Justinlstn
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6 hours ago, SteveA said:
Top 10 Orioles who are now just remembered as an Oriole for basically just ONE thing:
1) Robert Andino
2) Tito Landrum
3) Delmon Young
4) Ryan Minor
5) Brad Pennington
6) Jamie Quirk
7) Steve Bechler
8 ) Tom Gastall
9) Tony Tarasco
10) Jack Cust
Jeff Reboulet known for owning Randy Johnson
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Past couple weeks I've been religiously checking box scores for Orioles and Diamondbacks hoping we can get some distance on them for that first overall pick but Mountcastle doesn't seem to have the same goals as I do.
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Looks like he has good hit tools, speed, and fielding. He was top 10 prospect, not a huge reach. I'd rather have had one of the SS's but it is what it is. He's an Oriole now, so I'll root for him to succeed.
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Two years in a row of this
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It would be amazing if PA an family sold the team. All I have known as an Orioles fan has been his regime. My personal view of him are equal to how I feel about Jeffrey Maier.
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Its funny, because like the rest of us we just want our kids to have fun and be happy. My 10yr old will hopefully play HS baseball and that be it. I never knew about what these "future prospects" go through until talking to a buddy of mine who's 13 yr old son (Dillon Adkins) was on Team USA 12U last year and all the things that they do year round. He's was getting scholarship offers last Dec. Its crazy to me, I never knew things like this started that early.
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Homegrown stars can't leave you for more money if you don't draft them
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I wasn't completely sold on Martin but.. I never heard anyone mention this kid for us. That last name just flows off the tongue..
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I am happy with Diaz, meh about the rest. Wonder what was being offered this off season, as well as last deadline in comparison. I will miss Manny, but glad he gets to escape this chaotic organization. I wish him the best of luck.
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Patiently waiting...
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Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock canon stories are just terrific. Takes you back in time with his writing
Anything by Jules Verne IMO.
Count of Monte Cristo I consider a must read.
John Ransom's Diary is...a must read. The hell this man and others went though is truly hard to comprehend.
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I got burned out on Biographies so I've been really into fiction lately:
Currently reading The battle of Hackham Heath by John Flanagan. Its a part of the prequel of the Ranger's Apprentice series. I've enjoy the series, I don't think I can point to one bad book in the series which is impressive considering this is the 14th book.
I haven't written in awhile but I also read all of the Kevin Hearne's Druid series which is very good, although he changed up from a mostly 1 main character to 2 and now 3. I wasn't impressed with the decision but as it is now 3 I enjoy 2 of the 3 main characters.
I am caught up on Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Series and Reckoner's series which are both pretty awesome and both completely different. A very talented author.
Johnathan Renshaw Dawn of Wonder is a terrific book unfortunately its the beginning of a series so unless you want to be stuck waiting for the next book I'd add it to the wish list until he puts out more of the series.
Read Brian Anderson's Godling Chronicles and just was meh. Just too corny and predictable. Nothing but a time killer.
Shae Ford's Fates forsaken series started off great, but fizzled at the end. Built up of this great battle turned into a big let down and just became about finding a way to give everybody happy endings.
Anthony Ryans Blood song series had a terrific first book then just slowly went down hill from there.
Seth Skorkowsky Valducan series is very good.
Larry Corrieia Monster Hunter series is truly an entertaining series. I was very skeptical going into but glad I read it.
Attempted a hand full of other series but the first book didn't entertain me enough to get me committed into the series.
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Recently i finished Napoleon by Andrew Roberts which was pretty good although I had a trouble keeping up with all the french Generals whose names sounded similar to each other. I also finished The Wright Brothers by David McCullough who always writes excellent biographies. Currently reading Coolidge by Amity Shlaes. I don't know much about Coolidge other then he was Harding's VP and then became President obviously.
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Continuing on my slow Founding Fathers tour, I just read James Madison's biography by Richard Brookhiser. So far I've read (more or less in this order):
1776, by David McCullough
John Adams, by David McCullough
Alexander Hamilton, by Ron Chernow
Founding Brothers, by Joseph Ellis
Benjamin Franklin, by Walter Isaacson
American Sphinx (Jefferson), by Joseph Ellis
George Washington, by Ron Chernow
James Madison, by Richard Brookhiser
The Madison book read quickly, but was a bit superficial for my taste (it is only 250 pages long).
I think I'm about ready to move on from the Revolution/Constitution period, but I am thinking about two others. First, I wasn't that crazy about American Sphinx, which skipped all around Jefferson's life, so I was thinking about reading The Art of Power. Second, while he is not an important thinker of the era, I have some interest in reading the biography of Aaron Burr that came out a few years ago, because he had such an odd career. (I read the Gore Vidal historical novel Burr probably 20 years ago, if not more.) If anybody has thoughts about those books, or any others about this period that really shouldn't be missed, I'm all ears.
I go back n forth with Founding Father's Biographies, I've read McCullough's John Adams, and 1776, John Quincy Adams by Paul Nagel, Ben Franklin by Isaacson,and half way through James Monroe by Harlow Unger. I have been thinking about doing the Hamilton's biography, everyone seems to enjoy it. I am a little reserved going into it though because I tend to having a negative view of him after reading John Adams. Just hoping that that it isn't like Franklin's biography which seemed like the author had a personal mission to portray John Adams in a negative light at every chance.
Your Revolutionairy reading is more in depth then mine so I don't think i have much to suggest for you to read but I have been stuck on the Civil War though and have done alot of great biographies if you are interested:
Clouds of Glory: The life and Legend of Robert E Lee by Michael Korda
Rebel Yell: the Violence, passion and redemption of Stonewall Jackson by SC Gwynne (Highly recommend this book, probably one of the best biographies I read in awhile)
Jefferson Davis The man and his hour by William Davis
A. Lincoln by Ronald C White Jr.
Team of Rivals: The political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
The Hands of Providence: Joshua L Chamberlain and The American Civil War by Alice Rains Trulock
1861: The Civil War Awakening by Adam Goodheart (great book)
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard (another amazing book, although not much on the civil war the time frame is close to it)
Master of War by Benson Bobrick
Landscape Turned Red by Stephen Sears
Southern Storm: Sherman's March to the Sea by Noah Andre Trudeau
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Currently reading Eisenhower in War and Peace by Jean Edward Smith. Its pretty good. Smith does a pretty through job in his biographies. I read FDR by and him and enjoyed that as well.
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Franklin was an odd duck, but he had a very interesting life and I thought the book was pretty good.
I finally finished Chernow's book on George Washington. I had to take it out of the library four times, holding it for six weeks at a time, to get through it. He played a huge role in our country's founding, but wasn't as interesting a character as the other founders.
Madison is next on my biography list. I feel like I know a lot about him from the Hamilton, Jefferson, Adams and Washington biographies I've read in the last few years, but it will be interesting to focus on him, as his contributions to our country's founding are pretty underrated.
Franklin's biography has gotten better for me. Currently in his invention stage. I will not deny he was a very important person in our countries history and was pretty much a Renaissance Man. But he has his flaws i guess like i all of us. I'm looking forward to the revolution time period. Madison would be another person worth reading about. His house btw is worth visiting in Orange Va. Their is a Monroe book i have on my wishlist but i'm afraid to read it because every review i see for it say its very biased. But i don't know much about Monroe as a person and i guess it would be better then nothing.
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Currently reading Isaacson's Benjamin Franklin: An American Life and im just not enjoying it. I didn't care for Franklin after reading John Adams but i tried to go in with an open mind and yet i still find myself not liking the guy. I will continue on and hope that it gets better for me. Btw since my last post on here I read Charlie Wilson's War which was pretty interesting, and finally got around to reading Team of Rivals which was obviously great.
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Just finished Truman by David McCullough. Fantastic book, i liked Truman before hand and especially like him after. I am now starting FDR, by Jean Edward Smith. Looking back, i probably should of read FDR first, then read Truman but I've waited years to read Truman that i was a little impatient when i finally got it.
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Just finished the Isaacson book on Franklin -- very good, though with a fair amount of editorial comment from the author. So, in the past couple of years I've read 1776, Founding Brothers, and biographies of Hamilton, Adams and Fraklin. I kind of want to take on Jefferson, Washington, Madison (very overlooked among the Founding Fathers) and Burr (totally different breed of cat from the others) and then I will have enough of the Revolutionary and Constitutional period and will be ready to move on.
I never liked history in school but find it very interesting now.
I've always been big into history but, especially American. I love the Revolutionary period, i also went on a big kick of that time period as well. But growing up in Southern Maryland it seemed the Civil War was skipped over in history class. I was never taught much about it. So i have really made up for that in some of my readings: Southern Storm: Sherman's March to the Sea by Noah Andre Trudeau, 1861: The Civil awakening by Adam Goodheart, Landscape turning Red by Stephen Sears, In the Hands of Providence by Alice Rains Trulock, Master of War by Benson Bobrick, A. Lincoln by Ronald White Jr, an Bill O'Reilly's Killing Lincoln. I really want to find a good Biography on Robert E Lee that's not 8 Volumes thick, and i have been interested in doing Grants memoirs.
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Wow, i can't believe i am just now seeing this thread! John Adams by David McCullough is by far my favorite biography. John Quincy Adams: a Public Life, a Private life by Paul Nagel is also a great read, it gives a different perspective of such a legendary family. I currently have Truman by David McCullough that i haven't officially started yet. Although not a complete biography Destiny of a Republic is a must read IMO. About James Garfield specifically what happened to him after he was shot by Charles Guiteau. Another one i liked is Master of War, although i warn you about the authors view of Grant and Sherman is not too highly. Curious has anyone read Giant in the Shadows: The Life of Robert T. Lincoln by jason emerson?
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Mine went in as well.
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glad i found this thread, thought i was the only one.
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I watched that recently, I was thinking about the exact thing on why it hasn't been done since Griffey.