Kurkjian: O's Jones "Unique Player and Person"

[waroriole]

That's a really good article. Kurkjian is the best.

[Aristotelian]

Love it. AJ is quite a character. His chemistry with Buck really comes through. I think he is going to be the guy that my kids remember as their first Oriole hero.

[Nevermore]

Great article. I remember him back last year when he was pie-ing everyone after they won the clincher.

[weams]

That's a really good article. Kurkjian is the best.

Compare him to Ken Rosenthal and you see a gilded craftsman as opposed to a formulaic muckracker.

[Gurgi]

Wait, what? I thought blowing bubbles was the bane of our existence and the reason we haven't won a World Series since he's been here.

Do you see him blowing them catching the ball the last two years? I have watched him close. I dont see him doing it in the field when the ball arrives anymore. I think he has matured and has stopped. But Im sure you will say he is blowing them left and right still.

[24fps]

Compare him to Ken Rosenthal and you see a gilded craftsman as opposed to a formulaic muckracker.

Not arguing with your general attitude towards Rosenthal, I share it, but for all the slime he trails behind him I think he's nonetheless a highly skilled yellow journalist. The way he spun out the Duquette to Toronto saga was nothing short of masterful.

I'm a Kurkjian fan as well.

[Can_of_corn]

Not arguing with your general attitude towards Rosenthal, I share it, but for all the slime he trails behind him I think he's nonetheless a highly skilled yellow journalist. The way he spun out the Duquette to Toronto saga was nothing short of masterful.

I'm a Kurkjian fan as well.

But...Posnanski is the best going right now.

[Ven6]

Do you see him blowing them catching the ball the last two years? I have watched him close. I dont see him doing it in the field when the ball arrives anymore. I think he has matured and has stopped. But Im sure you will say he is blowing them left and right still.

The big grinning emoticon says I was joking. I don't care if he plays with a giant bubble all game.

[weams]

But...Posnanski is the best going right now.

In this proud land we grew up strong

We were wanted all along

I was taught to fight, taught to win

I never thought I could fail

No fight left or so it seems

I am a man whose dreams have all deserted

I've changed my face, I've changed my name

But no one wants you when you lose

Don't give up

'Cause you have friends

[24fps]

But...Posnanski is the best going right now.

He certainly can be. I have to say I find a steady diet of him to be fatiguing.

[Aristotelian]

Do you see him blowing them catching the ball the last two years? I have watched him close. I dont see him doing it in the field when the ball arrives anymore. I think he has matured and has stopped. But Im sure you will say he is blowing them left and right still.

He is still blowing them...but he has was much better in CF last year so I am good with it.

[BohKnowsBmore]

He is still blowing them...but he has was much better in CF last year so I am good with it.

If anything, I would have thought quitting bubbles cold turkey would have hurt his play if he had been doing it since he was young. As a concentration thing.

[scOtt]

Mancrushes...

Adam :hearts::hearts::hearts:

Buck :hearts::hearts::hearts:

TimK :hearts::hearts:

[Moose Milligan]

Total fluff piece, but it was pretty good. Good reminder that baseball is on the horizon.

[Frobby]

Compare him to Ken Rosenthal and you see a gilded craftsman as opposed to a formulaic muckracker.

Totally different types of reporters. Kurkjian writes about the players and the game, Rosenthal largely writes about the possible transactions, rumors, etc.