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blueberryale77 Hangout Veteran Council

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I had that same thought Moose! Brian's been driving pitchers crazy all ready and I bet he does the same to Bedard too. These guys all know what Bedard throws so they won't be too surprised by him. Can they get some good hits off him though!? :eek:

Hey, UNC is only 17 points down now. I guess that's better than before, right?! Not that I care because I don't follow basketball much, LOL ;)

They've cut the lead in half now from 28 to 14... I'm betting it's because BRob ran straight in the clubhouse to watch the minute he got done high fiving everyone. :D

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They've cut the lead in half now from 28 to 14... I'm betting it's because BRob ran straight in the clubhouse to watch the minute he got done high fiving everyone. :D

Hopefully he didn't stroke out when he saw the score, LOL ;) (Honestly, I do wonder how he feels about the school after how they dismissed his dad.)

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Nice win for the O's. Good hitting and nice work from the bullpen. However, it is a bit worrying that the only quality start so far this year has come from Steve Trachsel.

Perhaps the O's lineup is one of the more underrated in the game. Markakis and Jones aren't hitting very well yet and they are still scoring runs.

One thing I didn't like was Luis Hernandez pinch running for Scott, especially with a man on second, even that late in the game. That takes Scott's bat out of the game. Still, I'm not complaining. We won.

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Another team effort. Fundamentally sound, I bet we lead the majors in sac flies. Patience at the plate. Everything. Character, I love the determination. Defense. Bullpen. I love this team, straight up. I think we are going to surprise a lot of people, on this board and elsewhere. And I've been saying that since January 18.

I am 3-0 this year. :002_scool: Sorry I missed Opening Day or we'd be undefeated.

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Hopefully he didn't stroke out when he saw the score, LOL ;) (Honestly, I do wonder how he feels about the school after how they dismissed his dad.)

He still loves the basketball team and refers to them as "my Tarheels". There was kind of an awkward moment on the Anita Marks show once when Jimmy Patsos (basketball coach at Loyola of MD) asked him if he gave money to their big $25 million project to rebuild their baseball facilities though. He sidestepped the question with the skill of a white house press secretary.

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Man, I hate UNC as much as I hate the Yankees. It's all you hear about down here.

It will be so nice not to have to deal with them winning the National Title.

I have to put it out of my head that Roberts went there, just like I did when Surhoff played for us.

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He still loves the basketball team and refers to them as "my Tarheels". There was kind of an awkward moment on the Anita Marks show once when Jimmy Patsos (basketball coach at Loyola of MD) asked him if he gave money to their big $25 million project to rebuild their baseball facilities though. He sidestepped the question with the skill of a white house press secretary.

Well, they're only down by ten early in the second half right now so he could still see them win if things keep going that way. I had to go check while Baseball Tonight was on a commercial break....which I think is totally pathetic, LOL :D

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Nice win for the O's. Good hitting and nice work from the bullpen. However, it is a bit worrying that the only quality start so far this year has come from Steve Trachsel.

Perhaps the O's lineup is one of the more underrated in the game. Markakis and Jones aren't hitting very well yet and they are still scoring runs.

One thing I didn't like was Luis Hernandez pinch running for Scott, especially with a man on second, even that late in the game. That takes Scott's bat out of the game. Still, I'm not complaining. We won.

I think the thinking there was that Hernandez was going to be coming in anyway since Payton was hitting for Fahey and that he'd rather have Payton's glove in LF. I'm not entirely sure I agree with that, though. Payton's certainly faster but I think I have a little more confidence in Scott catching the ones he gets to. They're both in the vicinity of average for left fielders and certainly Payton's bat would be the better one to lose.

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The lovliest highlight of all (as Joe Angel would say).

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WEEEEEE! Orioles-Mariners highlights on ESPN!! That's about as close as I get to the games but they actually did a good job covering the game. I love that the guys (including Brian) were cracking up in the dugout over those two errors by Seattle on the one play, LOL ;)

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Well, they're only down by ten early in the second half right now so he could still see them win if things keep going that way. I had to go check while Baseball Tonight was on a commercial break....which I think is totally pathetic, LOL :D

I'm telling you it's because Brian's watching now. Hopefully the O's win and the comeback will keep him from being to bummed/worn out from his day on the bases.

If only my watching had helped UMBC this much. :(

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