ORIOLES

Caught a foul ball tonight (my 6th, I think) and saw an intentional base on balls result in a wild pitch (my first).  I love baseball.

Congrats!  That is awesome!!!!

I also observed:

Jean Segura (stud - going to haunt Angel fans for years to come).

The Giants have no offense.

The Brewers are not a fundamentally sound baseball team.

And a starting pitcher that cost himself the game by not being able to bunt - 5 whiffs, including a suicide squeeze and a foul out.  Just awful.

And a kid they call Scooter.

I was thinking about things to make baseball more exciting.  I thought perhaps something as simple as making 3 balls a walk would improve the game as pitchers would be forced to throw more strikes.  My friend suggested 7 innings with 4 outs per inning. 

Maybe you should stop watching baseball if you don't understand why it's exciting.


I don't know why I even bother to reply to you. 

K8teebug wrote:
Maybe you should stop watching baseball if you don't understand why it's exciting.


I don't know why I even bother to reply to you. 

Everyone is entitled to their opinion.  I am just trying to get more fans in the stand. 

Shemp wrote:
Reynolds only got $6M plus incentives from Cleveland.  The Orioles probably could've had him for that, but obviously didn't want him.  Too many strikeouts, I guess.  He played a solid 1B though.

K8teebug wrote:
Sad about Reynolds going to the Indians, but I realize the O's didn't want to pay him the 11 million.

Here's your chance to get him back, which I know will make James Ford happy:

Indians to Designate Mark Reynolds for Assignment

vansmack wrote:

Shemp wrote:
Reynolds only got $6M plus incentives from Cleveland.  The Orioles probably could've had him for that, but obviously didn't want him.  Too many strikeouts, I guess.  He played a solid 1B though.

K8teebug wrote:
Sad about Reynolds going to the Indians, but I realize the O's didn't want to pay him the 11 million.

Here's your chance to get him back, which I know will make James Ford happy:

Indians to Designate Mark Reynolds for Assignment

I got a lot of backlash for stating that Reynolds was an awful player all last year.  I think his DFA along with the Orioles zero interest in him over last summer vindicates me.  Of course no one ever admits they are wrong.

117 games - 34 errors

Shemp wrote:
117 games - 34 errors

I thought you were talking about Mark Reynolds for a second.  In 2008 he did have 35 errors.

James wrote:
fucking Johnson

fucking Rivera

Shemp wrote:
fucking Rivera

BUSTER:

? Mariano Rivera has blown three straight save chances for the first time in his career – but the Yankees have won his past two, including Sunday?s game. The Yankees? record in games that Rivera has botched save chances in his career:

2013: 2-3
2012: 0-1
2011: 2-3
2010: 2-3
2009: 0-2
2008: 1-0
2007: 1-3
2006: 0-3
2005: 2-2
2004: 2-2
2003: 3-3
2002: 1-3
2001: 3-4
2000: 2-3
1999: 2-2
1998: 4-1
1997: 4-5
1996: 1-2
1995: 1-0
Total: 33-45

To put that number into perspective (a .423 winning percentage), there are three teams – the Astros, Marlins and White Sox – currently with a lower winning percentage than the Yankees have had in games which Rivera has blown leads.

http://blogs.citypaper.com/index.php/2013/08/it-would-suck-if-adam-jones-quit-twitter-because-of-racist-jerks/
A dip shit racist baseball fan threw a banana at Adam Jones? 

I like his Popeye's birthday cake:

killsaly wrote:
A dip shit racist baseball fan threw a banana at Adam Jones? 

There was a ton of talk about this in SF as, generally speaking, we're not really perceived as being a very racist city.  Classist and elitist, sure, but not racist.  Of course, this guy appears to be from the South Bay….

Anyhow, the fan came forward and owned up to his actions.  It doesn't seem as though it was racially motivated.

fucking Johnson

Shemp wrote:

James wrote:
fucking Johnson

fucking Rivera

fucking johnson

James wrote:
fucking johnson

Hey Buck, get your head out of your ass and yank him already..

Can't defend Johnson (maybe it's time for K-Rod) but they scored 4 in one inning.  And that was it.

I am depressed.