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  1. 04-21-2008 06:25 PM #1
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    L. Hernandez Experiment Coming to an End?

    According to Spencer Fordin / MLB.com on the Orioles Home Page, the likelihood of Alex Cintron replacing Luis Hernandez is "extremely good."

    The full story can be found here: http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/new...=.jsp&c_id=bal
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  2. 04-21-2008 06:26 PM #2
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    So then Fahey would be staying??
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    You forgot to mention the caveat "providing [Cintron] starts hitting" at Norfolk.

    Fordin also mentions Freddie Bynum as an alternative.

    So this sounds like more of the usual speculation rather than something imminent, IMO.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Baroquen131 View Post
    You forgot to mention the caveat "providing [Cintron] starts hitting" at Norfolk.

    Fordin also mentions Freddie Bynum as an alternative.

    So this sounds like more of the usual speculation rather than something imminent, IMO.
    Could be right... can't make Luis feel very good seeing this on the teams home page.
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    You also forgot to mention the caveat that this is an article written on Orioles.com by Spence Fordin
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    What I'd give to hear we dealt for one of Lillibridge and Hu...
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    Is Cintron that much better than LH? I would much rather keep LH this year and then next season get a SS in a deal.
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    We really need to be trading for Jack Wilson. Better fielder and light years better as a hitter.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TyCobb View Post
    We really need to be trading for Jack Wilson. Better fielder and light years better as a hitter.
    I could see that, but the better route is to build for the future which means we need to go younger.
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    Well Ty you may have a good point. But what would the O's ahve to give up to get him.
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    Cintron and Bynum make LH and BF expendable. Release Fahey, send LF down to Norfolk.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Leitch View Post
    You also forgot to mention the caveat that this is an article written on Orioles.com by Spence Fordin
    Exactly who is Spencer Fordin, and why should we listen to him?

    I know zip about the guy, but my BS-alarm goes off when:
    • DT is on record as saying he wants good-D at SS, and whatever hitting he gets there is just a bonus.
    • Spencer Fordin mainly talked about SS hitting stats.
    Is there any reason to think this guy knows what he's talking about?
    Or is it just another internet opinion?
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    "Now, how the [bleep] am I supposed to hit that?" (Mickey Mantle in the batters box, talking to Sandy Koufax's catcher)
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    I think that Bynum ends up with a bigger role in the Orioles SS job than Cintron by either one of two ways.

    1. Bynum comes back from his injury and is given the shot (By Trembley and AM) with the big league team.

    or

    2. Bynum starts out in the minors after his injury (which is most likely) and he outplays Cintron and gets the call-up.

    In any event, this is just mere speculation on orioles.com, I wouldn't put any weight in it, as the others before me have said.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rshackelford View Post
    Exactly who is Spencer Fordin, and why should we listen to him?

    I know zip about the guy, but my BS-alarm goes off when:
    • DT is on record as saying he wants good-D at SS, and whatever hitting he gets there is just a bonus.
    • Spencer Fordin mainly talked about SS hitting stats.
    Is there any reason to think this guy knows what he's talking about?
    Or is it just another internet opinion?
    He has covered the Orioles for several years for MLB, albeit not very well, but he is there.
    Ryan
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fairfax Bird View Post
    He has covered the Orioles for several years for MLB, albeit not very well, but he is there.
    Used to cover the Blue Jays, and a friend of mine on another forum, when he left, told me that they were glad to get rid of him.
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