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3 hours ago, Frobby said:
I could argue that it’s good if the manager’s contract length isn’t public. It prevents the kind of speculation you get when everyone knows the manager is in the last year of his deal.
It’s been an interesting offseason with two teams hiring other teams’ managers while they hadn’t been fired by the prior team. I’m not concerned about Hyde getting poached at this stage, however.
On the other hand we certainly should also have no concern of Hyde being dismissed with a year (or more) left on his contract for a more experienced manager seeking a record breaking contract!
2 hours ago, tntoriole said:Counsell has made some public statements about wanting to move the bar in general for future manager salaries, along with the thousand other reasons he may have wanted to change positions. As a prior MLBPA rep as a player, he was apparently pretty active in that regard.
It was kind of interesting that Counsell got his contract from the Cubs but the next two MLB manager hires (Guardians and Mets) went to two novices. The pay differences between Franconia and Showalter vs. Vogt and Mendoza are probably substantial. Counsell moved the top bar higher but the average annual mgr salary bar probably stayed status quo. Even Ron Washington’s hire, while he has experience and is a baseball lifer, he’s been out of the skippers chair for nine years, I don’t think he had the upper hand at the negotiating table.
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https://stathead.com/tiny/lr0AW
Thats the career comparison of Jack Flaherty to Dylan Cease, both 27 y.o. A bit scary. Kind of reminds me of the adage we would be throwing good $$ (prospects) after bad to acquire him.I’d rather emulate the Minnesota-Miami trade of last winter where another current 27 y.o., Pablo Lopez was acquired for batting champ Luis Arraez.
But then again look at this comparison. https://stathead.com/tiny/4ytDy Scary??
I’m not sure the Orioles should be depending upon the “let’s see if we can fix this guy” strategy to improve playoff performance. Time to go after a pitcher on an ascending trajectory. Or is trading a “really big” name of ours too scary?
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On 10/16/2023 at 8:30 AM, Frobby said:
Oh, they’ll find someone. I hear Dan Duquette is looking for work.
I bet he would do a better job there than Buck did in Queens. (And yes I realize Buck had a good 1st year)
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What we need are some mercenary missionaries, lock Trevor Bauer in a room with these guys and let’s listen through the closed door to the exorcism and subsequent contract signing. Hallelujah!
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On 10/4/2023 at 3:58 PM, DirtyBird said:
David Hess
I admit I’m in the Felix camp if he’s deemed able to safely throw, however Hyde coming out, then handing the ball to Hess (to finish that 2019 6 1/3 inning no-hitter) would be great theatre as well. Maybe at the stand up to cancer game during WS. He could throw to Trey.
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50 minutes ago, rarerules1 said:
Public service announcement
Not sure why but tickets are available for purchase to all 3 games right now in the 300 sections!
Hat tip for the info. Yes, and if you are looking for a single, they’ve released spaces in the last rows of some great field box locations for $250 (plus fees). These are normally wheelchair accessible locations. Also selling standing room only for $100 (plus fees).
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18 hours ago, Tony-OH said:
There were more major league quality players on that Tides team than on the Oakland A's this year. And I'm not really exaggerating too much!
Well the A’s did obtain their recently chosen MILB player of the year (Darell Hernaiz) from the Orioles so we share!
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5 hours ago, RVAOsFan said:
I thought about starting a thread on this topic but figured best to hold off. If we clinch this week (my guess Wednesday or Thursday) we are going to have a week to 10 days of meaningless baseball in front of us. It will be interesting to see how the roster/lineups/pitching are managed through that stretch of time. I want to see our guys get rested for the playoffs but a long stretch off could have us come out October 7th not ready to go.
Of course if we clinch the O’s will have NO baseball for 5 days next week, but as long as we have a chance to bypass Atlanta for best record we get WS home field so all this weeks games may be important.
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7 hours ago, Prayin4Reign said:
Same for my wife and I. We live in Orlando (Os fan since 1969), I've only been to one game at Camden Yards and it was rained out. That was 25 years ago. We'll be in town for the final game of the season against the Red Sox. Pretty psyched. Anybody got recommendations for an Italian restaurant in Little Italy after the game?
I recommend https://www.amiccis.com/ Amiccis in Little Italy. Great food, friendly & unpretentious, hard to believe they’ve been around for 30 years now. I moved away 7 years ago but when I visit I make the attempt to get back to Amiccis.
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52 minutes ago, Just Regular said:
Some Dodgers game theory news in Jay Jaffe's column today. I do wonder if games might be played if there's any squishy diagnosis like trying a few more pitches won't make anything worse. He'd still have almost 18 months before Opening Day 2025 if procedure is Halloween or Labor Day, and a few games between now and then might mean a lot to him.
Gonsolin had apparently been pitching through a UCL tear, something he and the Dodgers knew based on imaging done after that June 13 start. Mindful of the concurrent losses of Dustin May and Julio Urías to the IL, Gonsolin elected to pitch through the injury. “I was just hoping I could make it through the season, put up good numbers and just post,” he told reporters. “I thought I had full capability to do that.”
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/tony-gonsolin-and-recent-tommy-john-surgery-trends/
No! No! No! No fentanyl to easy the physical pain in order to reduce any psychological pain!
(Not inferring Gonsolin used any pain medication, although it seems impossible considering previous posts)
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10 minutes ago, DrungoHazewood said:
If you're talking about my ISTP homer post, one where the OFer loses ball in sun, it richochets off his head, ends up 50 feet away in the RF corner. Exactly what I'm talking about. I want to see someone smoke a ball up the RC gap, it rolls to the 480' sign and the batter just beats the throw home.
No, sorry I was referring to his MASN reactions (NSFW) whenever he thought he lost out on a HR to LF.
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Trey Mancini says hi!
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Trying to steer this back to OPACY, I wonder if the MLB rule changes have impacted concession staff? Seriously, as I mentioned a ways back I took a part time position with Aramark at the ballpark about 30 years ago and was required to get there by 5:00pm to set up for what was then a 7:35pm game time. I know from comments here on the board that gates don’t open as early as they used to prior to game time and games seem to end on average one half hour earlier than they used to. If your hourly wage went up $2.00 between 2022 and 2023 put you only work 5 hours instead of 6……. guess what no more $$$ in your pocket.
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41 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:I believe this is a big part of it.
I also think people would rather drive Uber Eats/Grubhub or something else instead. It's easy to paint people as lazy, they don't want to work, the government is giving them checks, etc, and part of that is true. But if you want to skate by on making 30-35k a year there are plenty of other ways to do it than waiting tables or working in retail that weren't available 20 years ago. I mean, I know what I'd do if I had the choice to make between working at a stadium or driving Uber Eats and it's not a hard decision to make.
THIS! The “gig economy” where you can be your own boss and make money as you see fit on the hours that fit you and your family’s schedule is the seismic change.
Enhanced unemployment benefits were ended in September 2021! Anyone still moaning about that as an issue is sorely out of touch with reality.-
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I haven’t been at OPACY this year, in fact my first Oriole game since pre-COVID will be next Tuesday in Anaheim. 30 years ago I grabbed a part time job with Aramark at OPACY when they were the concessionaire. Only lasted about a month and a half, mostly because it was difficult for me to consistently get from my daytime career job to OPACY for weekday night game duty. It was hard fast paced work for little pay. I do remember however that back in those days a good number of the stands, maybe 10 percent of them, were operated by nonprofits/charitable organizations. School PTA’s, Volunteer Fire Auxiliaries, Church groups, United Way groups would operate a stand for the night and in turn for their free labor received $$ from the Orioles/Aramark. Not sure if it was a flat fee or based on sales but it seemed to be a win/win. Does this still go on?
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Now this is not meant to derail the thread with an argument over Hyde’s roster power but in the course of a couple days recently: 1.) Hyde referred to Hicks as “Hicksey” in an injury update. Hyde likes you when he adds the “ey” to your name.
2.) Hyde called on Cowser to enter a game and I guess Cowser had some hesitation to which Hyde had to yell “get out there!” and turned to Fredi Gonzales and said “god damn!”Totally unscientific but underlying clues.
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4 minutes ago, justD said:
It was Britt Ghiroli who picked it up.
Oh Kenny will chime in soon enough.
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Kevin Browns’ X page (twitter) has been quiet sinc July 26. Last tweets were acknowledging Adam Jones’ scheduled visit to the splash zone and noting that the Tampa series was the most exciting of his five years here.
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24 minutes ago, dzorange said:
The Athletic has picked this up now.
Kenny will be on it like…….. Buster on Mussina’s number!
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12 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:
Just don't make him go out into the splash zone and be a "man of the people." Talk about cringe worthy especially after he said someone may have stolen his wallet.
Honestly, now that I think of it, I wonder if that was what got him suspended?
Maybe THIS! I do recall KB saying on one broadcast that upon arriving home after the splash zone game his wife asked him if he apologized to the person who drove him home because “you need a shower!”
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Today’s an off day. Why does it seem like threads started on off days are April Fools Jokes?
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4 minutes ago, Pickles said:
This sounds too ridiculous to be true. Sadly, that doesn't mean it isn't, but the supposed offensive comment can't actually be the issue.
Yeah I get the venom toward JA but the phrase in question really just doesn’t fit in the narrative. It’s a good thing unless we know JA is extremely superstitious!
I was trying to remember which radio broadcaster (I think Geoff) mentioned the Rays jerseys one night resembling the old “Devil Rays” jerseys and how it was funny that folks used to get penalized for saying “Devil Rays” after the name change. That would seem more believable although still ridiculous after all these years.
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After the current O’s win their pennant and WS, Buck, Duquette & Adam Jones can go in together in the same year. It will be cute then, not momentous. Schedule it for a Saturday home game vs the Padres so Manny can be there!
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I married my first wife in April 1983, we became newlywed homeowners in late June, but nothing rocked our waterbed(!) like the night listening to the radio to Tippy Martinez & Lenn Sakata’s heroics that August!
(yeah, yeah, probably explains the first wife part)
AL MVP Voting: Gunnar 8th, Adley 9th.
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A bit surprised that there weren’t some down ballot votes for Bautista. Very valuable contributor to a 101 win season.