Expert trolling by the Orioles' social media team

[Babkins]

Not sure if this has been observed or posted elsewhere, but did anyone catch the team's profile pic on Twitter?

https://twitter.com/Orioles

Savage. Say what you will about Elias's tenure, but the social media presence has improved a hundredfold since he got here.

 

[Tony-OH]

Good 'ol Andino. He will always be a cult hero like Tito Landrum for that one base hit!

[oriole]

It’s funny…some of the best memories of that window of Orioles history are the most obscure players. Andino, Delmon Young, the McLouth double off the wall vs NYY. 

[SteveA]

15 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Good 'ol Andino. He will always be a cult hero like Tito Landrum for that one base hit!

Top 10 Orioles who are now just remembered as an Oriole for basically just ONE thing:

1) Robert Andino

2) Tito Landrum

3) Delmon Young

4) Ryan Minor

5) Brad Pennington

6) Jamie Quirk

7) Steve Bechler  

8 ) Tom Gastall

9) Tony Tarasco

10) Jack Cust

 

 

[Redskins Rick]

12 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Top 10 Orioles who are now just remembered as an Oriole for basically just ONE thing:

1) Robert Andino

2) Tito Landrum

3) Delmon Young

4) Ryan Minor

5) Brad Pennington

6) Jamie Quirk

7) Steve Bechler  

8 ) Tom Gastall

9) Tony Tarasco

10) Jack Cust

 

 

Not a popular guy because of his being an idiot off the field.

But 2014, Young had a pretty good year for the Orioles.

 

[Moose Milligan]

ESPN did an article on it.  

Orioles need to troll Buster Olney.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/32318457/2021-mlb-playoffs-baltimore-orioles-playing-spoiler-trolling-heck-boston-red-sox

[Babkins]

21 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Top 10 Orioles who are now just remembered as an Oriole for basically just ONE thing:

1) Robert Andino

2) Tito Landrum

3) Delmon Young

4) Ryan Minor

5) Brad Pennington

6) Jamie Quirk

7) Steve Bechler  

8 ) Tom Gastall

9) Tony Tarasco

10) Jack Cust

 

 

The only thing I remember Brad Pennington for is having a name that rhymes with Chad Pennington.

[Redskins Rick]

5 minutes ago, Babkins said:

The only thing I remember Brad Pennington for is having a name that rhymes with Chad Pennington.

My memory seams to recall that Brad threw very hard, 100+ MPH, but with no movement on his fast ball, it would get knocked out of the park pretty regularly.

 

[vab]

Jeff Reboulet - Game 4 '97 ALDS

[Frobby]

I honestly have no idea who Tom Gastall is or what the one thing is he’s known for.   

[SteveA]

3 minutes ago, Frobby said:

I honestly have no idea who Tom Gastall is or what the one thing is he’s known for.   

A young catcher who signed iwth the Orioles in the late 50s as a "Bonus Baby" (if you got a signing bonus > $X, you HAD to go immediately to the big leagues, not the minors).   Played sparingly for the Orioles, and then died when he was piloting a small plane in the offseason and went down in the Chesapeake Bay.

[SteveA]

5 minutes ago, SteveA said:

A young catcher who signed iwth the Orioles in the late 50s as a "Bonus Baby" (if you got a signing bonus > $X, you HAD to go immediately to the big leagues, not the minors).   Played sparingly for the Orioles, and then died when he was piloting a small plane in the offseason and went down in the Chesapeake Bay.

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2006-09-16-0609160169-story.html

[SteveA]

20 minutes ago, Redskins Rick said:

My memory seams to recall that Brad threw very hard, 100+ MPH, but with no movement on his fast ball, it would get knocked out of the park pretty regularly.

 

Yep, including a shot by Ken Griffey that blew a lead, landed on Eutaw Street, and hit the warehouse on the bounce (a year after KGJr had hit the warehouse on the fly during the Home Run Derby).

It even made it into a (Nike?) commercial, the Griffey HR, and in the commercial you could see Pennington whipping his head around to watch it fly.

[Sports Guy]

10 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Yep, including a shot by Ken Griffey that blew a lead, landed on Eutaw Street, and hit the warehouse on the bounce (a year after KGJr had hit the warehouse on the fly during the Home Run Derby).

It even made it into a (Nike?) commercial, the Griffey HR, and in the commercial you could see Pennington whipping his head around to watch it fly.

$1M arm with a 10 cent head

[Redskins Rick]

13 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

$1M arm with a 10 cent head

You cant teach movement, either you can throw and get movement on your ball, or you cant.

He has a cracker jack arm.