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    Owners submit new economic plan to union : UPDATED

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    34 minutes ago, DrungoHazewood said:

    Those are just preferences.  And your preferences are just as valid as mine, but I very much think game length is a problem. 

    And you can have more strategic decisions with a DH than without.  It's not really strategy when you have a .077 hitter coming up in the 7th, you're down three runs and have two guys on.  You pinch hit.  Any baseball fan knows that.  But if you have a DH and a long bench... you might pinch hit to get the platoon advantage.  Or not.  You might save your guy for the 8th or the 9th.  You pull your pitcher if you want another pitcher, not because he hits like a Little Leaguer.

    Baseball is what we decide it to be. 

    I just don’t want the DH put in the NL. I’m old school. Been a fan since the 50’s. 

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    Jim Frey

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    7 hours ago, Griffey said:

    Passed away today at age 88.  A mainstay of Earl's coaching staff in the '70s.

    I didn’t know that about him. Part of Earl’s staff. 

    MLB.com's Five Best 2nd-Basemen in O's History

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    On 4/13/2020 at 12:00 PM, DrungoHazewood said:

    Gleason is listed at 5' 7", 158, and from 1890-1894 he threw 506, 418, 400, 380, and 230 innings.  They switched to allowing overhand pitching in '84.  It took a while for folks to catch on to the idea that 55 starts, 500 innings wasn't going to work so well throwing overhand, even if it wasn't max-effort like today.  The record for innings pitched is very dependent on when you draw the back line.  Bill Hutchison*, Amos Rusie, Sadie McMahon, and Gleason were the last of the 500 inning pitchers, none of them hit that mark after they moved the pitching distance to 60' 6".

    The 1800s were an era of continuous transitions, and there were a lot of pitchers whose careers never made it to 30.  Some not to 25.

    Gleason hurt his arm in '95 with the Orioles, and he transitioned straightaway to second base.  Thing was he wasn't really any good as a position player.  Career OPS+ of 78, and was at best an average fielder.  He hit .300 a couple times, but with no power and few walks.  From 120+ years away it's kind of hard to see why he was a regular for 12+ years after he quit pitching, he was a 0-to-2 win player almost every year. 

    * I need to read up on Hutchison.  He apparently didn't throw a pro pitch until 24, didn't have a season of more than a couple starts until 27, then threw 300-625 innings a year for almost a decade.  Once had a minor league season where he allowed 271 runs in 305 innings.  In 1892 he faced 2639 batters, which is more than twice Jim Palmer's highest total.  By Tom Tango's basic pitch count estimator he threw almost 10,000 pitches.  Or roughly three times what a modern ace does.

    I enjoy reading about players that played back on those days. Baseball history is very interesting to me. 

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    With the O's rebuilding, do you root for any other MLB teams?

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    6 hours ago, DocJJ said:

    Assuming there was baseball now, would you root for any other MLB team?   Our hearts bleed Orange and Black.   But we won't be contending for a long while...

     

    I tend to like underdogs (small market type teams).   I've been thinking about adopting the Brewers or Padres...  

     

    Or are you like- "The O's and no one else!"  ?

    Being in Texas and with family in Houston and having been an Astros fan when they were in the NL. I’m still a fan. Pissed me off when the MLB jackasses moved them to the AL. Don’t get me wrong I’m still an O’s fan. Fan since 1959. 

    MLB suspended, Opening Day delayed indefinitely UPDATED

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    9 minutes ago, ChuckS said:

    It’s hard for me to imagine that there won’t be travel restrictions in NYC at a minimum deep into the Spring and maybe Summer months. 
     

    As far as insuring at any point that there will be absolutely “no risk to the players”, this seems an impossible standard to meet any time soon. 

    I’m trying to remain optimistic but it’s looking more and more like we won’t be getting a season. 

    I sure hope there is a baseball season. 

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    Roch: O's returning both rule 5s

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    On 3/6/2020 at 2:16 PM, wildcard said:

    The lineups these guys have been facing are no were near what the O's will have to face after the season begins.   They appear to be months away from the majors IMO.   There has to be something else happening here.

    You may be right. 

    Baltimore Baseball: Matt Blood

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    On 1/10/2020 at 9:16 AM, Frobby said:

    I’m very excited to see how our player development system evolves.    We made a lot of changes last year, but in large part Elias & co. were in assessment mode.   Now they are really remaking the system in the way they want.    I expect there to be some mistakes and hiccups along the way, but I like the mindset and culture they are developing across the organization.    I’m hoping for great things.    

    Me too.

    After one turn through the rotation

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    3 hours ago, wildcard said:

    Brandon Bailey will make his second appearance today with a start vs the Pirates.   He marks the beginning of the second turn through the rotation candidates. Those candidates include 8 starters Means, Cobb, Wojo, LeBlanc, Milone, Bailey, Rucker, and Hess.  Kohl Stewart will probably join the competition this  weekend as he recovers from some soreness.    IMO Akins, Kremer, Zimmerman, Diplan  and Lowther probably begin the season in the minors no matter how they do in camp. 

    Eshelman, who had a good outing; Valdez pitched two good innings; Shepherd, who had a bad outing; Blach who had one bad outing and one good one are all non roster invitee except Valdez who was just brought over from the minor league camp for a look..   They probably have long odds to make the rotation out of ST.

    Any of the top 9 candidates that don't make the rotation have a chance to join the pen.   They join Harvey, Givens, Bleier and Castros who are likely to make the pen.   Others battling for pen spots are Armstrong, Carroll (who has looked surprising good), Sulser, Hanhold (also surprising good).

    Scott, Fry, Cervenka, Zastryzny, Phillips and Larkins kind of trail the pack with some uneven early performances.  But there is a lot time to make a jump into the thick of the competitions. Rodgers is coming back from injury and could be pitching in ST games soon.

    That's 29 pitchers not counting the guys destiny for the minors.    Quite a big number.

    The shock of camp has been the hitting of Chris Davis.  He could move from where I had him projected on the bench to the starting 1B.   Alberto 2B, Iglesias SS and Ruiz 3B seem to fill out the infield though Hyde seems determined to give Nunez every chance to win the 3B job.   That is probably because with  Santander, Hays and Mancini in the outfield, when Mountcastle is promoted in mid April the DH spot may turn into a rotation of these four guys  plus Nunez.

    Severino seems to have a catching spot.  The second spot has Holaday challenging Sisco in the early going.  Wynns may lose his roster spot late in camp to make room for some of the non roster players which may include LeBlanc, Milone, Holaday and maybe Valaika.

    The utility infield spot has a ton of competition.  Valaika is out hitting everyone in  the early going and the relay throw he made to cut down a Pirate trying to score was a thing of beauty.    Others include Velazquez, Urias, Martin, Herrera, Rondon and Wilkerson.  I think Bannon, Canelo, and McCoy begin in the minors.

    The 4th outfielder is a competition between Smith, Mullins, Williams and DJ Stewart who is ahead of schedule in his injury recovery.   Mullins looks good in the early going but he is a fastball hitter and as the pitchers off speed stuff gets better it will be a test for him.  Williams not being on the 40 man roster could be a problem for him if Mullins continues to hit.  There may be room for DJ  Stewart or Smith on the roster until Mountcastle is promoted.   However there are a lot of ways the 26th man could go.

    JMO

    Let CD stay on the bench till that albatross is cut. 

    The Navy Midshipman who passed away...

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    19 hours ago, SteveA said:

    ... was the son of a former Oriole minor leaguer.

    David Forney, 22, a midshipman and starting G from the Navy football team, was found dead in his dorm room.   No foul play or suicide is suspected, they have not yet released the cause of death.

    His father, Rick Forney, was a 1991 draftee of the Orioles who made it as high as AAA Rochester but never made the majors.   For the last 14 years Rick Forney has been the manager of an independent minor league team in Winnipeg.

    That’s so terrible. I will pray for his family and friends.

    Chris Davis, 2020

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    On 1/27/2020 at 1:22 PM, Frobby said:

    Time to change over the Chris Davis 2019 thread.    

    Here were some quotes from Davis that suggested some semblance of a plan to go along with his bulking up:

     

     

    Retire Chris. It’s time.

    It happens every spring

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    3 hours ago, Frobby said:

    After a long, gloomy winter in which I have exuded realism about the Orioles’ near term future, spring training has arrived and I am growing more optimistic daily based on the incessantly positive remarks coming from Brandon Hyde, Doug Brocail and a litany of players.    Lord it makes me happy!    The hell with realism, there will be plenty of time for that later!

    It Happens Every Spring was a great movie. 

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