Colorado Series

[Sports Guy]

3 minutes ago, DirtyBird said:

Why would you not expect a sweep?

Because Frazier probably won’t play every game in the series and how can we expect to win games he doesn’t play in?

[Moose Milligan]

3 minutes ago, DirtyBird said:

Why would you not expect a sweep?

For the reasons that @Malikelaid out.

But winning every series 2/3 isn't anything to sneeze at.  That's a 106 win pace.  

[Moose Milligan]

Just now, Sports Guy said:

Because Frazier probably won’t play every game in the series and how can we expect to win games he doesn’t play in?

Christ, dude.  You've beaten that Frazier horse to a bloody pulp. 

[Moose Milligan]

2 minutes ago, dystopia said:

Paul Shuey as an Oriole is probably the worst I’ve ever seen. 

He was very bad.

[Sports Guy]

1 minute ago, Moose Milligan said:

Christ, dude.  You've beaten that Frazier horse to a bloody pulp. 

I think you missed the point there.

[Moose Milligan]

2 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

I think you missed the point there.

Perhaps.  But what I didn't miss is you bringing up Frazier again when no one else was ever talking about Frazier.

You're like the Cal Ripken of bringing up Frazier.  2,632 straight days is in your sights!

[DirtyBird]

5 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

For the reasons that @Malikelaid out.

But winning every series 2/3 isn't anything to sneeze at.  That's a 106 win pace.  

Nonsense.
if they don’t sweep Colorado, they better sweep Chicago. Need 5 of next 6.

[Sports Guy]

1 minute ago, Moose Milligan said:

Perhaps.  But what I didn't miss is you bringing up Frazier again when no one else was ever talking about Frazier.

You're like the Cal Ripken of bringing up Frazier.  2,632 straight days is in your sights!

Yea, you missed the point. 

[Moose Milligan]

Just now, Sports Guy said:

Yea, you missed the point. 

If you could see my face, you could see that I don't care.  

Keep up on that Frazier grind! 

[DrungoHazewood]

17 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Is that Kilne and DeJean?  Those two were the absolute worst.  I think DeJean might have been the worst reliever I've ever seen.

There was Chris Ray, who had a 4.43 ERA as the closer than allowed five of eight inherited runners to score.

Chad Bradford and Jamie Walker were okay, kept every game from being 30-3.

Big free agent signing Danys Baez was 0-6 with a 6.44.

I rooted hard for John Parrish, but he had a 5.40 ERA and walked 33 in 41 innings.

Brian Burres had a 5.95 shuttling between the rotation, the pen, and purgatory.

Rob Bell ha a 5.94.

Kurt Birkins an 8.13 (31 runs, 34 innings)

Jon Leicester allowed 27 runs in 32 innings.

Paul Shuey... oof... Paul Shuey gave up 28 runs in 25 innings.

Radhames Liz allowed 21 runs in 24 innings.

Jim Hoey had a 7.30 ERA.

Rocky Cherry a 7.71.

Victor Santos an 8.16.

Scott Williamson was a regular Cy Young, giving up just eight runs in 14.

Todd Williams, the side-armer, gave up 12 runs in 14.

Jaret Wright, another comical free agent, pitched just 10.1 innings before his arm fell off, allowing 11 runs. But come to think of it, that was all starting, so he gets a pass, I guess.

Victor Zambrano, 13 runs in 12.

Fernando Cabrera 14 runs in 10.

Cory Doyne of the wild hipster glasses, six runs in 3.2.

And even Jim Johnson of future 50-save years, pitched two innings and allowed two runs.

Kline was 2005. DeJean '04.

Dear God, what a trainwreck. I know Dave Trembley probably felt very lucky to have a MLB managerial job, but every single day he probably considered quitting and just going fishing in upstate NY or something.

Edited August 25, 2023 by DrungoHazewood

[Moose Milligan]

1 minute ago, DrungoHazewood said:

There was Chris Ray, who had a 4.43 ERA as the closer than allowed five of eight inherited runners to score.

Chad Bradford and Jamie Walker were okay, kept every game from being 30-3.

Big free agent signing Danys Baez was 0-6 with a 6.44.

I rooted hard for John Parrish, but he had a 5.40 ERA and walked 33 in 41 innings.

Brian Burres had a 5.95 shuttling between the rotation, the pen, and purgatory.

Rob Bell ha a 5.94.

Kurt Birkins an 8.13 (31 runs, 34 innings)

Jon Leicester allowed 27 runs in 32 innings.

Paul Shuey... oof... Paul Shuey gave up 28 runs in 25 innings.

Radhames Liz allowed 21 runs in 24 innings.

Jim Hoey had a 7.30 ERA.

Rocky Cherry a 7.71.

Victor Santos an 8.16.

Scott Williamson was a regular Cy Young, giving up just eight runs in 14.

Todd Williams, the side-armer, gave up 12 runs in 14.

Jaret Wright, another comical free agent, pitched just 10.1 innings before his arm fell off, allowing 11 runs. But come to think of it, that was all starting, so he gets a pass, I guess.

Victor Zambrano, 13 runs in 12.

Fernando Cabrera 14 runs in 10.

Cory Doyne of the wild hipster glasses, six runs in 3.2.

And even Jim Johnson of future 50-save years, pitched two innings and allowed two runs.

Dear God, what a trainwreck. I know Dave Trembley probably felt very lucky to have a MLB managerial job, but every single day he probably considered quitting and just going fishing in upstate NY or something.

Those are names I don't care to remember.  

I'm glad we're long past the days where a guy like Radhames Liz was considered a prospect and one to watch out for.

[Three Run Homer]

6 hours ago, Sports Guy said:

See if Bautista faces Diaz in this series.

I think I'm missing the point of this post.  

[Sports Guy]

Just now, Three Run Homer said:

I think I'm missing the point of this post.  

AS game

[SteveA]

6 minutes ago, DrungoHazewood said:

 

Radhames Liz allowed 21 runs in 24 innings.

 

Liz is still pitching professionally, in the Mexican League, at age 39.

As recently as 2015 he was in the majors.   As recently as 2018, in AAA.   He also spent a year or two in Japan.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=liz---001rad

[DrungoHazewood]

2 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Those are names I don't care to remember.  

I'm glad we're long past the days where a guy like Radhames Liz was considered a prospect and one to watch out for.

I think Radhames Liz was a pretty good prospect. In Bowie in 2007 he struck out 161 in 137 innings, went 11-4, 3.22. But the Orioles of that era called him right up, probably with little support, no idea what he was doing, no organizational plan to try to adhere to, and expected him to fix that staff of misfits.

You know Liz is still active. He's pitched for Tijuana and Dos Laredos in the Mexican League this year. 3-1 with a 3.50 in ten starts at the age of 39.  He's played in Taiwan, Korea, Japan, all kinds of winter ball. Was in the Brewers' system as recently as 2018. Was 16-6 in Taiwan in '19. If those O's teams of 15 years ago had their stuff together like Elias' do I bet he could have had a MLB career.