Jump to content

vs. YANKEES, 10/04

OFFNY

By OFFNY
in Game Threads

Recommended Posts

jtm Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

jtm

Posted
Posted
Are you AT today's game? I'm not at today's game. You bastard.

Haha. Sorry. Slip of the tongue. Guess I should have said was anyone else THERE at the MLB debut of Wieters. I am not at the game. Watching at home.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Replies 376
  • Created
  • Last Reply
OFFNY Hangout Grand Counsel

OFFNY

Posted
  • Author
Posted

How do they miss that? Foot on bag never came off. MLB needs to tell people who the umps are in New York. Awful.

Please chime in on this thread that was started on an even worse call 4 weeks ago ...... also against the Yankees.

o

Yes, we won the game tonight.

I'm still not happy on what I believe to be an atrocious confirmation call on Jimmy Paredes' attempted stolen base in the 8th inning.

I was at the game, and saw multiple angles of the replay when Showalter challenged the call ...... and it appeared to me that it was as clear as day that Paredes was safe.

Even the Yankee fans that were sitting around me said that he was safe, and one of them yelled "That's home cooking" when the call was not overturned.

I am admittedly biased, but it feels to me like the Orioles have a long history of getting screwed on calls against the Yankees, dating back to 1993 when a 16 year-old Yankee fan from Connecticut (Tim McKenzie) reached over the railing in rightfield at Yankee Stadium in the 8th inning, taking the ball away from Mark McLemore and giving Don Mattingly a "home run" in what was a scoreless pitcher's duel up to that point.

The Yankees invited McKenzie into the Yankees' locker room the next day as a reward for what he did, and he got the ball signed by Don Mattingly, who had said that the kid "made a great catch" in the post-game interview the day before.

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1916&dat=19930817&id=AQYhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Z3YFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1607,2158095&hl=en

http://forum.orioleshangout.com/forums/showthread.php/150029-Horrible-Call-on-the-Stolen-Base-(Challenge-Call)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
scOtt Hangout Grand Counsel

scOtt

Posted
Posted
Yeah, I was actually thinking the same thing. I wonder if anyone has quantified the amount of time spent yakking about calls pre and post replay?

I'm with both of you. Earl would go out and argue longer than most replays take. And with video you get the call right. Did Earl EVER get one single call overturned on the field? Think about that.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Ori-Al Hangout Grand Counsel

Ori-Al

Posted
Posted
Yeah, I was actually thinking the same thing. I wonder if anyone has quantified the amount of time spent yakking about calls pre and post replay?

Imagine Earl had replay existed back then. Would he have been out arguing after the replay call was made?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
jtm Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

jtm

Posted
Posted
I saw his first Norfolk game. I still have the score card I kept.

I'm feeling nostalgic, too. Really angered that even though it's an MLB At Bat free game today, they're blocking me since I'm on the NC coast this week (O's viewing area). I am recording this at home on my DVR however.

I only got to see one game in person that he played in the minors. It was Frederick at Wilmington. That game included Wieters, Reimold, and our favorite Billy Rowell. Wieters was like 1 for 1 with 4 walks, 2 of them intentional. He was was promoted to Bowie like 2 weeks later. I was glad to see him play, but I remember the pitchers for Wilmington basically wanted nothing to do with him. His one hit was as single in the first, and he got nothing more to hit. It was cool, but wished I saw more. Post script to that game was it ended on a throwing error by Billy Rowell on a routine grounder to third with the bases loaded. Go ahead run scored on the errant throw home.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing

  • Posts

    • Say O!
      Gunnar Henderson 2024

      By Say O! · Posted

      Well I think Szymborski would say those ZIPs numbers are 50th percentile but even the 80th percentile had Gunnar at 148 OPS+ and 6.2 fWAR (link to O’s preseason write up on fangraphs)
    • Bemorewins
      If Coby Mayo Can Play Average ML 3B Defense

      By Bemorewins · Posted

      Is this an attempt at a joke? A troll post? Something else? ... I'm not sure what to do with such a preposterous notion (unless it was stated in jest).
    • RZNJ
      Keith Law has O's taking Tommy White at #22 in latest mock draft

      By RZNJ · Posted

      Baseball America has Honeycutt going 12 but things could change. 12. Red Sox — Vance Honeycutt, OF, North Carolina This is around the range where the class is just wide open with little to no consensus. It does seem like Boston could be a fit for Honeycutt though, who is sort of like a college version of Konnor Griffin. The tools are excellent and his power/speed combination is probably second to none in this class, but his hit tool questions persist and he’s nearing a 30% strikeout rate for the second season in his UNC career.    26. Yankees — Dakota Jordan, OF, Mississippi State If you wanted to make a case that Dakota Jordan should be a lot closer to UNC’s Vance Honeycutt, I wouldn’t argue with you too much. Like most of the players in the back third of this mock, there’s lots of split-camp opinions on Jordan who has probably the best pure bat speed in this class and gargantuan raw power but real contact questions. His raw power stacks up with the likes of Charlie Condon and Jac Caglianone. He’s slashing .376/.500/.780 with 15 home runs in the SEC but he also has a 26.4% career strikeout rate and is not a great defender or base stealer despite plus speed.  Honeycutt is slashing .313/.419/.681 with 16 homers and 22 stolen bases and has more than 50 homers and 70 bags in his three-year career while playing an excellent center field. There’s a huge range of opinions on where Honeycutt fits but for now I’ll keep him toward the higher end thanks to his tools and premium defensive profile. 
    • Fiver6565
      No holiday card for Laz Dias this year

      By Fiver6565 · Posted

      His performance had nothing at all to do with a blister as far as anyone knows. You don’t IL a non-injured player.    He probably had too many days off, that was at least part of his issue. 8 days b/w starts is an eternity for a starter. That won’t be an issue again for a long while, maybe all season, even with the Sox man rotation, given the dearth of off days upcoming. 
    • btdart20
      Gunnar Henderson 2024

      By btdart20 · Posted

      Better and deeper hitting quality is a bigger factor than batting order.  But I still want my dynamic hitters getting more PAs.
    • Say O!
      Gunnar Henderson 2024

      By Say O! · Posted

      Gunnar’s giving us something to dream on and certainly on pace for one of the best seasons in O’s history, but “greatest” is such a high bar 91 Ripken = 10.6 fWAR // 11.0 bWAR (MVP) 84 Ripken = 9.8 fWAR // 10.0 bWAR 83 Ripken = 8.5 fWAR // 8.2 bWAR (MVP) 66 Frank = 8.2 fWAR // 7.7 bWAR (MVP, triple crown) 64 Brooks = 8.1 fWAR // 8.1 bWAR (MVP) Link to O’s single season leaders for position players on bb-reference Now if narrowing to best season since Ripken’s historic 1991 campaign, the competition there is arguably (ignoring pitchers, ie Mussina) 15 Machado = 6.6 fWAR // 7.5 bWAR 96 Brady = 6.9 fWAR // 6.9 bWAR 08 Markakis = 6.1 fWAR // 7.4 bWAR 13 Crush = 7.0 fWAR // 7.1 bWAR
    • thegardner
      No holiday card for Laz Dias this year

      By thegardner · Posted

      Yes, but for me that is one of the biggest challenges in baseball especially for a starting pitcher, how do you handle the outings when you don't have your best stuff. Also want to say, excellent thread title.

  • Popular Contributors

  • Popular Now

×
×
  • Create New...