Matt Wieters progress.

I know I haven't tapped into the farm system much since I started this blog. I found a very interesting/exciting article here. Scroll down to the Frederick Keys section. Remember Matt Wieters? He belted two long balls in his first game as a professional ball player. His first two hits were towering homeruns. Anyone else excited about him?

4/4 So far, so good. Some Shorebirds info.

The rain delay was avoided. I actually got to see some baseball on TV! Maybe one day I will get noticed as the great writer that I am. I will eventually have the news media trying to throw press passes and money at me, just so I can write a blog for them. Lol. That would be nice.

A few things that I noticed in this game was the Orioles defense. Luis Hernandez is looking more and more comfortable every day. He made a nice diving stop but wasn't able to throw the runner out. It was still an A+ effort. Melvin Mora is showing no ominous signs of age. He made a good stop on a ball. Adam Jones ran down a ball in the gap that was a sure double or triple. He made it look routine. Pure speed.

The bats are alive an well. Just like Jamie Walker said the other day, the Orioles have been "MF'ed" by the media this year. They have a better team than they are given credit for.

The bullpen finally gave up 2 runs tonight. Couldn't blank em' forever I guess. Sherrill gets save #2 and we're only 3 games into the season. His brim still hasn't been molded. Has anyone mailed him a brim bender yet?

I got a phone call from a good friend tonight. He happened to be at the Delmarva Shorebirds game tonight. He told me witnessed 2nd Baseman Ryan Adams hit a HR dead center that cleared the SCOREBOARD. That is a monster shot. He esiimated the HR to have traveled 450ft. I find it hard to believe but I won't doubt him, I wasn't there.

I did a little digging on Ryan Adams and he is projected as a C+ prospect at best. A utility/back-up player at best.

If he keeps hitting long balls like that he won't be a C+ prospect for long.

4/3 - The dreaded rain delay.

Ok, this season has really tested my patience so far. We had to suffer through the day off after opening day and now our first rain delay. Looking at the forecast, we just may be in for two in a row. This really rains on my parade, no pun intended.

They aren't skipping the trash man in the rotation right now. They will probably be forced to if the game is postponed tomorrow as well.

I'm looking forward to seeing Sarfate pitch soon.

Can someone go to Hat World in the mall and buy George Sherrill a brim bender? Did you see him pitch last night? He looked gangsta! Roch Kubatko said the reason why he doesn't bend his brim is because he said he can never bend it properly. They have devices that can do that for you, you know?

Cal Ripken could never bend one right either. Cal never wore his hat straight either, it was always turned slightly to one side. Maybe it was Cal Ripken who started the whole sideways-hat epidemic? I say epidemic because it was terrible, and still is! Lol. I'm not saying Cal was really to blame, it just looks a little suspicious that the trend happened in the 80's and he was a superstar in the 80's.


Look at the hat. Notice it turned slightly sideways and the hack-job bent brim. All of his pictures look the same. If you don't believe me you can google it.

You guys know I'm just kidding right? I'm not really that crazy to believe my own insanity. I'm just bored.

4/2 - Can the Trash Man take out the trash?

The Orioles are sending Veteran Steve Trachsel out to the hill today. We're do for a good starting performance sooner than later. I bet the kids that Tampa Bay are fielding get tired of waiting for him to throw the ball they start picking up clumps of dirt and swinging at it. Hey, atleast thats what I did in Little League. For those of you who forgot how he pitches, you will have a full grown beard by the 6th inning. I predict this to be a loooong game.

I still can't wait for Adam Jones and Nick Markakis to hit thier first homeruns of the year. These two guys are very exciting to watch.

To all the naysayers..

Hopefully tonights game should be enough indication to everyone that this team does have a little pop in their bats. This team was down and kept coming back. DCab stunk it up though but the offense pulled together.

How about Randor Bierd and the rest of the bullpen? They have looked VERY good in the first two games of the season. I think our bullpen will be a plus for this team this year. Say goodbye to the worst bullpen ERA in the history of the universe!

Aubrey Huff had his game going with a HR and a triple tonight. As we eastern shore folk would say, "He was on far!" "Far" is Eastern Shore for fire. I think the boo's will turn to cheers pretty soon if he keeps this up.

O's won 9-6 and they didn't give up after the first inning like they did all year last year. Great game. I scared my German Shepherd when I jumped up and started yelling at the TV. Maybe I should not do that anymore because I may be bigger but I bet she bites harder.

4/02 --Almost game time!

Like said earlier, the dreaded day off after opening day is over.

Trembley has posted the same lineup as monday except Ramon and Luke have switched spots in the batting order. I was kind of hoping Fahey would have gotten the start today. Oh well, Cintron won't be down too long.

DCab is going to mow through the Tamba Bay lineup. Haha! I don't know about that. Tampa Bay has some good pop this year and it's going to be tough for ANYONE to beat them.

BTW has anyone noticed the Devil Rays are no longer the Devil Rays? They are only the Rays now. I guess the word "Devil" seemed to be a bit over the top. Check out their new uniforms. They look like really bad high school uniforms. Just my thoughts, I suppose some would like them. I like the retro feel about them though.

DCab gets the start tonight.. My Pre-game...

DCab get's the start tonight.
Finally the dreaded day-after-opening-day is over! Ugh! I can't stand it. As if waiting all off season wasn't long enough for me to wait before I can see some consistent baseball. Down with the system. Just kidding.

Actually Daniel should pitch good tonight. He had a semi-rough outting his last Spring game. This means that he is due for a brilliant game. Great, terrible, great, terrible.. You get the point. He put's it together this year. No doubt in my mind.

Hopefully the Orioles can string together some offense tonight. Adam Jones and Nick Markakis both go 4-4 tonight with 4 home runs a piece.. Even Luke Scott pokes 3 out of the yard tonight. Ok.. One can dream.. I really do wan't to see some good pitching though. I used to be like Earl Weaver and wait for the big 3-run homer. After suffering through so many years of bad pitching I have actually come to love the pitching part of the game. Pitching builds winners. Even the worst offense can string together a run every now and then. If they can't hit you, they can't beat you.

My pre-game.
My pre-game usually doesn't involve watching the actual pre-game on TV. It's not that I wouldn't mind watching it, I just normally don't have the time. That and I also cringe everytime that Rick Dempsey talks into the wrong camera. Gotta love that guy.

Okay I did some digging..

Have you ever wondered why most teams take the day off after opening day? I always have wondered this but never put much thought into it after the dreaded day rears it's ugly head and leaves.

The answer is simple: In case of a rain-out on opening day.

Thanks to a few posters at the Orioles Hangout I was able to get the answer pretty quickly.

It makes sence to me now, but that doesn't mean that I still have to like it. You see, it worked out pretty well for the evil empire Yankees. Their opening day was rained out and they were able to have opening day on the off-day that was scheduled. Is it just me or does everything eventually work out for the Yankees? Sigh..

Orioles sign Cintron to a MiL contract.

This guy should be a pretty decent upgrade to what we currently have at Short-stop. Not alot of HR pop but he has a good enough bat to poke the ball all over the field.

This signing is funny to me though. The Orioles originally tried to sign him in the off season. He instead opted to sign for the Cubs, then gets cut by the start of the season, and THEN signs a minor league contract with the Orioles.

If he had just signed with us in the first place he would have been the opening day starter at SS. I guess that's how bad people just don't wan't to play for the Orioles.

Oh well, he won't be in Norfolk for long. If Luis Hernandez gets any worse he may be here by the end of the month. I honestly don't see why they just don't bring him up now.

Also, has anyone ever wondered why they never play the day after opening day? Seriously thats annoying. I know I good deal about the game, but for some reason I have never taken the time study up on that. I guess I will have too now.

Thanks for the support..

I want to thank everyone for the support my blog has gotten in the past few days. I am sorry for the small lack of updates, I have been pretty busy tending to my sick girlfriend.

As everyone pretty much knows by now, Jay Gibbons has been cut. Who knew that Peter Angelos would have let Jay have 12 million over the next 2 years for free? This also lets Jay sign with another team. I think Jay will wind up signing a Minor League contract with someone. The homerun potential is there.

Did anyone notice the attendance at Oriole Park? According to the announcers it was a sell-out crowd. In my opinion, sell out crowds must be getting smaller and smaller. I really think the weather played a part in that though. I can't wait to see the attendance on Wednesday.

I don't think I will be giving daily scores on the ball games. My reasoning is simple. I can't watch every game and I think there are enough "real time" news sources around here that can have that information readily available for you.

Was I not the only one impressed with Matt Albers? Wow that guy can pitch. Maybe he won't be in the pen for too long?