Good Riddance

[Rich Mac]

To this mess of a season. 

I suppose things could somehow always get worse, but I hope this is rock bottom and we start crawling our way up from here. I just hope it doesn't take a decade, I'm getting too old to wait that long for success again.

[Moose Milligan]

I've thought before that the Orioles hit rock bottom and was wrong.  I'm hoping that this really is rock bottom.  Can't imagine how it could be worse.  But I sometimes think the Orioles exist strictly to show that it can always get worse.

[Can_of_corn]

6 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

I've thought before that the Orioles hit rock bottom and was wrong.  I'm hoping that this really is rock bottom.  Can't imagine how it could be worse.  But I sometimes think the Orioles exist strictly to show that it can always get worse.

They name Brady GM.

They go into the winter meetings without a GM.

 

[Moose Milligan]

7 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

They name Brady GM.

They go into the winter meetings without a GM.

 

So you're saying they name Brady a GM, effectively going into the winter meetings without one?  I hear ya.

[capyy]

They name Brady GM and you're looking at the newest Nats fan

[Moose Milligan]

1 minute ago, capyy said:

They name Brady GM and you're looking at the newest Nats fan

I feel that, but I'd like to give Brady a chance just to see if he'd screw up as much as I think he would.

Plus NL baseball 

[capyy]

Maybe I'll pick someone in the AL Central then. Easy division to win.

[Can_of_corn]

6 minutes ago, capyy said:

They name Brady GM and you're looking at the newest Nats fan

I'd switch to twenty20 Cricket first.

[Frobby]

We won the first game, and we won the last game.    Overall, that makes the season a sh!t sandwich.   

[Dark Helmet]

2 hours ago, capyy said:

They name Brady GM and you're looking at the newest Nats fan

I'd stop following baseball before becoming a Gnats fan. 

[theocean]

2 hours ago, Rich Mac said:

To this mess of a season. 

I suppose things could somehow always get worse, but I hope this is rock bottom and we start crawling our way up from here. I just hope it doesn't take a decade, I'm getting too old to wait that long for success again.

Rock bottom to me was when 2005 collapsed, Palmiero was suspended and Ponson punched a judge.

While the record this year sucked, they fielded a team of respectable people who meant a lot to this town. Things have been worse.

Things will get better. The Angelos sons seem like they get it. 

[Rich Mac]

4 minutes ago, theocean said:

Rock bottom to me was when 2005 collapsed, Palmiero was suspended and Ponson punched a judge.

While the record this year sucked, they fielded a team of respectable people who meant a lot to this town. Things have been worse.

Things will get better. The Angelos sons seem like they get it. 

I agree...I meant rock bottom for "this time".

[spiritof66]

2 hours ago, Moose Milligan said:

So you're saying they name Brady a GM, effectively going into the winter meetings without one?  I hear ya.

A word on timing.

The Orioles need to have a GM (apart from what that person's title is) by the winter meetings. There was a post a while back about MLB inquiring about who's in charge of the Orioles, but saying or at least implying there was no urgency, and I think that's also geared to make sure a single authorized representative (presumably John or Lou Angelos), who can speak for the team, is designated by then.

But the decision whether to offer Duquette a new contract should have been made weeks, if not months, ago. And if he's not coming back, the search for a new GM should have begun long ago. That process should be completed and a new GM hired in the next month. If it's an outsider -- and I've seen nothing to suggest that there is a qualified successor to Duquette inside the Oriole organization -- that person will have a lot of work to be done in becoming familiar with the organization, the other front-office personnel and hiring needs, the coaching staff, minor-league managers, coaches and instructors, international free agents the Orioles are pursuing (if any), the financial constraints that will govern the team, etc. Having a newcomer walk into the GM job right before the winter meetings seems like a real bad idea. 

[spiritof66]

2 hours ago, Moose Milligan said:

So you're saying they name Brady a GM, effectively going into the winter meetings without one?  I hear ya.

Not so fast. Brady would immediately be in serious contention to win the GM push-up contest and the five-mile run at the winter meetings. He also would bring some valuable suggestions for the lunch menus.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

3 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

They name Brady GM.

They go into the winter meetings without a GM.

 

And Dempsey as manager.