Why am I Mr. Pink? Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 Roy Firestone says he heard form reliable source that the Os are close to dealing Manny to Cubs for Baez, Mike Montgomery and a pitching prospect. http://forum.orioleshangout.com/forums/index.php?/topic/31886-cubs-rumored-to-have-deal-offer-for-manny/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justice98 Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 I'd need to know who the prospect is. Montgomery doesnt move me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinFanInMinn Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 Rather have Baez than Russell. Maybe Baez at 2nd, move Beckham back to SS and Schoop to third? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted May 24, 2018 Author Share Posted May 24, 2018 Off to a good start this afternoon. 4-0 at the end of the first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinFanInMinn Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 ...and 7-0 after two. Trying to return the favor for getting smoked last night. The two teams with the worst records in the MLB. Would be appropriate to split the four game series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hersh Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 O's have batted around twice through 2 innings. I don't know how the Cubs offer compares to any others that have come in, but it's not a very good trade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Why am I Mr. Pink? Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 Its not the return we had hoped for but since we didnt move manny last year, its always been a steadily diminishing return since Manny is now a half year rental. Perhaps this creates urgency for other teams to make an offer or increase what they are offering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinFanInMinn Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 Batting practice for the Os today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 Good grief why not trade Manny for a few Bazooka Joe comics and a pair of socks. If we get enough comics we can send off for a cool ID bracelet. ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinFanInMinn Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 This is a really ugly game between two bad teams. We give up 3 runs on a HBP a passed third strike that would have been the third out of the inning and then a homerun. And the White Sox look worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Why am I Mr. Pink? Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 Looking at todays box score. Jones and manny are 3 for 5. Keep upping your value fellas, we appreciate it. Davis has the lowest slugging % in the lineup with a .250 for the season to go with his .240 BA. That basically means 95% of his hits are singles, right? Wow. that damage to contact ratio buck loves crediting Davis for is just ..... this is abysmal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinFanInMinn Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 23 minutes ago, Why am I Mr. Pink? said: Looking at todays box score. Jones and manny are 3 for 5. Keep upping your value fellas, we appreciate it. Davis has the lowest slugging % in the lineup with a .250 for the season to go with his .240 BA. That basically means 95% of his hits are singles, right? Wow. that damage to contact ratio buck loves crediting Davis for is just ..... this is abysmal. Davis with a .240 BA? In his dreams. He’s batting .152 as of now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinFanInMinn Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 Nice outing by Hess and the bullpen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted May 26, 2018 Author Share Posted May 26, 2018 9-7 over the last 16. Cherrypicking stats is fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 Ugh, nevermind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hersh Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 17 minutes ago, Spaceman Spiff said: Ugh, nevermind. Mullins is batting .319 after going 4-5 with his 4th triple and 12th double of the season. Akin today went 7 innings, 2 hits, 0 runs, 1 BB, 10 Ks and now has an ERA of 2.97. McKenna (at Frederick) is batting .356 after a 3-4 day Bauman, in his first two starts since being promoted to Frederick, has a 1.42 ERA with a 7 inning complete game. Harvey's last start: 5 innings, 1 Run, 7Ks as he starts building innings. Just to make you feel better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 1 minute ago, Hersh said: Mullins is batting .319 after going 4-5 with his 4th triple and 12th double of the season. Akin today went 7 innings, 2 hits, 0 runs, 1 BB, 10 Ks and now has an ERA of 2.97. McKenna (at Frederick) is batting .356 after a 3-4 day Bauman, in his first two starts since being promoted to Frederick, has a 1.42 ERA with a 7 inning complete game. Harvey's last start: 5 innings, 1 Run, 7Ks as he starts building innings. Just to make you feel better. I'd like to see those guys in Baltimore soon. Specifically Mullins and Harvey. If some of the kids don't come up and get some seasoning this year, it's truly a waste of a season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hersh Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 14 minutes ago, Spaceman Spiff said: I'd like to see those guys in Baltimore soon. Specifically Mullins and Harvey. If some of the kids don't come up and get some seasoning this year, it's truly a waste of a season. I'd like to see Mullins in center, Stewart in LF and Jones in right in the near future. (unless ownership and Jones both want a trade to a contender) Mancini, while he gives his best effort, sucks in the OF. He needs to be at 1st or DH every game. Harvey may come up in September for either a couple starts or to pitch out of the pen a few times. I'm happy the O's have Hess, Scott and Sisco up. If another 3-4 rookies in the system get a shot this season, that will make for a good transition year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 I'll say now what I always say when the Orioles square off against the Nationals... Sure, there are some Nats fans that weren't baseball fans when the Expos moved to town and that's understandable. There's a generation of kids now that grew up with the Nats being the primary DC team. But if you're one of the people that switched allegiances when the Nats came to town, you've got no loyalty. None. I commend everyone who's stayed true to this terrible franchise with terrible ownership and leadership. One of the primary war cries from the Nats turncoats is "ANGELOS SUCKS! I'd have stayed a fan if it wasn't for Angelos!" Well, congrats. You took the easy way out. I suppose we can all unite under the fact that our favorite football team is run by a poor owner, but if you're a Nats/Skins fan who once rooted for the Orioles I suspect you'd drop your Skins allegiance at the drop of a hat for another team if you had the chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinFanInMinn Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Sounds like a lot of Nats fans in Baltimore today. If the stiff known as Hellickson beats Bundy tomorrow, I might just break something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinFanInMinn Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 And this team shall henceforth be known as the Baltim-re -ri-les, because, of course, they have no “O”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjfootballer Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Oh no, we suck again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 2 hours ago, Spaceman Spiff said: But if you're one of the people that switched allegiances when the Nats came to town, you've got no loyalty. None. I don't know if that's fair. I believe if you did that, you deserve a pass, here's why: You're essentially saying that if someone grew up and lives in DC when the Nats showed up and they were an O's fan, they are more loyal sticking with an out of area team then rooting for the local one? I don't hold it against anyone that lived in Bmore when the Ravens showed up and switched over, nor would I hold it again anyone in Charlotte from switching over when the Panthers showed up. In reality, both of those franchises would struggle mightily if NFL fans refused to switch over, the whole point was to give them their own team. My dad won't switch over from the Yankees because he grew up in DC when there was no baseball team and lived in NYC for a while, actually went to Yankee games. He wasn't happy when I switched from Yankees to Nats, but he understood that I was a DC sports fan first. I'm not from Baltimore, I'm not from New York, I'm from Fairfax. And for the record, I don't like coming in here because my distaste for your owner is so obvious, I don't want ya'll following me into the Nats thread. I just came to say that I'm actually upset for ya'll seeing what looked like a pretty good team on the brink of breaking through all the sudden becoming irrelevant. Winning in Baseball looks hard as ****. Beating ya'll has always been a challenge, one I enjoyed, I didn't enjoy that beatdown as much as I though I would. Edit: I don't think this is common, but I don't believe the Nats were brought to DC for the people that were already in the city, but that's a different conversation entirely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 3 minutes ago, Renegade7 said: I don't know if that's fair. I believe if you did that, you deserve a pass, here's why: You're essentially saying that if someone grew up and lives in DC when the Nats showed up and they were an O's fan, they are more loyal sticking with an out of area team then rooting for the local one? I don't hold it against anyone that lived in Bmore when the Ravens showed up and switched over, nor would I hold it again anyone in Charlotte from switching over when the Panthers showed up. In reality, both of those franchises would struggle mightily if NFL fans refused to switch over, the whole point was to give them their own team. My dad won't switch over from the Yankees because he grew up in DC when there was no baseball team and lived in NYC for a while, actually went to Yankee games. He wasn't happy when I switched from Yankees to Nats, but he understood that I was a DC sports fan first. I'm not from Baltimore, I'm not from New York, I'm from Fairfax. And for the record, I don't like coming in here because my distaste for your owner is so obvious, I don't want ya'll following me into the Nats thread. I just came to say that I'm actually upset for ya'll seeing what looked like a pretty good team on the brink of breaking through all the sudden becoming irrelevant. Winning in Baseball looks hard as ****. Beating ya'll has always been a challenge, one I enjoyed, I didn't enjoy that beatdown as much as I though I would. Ehhh, I dunno man. In regards to your last point, no one likes Angelos, just like no one likes Snyder. And here we are I get not wanting to root for the Orioles anymore, I think about it every damn day. But that's the team I grew up with, that's the team I've invested thousands of hours in over the years. I can't imagine NOT rooting for them because a team moved closer. If I had to move to somewhere else like...San Diego with an offbeat team that no one cares about like the Padres, I'd still be pulling for the O's from the west coast. I do agree with your initial point about the NFL giving those areas franchises because of interest, but I just remember when the Nats showed up and it was just an all out bash-fest on Angelos (which is understandable, of course) and blaming him for the reason they're all of a sudden Nats fans. I dunno though man, even though Angelos has ****ed this team seven ways from Sunday, he still doesn't ruin my love for the days of going to games in Memorial Stadium, being there for Cal breaking the Streak and all of the other memories I've got. I just can't believe people would trade that up cause of a ****ty owner and a team moved closer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 1 minute ago, Spaceman Spiff said: I just can't believe people would trade that up cause of a ****ty owner and a team moved closer. Understood, just want to point out that not every O's fan had the same memories as you. : ) I've never been to a Nats game (though I plan to change that this year), I've met diehard redskins fans that have never been to a game either. I didn't skip a beat moving to Hampton Roads, wouldn't if you put me on another continent because the DC teams remind me of home (or at least the concept of it). Another reason why I switched was because I felt like Angelos was doing everything he could to stop DC from getting a team once we got serious about getting the Expos. I took that to heart, I know others that did as well. If you're diehard, I can see where you're coming from, otherwise, not shocked at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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