New Sun article: Roberts/Penn vs Giles/LaRoche to be avoided by Angelos

[TGO]

I wouldn't trade Roberts for Babe Ruth either. I heard Ruth has lost a lot of bat speed.

[frankpembleton]

Please don't ban Mr. Poop too soon, his posts thus far are comedy gold.

[crstrobel]

You said nobody is untouchable, dummy. of course brob is no cal, but he is the closest thing we have had since him.

the only thing keeping most people hanging by a thread to the o's is brob. expecially those of us in the dc area.

i dont care what the o;s have to do, the need to keep him on the team for a long time.

there are 100 laroches out there in the draft. There is no need to dismante the fan base to get some more power.

How old are you? 6? Can we keep the discussions baseball related, without the name calling. Oh, and BTW what does Cal have anything to do with this discussion? BRob isn't half the player, or face of the organization Cal was. That comparison is ridiculous.

[Elon Os Fan]

Mr. Poop.

What would you do in the next couple days if you were GM of the Baltimore Orioles?

[rolliefingers]

Please don't ban Mr. Poop too soon, his posts thus far are comedy gold.

Anytime someone calls someone else "idiot" while having the word "poop" in their handle, I'm going to be amused. I just am.

[Hank Scorpio]

Anytime someone calls someone else "idiot" while having the word "poop" in their handle, I'm going to be amused. I just am.

This guy comes in guns blazing and then proclaims that he wouldn't trade Brian Roberts for Albert Pujols.

[TGO]

Anytime someone calls someone else "idiot" while having the word "poop" in their handle, I'm going to be amused. I just am.

Despite the fact that I'm the one he called a dummy, I'm definitely intrigued by this character. He and the guy that wants us to sign Barry Bonds are making this an interesting afternoon.

[eddieEATSpoop]

You guys are the Brandon Fahey of the message board.

[Lucky Jim]

I'm not convinced that LaRoche is for real. He's shown good power for one year and very good for another, but his track record is quite spotty.

I'm not sure I pull the trigger on this.

[66-70-83-??]

Word of advice-- you might not want to begin your very first post on the board with "You guys are idiots."

Welcome to the board, but take a look at the board rules before you get yourself in trouble.

Do ya think ? LOL.

"eddieEATSpoop"- interesting name

That name may not win friends and influence people either.

"Eddie" is a name hold in high regard around here.

[sakata_catching]

You guys are the Brandon Fahey of the message board.

You're right -- they're scrappy and play the game the right way.

[Elon Os Fan]

Sorry if this was posted already. Didnt see it anywhere.

From Will Carroll "Will's Mill"

The Orioles? I'm not sure why they're here. There's nothing happening after their spate of bullpen signings. Same holds true with the Braves. They have almost no budgetary room unless they move Marcus Giles or Andruw Jones. They're not talking about moving either player.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=5742&PHPSESSID=ef454874a11400022d4fa10ee8259cf6

I guess this means the Roberts trade is done with.

But what about the other trades we need to make?

[clapdiddy]

Sorry if this was posted already. Didnt see it anywhere.

From Will Carroll "Will's Mill"

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=5742&PHPSESSID=ef454874a11400022d4fa10ee8259cf6

I guess this means the Roberts trade is done with.

But what about the other trades we need to make?

I haven't noticed anything about them on the ESPN "Live update" page, either.

Maybe no news is good news?

[ejf1025]

You're right -- they're scrappy and play the game the right way.

Do they also need permission slips to travel on road games?

[Where they ain']

BRoberts is as savvy a baseball guy as you will see come up and he can do it all on/off field.He is a team Leader to boot.Power guys are a dime a dozen compared to that.No brainer-build around this guy and they will come.