[What are you listening to right now?]

Popped into my head. An underrated (?) very VERY great song. What a sensation these guys were!

 

[What are you listening to right now?]

This has been running in and out of my head a lot for a couple weeks now.

 

[2022 coaching assignments - incomplete]

7 hours ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

I think Rick Dempsey is available next season. 

Yikes!

[2022 coaching assignments - incomplete]

2 hours ago, wildcard said:

Well, kind of.   Roch clears up who the infield and outfield coaches are.  But the Orioles are not clear on who the bullpen coach will be and who will be in the dugout.   Seems kind of weird to have a rookie catcher and not catching coach in the dugout.

Hyde was a catcher too.

[What are you listening to right now?]

Something from a completely different video reminded me of some old FUNK!

 

[Some thoughts on service time manipulation and the CBA]

3 hours ago, Aristotelian said:

I have seen that the owners proposed 29.5 and it was rejected by the players. I agree it is rare but it probably would be good if they moved to age based system... If they could agree on one.

You know the owners are going to push for the highest age, for longer control. The players will push for the lowest. How hard either side pushes, and what they are willing to give up to get it.. might make or break this negotiation.

[Ryan Mountcastle's Most Similar Batters List]

And not that it means much... He's a better defender (I think) than Mancini. At least good enough that his bat makes up for it.

Plus 1B is a trash position. Stick most anyone there if they can hit and RM is better than "most anyone."

[So, what are we going to talk about now?]

An example.

 

[So, what are we going to talk about now?]

On 12/8/2021 at 4:37 PM, sportsfan8703 said:

Buck also had good coaches. Our pitching tanked after I believed Wiley? left the team. Also, Bobby Dickerson really helped Machado and Schoop. Having Hardy helped too. 
 

I’d love for us to convince Hardy in the future to be our MLB infield coach. No matter who the manager is. 

This!

There's a whole series of videos on MASNOrioles youboob channel. Bobby working with several different infielders. ML knowledge just gushing out of him about tiny little subtleties that make you better and faster.

[Kelvin Gutierrez’s defense]

On 10/7/2021 at 8:36 AM, sportsfan8703 said:

I think he’s our 3B going into next season. We literally have no other options. I expect an IF of,

2B - Urias (Lock)

3B - Guiterrez

SS - FA(Iglesias or Galvis)

UTIL/IF/OF - Mateo

IF - Waiver wire claim 

Iglesias or Galvis, can be brought in to help stabilize the defense for the pitching staff. They can also mentor the young IF. Also, Mateo could be an everyday option at SS, but he has to prove himself and win that job. 

This. For the moment at least. And the moment is of course on hold. M.a.y.b.e.... Urias.

[What are you listening to right now?]

Here's a RARE Xmas song I'm down with.

Lemmy. Dave Grohl and Billy Gibbons.

 

 

[Here's Adley Rutschman, whacking a golf ball.]

11 hours ago, Frobby said:

Are you talking ball speed or swing speed?   From what I read, ball speed tends to be about 1.5 times swing speed.    https://golftips.golfweek.usatoday.com/golf-tips-swing-speed-2325.html

I was thinking about it. I did mix up clubhead speed with EV.

Never mind.

[Here's Adley Rutschman, whacking a golf ball.]

Just now, Orioles0615 said:

I would bet his ball speed is probably closer to 170 

I'm not sure about that. In my prime I could hit 90-95. Couple long hitters I played with touched 105. A decent PGA player hits 120 ish. John Daly in his prime hit 130-140.

I'm not sure 170 is even humanly possible. Maybe with a machine.

[Here's Adley Rutschman, whacking a golf ball.]

3 hours ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Yeah but what is AR’s exit velocity? ‍

On a golf ball??? 130-140 or even a little more.

[Here's Adley Rutschman, whacking a golf ball.]

6 hours ago, Moose Milligan said:

Slow day around here, isn't it?

 

 

Good Lord what a blast!

[Will Jacob Nottingham be on our Opening Day roster?]

1 hour ago, waroriole said:

Sounds like the OD starter. 

Depends completely on the new CBA and when we can bring up AR.

[Reed Trimble to miss most of 2022?]

14 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

It's not the worst thing but it's a pretty bad thing.

Even with a full recovery he's going to be 23 just starting his career as a pro.  It's going to be an uphill battle for him even if things go right here on out.

Elbows you can fix, knees you can fix. Shoulders (even non-throwing) are BAD. They're never right again.

[Mancini working on his swing with Trumbo]

Sounded to me like Trumbo is at least a little up on the new analytics.

[So, what are we going to talk about now?]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

Sure, but they are testing now...

Even scabs?

[So, what are we going to talk about now?]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

He was on roids at the time.

He wouldn't think twice about starting up again. Just another pill or needle in his body.

[So, what are we going to talk about now?]

34 minutes ago, DrungoHazewood said:

Oh, I thought they were just emphasizing that everyone roots for laundry.  The players are all fungible.  When they use replacement players they'll just plug in new faces and push on like nothing happened.  The 2022 season will feature Keanu Reeves and that hot cheerleader.

If they replaced all the Orioles' headshots with the random faces from The Onion's American Voices feature how long would it take the average fan to noice?  Six weeks?  Six months?

You forgot the Wild Thing. He might could still pitch.

[So, what are we going to talk about now?]

I know! We'll talk about MUSIC!

 

 

[Orioles signing Rougned Odor]

15 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

They will be using up an Adley season.

There is that...

 

[Orioles signing Rougned Odor]

6 hours ago, Tony-OH said:

Not sure I understand this at all. So I guess Urias goes back to utility for the 2022 version of Maikol Franco? This seems like a deal you make last offseason. 

Call me confused.

I'm ok with this deal. It's nothing. middle infield depth with a little pop and probably cheap.

What's different in 2022 from 2021? Besides the CBA expiring, absolutely nothing. Last season we were hoping to make some organizational progress, and we didn't. Every minor league starter we brought up sucked. Period.

If Elias thinks the time is not right yet, then I trust him. Does everyone want us to go off half-cocked and spend a half a BILLION dollars like the Rangers?

[Haven't heard this in a while...]

On 2/16/2020 at 12:21 AM, 24fps said:

Just watched Muscle Shoals (again).  Every tIme I see that documentary I come away revisiting a different memory.  The aging process is mitigated so very, very much by how many great songs I got to listen to when I was young and that particular window was fully open.

 

 

 

 

On 2/16/2020 at 2:37 AM, scOtt said:

Many of the Muscle Shoals guys are the guys in the band in the Blues Brothers movie.

 

What documentary are you talking about? Something on youboob or a DVD? Cuz I'd pay a dollar for that!

I DID pay about 5 dollars for that! That and "Wrecking Crew." Another legendary backup "band" from L.A. I put "band" in quotes because they were around so long they changed. Just the best session players in the business. Look 'em up!