It was locked - just like Mr. Angelos' cash box.
Orioles....part 2?
Danny Valencia for David Lough. Looks like we have another candidate for left field.
Lough to replace McLouth?
Lough to replace McLouth?
hutch wrote:
come on now..who wouldn't want to play for the Yankees before retiring..over continuing with the O's?
It's not like the Yankees are expected to contend this year, though. Can't blame him since he wasn't coming back……but I asked my wife to throw out her Roberts t-shirt anyway.
StoneTheCrow wrote:hutch wrote:
come on now..who wouldn't want to play for the Yankees before retiring..over continuing with the O's?
It's not like the Yankees are expected to contend this year, though. Can't blame him since he wasn't coming back……but I asked my wife to throw out her Roberts t-shirt anyway.
huh? really?
i hear you on throwing out the roberts shrt… any self-respecting fan should do that…
Depends on how they finish their off season acquisitions. As things stand, I wouldn't expect them to be even as good as they were last year.
StoneTheCrow wrote:
Depends on how they finish their off season acquisitions. As things stand, I wouldn't expect them to be even as good as they were last year.
You mean we won't do as well as when we had Arrieta and Freddy Garcia as our starters? I find that hard to believe.
Two Balfour tidbits, courtesy of CSNBayArea.com:
*He met his wife when he went in for surgery on a torn rotator cuff in 2005. Angie Balfour worked as an assistant to the orthopedic surgeon who performed the operation.
*When they were teammates with the Brewers? Triple-A Nashville club, Balfour saved R.A. Dickey from drowning in the Missouri River. Dickey, now with the Blue Jays, was trying to win bets that he could swim across the river at Council Bluffs, Iowa, and got caught in the current. Unable to swim back to shore, Dickey did manage to get close enough that Balfour could reach out and pull him from the water.
*He met his wife when he went in for surgery on a torn rotator cuff in 2005. Angie Balfour worked as an assistant to the orthopedic surgeon who performed the operation.
*When they were teammates with the Brewers? Triple-A Nashville club, Balfour saved R.A. Dickey from drowning in the Missouri River. Dickey, now with the Blue Jays, was trying to win bets that he could swim across the river at Council Bluffs, Iowa, and got caught in the current. Unable to swim back to shore, Dickey did manage to get close enough that Balfour could reach out and pull him from the water.
K8teebug wrote:
Two Balfour tidbits, courtesy of CSNBayArea.com:
The guy is crazy. I love watching him. I've seen him get in so many near fights on the mound by his antics that he has reached the "I'm going to watch this guy no matter what because you never know what's going to happen" stage, and it usually has nothing to do with the game.
http://wapc.mlb.com/play?content_id=27602403
Balfour dealing "serious jeopardy" due to injury discovered in physical.
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/12/19/grant-balfours-deal-with-orioles-in-serious-jeopardy-due-to-issue-with-physical/
Knowing Angeles and his history, it's probably his accent.
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/12/19/grant-balfours-deal-with-orioles-in-serious-jeopardy-due-to-issue-with-physical/
Knowing Angeles and his history, it's probably his accent.
Plan B - Rodney. Although they won't pay him $10M per season, will they?
Ball-four will not be an Orioles and Troy Patton will be missing the first 25 games of the season because he is a meth-head. Not the best day for the Orioles.
atomic wrote:
Ball-four will not be an Orioles and Troy Patton will be missing the first 25 games of the season because he is a meth-head. Not the best day for the Orioles.
You must have a friend in the warehouse. You seem to have your finger on the pulse.
Shemp wrote:Post of the Week.atomic wrote:
Ball-four will not be an Orioles and Troy Patton will be missing the first 25 games of the season because he is a meth-head. Not the best day for the Orioles.
You must have a friend in the warehouse. You seem to have your finger on the pulse.
Balfour deal is off by the way.
Shemp wrote:
Balfour deal is off by the way.
That is what I just posted and you responded to.
This franchise never ceases to amaze me. I take back my assessment that Johnson might not beat out Balfour next season. Balfour almost certainly has a closer season for the record books next year.
Shemp wrote:
Plan B - Rodney.
Seriously. Who in their right mind with sign with this franchise right now? Or ever?
vansmack wrote:
This franchise never ceases to amaze me. I take back my assessment that Johnson might not beat out Balfour next season. Balfour almost certainly has a closer season for the record books next year.
Per Roch: The Orioles are following the recommendations of three physicians, including one who isn't affiliated with them.
Not sure I'd guarantee him $15M either.
Nothing would please me more than another AL East team picking him up:
Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com added that Rays team physician Koko Eaton examined Balfour in Tampa on Friday and performed a MRI on the pitcher's throwing shoulder, coming away surprised that the Orioles backed out of the deal.
?The MRI that I did on him today looked exactly the same as the MRI I did three years ago,? Eaton told the website. "It did not look normal compared to a person who does not play baseball for a living. But for someone who plays baseball for a living, it looked normal. There are abnormalities on the MRI as there are on every single baseball player?s. But three years ago, there was no issue, and he had pretty good performance when he was with Oakland.?
If Balfour doesn't sign with Tampa, expect several others to show interest in the proven closer. On Friday, Jim Duquette of MLB Network mentioned the Mariners, White Sox and Yankees as three teams that "need closers and would benefit with Balfour closing out games."
Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com added that Rays team physician Koko Eaton examined Balfour in Tampa on Friday and performed a MRI on the pitcher's throwing shoulder, coming away surprised that the Orioles backed out of the deal.
?The MRI that I did on him today looked exactly the same as the MRI I did three years ago,? Eaton told the website. "It did not look normal compared to a person who does not play baseball for a living. But for someone who plays baseball for a living, it looked normal. There are abnormalities on the MRI as there are on every single baseball player?s. But three years ago, there was no issue, and he had pretty good performance when he was with Oakland.?
If Balfour doesn't sign with Tampa, expect several others to show interest in the proven closer. On Friday, Jim Duquette of MLB Network mentioned the Mariners, White Sox and Yankees as three teams that "need closers and would benefit with Balfour closing out games."
Julian, wrote:Shemp wrote:Post of the Week.atomic wrote:
Ball-four will not be an Orioles and Troy Patton will be missing the first 25 games of the season because he is a meth-head. Not the best day for the Orioles.
You must have a friend in the warehouse. You seem to have your finger on the pulse.
I don't get this. At first i thought Shemp was applauding me for knowing the latest news. But then he comes and posts the same thing I did later like it is some new fact. Really weird. I post what Orioles reporters state and his reply somehow becomes post of the week?