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I know we have Tony Taters in RF but I would think that RF is much more of a valid spot to get the young guys at bats rather than taking them away from a player who made the all star game last season... yes he slowed down but he still was a great player for us last season.

We have to stop thinking how things were done in the past and think how it is going to be done now. This is the smart way to do it.

^^ This is key for the org and for how people think here. We used to think about service time and all that blah blah blah but when you build a good farm that can keep supplying talent then maximizing 1 players service time is not needed. Elias has built the farm and now its time to harvest the crop and sell the excess. Keep what you want and trim off the rest to buy the things you dont have right now. its simple economics really haha

I don't think there is any way this has to do with new ownership, I doubt there is any way they can have a say on the operations of the team without the approval of the sale. AND I believe that a big reason why (besides money) that the Angelos' didnt sell all of their stake is because they or Peter want to see if the team can win a WS before he dies. I think they wanted to try and balance keeping cost low (which this does) while making the team better (which this does). This move was well under way before that all came out, timing can make it seem otherwise.

I guess another really cool story was when I went to a day game on my way back to Rochester and walked up and bought a ticket 6 rows behind home plate. Sat next to another guy who did the same thing. The O's played against the Jays with Roy Halladay pitching and what a sight to see him throw from that seat. He dominated the O's for 7 innings and then got pulled and the BP gave up the lead and it went into extras. The guy next to me had to leave and I told him you never leave early because something great can happen. The jays scored 2 in the top of the 11th and then we scored 1 in the bottom and then Nolan Reimold hit a 3 run walk off HR. MAN, that was awesome. This started my love for Nolan haha. But the next year when he was rehabbing and norfolk visited Rochester I went to the game, met him and handed him a ticket and just asked "Can you sign this special ticket for me?" He looked at it and then looked up with a huge smile and said "No way you were at this game!" we talked for a few minutes about it and his hopes to get past the injury bug and back to the majors and shared a few laughs. Really good guy that I wish his injuries didn't hamper his career.

My first game at Camden Yards when I was 12 was also the time I got Cal's autograph. During his whole warmup routine with a wall full of people you could see him looking at everyone in the crowd and smiling, waving but more importantly it was like he was surveying to see where to go first for autographs. After his stretches and jogs he started to walk over to the wall and right towards me! As a young kid I won't ever forget this moment because my idol was walking right towards me. I was sure he was going right to me first and I couldn't have been more excited. When he got up to the wall he reached out and grabbed the ball from my little sister, then me next. It wasn't until about 20 minutes later it set in with sibling jealousy that he picked her first. Then I went through the emotions of being mad about that and wondering why for about 5 minutes and didn't really care after that. But looking back as an adult, he always took care of the fans and picked out the kids first to make a lasting memory for them. I may always be jealous of my sister in that moment but what it meant to me was wayyyyy more impactful than any other encounter I have had over the 24 years since then haha.

Kremer had 172 last year with one less start than Gibby, I wouldnt put it past Kremer to hit 190 this year. and I bet his ERA will be better than 4.72 as well

Why do we need more starters? I think the only way I move Kremer is if we upgrade from him but we have 5 starters, then Irvin and Hall in the pen who can be stretched and Povich pushing on the door. I think its about quality not quantity at this point. But like I said before if healthy give me a 1-2-3 of Bradish/Means/Grod all day

Up grading is always nice but I love the strides our guys took this year and I want to see a rotation on Bradish/Means/GRod/Wells/Kremer with Irvin being the 6th man. I honestly dont think Means will be hampered much next year and if anything they will limit innings per start not starts overall. I think that top 3 has a chance to be as good as any top 3 in our division, all of them have TOR qualities. I think they will bring it together this year. I like our guys!

mt. read and ridge yeah

My apartment is still around haha. I was born in 88 so I have yet to witness some WS action, but I will be there when it does happen!

It was a different singer, Steve Harwell stopped touring in 2021 and was then officially out of the band in 2022. Still sad but that explains what you saw there last year

Was wondering this myself, seemed odd looking at box score this morning

how long until we eliminate the yankees?

the streak is a thing to care about, in a sense. Not caring about not getting swept is like saying you dont care if they win or lose. I didnt know we had this streak until I read this thread right now but all I cared about today was getting a win so we werent swept. That stopper can be a big thing going into the next series. Momentum means a lot this time of year and especially in the playoffs. These things may add up for us come that time...