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He was out running on the field earlier and is expected to hit off a tee in the next couple of days and then progress from there. They are getting him a protective piece for his ankle, but he's feeling good.

He's so anxious to get back that apparently he keeps calling Richie Bancells trying to get him to give the team the okay.

It's good that it doesn't appear as if the O's will put him in unless he really is okay. But I can't wait to see him play again, he is really fun to watch.

Thanks. Wow, just heard the Sux announcers say that no pitcher's been able to get Mora out three ABs in a row since the ASB! I wonder if that was just hyperbole or actually true.

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You must not have ever complained about Trembley, or any member of the team not performing well then.

That's probably true to an extent. I don't know nearly as much as a lot of people on here so I avoid a lot of the armchair GM pissing matches in order to not look like a complete idiot. :D

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I know he got "suspended" by Tony for arguing with the usual crowd in the thread regarding Matusz' press release directed to Baltimore fans. I would imagine he'd be back by now, though. Maybe he left. I thought he caught sort of a bad break with it.

Sorry I missed that one. What was controversial abt Matusz's press release??

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Sorry I missed that one. What was controversial abt Matusz's press release??

It was in this thread.

This was the post that started it:

Dear Matusz Family,

On behalf of Oriole fans everywhere, I would like to apologize for about half of what you read around here.

Please understand that we're mostly just dorks with computers.

Thank you.

ps: I hope Your Boy gets signed and into the system Real Soon Now. God knows we need him. If he's as good as people say he is, he could be starting for the Orioles before you know it. In fact, the timing of the team-in-general means that it could work out with him becoming a famous "Boy Wonder Goes To The Playoffs" story. However, I understand about the whole agent-thing, so no hard feelings about that. (Personally, I think it's penny-wise and pound-foolish for him to delay, but what do I know? I'm just a dork with a computer.)

And then preceded to continue arguments, and made a political reference when someone asked about Frobby's whereabouts. Just typical RShack being condescending.

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Lester is really tough tonight. Guthrie isn't quite as sharp but he's kept us in the game. Hopefully we can break through next inning for him, because the 7th should be his last.

I don't remember Lester's FB being this good in the past. He's been throwing in hard with excellent command. If he can continue to do that, he'll easily develop into a very good, top of the rotation starter (good chance at becoming an ACE) and a menace to the O's in the future.

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It was in this thread.

This was the post that started it:

And then preceded to continue arguments, and made a political reference when someone asked about Frobby's whereabouts. Just typical RShack being condescending.

I hadn't heard about that. Here's what he said:

Last I heard, he was in the Middle East, where we probably need a goodwill ambassador more than we do around here...

I dunno, that's pretty funny if you ask me. I was in Israel at the time.

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