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Bradysburns All-Star

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Bobby Valentine was asked today by ESPN why the O's have been so good despite their negative run differential. His response?

"Lucky."

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:8324444

The rest of his speech was about as eloquent as you would expect. We truly dodged a train destined to derail with this guy. Good lord, what a loser. 20-2. Guess the the A's were lucky eh?

The only time run differential really matters is in the game you're currently playing. So Bobby V - the soon-to-be-unemployed-again Bobby V - can continue sucking whatever happens to be handy.

[Edit: For example, 20-2 really matters.]

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Bradysburns All-Star

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How 'bout dem Lucky O's! Sounds like a good theme for 2012.

This is probably one of the best ideas I've heard in awhile. Turn it around on the baseball "establishment" - the rich jerks of the baseball world, the mainstream press guys. It strikes the perfect balance between mocking the haters... and wide-eyed embracing of whatever divine providence happens to be flowing in this team's direction.

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Frobby Hangout Grand Counsel

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I thought this thread was because he was fired.:

I thought do, too. Fortunately, I was mistaken.

Bobby is lucky they decimated his team and completely disenfranchised the Pink Hat nation in order to let him keep his job.

Bobby V owes his job to the Orioles. If the "lucky" O's hadn't destroyed the Red Sox last September, Francona would still be there.

I'd like to see the actual interview, though, to see exactly what Bobby V said. I doubt all he said was "lucky."

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I was so hoping when I saw the thread title that the little arse got fired late last night. Regardless, you don't get lucky 73 times in five months unless you look like Brad Pitt. With Machado's ears, Johnson's pornstache, a name like Taylor Teagarden, and the fact our starting leftfielder looks remarkably like Lowell the mechanic from the 90's sitcom Wings, we aren't exactly a bunch of Brad Pitts. Buck's response was dead on. The team has fought hard, stepped up, adapted on the fly, and deserves to be where it is.

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:rolleyes:Hard to imagine why people don't like Bobby V.:rolleyes: I mean, he has such a way with words.

Amazing that he would say, "Your not good when you have that kind of differential." I can't remember any manager ever saying something like that about another ball club.

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I was so hoping when I saw the thread title that the little arse got fired late last night. Regardless, you don't get lucky 73 times in five months unless you look like Brad Pitt. With Machado's ears, Johnson's pornstache, a name like Taylor Teagarden, and the fact our starting leftfielder looks remarkably like Lowell the mechanic from the 90's sitcom Wings, we aren't exactly a bunch of Brad Pitts. Buck's response was dead on. The team has fought hard, stepped up, adapted on the fly, and deserves to be where it is.

One, you're talking about Thomas Haden Church, who has become a pretty respectable character actor...Wings was a weird stomping ground for that type with him AND Tony Shaloub. And I don't think McClouth looks like Church, but hey, I can see why you do. :)

Two, this Brad Pitt?

bradpitt.jpg

You gotta start somewhere. The 2012 Orioles can very well be that Brad Pitt. :D

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OFFNY Hangout Grand Counsel

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Bobby Valentine was asked today by ESPN why the O's have been so good despite their negative run differential. His response?

"Lucky."

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:8324444

The rest of his speech was about as eloquent as you would expect. We truly dodged a train destined to derail with this guy. Good lord, what a loser. 20-2. Guess the the A's were lucky eh?

As we did when Joe Girardi turned us down, also.

All of the Yankee fans that I know despise Girardi, and know that we have the better manager by leaps and bounds.

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