Orioles Payroll Frustration - Humor is the Best Medicine

[wildbillhiccup]

6 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Rosenthal might be short, but if Chris Davis' batting average were a height, it'd resemble Herve Villechaize.

 

Or maybe Gary Coleman.  Take your pick.

I like where you're going with this. 

If Chris Davis' batting average were a tree it would be a neglected bonsai. 

[atomic]

40 minutes ago, wildbillhiccup said:

I don't know...I'm seen quite a few posts suggesting they sign FAs this offseason. If people honestly believe that's the right approach then they're not on board with the rebuild. 

You can sign free agents and rebuild.  No one is saying to sign Strasburg or Cole.  But signing guys to $5 million a year contracts would help improve the team.  They already had the #1 overall and will get the #2 overall.  Time to start getting better. 

[spiritof66]

40 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Rosenthal might be short, but if Chris Davis' batting average were a height, it'd resemble Herve Villechaize.

 

Or maybe Gary Coleman.  Take your pick.

I'll go with Eddie Gaedel.

[wildbillhiccup]

33 minutes ago, atomic said:

You can sign free agents and rebuild.  No one is saying to sign Strasburg or Cole.  But signing guys to $5 million a year contracts would help improve the team.  They already had the #1 overall and will get the #2 overall.  Time to start getting better. 

They already tried that approach and it led to a decade of mediocrity. 

[Moose Milligan]

38 minutes ago, spiritof66 said:

I'll go with Eddie Gaedel.

Gaedel was a much better hitter.

[Going Underground]

35 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Gaedel was a much better hitter.

But the scenario of a midget going to bat in professional competition initially unfolded when the Baltimore Orioles played the Buffalo Bison on Sept. 18, 1905 -- 46 years before Browns owner Bill Veeck introduced Gaedel against the Detroit Tigers.

The midget involved in the Baltimore unveiling was Jerry D. Sullivan, who was inserted in the Buffalo lineup by manager George Stallings, later the leader of the 1914 miracle Boston Braves. Stallings' Buffalo club had a poor season and was eliminated early from the pennant race in the then Eastern League (forerunner to the International League). Meanwhile, a show, "Simple Simon Simple," was opening here at the Academy of Music. It had Sullivan, a midget, co-starring in the role of Mose. The Buffalo team was staying in the same Baltimore hotel as the cast, and it was there, presumably, that Stallings met Sullivan and invited him to serve as an honorary mascot. But it evolved into much more.

 

Sullivan took pre-game practice and was in the coaching box for two innings. With the Bison behind 10-2 in the ninth inning, Sullivan then batted for pitcher Stan Yerkes, who had been battered for 17 hits by the Orioles.

Buffalo's Frank McManus singled. Then came the grand entrance of the midget before an audience of 1,853 astounded spectators. Orioles manager Hughey Jennings didn't complain and, obviously, enjoyed the caper.

 

I wonder if the 1,853 was actual or paid attendance. . Should beat at least some of the Orioles 2020 game attendance. 

 

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1990-10-24-1990297216-story.html