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So, a couple weeks ago, I mentioned ’round these parts that the Orioles would be crazy to get Miguel Tejada back. I didn’t really go into it, but I thought the last thing Baltimore needed was a...
View ArticleA visit to don MacPhail.
MacPhail – David. Please sit down. Trembley – Don Macphail, I’d prefer to stand. MacPhail - Mr. Knuckles? Please help David sit down. (BOOM!) MacPhail – There. Isn’t that better? Trembley - (silence)...
View ArticleThe 2010 O’s: historic disappointment
There have been a lot of disappointments at Camden Yards since 1997’s division win. Albert Belle. David Segui. Sidney Ponson. Brook Fordyce. Delino Deshields. Tony Batista. Jay Gibbons. Luis Matos....
View ArticleStand back. There’s going to be some splatter.
Orioles poobah Andy MacPhail is just about at the end of his tether. Over the past couple days, the typically silent MacPhail has let fans know that he’s not happy with the start of the 2010 season....
View ArticleTrembley can’t last another day. Can he?
I can’t count the times I’ve told you that surely, SURELY Dave Trembley can’t survive [insert latest calamity]. The Orioles can’t POSSIBLY keep Trembley after last night’s [insert most recent...
View ArticleAndy’s Angels and Demons
BAD ANDY MACPHAIL: Martinez! Dammit, Get me Victor Martinez! GOOD ANDY MACPHAIL: But he wants to catch. We already have a catcher. BAD ANDY MACPHAIL: So? Tell Martinez he can catch for us! Tell him...
View ArticleVladimir Guerrero: the Nestle’s Crunch bar Baltimore craves
Despite persistent rumors to the contrary, the Orioles insist they’re not interested in Vladimir Guerrero. The non-interest has yielded earth-shaking non-news headlines like “Orioles not interested in...
View ArticlePay the man, Andy: Guererro to Baltimore for $8MM
Huh? You want eight million dollars? Well, hell, Vlad! Why didn’t you say so? Late Friday afternoon, Vladimir Guererro and his genius agents finally cajoled the Baltimore Orioles into the $8 million...
View ArticleRamon Hernandez, El Feliz Rojo
I’m fixing myself a big crow sandwich for lunch today, courtesy of Cincinnati’s Ramon Hernandez. You prolly saw Ramon’s walk-off 3-run bomb yesterday, taking care of Milwaukee, with whom the Reds will...
View ArticleSo. Where to now?
It looks for all the world that the Andy MacPhail Era in Baltimore will come to a sad end this off-season. I have no idea how to feel about it. Disappointed? I guess. But when you’re disappointed all...
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