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Great post. I'll take it one step further and say if I wasn't a member of the OH, I would probably still believe that Nick Markakis is a great player (he's hitting over .300 for Pete's sakes) and would be furious we let him go.

Maybe not great, but at least Buck could pencil him in almost every night with no reservations.

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CA-ORIOLE Hangout Grand Counsel

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We will get back to baseball talk after this. Kate Upton is in St. Louis filming a movie. I guess not Meet me in St. Louis. Caitlyn Jenner might be worth half a billion dollars. What a great country. Also,can these news people or entertainment reporter and news person be more annoying?

http://www.ksdk.com/story/entertainment/2015/06/04/kate-upton-nelly-and-caitlyn-jenner-oh-my/28475403/

LOL. My girls just loved that movie when they were little. Can't tell you how many times they sang the "The Trolley Song".

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Here, let me help you out. :)
I very rarely hand out negative rep, but in your case I almost made a rare exception.

Everyone needs to be back on topic, you know the same one that already had thousands of posts this offseason.

ETA

Blue Jays end negotiations for Dan Duquette; 491 posts

Toronto looking for New President to be Duquette; 4,368 posts

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I very rarely hand out negative rep, but in your case I almost made a rare exception.

Everyone needs to be back on topic, you know the same one that already had thousands of posts this offseason.

ETA

Blue Jays end negotiations for Dan Duquette; 491 posts

Toronto looking for New President to be Duquette; 4,368 posts

Sorry, I think some of us got off topic. I apologize for letting the thread drift.

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CA-ORIOLE Hangout Grand Counsel

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I very rarely hand out negative rep, but in your case I almost made a rare exception.

Everyone needs to be back on topic, you know the same one that already had thousands of posts this offseason.

ETA

Blue Jays end negotiations for Dan Duquette; 491 posts

Toronto looking for New President to be Duquette; 4,368 posts

Maybe Duquette was distracted by internet porn. It happens.

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I guess those who fall into the "DD was distracted camp" could be mistaken. Although I do believe that DD is as capable as anyone of falling victim to the basest of emotions.

I just hate watching the team fail to improve and have some posters defend the lack of signings via ridiculous conclusions. Markakis leaving was fine with me, but you have to improve the slot or at least get league-average production out of the position.

Cruz leaving wasn't fine with me, but you need to improve the slot or at least get league-average production out of the position.

The excessive reliance upon question marks and AAAA-level guys is absolutely insane after a year when we win the AL East. You go all in while simultaneously prepping for the future. It's not impossible.

All the snark, all the nasty memes, all the bannings, all the neg reps can't change the inescapable fact that the Orioles did not improve during this past offseason.

Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of my hot GF to share because she wouldn't approve of the invasion of her privacy. lol

MSK

Answer one question for me...you do understand how easy it is to second guess and play Monday morning QB, right?

For instance, you thought DD had a bad 2013 offseason, but yet Cruz became a sensation that you then got mad that the Orioles let him go. You said yourself we got "lucky" by signing Cruz.

Another example is the Yankees. Everyone, fans on here and "experts" on TV, was saying the Yankees are old and shouldn't be relying on Tex and ARod. But Monday morning QBing we can now say, "Wow, look how great these guys are." If the Orioles had traded Davis for Tex straight up in the offseason, most people would have been storming the castle. Now it looks like a no brainer to have done it.

I just want to know, if the Orioles get hot, which isn't out of the realm of possibility since this current cycle is nearly identical to the path we took last year. But anyway, if we get hot and contend, will you still complain about the job Duke has done?

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I just want to know, if the Orioles get hot, which isn't out of the realm of possibility since this current cycle is nearly identical to the path we took last year. But anyway, if we get hot and contend, will you still complain about the job Duke has done?

Everything good is luck, everything bad is malice and/or stupidity. Someone here has said that about everyone who has been in a managerial position for the Orioles for as long as the Hangout has existed.

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Answer one question for me...you do understand how easy it is to second guess and play Monday morning QB, right?

For instance, you thought DD had a bad 2013 offseason, but yet Cruz became a sensation that you then got mad that the Orioles let him go. You said yourself we got "lucky" by signing Cruz.

Another example is the Yankees. Everyone, fans on here and "experts" on TV, was saying the Yankees are old and shouldn't be relying on Tex and ARod. But Monday morning QBing we can now say, "Wow, look how great these guys are." If the Orioles had traded Davis for Tex straight up in the offseason, most people would have been storming the castle. Now it looks like a no brainer to have done it.

I just want to know, if the Orioles get hot, which isn't out of the realm of possibility since this current cycle is nearly identical to the path we took last year. But anyway, if we get hot and contend, will you still complain about the job Duke has done?

The Toronto incident, has just given the DD haters a chance to sit back and whine and cry and complain about everything.

If it was Toronto, it would be something else.

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