm sayin'!
Brett: Yes.
Jules: Describe what Marsellus Wallace looks like!
Brett: What?
Jules: Say what again. Say what again, mother****er, say what one more ******* time! I dare you...I double dare you!
Brett: He's b-b-black...
Jules: Go on.
Brett: He's bald...
Jules: Does he look like a *****?
Brett: What?
[Jules shoots Brett in shoulder]
Jules: DOES HE LOOK LIKE A *****?
Brett: No!
Jules: Then why you try to **** him like a *****, Brett?
Brett: I didn't.
Jules: Yes you did. Yes you did, Brett. You tried to **** him. And Marcellus Wallace don't like to be ****ed by anybody, except Mrs. Wallace.

[brvn52]

Bukvich up in the pen..

[RShack]

I remember Elrod took the mound for a perfect inning when we were getting kill by the Blue Jays.
Actually it was 2 and 1/3... 1 H, 1 BB, 0 R... and the damn Jays complained about Earl doing it! They said he wasn't respecting the game. So Earl said if Elrod was so bad, how come they couldn't hit him? They killed everybody else he put on the mound that day, but not the BP-coach...

[LA2]

Did their pitcher get a hit and then attempt to steal and then get second anyway b/c we just walked the CUbbies' lead-off hitter? GET YR F'IN ACT TOGETHER, LANCE!! :cussing:

[brvn52]

This is good! This is real good! a 757 to Milwaukee?

"No. That's not your plane. This is your one rolling in."

[ledzepp8]

Geez, the pitcher just got a hit.

[LA2]

Did their pitcher get a hit and then attempt to steal and then get second anyway b/c we just walkered another Cubbie? GET YR F'IN ACT TOGETHER, LANCE!! :cussing:

[Leitch]

Nice play Cormier

[blueberryale77]

Don't get me wrong, I agree with your logic. But to me it just doesn't make sense.

It's kind of like saying the sun is bright. I mean, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that we have a huge hole at SS. For ****'s and giggles let's say we rate our options on a scale of 1-10. All of them are at least negative 5... so what if Cintron is negative 6 instead of 5. I just get tired of hearing about it is all.

It's not like we traded Tejada, and in a separate deal picked up Hanley Ramirez and he's sucking big time. What we have here, ladies and gentlemen, is a situation where we all knew coming in that we didn't have a legit SS and, figure this one out... we were right.

It's the weirdest thing... I unlocked the door to my car this morning, and then I was able to open the door. :scratchchinhmm:

The thing is, MacPhail should have at least been able to pick somebody up on waivers or through a minor trade who had a chance of being at least a 0 out of 10 instead of -5 or below. But I'll try to keep my comments about Cintron to a minimum... unless he does anything else to put Brian in harm's way and then all bets are off! ;)

[Pushmonkey]

Did their pitcher get a hit and then attempt to steal and then get second anyway b/c we just walked the CUbbies' lead-off hitter? GET YR F'IN ACT TOGETHER, LANCE!! :cussing:

Ummm you can't get upset at a bad player playing like a bad player.

[Sanfran327]

Did their pitcher get a hit and then attempt to steal and then get second anyway b/c we just walked the CUbbies' lead-off hitter? GET YR F'IN ACT TOGETHER, LANCE!! :cussing:

Bad walk... nice play to retire Lee.

[RShack]

Heck, type the entire script to your favorite movie if you feel like it.
I used to know all the words to Alice's Restaurant by heart...

[brvn52]

Why don't they just break Cormier's leg with a line drive?

Any way, the over/under for O's pitching injuries tonight is 4. What do you guys have?

[Palmer Esque]

Here's a quote

"It's not armed robbery if the gun isn't loaded."

Magnolia??

[Leitch]

Ummm you can't get upset at a bad player playing like a bad player.

We do it all day with Cintron, though granted not with an air of "you're better than this"

[Jagwar]

My previous quote was from Raising Arizona...


"Hmmm... must be a king."

"Why?"

"Hasn't got Sh** all over him."

[L.D.Blair]

Here's a quote

"It's not armed robbery if the gun isn't loaded."

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

[Palmer Esque]

Why don't they just break Cormier's leg with a line drive?

Any way, the over/under for O's pitching injuries tonight is 4. What do you guys have?

Ouch.......

[LA2]

The thing is, MacPhail should have at least been able to pick somebody up on waivers or through a minor trade who had a chance of being at least a 0 out of 10 instead of -5 or below. But I'll try to keep my comments about Cintron to a minimum... unless he does anything else to put Brian in harm's way and then all bets are off! ;)

That's the thing I don't understand either. I guess they were overly optimistic based on Hernandez's and Bynum's brief but promising performances last season.

[The Rick]

The thing is, MacPhail should have at least been able to pick somebody up on waivers or through a minor trade who had a chance of being at least a 0 out of 10 instead of -5 or below. But I'll try to keep my comments about Cintron to a minimum... unless he does anything else to put Brian in harm's way and then all bets are off! ;)

But of course, i'd be right with you!

Appreciate the consideration. ;)

[Foolio]

Why is Jim Palmer so emotionless?

[Leitch]

Why is it that car commercials consistently still suck

[L.D.Blair]

My previous quote was from Raising Arizona...


"Hmmm... must be a king."

"Why?"

"Hasn't got Sh** all over him."

The Holy Grail!

[blueberryale77]

I used to know all the words to Alice's Restaurant by heart...

Hahaha! It's too bad you live in Alabama, you'd like my parents.

[Leitch]

Why is Jim Palmer so emotionless?

Wait until he starts talking about himself

[Palmer Esque]

My previous quote was from Raising Arizona...


"Hmmm... must be a king."

"Why?"

"Hasn't got Sh** all over him."

Monty Python!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jagwar]

That's the thing I don't understand either. I guess they were overly optimistic based on Hernandez's and Bynum's brief but promising performances last season.

Or maybe they just realized that there was only so much that they could realistically accomplish in a single offseason, and finding a LT solution at shortstop wasn't possible. :noidea:

[Sanfran327]

Why is Jim Palmer so emotionless?

Bernie Lomax is more exciting than Palmer.

[LA2]

Ummm you can't get upset at a bad player playing like a bad player.

I guess I was overly hopeful after that appearance abt a week or so ago when he was throwing beautiful slow curves (was it against the Pirates?). Have seen very little sign of it since then. :(

[Jagwar]

Why is it that car commercials consistently still suck

try watching MLB TV, and having to watch those fricking "Keep Watching" commercials again and again.

[The Rick]

That's the thing I don't understand either. I guess they were overly optimistic based on Hernandez's and Bynum's brief but promising performances last season.

Either that or people just think that because we live in a fast food society, we should have just visited the local shop and said "I would like a SS please, hold the k's, extra power and a rocket arm".

I'm sure AM will address this situation in due time, but it's not like there's a "Big Lots" out there on 33rd street with capable short stops just sitting there waiting for the phone to ring.