2/28 Marlins/Os

[MCL1021]

:laughlol:

Manfra mentions that there's "double-barreled" action in the Marlins' bullpen. Where did that expression come from, anyway? There aren't any barrels in a bullpen.

Anyway, Huff lines a two-run single, giving him 3 RBIs for the day. It's 4-0 Birds.

I think that's one of Manfra's famous lines, I remember hearing him say that a lot. Very good illustration. I can see the barrels just sitting there behind the pitchers warming up.

[PaulFolk]

Mora fans on a check swing for the second out.

[PaulFolk]

Keep it coming Paul.... many thanks!

Thanks a lot for the updates

No problem. Glad to hear I'm not just talking to myself.

Moore pops out to short. At the end of 3 innings, the O's have a 4-0 lead.

[PaulFolk]

Radhames Liz now pitching for the Birds. Reimold is in LF, replacing Pie.

[mikezpen]

STRIKES, Liz!

[PaulFolk]

Cantu flies out to center, and then rings up Uggla on a called strike three. Two outs.

Gah, terrible sentence structure! I should say that Liz rings up Uggla. Cantu didn't ring up Uggla-- that wouldn't make any sense.

[MurphDogg]

:laughlol:

I think that's one of Manfra's famous lines, I remember hearing him say that a lot. Very good illustration. I can see the barrels just sitting there behind the pitchers warming up.

In case there is anybody unclear on what it means, it means there is both a lefty and a righty warming. Not just two guys in the pen. Took me a minute to figure that out.

[PaulFolk]

Hermida smacks a homerun, just inside the right-field pole. The Marlins are on the board.

So Hermida gives the O's two runs with his glove, and gives the Marlins one with his bat.

[PaulFolk]

Ross with a sharp grounder to third that takes a bad hop past Moore for a single.

[mikezpen]

HRs are a bane to Liz for some reason.

[PaulFolk]

Helms doubles to right field. Markakis does a good job to cut it off, forcing Ross to stop at third.

Liz has given up three straight hits after retiring the first two batters.

[mrpennybags]

Manfra mentions that there's "double-barreled" action in the Marlins' bullpen. Where did that expression come from, anyway? There aren't any barrels in a bullpen.

Anyway, Huff lines a two-run single, giving him 3 RBIs for the day. It's 4-0 Birds.

Barrel, in this case, refers to the barrel of a cannon, not a storage barrel. It compares the throwing of a baseball to the firing of a cannon. The phrase 'give'em both barrels' is a saying which means roughly 'give'em all we've got.'

[PaulFolk]

Liz struggles to retire Brett Hayes, the #9 hitter. He had him 0-2 and worked the count full, but finally got him to ground out to leave two runners stranded in scoring position.

4-1 Orioles in the bottom of the 4th. They're interviewing MacPhail now.

[PaulFolk]

Barrel, in this case, refers to the barrel of a cannon, not a storage barrel. It compares the throwing of a baseball to the firing of a cannon. The phrase 'give'em both barrels' is a saying which means roughly 'give'em all we've got.'

Wow, I didn't expect anyone to actually know the answer to that. Rep to you!

[PaulFolk]

For the second time in a few days, Manfra says that the O's got Pie "basically for nothing." MacPhail totally calls him on it, and Manfra retracts the statement.