Orioles....part 2?

jeffml wrote:
Besides watching records being broken, I'm actually excited about watching..gasp…bunting, speed on the bases, and hustle from the rest of the team.

You (and me) might be the only one(s).  The announced paid attendance last night was 6,585. 

vansmack wrote:

jeffml wrote:
Besides watching records being broken, I'm actually excited about watching..gasp…bunting, speed on the bases, and hustle from the rest of the team.

You (and me) might be the only one(s).  The announced paid attendance last night was 6,585.

Last season was the first in my life I failed to make it up to Camden. Had less to do with quality of play than my own personal schedule not allowing me to travel to Baltimore. Hope make it out to a game soon.

vansmack wrote:

jeffml wrote:
Besides watching records being broken, I'm actually excited about watching..gasp…bunting, speed on the bases, and hustle from the rest of the team.

You (and me) might be the only one(s).  The announced paid attendance last night was 6,585.

I'm still watching the Orioles every night. I did get rid of my season tickets last year so I could go to more shows.

vansmack wrote:

jeffml wrote:
Besides watching records being broken, I'm actually excited about watching..gasp…bunting, speed on the bases, and hustle from the rest of the team.

You (and me) might be the only one(s).  The announced paid attendance last night was 6,585.

This makes me SO SAD.

jeffml wrote:
Besides watching records being broken, I'm actually excited about watching..gasp…bunting, speed on the bases, and hustle from the rest of the team.

I'm with you.  Still watching and kept my mini-plan.  Which unfortunately has too many games against the Yankees and Red Sox for my liking.

Personally I find it so much more fun to go to a ballgame when attendance is poor….then again I find most people are bozos….everything is so much easier when attendance is weak

hutch wrote:
Personally I find it so much more fun to go to a ballgame when attendance is poor….then again I find most people are bozos….everything is so much easier when attendance is weak

I feel this way more about general admission concerts than sporting events. At a sporting event, as long as there are assigned seats, there's no worry about people encroaching on my personal space. And with a larger crowd, there's more enthusiasm and overall energy.

Some people want that crowd enthusiasm in a concert experience but for me a concert feels more like a personal transaction between me and the band (even though it's not.) when compared to a sporting event. Plus, at a crowded general admission concert even innocuous people are transformed into bozos.

shemptiness wrote:

jeffml wrote:
Besides watching records being broken, I'm actually excited about watching..gasp…bunting, speed on the bases, and hustle from the rest of the team.

I'm with you.  Still watching and kept my mini-plan.  Which unfortunately has too many games against the Yankees and Red Sox for my liking.

God do I loathe Orioles games where Yankee fans are present. I just got through telling my girlfriend that. And now we are apparently attending Game of Thrones night which is a fucking Yankee game. FML

challanged wrote:

shemptiness wrote:

jeffml wrote:
Besides watching records being broken, I'm actually excited about watching..gasp…bunting, speed on the bases, and hustle from the rest of the team.

I'm with you.  Still watching and kept my mini-plan.  Which unfortunately has too many games against the Yankees and Red Sox for my liking.

God do I loathe Orioles games where Yankee fans are present. I just got through telling my girlfriend that. And now we are apparently attending Game of Thrones night which is a fucking Yankee game. FML

As if a normal game against the Yankees isn't bad enough.

If I had to bet on Rosenthal vs Davis, I would have lost.

Space wrote:

hutch wrote:
Personally I find it so much more fun to go to a ballgame when attendance is poor….then again I find most people are bozos….everything is so much easier when attendance is weak

I feel this way more about general admission concerts than sporting events. At a sporting event, as long as there are assigned seats, there's no worry about people encroaching on my personal space. And with a larger crowd, there's more enthusiasm and overall energy.

Some people want that crowd enthusiasm in a concert experience but for me a concert feels more like a personal transaction between me and the band (even though it's not.) when compared to a sporting event. Plus, at a crowded general admission concert even innocuous people are transformed into bozos.

Could not agree more. I get a tad bummed when shows I am attending sell out.

vansmack wrote:
If I had to bet on Rosenthal vs Davis, I would have lost.

'Improves' his ERA to 72.0.

Doesn't get talked about as much, but Davis has now tied the 57 plate appearances without a hit mark. I'm going to have to fire up the old MLB.tv at lunch if he gets the start today.

Julian, wrote:
Doesn't get talked about as much, but Davis has now tied the 57 plate appearances without a hit mark. I'm going to have to fire up the old MLB.tv at lunch if he gets the start today.

0-3 with a walk. Up to 53 at-bats and 61 plate appearances. God, the schadenfreude is so sweet.

Davis is on fire!

Space wrote:
Davis is on fire!

Definitely earned an extension.

He is now clearly underpaid so I hope they renegotiate/ restructure his contract

Looks like the O's drafted Matt Wieters 2.0. 

shemptiness wrote:
Looks like the O's drafted Matt Wieters 2.0. 

Didn't have a choice here.

Much like the Nats and Stephen Strasburg in 2009. Trout was the 25rh pick that year. The Nats picked twice before then, the Orioles picked some guy names Hobsgood or something like that?

The Halos grabbed a SS when they needed pitching.  But I won't question the new GM.

Starter Andrew Cashner is headed to the Red Sox in exchange for outfielder Elio Prado and infielder Noelberth Romero. Prado and Romero are both 17 and natives of Venezuela.

Prado will be assigned to the Rookie-level Dominican Summer League Orioles 1 and Romero to the DSL Orioles 2.

Will miss Cash.  Seemed like a good dude. Sell, sell, sell.