2/27 - O's vs Fish

[mallison]

Hey guys, I just looked up the Marlins ST radio broadcast schedule and they are broadcasting today's game on 790 the ticket. Hopefully it doesn't get blocked...

http://www.790theticket.com/

[mrbig1]

I hope this team can turn tears and beers into cheers.

[McNulty]

The Marlins radio guys are light years better than their TV broadcasters. Light years.

[PaulFolk]

The Marlins radio guys are light years better than their TV broadcasters. Light years.
Has the game started? What's happening?

[McNulty]

Freel walked, Pie struck out, Scott popped out foul, Mora walked. Freel stole second when Pie was up, I think.

Edit: Wiggy struck out on a 2-2 pitch.

[ccbird]

Can somebody run down our lineup for today and who is scheduled to pitch.

[PaulFolk]

Lineup, per Roch (http://masnsports.com/2009/02/an-interesting-lineup-today.html)...

Ryan Freel - RF
Felix Pie - CF
Luke Scott - LF
Melvin Mora - 3B
Ty Wigginton - 1B
Matt Wieters - DH
Chris Gomez - 2B
Gregg Zaun - C
Jolbert Cabrera - SS
Koji Uehara - P

[PaulFolk]

Expected pitchers, again per Roch (http://masnsports.com/2009/02/sure-theres-koji-but-also.html)...

Uehara, Penn, Hendrickson, Matusz, Arrieta, Hoey.

EDIT: Actually, scratch Matusz. He's pitching tomorrow instead.

[Three Run Homer]

Freel walked, Pie struck out, Scott popped out foul, Mora walked. Freel stole second when Pie was up, I think.

Edit: Wiggy struck out on a 2-2 pitch.

Let's see, Pie struck out...cut him, he's a bum! Luke Scott is the man in LF!

No wait, Scott popped out foul...cut him, he's a bum! Nolan Reimold is the man in LF!

I love making snap judgments based on small sample sizes, it's fun! :D

[Lefty0315]

Expected pitchers, again per Roch (http://masnsports.com/2009/02/sure-theres-koji-but-also.html)...

Uehara, Penn, Hendrickson, Matusz, Arrieta, Hoey.

Matusz did not make the trip, he is scheduled to pitch tomorrow, per Roch (http://masnsports.com/2009/02/the-reason-adam-jones-isnt-in.html).

[mallison]

it got blocked for me... mcnulty... you still got it?

[McNulty]

Quickly two down....gotta love it.

[McNulty]

it got blocked for me... mcnulty... you still got it?

Yea, but I have the Gameday Audio.

[McNulty]

I think Uehara got 1 ball on each batter. The man works quick and pounds the zone, no doubt.

[El Gordo]

Nice 1,2,3 for Koji.:clap3:

[McNulty]

What a glorious day. I'm flying home to Baltimore in a few hours for the first time in 4 years, but until then I'm enjoying a Cohiba and a Sam Smith Imperial Stout on my deck. Its like 70 degrees today and sunny. Its enough to make a man say things he didn't mean. :D

[Flip217]

God, I am so ready for baseball.

Wieters up at the plate! Wooo-hoooo!!

[wickedwitch]

Wieters is now 0-3. Bum.

[McNulty]

Wieters flew out to center, Gomez popped to second, Zaun had a single. Still batting now.

Edit: Colbert flew out to right. Great NRI or the greatest NRI?

[mrbig1]

God, I am so ready for baseball.

Wieters up at the plate! Wooo-hoooo!!

Me too pal.

[Three Run Homer]

Ok, I'm confused...I'm listening to the link to 790 in the original post, but it's been playing nonstop commercials for about 10 minutes. What gives?

[wickedwitch]

Ok, I'm confused...I'm listening to the link to 790 in the original post, but it's been playing nonstop commercials for about 10 minutes. What gives?

It's not playing the game.

[NCRaven]

Ok, I'm confused...I'm listening to the link to 790 in the original post, but it's been playing nonstop commercials for about 10 minutes. What gives?

They can't stream through their own website. You have to go through MLB.com

[PaulFolk]

Can anyone provide updates to those of us without (metaphorical) eyes and ears?

[El Gordo]

Luke Scott has not distinguished himself in LF of late. Nice K for Koji.

[El Gordo]

Freel almost drops routine fly ball. Where is this vaunted D?:angryfire:

[McNulty]

Cantu battled for a walk, the next guy hit a pop up that Luke lost in the sun, and I believe the next guy hit a flyball that Freel held onto just long enough for an out. Cantu tagged up and went to third. I stepped out for a minute so I might of missed something.

Edit: Koji had a strikeout both before and after the flyout to Freel. Inning over.

[Three Run Homer]

Where can I find a schedule showing which ST games will be broadcast on local (Baltimore-area) radio (e.g. 105.7)?

[Three Run Homer]

Luke Scott has not distinguished himself in LF of late. Nice K for Koji.

I think God wants Pie to play LF.

[El Gordo]

Koji gets another K to get out of trouble.:clap3:

[wickedwitch]

Well, it not like Freel will be playing OF much.

Pretty good inning for Uehara. The one issue was the walk, but even that seemed simply a result of a good at bat, as opposed to lack of control.

[bluedog]

Koji gets another K to get out of trouble.:clap3:

Maybe we can start calling him "KKKoji!"

[PaulFolk]

Maybe we can start calling him "KKKoji!"
Or "U-Whiff-Hara."

...No, yours is better.

[bluedog]

Or "U-Whiff-Hara."

...No, yours is better.

Heh....anyone else excited for the first Koji vs. Daisuke matchup? Should be a three ring circus with all the Japanese media around.

[BillySmith]

And it was a ball Scott lost in the sun. Nice start to his O's career.

Koji Uehara allowed his first baserunners since coming to the U.S. from Japan.

Jorge Cantu ran the count full before fouling off four pitches and drawing a walk. Cody Ross lifted a fly ball to shallow left, but Luke Scott lost the ball in the sun and it fell in for a hit.

Gaby Sanchez struck out looking, Robert Andino flied to right on the first pitch (the ball popped out of Ryan Freel's glove, but he held onto it long enough to record the out), and Alejandro De Aza struck out looking to strand Sanchez at third base. De Aza had a bad swing on a splitter to fall behind, 0-2.

Uehara threw 21 pitches in the inning, 14 for strikes. For the game, he's throw 33 pitches, 22 for strikes.

Gregg Zaun collected the Orioles' first hit in the top of the second inning when he reached on an infield single. Matt Wieters flied to center and Chris Gomez popped up before Zaun batted. Jolbert Cabrera lined to right.


Wonder if DT let's him come out for the 3rd?

[PaulFolk]

Heh....anyone else excited for the first Koji vs. Daisuke matchup? Should be a three ring circus with all the Japanese media around.
Heck, the second game of the season will be Uehara vs. Wang. I know Wang is from Taiwan, not Japan, but he probably still has his fair share of media.

[McNulty]

Freel did nothing, but Pie worked a full count walk.

Edit: Pie thrown out on the first pitch trying to steal.

Double Edit: Luke got an infield single, Mora flew out to left. Scott Proctor pitched that inning.

[wickedwitch]

In ST, I'd rather see Pie get caught stealing than not steal at all. It'll give him good practice.

[El Gordo]

Mora flies out to end the inning. Will Koji come out for 3?

[bluedog]

In ST, I'd rather see Pie get caught stealing than not steal at all. It'll give him good practice.

Do we want him to get much practice getting thrown out? :P

[El Gordo]

Meh, it's Hendrickson.

[YardBirds13]

Thanks for the updates guys.

Actual work to do today, so I'm relying on a once in a while OH refresh to keep up to date.

Sounds like a nice debut for Koji. I hope Penn follows suit.

[sbauer]

Meh, it's Hendrickson.

Lets see how this goes....

[Fan4Life]

Thanks for updates from me as well.

[McNulty]

Back to back one out singles and Dallas "OH favorite" McPherson is up.

Edit: Runner at second steals third.

Double Edit: RBI single, runner goes from first to third. Still one out.

Triple Edit: Another single, 2-0 Marlins, runners at first and second. Hendrickson getting hit hard (start the bashing).

4th Edit: Mora gets eaten up by in between hop, charged a "tough error", 3-0 Marlins. Kranitz out.

[YardBirds13]

Back to back one out singles and Dallas "OH favorite" McPherson is up.

Edit: Runner at second steals third.

Zaun catching today, right? Not God, err, Wieters?

[PaulFolk]

Fun fact: Mark Hendrickson was the Marlins' Opening Day starter last season.

[YardBirds13]

Fun fact: Mark Hendrickson was the Marlins' Opening Day starter last season.

Not if you're a Marlins fan.

[PaulFolk]

Not if you're a Marlins fan.
Oh snap! :laughlol:

Seriously, I can't figure out how a team with Mark Hendrickson as its Opening Day starter went on to finish 84-77.

[sbauer]

Fun fact: Mark Hendrickson was the Marlins' Opening Day starter last season.

Yeah. ouch. That's never a good thing when he's your opening day starter.

[alev]

Oh snap! :laughlol:

Seriously, I can't figure out how a team with Mark Hendrickson as its Opening Day starter went on to finish 84-77.

Imainge how good we will be with him as a mere swingman!

[sbauer]

Oh snap! :laughlol:

Seriously, I can't figure out how a team with Mark Hendrickson as its Opening Day starter went on to finish 84-77.

I think he started off decent. I'm sure he was moved out of the rotation later in the year though.

[Fan4Life]

Oh snap! :laughlol:

Seriously, I can't figure out how a team with Mark Hendrickson as its Opening Day starter went on to finish 84-77.

Facing 8 batters instead of 9 in a lineup must have its advantages. :D

[McNulty]

Zaun catching today, right? Not God, err, Wieters?

Yea, Zaun is catching.

Hendrickson got a flyball out, Cantu moved up to third. I'll edit the end of this inning, if it ever comes, into this post.

Edit: Andino K's to end the inning.

[YardBirds13]

Oh snap! :laughlol:

Seriously, I can't figure out how a team with Mark Hendrickson as its Opening Day starter went on to finish 84-77.

Well, to be fair, they have a lot of good young pitching that was either

a) injured at the beginning of the season

or

b) not ready to come up yet


But still, the thought of being excited about the upcoming season and having him as your Opening Day starter.....ouch.

[Three Run Homer]

Imainge how good we will be with him as a mere swingman!

Too bad swingmen still need to, you know, get people out. :D

[wickedwitch]

Other than the pitchers in the game against Italy, Albers is the only potential starter who's pitched well. (Not counting Uehara, as his spot is guaranteed.) Thankfully, it is early.

[YardBirds13]

Other than the pitchers in the game against Italy, Albers is the only potential starter who's pitched well. (Not counting Uehara, as his spot is guaranteed.) Thankfully, it is early.

Looking forward to see how Penn looks today.

[wickedwitch]

Wigginton got on via E6 and went to 2B on a PB.

[wickedwitch]

Wieters walked after a very good AB. It was on a WP, so Wigginton went to 3B.

[wickedwitch]

Gomez lines out.

[byrdz]

Are you guys listening on 790 The Ticket?

[wickedwitch]

Zaun had an infield pop out.

[zff4]

Jolbert Cabrera hits a comebacker and ends the inning.


edit: never heard of him

[sbauer]

Are you guys listening on 790 The Ticket?

I think they're listening on Gameday Audio

[dedwretched]

Jolbert Cabrera hits a comebacker and ends the inning.


edit: never heard of him

He's Orlando Cabrera's brother.

[zff4]

E6 on Mr Cabrera

[MurphDogg]

Pie with an outfield assist!

[jeffstonefan]

Are you guys listening on 790 The Ticket?

Yes, but through MLB.com Gameday Audio.

As of five or so years ago you can't go onto a radio stations website and listen to the game, you have to buy the Gameday Audio Package for the season, which is $15.

Someone asked earlier if the spring games were free through MLB Audio, no they aren't.

PIE just gunned someone out at the plate from CF.

[wickedwitch]

Hendrickson go two quick outs before Cabrera made a throwing error against Raynor, who went to 2B. Baker lined a ball to CF, and Pie throws Raynor out at the plate!

[El Gordo]

Pie shows off his arm.:clap3: Who is/was pitching that inning?

[zff4]

Pie with an outfield assist!That's nice, got him at the dish. We'll have some arms out there this year to bump up the excitement factor. I see it now. YOU DO NOT RUN ON THE BIRDS.

[zff4]

Freel out on a lazy fly but save your fork, there's Pie.

[jeffstonefan]

"Soft single" for Pie

[zff4]

Mora to McPherson, E5, Pie to 2b, Mora to 1b. Wiggy up.

[sbauer]

Sounds like a nice and sloppy spring training game.

[wickedwitch]

Sounds like a nice and sloppy spring training game.
Sounds like a typical Orioles game.

[JTrea81]

Penn is looking really good, K'd the first two batters...

Gives up only an infield single and gets a grounder up the middle fielded by Cabrera to end the inning.

[wickedwitch]

Good inning for Penn.

[Elon Os Fan]

Penn is looking really good, K'd the first two batters...

Gives up only an infield single and gets a grounder up the middle fielded by Cabrera to end the inning.

The Mighty Penn!!

[YardBirds13]

Nice to see Penn had a good inning!


I'll assume he will be back out for another?

[BrettMeister86]

I'll take the PEN IS MIGHTIER FOR $600!
Gussy it up all you want Trebek, what I want to know is...does it work?
Seriously - Great start by Penn. Very encouraging.

[JTrea81]

Wieters stretches a single to RF to a double and just beats the tag at 2B. Marlins' RFer almost got him with an incredible throw.

PB moves Wieters to 3B and a Gomez groundout scores Wieters and puts the O's on the board... 3-1.

[byrdz]

This really sucks. My company's firewall blocks the MLB streaming stuff so I have to wait for this app (At Bat 2009) to come out for the iPhone which doesn't release until the regular season. At least I'll have that for regular season games though.

[MurphDogg]

Wieters showing off the wheels apparently.

[RichieRich]

I'll take the PEN IS MIGHTIER FOR $600!
Gussy it up all you want Trebek, what I want to know is...does it work?
Seriously - Great start by Penn. Very encouraging.

Damn you Trebek!

[Sport Foo]

Some changes to the lineup Reimold, Montanez, Davis, Turner and Moore all in the game now. Good to see Reimold getting a lot of chances.

[wildcard]

Penn gives up a double to lead off the inning.

Strikes out the next guy.

The runner is stealing third when the batter lines to Riemold now in right for a easy double play.

Penn two scoreless innings.

[Aglets]

I'm really rooting for Penn this spring so this is happy news. He's been through a lot of random hardships so I think his time to shine has finally come.

[wickedwitch]

Arrieta is in.

[wildcard]

Reimold in right for Freel in right flies out
Montanez in cf for Pie flies out.
Salazar in left for Scott flies to the fence for an out.

[wildcard]

The double that Penn gave up was high off the fence but he recovered nicely.

[wickedwitch]

Miller grounds out slowly to 3B. Hayes strikes out. Coghlan hits a slow ground ball to the 1B side of the pitcher and is out at 1B.

Very good inning for Arrieta. I think he only threw one ball.

[markdublya]

Miller grounds out slowly to 3B. Hayes strikes out. Coghlan hits a slow ground ball to the 1B side of the pitcher and is out at 1B.

Very good inning for Arrieta. I think he only threw one ball.

Most pitchers do. Throwing two at the same time is a lot to ask.... :D

[wickedwitch]

There are a lot of players into today's game that I hope to never, ever see in an Orioles uniform.

[Saintbird]

Ah! Who was that again? And here comes Wie...or not.

[Frobby]

There are a lot of players into today's game that I hope to never, ever see in an Orioles uniform.

But the more I see of Arrieta, the sooner I hope to see him in an Orioles uniform.

[wildcard]

Wilfrido Perez pitches the 8th.

3 ground outs.

Nice quick inning.

[TheBee]

Wilfrido Perez pitches the 8th.

3 ground outs.

Nice quick inning.

Two impressive outings in a row. I've never seen him pitch, but I hope to soon.

[wildcard]

Turner in for Gomez at 2b up to bat. Grounds out

[Saintbird]

The Marlins announcer is getting hungrier listening to the Donachie's name...Yea! Double!

[wildcard]

Donachie in to catch is up. Doubles into the corner.

[JTrea81]

Donachie doubles and Davis follows him up with an RBI double!

3-2!

[BillySmith]

Nice job by Penn, although the double play was on a liner. How about Albers and Penn for the 4 and 5 spots?

[Saintbird]

Whoo!!!! I'm gonna go Jtrea and say I guarantee he's gonna be in Baltimore this year.:D

Edit: Nevermind I thought it was Reimold.

[Saintbird]

Donachie doubles and Davis follows him up with an RBI double!

3-2!

It was Reimold...

Edit: Nevermind now it's Reimold

[wildcard]

Blake Davies in at SS, Doubles in Donachie. 3-2 Marlins.

[wickedwitch]

Davis doubles, has an RBI.

[wildcard]

Nolan Reimold up.

[wickedwitch]

It was Reimold...

No, it was Davis.

[JTrea81]

Reimold K's looking. Montanez up...

[wildcard]

Reimold strikes out.

[wildcard]

Montanez needs a hit to tie the score.

[JTrea81]

Montanez k's swinging to end the game.

3-2 Fish.

[Saintbird]

Ah c'mon!...Here we go! No..no...no....

[El Gordo]

Reimold strikes out.Is it REYEmold or REEmold

[JTrea81]

Is it REYEmold or REEmold

Pretty sure it's RYE-mold...

[wildcard]

Montanez strikes out.

Marlins win 3-2.

But nice game for Uehara, Penn Arrieta and Perez

[BrettMeister86]

Honestly, I'm just thrilled with some of the pitching performances today I don't care if its a win or a loss. Bad defense and Hendrickson lost the game but to get a great opening performance from Koji and Penn, and having Arrieta and Perez follow up with their 2nd great outings is more than enough.

[JTrea81]

Nice game pitched by Uehara, Penn, Arrieta and Perez. Hendrickson looks like he'll be another Trax and Wheaties breaks out of his funk by legging out a double.

[Capn Vivi]

Ahh, I'm sure Hendrickson will bounce back, just as I'm sure Uehara will surrender at least 1 run before the exhibition season is over.

Overall though, I'm most excited about Penn. I expected Uehara to throw strikes and Arrieta and Perez are 95% certain to start the year in the minors. Great showing from Penn this afternoon.

[zff4]

Wheaties breaks out of his funk by legging out a double.I groaned when that happened. Our young guys popping hammies early is not what we need. I always dread those ST injuries.

[WV O's]

Nice game pitched by Uehara, Penn, Arrieta and Perez. Hendrickson looks like he'll be another Trax and Wheaties breaks out of his funk by legging out a double.

That is funny stuff!