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Dipper9 Hangout Grand Counsel

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I would give Markakis an A and Hardy an F. Snider was a shot in the dark that wasn't too horrible given the fact that we were hamstrung by ownership. But, all in all, I agree.

Please show me an example of were we have been hamstrung by ownership, as our payroll increases year after year. I'm sick of these shots at ownership without facts to back it up. It's evident that DD did not have a good offseason, but I have seen no evidence that ownership was the reason, except for the normal chatter from certain people when the team is playing poorly and they revert back to the Peter Angelos bashing to be the be all end all of their argument.

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I show up in game threads to cheer the team on only to watch them blow it.

I'm not happy about this, the thing is that I saw this coming in JANUARY.

I've been saying repeatedly since late 2014 that the lack of movements or signings or trades or improvement in general would come back to haunt us.

The FO stinks. Period. There's NO defense of their inept behavior this last offseason.

MSK

Of course you saw it coming in January. Just like you were on here beating your drum LAST January. And what happened in 2014 when Duke sat back and had a bad offseason in your mind...oh yeah, and ALCS appearance for the Birds.

Have your fun, pat yourself on the back, and you may just be right, the O's may stink up the joint this season. But I wouldn't give yourself a rotator cuff injury patting yourself on the back on June 2 with the Orioles only 3 games back. There is a long season to go.

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I show up in game threads to cheer the team on only to watch them blow it.

I'm not happy about this, the thing is that I saw this coming in JANUARY.

I've been saying repeatedly since late 2014 that the lack of movements or signings or trades or improvement in general would come back to haunt us.

The FO stinks. Period. There's NO defense of their inept behavior this last offseason.

MSK

I feel a little sorry for folks like you, whose life seems to be consumed by bitterness. If I had as little faith in the Orioles as you do I would have long since moved on to other things to occupy my time. Life is supposed to be enjoyable. Your Oriole fandom must be like the life a 5-year-old in 1840, consigned to a life of 15-hour shifts of factory work until you die a very old 23 of The Consumption.

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Of course you saw it coming in January. Just like you were on here beating your drum LAST January. And what happened in 2014 when Duke sat back and had a bad offseason in your mind...oh yeah, and ALCS appearance for the Birds.

Have your fun, pat yourself on the back, and you may just be right, the O's may stink up the joint this season. But I wouldn't give yourself a rotator cuff injury patting yourself on the back on June 2 with the Orioles only 3 games back. There is a long season to go.

January 2014 was a stroke of pure luck because Nelson Cruz was still available as a very late pick up. He had the stink of PEDs over him and DD was able to sign him for pennies on the dollar. Then our guys played way over their heads for the season after being propped up by Cruz in the early part of the year.

The chemistry of the clubhouse was shattered when proven talent was let go and replaced by scrap heap dudes. Now, even if they still want to grind it out, the talent simply isn't there. All the stats in the world that say that these guys are as good in the WAR or VORP categories simply can't explain what we're seeing on the field day in and day out.

I HOPE things turn around, but with the lack of (clutch) hitting and consistent pitching, we're in trouble.

Of course, we wouldn't BE in this mess if we'd made some deals when it was easy to make deals. Say, in the offseason.

MSK

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January 2014 was a stroke of pure luck because Nelson Cruz was still available as a very late pick up. He had the stink of PEDs over him and DD was able to sign him for pennies on the dollar. Then our guys played way over their heads for the season after being propped up by Cruz in the early part of the year.

The chemistry of the clubhouse was shattered when proven talent was let go and replaced by scrap heap dudes. Now, even if they still want to grind it out, the talent simply isn't there. All the stats in the world that say that these guys are as good in the WAR or VORP categories simply can't explain what we're seeing on the field day in and day out.

I HOPE things turn around, but with the lack of (clutch) hitting and consistent pitching, we're in trouble.

Of course, we wouldn't BE in this mess if we'd made some deals when it was easy to make deals. Say, in the offseason.

MSK

MSK,

Sorry, but 8 million a year isn't pennies on the dollar.

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The chemistry of the clubhouse was shattered when proven talent was let go and replaced by scrap heap dudes.

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You have no idea about anything that you are saying here. It is pure imagined fantasy.

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The FO stinks. Period. There's NO defense of their inept behavior this last offseason.

MSK

Which specific members of the FO stink? Was it the one who won executive of the year and was courted to become a team president? Breaking every rule in baseball hiring to pursue him?

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Of course, we wouldn't BE in this mess if we'd made some deals when it was easy to make deals. Say, in the offseason.

MSK

It evidently wasn't easy to make deals then because we evidently did not have the cost controlled young players that other teams coveted. Possibly since we had traded some of them to "Go For It" over the last three seasons of competitive playoff baseball.
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Much higher than league minimum for a veteran.

In fact, I remember when he was signed, several OP were up in arms, that this was a birdbrain and stupid signing.

He hit a ton of HRs for us last season. I hope that they were not PED tainted as well.

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I show up in game threads to cheer the team on only to watch them blow it.

I'm not happy about this.

MSK

Just like the rest of us. You are not special. No one cares if anyone is right on their predictions here. We give no awards for that.

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Just like the rest of us. You are not special. No one cares if anyone is right on their predictions here. We give no awards for that.

I beg to differ - I am special my mother always said so.

and I was hoping to get a blue ribbon or something for my insight into a MLB team

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I beg to differ - I am special my mother always said so.

and I was hoping to get a blue ribbon or something for my insight into a MLB team

:2yay-thumb:

Ok. You are special. But no one else. Certainly not me. Or the Kid.

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