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    Grich and Lou Whitaker aren't just borderline cases — they're both well above the threshold for 2b. Dewey Evans should've gone in instead of teammate Jim Rice. Dick Allen is more of a borderline case — shy on traditional counting stat milestones and brutal on defense but still managing to put up 156 OPS+ and 58.7 career WAR over a 14 year career. If he hadn't been hung with a 'clubhouse cancer' tag, he'd probably get more love.
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    It's naive to think this stops with him getting a hit.
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    There are only two good options for Davis. He flatlines again and forces the O's to cut bait. Or he mashes for half a season at an .800+ OPS and Elias is able to move him to a surprise contender + a big chunk of salary for a couple of B prospects. Let's call those odds 99:1. Anything in between just drags this stoopid situation out longer.
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    <p><p><p>Glad to see you back.</p></p></p>

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    <p><p><p>Happy Happy Birthday, Weams!</p></p></p>

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    <p><p><p>Hey, thanks for the kind words and birthday wishes — though I must confess you went over my head with Les Rallizes Denudes. </p></p></p>

    <p><p><p>Wife got me an Amon Düül II t-shirt (!!) as a birthday present, which I imagine you would appreciate.</p></p></p>

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    <p><p><p>Amos Moses, as in the Jerry Reed song? Congrats, sir — you now have my favorite handle on this site.</p></p></p>

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    <p><p><p>Thank you for the birthday rep!</p></p></p>

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    <p><p><p>Cool! You have any questions about the city, feel free to PM me. I've lived here @5 years. It'll be cool to have another O's fan in town once baseball season starts. Happy Holidays!</p></p></p>

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    <p><p><p>Hey, have you always been in Pittsburgh, or just recently moved here? I don't think I've ever noticed it as your location before.</p></p></p>

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    And all these years I thought our color guy was Sir James Palmer, the Australian parliamentarian. Turns out he died in 1871. How embarrassing! I'm sure whoever-this-pitcher-Palmer is, he gets this all the time.
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    I've been watching the DVD set of the '79 series, and whenever they cut to Stanhouse — whose white-boy 'fro barely contained beneath his O's cap pales only in comparison to Oscar Gamble's — you can tell that he's a figure of immense amusement to Howard Cosell (who, incidentally, calls a great game). In game 2, top of the 8th, with Tippy relieving Palmer in a downpour, they cut to Stanhouse (who will go on to lose the game with 2 outs in the 9th) tossing in the bullpen. Cosell: "Colorful, flaky kinda guy ... Weaver has great faith in him." Yeah, right, Howard. I don't know if I've ever seen a pitcher take longer in between pitches than Stanhouse. At one point in the 9th, Keith Jackson points out that Stanhouse has been on the mound 4 minutes without throwing a pitch. They called Mike Hargrove "the human rain delay." I shudder to think how long an at-bat between Grover and Stanhouse would've taken.
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    <p><p><p>Hey! You were MIA for a good long while. Good to see you back and posting.</p></p></p>

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    <p><p><p>You, sir, have a great name. I love sweetbreads.</p></p></p>

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    <p><p><p>Wedge, is that the 75 O's cap? I just ordered one from Amazon!</p></p></p>

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