Orioles....part 2?

vansmack wrote:

K8teebug wrote:
Yes.  I think you could make the case for that.

That's just home team blinders, sorry.

Machado jumped backwards to avoid the tag, and Donaldson, with ONE HAND, reaches out to tag him.   If he wants to push him, he uses two hands…

Yeah doesn't make any sense at all.  You know how hard people come into second base with their legs up in the air.  And before this season how many people would run into the catcher at home.  I never see fights about these why would you see a fight when someone does a normal tag?  Manny has been hanging out with ARod which might explain some of this behavior.

Yeah, that's it.  Toss around those unfounded ped rumors.  Let's just hope it's youthful immaturity and that a veteran or two will sit down and discuss a few things with him.  Maybe his early success is going to his (bobble)head. 

The Tampa Bay Rays will go with a closer-by-committee approach to replace struggling right-hander Grant Balfour in the role, manager Joe Maddon said Monday.

"We're going to go by committee right now," Maddon told reporters.

Shemp wrote:
The Tampa Bay Rays will go with a closer-by-committee approach to replace struggling right-hander Grant Balfour in the role, manager Joe Maddon said Monday.

"We're going to go by committee right now," Maddon told reporters.

They don't really need a closer as they are never in the lead.

vansmack wrote:
Machado was wrong on Friday and wrong again today.  Grow up, kid.

He apologized.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3D4-DjdaOY

Shemp wrote:
He apologized.

Scripted, but a good move ahead of the suspension announcement.

O's fans should worry about this:

Jerry Crasnick  (12:21 PM): What I don't get is his complete overreaction on that Josh Donaldson tag. That was basically a love tap, and he made it into a much bigger deal than it had to be. If he's that hypersensitive to a tag, other teams are going to see that and it's only going to get worse.

A 1-2-3 inning for the old closer.  I'm still weeping over the loss of Balfour.  Did Jerry Crasnick say that one was a huge mistake at the time? 

Music to my ears in Anaheim….

"Jim Johnson warming up in the A's bullpen. "

This strange triangle of closers hasn't worked out for any team,  but at least the O's saved a little money,  I suppose.

Machado only getting 5 games is a gift.  I was thinking 6-10.

vansmack wrote:
Machado only getting 5 games is a gift.  I was thinking 6-10.

MLB seems lenient with punishment.  How man games did Chris Simon get for trying to stomp on someone with his skate? 

its ok guys, b rob talked to him

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/roberts-reaches-machado-bat-throwing-incident-article-1.1823192

Got wrote:
its ok guys, b rob talked to him

It's actually a classy move by the veteran.  There's really no one else on that roster that could have done it.  Maybe Hardy, though he doesn't strike me as the team leader type.

atomic wrote:

vansmack wrote:
Machado only getting 5 games is a gift.  I was thinking 6-10.

MLB seems lenient with punishment.  How man games did Chris Simon get for trying to stomp on someone with his skate? 

And Ortiz got nothing for breaking a phone and almost seriously injuring his teammate.

vansmack wrote:

Shemp wrote:
He apologized.

Scripted

Orioles Carefully Control Machado's Apology

….Beat writers from the independent media, including the Baltimore Sun, weren't allowed pregame access to Machado on Monday, a day after his latest antics at Camden Yards capped a regrettable series for the 21-year-old third baseman.

Instead, the Orioles gave someone from the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (owned by the Orioles and Nationals) a one-on-one with Machado, thinking they could sanitize the environment and beef up ratings and website traffic by taking advantage of a national story and making it their own.

Just one catch: There were no legitimate follow-up questions.

vansmack wrote:

vansmack wrote:

Shemp wrote:
He apologized.

Scripted

Orioles Carefully Control Machado's Apology

….Beat writers from the independent media, including the Baltimore Sun, weren't allowed pregame access to Machado on Monday, a day after his latest antics at Camden Yards capped a regrettable series for the 21-year-old third baseman.

Instead, the Orioles gave someone from the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (owned by the Orioles and Nationals) a one-on-one with Machado, thinking they could sanitize the environment and beef up ratings and website traffic by taking advantage of a national story and making it their own.

Just one catch: There were no legitimate follow-up questions.

It was Roch who interviewed him right?  He is an Orioles Shrill. He banned me from the site for saying as much this winter.

atomic wrote:

vansmack wrote:

vansmack wrote:

Shemp wrote:
He apologized.

Scripted

Orioles Carefully Control Machado's Apology

….Beat writers from the independent media, including the Baltimore Sun, weren't allowed pregame access to Machado on Monday, a day after his latest antics at Camden Yards capped a regrettable series for the 21-year-old third baseman.

Instead, the Orioles gave someone from the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (owned by the Orioles and Nationals) a one-on-one with Machado, thinking they could sanitize the environment and beef up ratings and website traffic by taking advantage of a national story and making it their own.

Just one catch: There were no legitimate follow-up questions.

It was Roch who interviewed him right?  He is an Orioles Shrill. He banned me from the site for saying as much this winter.

Its disturbing to think an Orioles website has better moderation than we do.

Julian, wrote:

atomic wrote:

vansmack wrote:

vansmack wrote:

Shemp wrote:
He apologized.

Scripted

Orioles Carefully Control Machado's Apology

….Beat writers from the independent media, including the Baltimore Sun, weren't allowed pregame access to Machado on Monday, a day after his latest antics at Camden Yards capped a regrettable series for the 21-year-old third baseman.

Instead, the Orioles gave someone from the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (owned by the Orioles and Nationals) a one-on-one with Machado, thinking they could sanitize the environment and beef up ratings and website traffic by taking advantage of a national story and making it their own.

Just one catch: There were no legitimate follow-up questions.

It was Roch who interviewed him right?  He is an Orioles Shrill. He banned me from the site for saying as much this winter.

Its disturbing to think an Orioles website has better moderation than we do.

It is a cable channel website.  And I agree they shouldn't have lifted your ban here.

vansmack wrote:

K8teebug wrote:

From cbs may 11th:

Buster wrote that on May 13.

I think the issue is it's not going to fix itself, so what is Wieters going to do?  He might not need surgery now, but most expect he'll need it sometime.  So does he do it now and be 100% in his free agent year?  Or does he wait until the off season (or worse, until after he's in free agency) and sacrifice half of his last season.

Let me know when the appropriate time is to remind you who his agent is and why this is a discussion….  

Called it.

Weiters to have surgery tomorrow.  Out for the season.

I like Pearce and Delmon starting with Davis coming off the bench.

Also, Miggy as the long reliever and Gausman in the rotation.

I'm feeling the Orioles Magic!