“I know we are not winning, but we want to play the good teams right now. Play the good teams, and our pitchers are going to be more ready and our bats aren’t going to go away,” Miguel Tejada told the media today.
The Orioles begin probably the toughest stretch of their schedule with nine straight against the Yankees and Red Sox, but Tejada says bring it on.
“When we beat the good teams, when we beat the Red Sox and Yankees, our attitude is going to be much better.”
Despite starting a first baseman that has played two major league games, receiving the news that your lead off hitter still isn’t ready for baseball activities and hearing that their closer is almost ready for his throwing program in Sarasota, the Orioles are as ready as they’ll ever be to face the defending World Champs.
They brought up Alfredo Simon for some relief in the bullpen and sent down Kam Mickolio and Koji Uehara is throwing at Bowie this week in hopes of a return to Baltimore.
This certainly isn’t how the O’s planned to face this stretch of their schedule, but if that bats stay alive as they did in Boston, they should put on a show at Camden Yards.
The Baltimore bats scored 16 runs in three games, hit .250 with runners in scoring position (as opposed to .083 in Seattle) and hit .331 as a team. Can the O’s turn this season around with wins against the best team in baseball?
Bring on the Yankees.
Are you really asking if this season can be turned around?
There's only one direction this season can go. I'm asking if it starts tonight.
I still dunno what it is you mean.
What is the "it" that you are referring to.
It refers to the terrible start of the season. I'm wondering if they can start performing up to their ability.
Their ability is 68 wins so I'm saying it's a "maybe".
A lot of people will scoff at what Miggy said (heck I'm even scoffing), but if you are going to go down, go down swinging.
I think that Zach is on to something. Sooner or later the tide will turn and the Orioles will start winning games. Law of averages prevail. Even the worst win some time. But that should not stop them from continuing their search to find out what is really wrong with this team. Any time a team loses as many games in a short period of time as the Orioles have the problem is not the players, the problem is management. Someone is not doing their job. The manager, the general manage or the owner. Someone or several someones in management needs to go.
W Tell,
Problem is, most folks will point to the owner as the major impedement. And he's never given any indication of selling the team, so we just gotta get over that one. Also, some seem to think there is a rash of billionaires lining up down Eutaw Street set to buy the team. "Cal Ripken should get a group together" is the rallying cry you often hear. Now Cal made a boat load of money, but I'm not sure he has $500 million laying around he's doing nothing with. If Angelos is the evil man that Nestor Apparcio has made him out to be, why wouldn't he just up and sell the team to someone with a spare half a billion laying around like Phil Knight, Nike CEO, in Oregon…the Oregon Orioles…how's that sound? Just as bad as the Indianapolis….I can't even say it.
Billy Tell – WHAT??? Why are you talking about incoming/outgoing "tides" when this forum is about sports? If you want the latest tide charts go to Bill Burtons website… And there is no law of averages, only my law and if I could enforce it I'd throw you off of here… I get on here to read some great comments from people then I see yours and my thoughts of great comments hits the ground like a hippie lettuce seed!
Welcome back 2488. You've been missed. Did you go out to buy jujubees?
Billy Tell, William, Jason, Sherwood, Clarence, Dwight, Cha ChaChester, Arnold, Muckum Singh, Engelbert, Florence, Gidget, Izzy, Stanky, Clyde, Manheim, Opie, Pat Goss, Rollo, Corky… Names don't matter to me and they shouldn't for you….
Its neither here nor there about my drinking ability… Thats the way I roll Biggie Smalls (Ooops, there's another name you didn't tell me you had)…
Lets talk sports Billy… As I see it you are an O's fan and think that management is too blame. Its starts with Trembley because this team does not play baseball fundamentally sound. First all they should know this stuff like the back of their hand but its the managers fault for not ingraining it into their head. And if they don't get it, then bench the bums.
Now keep quiet while I grab another Tedy! You know what a Tedy is? No, not what you are prone to wearing at night. A beer, a Brewski as in the Patriots player, Tedy Bruschi!
It's like the little brother who snuck a punch in on the big brother and gave him a fat lip.
Of course, the big brother will come back and beat the crap out of the little brother.
Yeh, Welcome back you Raving Lunitic. First of all my name is not Billy Tell, it is William Tell. Secondly, you would not know a great comment if it came up and bit you. I believe that you have had too many jujubees or that hippie lettuce you are always talking about. Sober up and we will talk.
Special…I, for one, don't believe the Nasty One ever had to embellish any negative stories about the owner…The utter lack of respect / the "customer service" I was treated with during my nearly 20-year tenure as a season ticket holder was embarrassing for a "professional" entity… It continues with the passing of every "T-Shirt Tuesday", when the one size fits all Tees don't fit any of the five members of my family…The BS Angelos has pulled on 1570 over the years is also simply embarrassing…And that's not even beginning to mention the On-Field "product"…Either way, the O's have already recorded their win for the week, so we can all rejoice / relax! Note: Anybody heard from Optimistic Shiela recently?
Bruz – I guess I was simply pointing out that if Nasty is right and Angelos is the evil man he claims him to be, why wouldn't he simply sell the team to an "out-of-towner" as his last dig at the city? I know, I know, some will point to the multi-year lease that the city has with the team, but we've all found out those leases really are symbolic and mean nothing. Besides the fact that there's never even been rumors of Angelos selling.
Cmon STG
Just because he hasn't sold the team to an out of towner doesn't mean he's not the worst owner in baseball.
He is making money. You have tried to contend that he isn't but it's just not true. He is a business man first. The deal he struck with MLB when the Expos moved to DC is ridiculously sweet. Then, of course, there is the MASN sweetheart deal.
I don't think Angelos "wants" to screw the fans. He's just incompetent as an owner and completely tone deaf when it comes to customer relations.
Mark,
I think you mis-read or I didn't get my point across…
I'm NOT saying because Angelos HASN't sold to an out-of-town owner he's a good guy, I'm saying if in fact he is "out-to-get us" like Nestor seems to contend, suppose he "Frees the Birds" by selling them to an out-of-towner? Nestor is always telling us he wishes Angelos would sell the team, he may and he may sell to the highest bidder the way he's done most of his negotiations through his life – for every last penny. And suppose that high bidder is NOT from Baltimore and doesn't care about some symbolic lease with the Maryland Stadium Authority that may have an attendance clause, or some other stipulation that does not legally bind the team to the lease. I'm not defending Angelos, just cautioning to be careful what you wish for…
Ravin Maniact, your arrogance abounds. Maybe you should comment about birds, no I mean real birds because I have not heard you make a descent comment about baseball yet. Tedy's, bruskys, hippie lettuce and insults is all you can throw. I' ll bet you grew up in Glen Burnie and your primary sport was bowling.
Hey, Hey, Hey…what's wrong with people growing up in Glen Burnie?!?!
Way to Tell, Tell…………….Ravin does ramble on and on without saying anything.