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We don't want to say that Baltimore interim manager Dave Trembley should perhaps rent, not buy, but ... well, it's probably a bad sign when you've had to make one real decision as manager, and your decision already has everyone wanting to fire you.
As you've surely heard by now, Trembley played Miguel Tejada for one inning yesterday afternoon so he could keep his consecutive games streak intact. This is shaky in the first place, but in Baltimore, which is home of freaking Cal Ripken, for cripes sake, it went across like a leady leaden piece of lead.
On the list of sham attempts to influence records, this, to me, exceeds Brett Favre lying down so Michael Strahan could get Gastineau's sack record. The whole point of being the Iron Man is that you not only show up every day, but you show up every day to play every out, and you're good enough to do it without hurting the team. I, personally, can't wait for the O's to trade Tejada, but they can replace Trembley without a suitor. Bring on Rick Dempsey!
Not that it matters now anyway: Tejada's wrist is broken and the streak's over anyway. That is, unless, Trembley keeps putting in for an inning anyway, regardless.
Tejada's Wrist Broken [MLB.com]
Miguel Tejada, Dave Trembley and Respectability [Oriole Post]
Fire Dave Trembley Now [East Coast Bias]
Comments
Yeah, Rick Dempsey would be a real good situation.
Better chance of seeing Davey Jones.
/Johnson
Ripkin would have played with a broken wrist. Tejada is a pussy.
Orioles fans are idiots, I mean the guy does have a 2-0 record since he took over. I mean c'mon. And Cal Ripken should've sat the last 4 years of his career. You ever think that Cal is much to blame as Angelos for your team's decline into oblivion. Oh and Kevin Millar is and always will be a dueche.
Will George Mitchell be looking into this travesty that he can do nothing about too?
Meanwhile, Joe Girardi has changed his phone number four times.
@Burnsy: +1
Rumor had it Tejada would be traded too. Now that's gone.
Stupid Angelos!
@RestoretheRoar:
Although I am an Orioles fan, and an idiot, I refuse to worship at the Shrine of Cal, preferring the infintely more subtle baseball stylings of Chris Hoiles.
Cal pulled the same shit. Lou Gehrig probably did too. No one can legitimately play 2131+ games.
WHO CARES
@RestoretheRoar: Cal hit .340 with 18 home runs in half a season of work in '99.
You ever think that Cal is much to blame as Angelos for your team's decline into oblivion.
That's ridiculous.
@Frank Pentangeli: Cal never came in to lay down a bunt simply for the sake of the streak.
@Unsilent Majority: I think Mickey Dolenz would be a more prudent choice.
@Unsilent Majority: Davey Jones would be a GREAT manager. He handled the crew of The Flying Dutchman with an iron fist.
@Unsilent Majority:
I think Trembley already shares a locker with Davey Jones, if not, he will be shortly
Fuck Tejada, fuck Peter Tork, and fuck you.
Chris Hoiles was the shit.
And Cal didn't pull the same crap (unless you count a certain power failure....)
@metschick: Ahh, but he'd be horrible handling the pen. He'd stick with the same guys forever.
Davey Jones would be a great manager once every ten years.
@Camp Tiger Claw: The Monkees weren't about managing baseball teams, the were about revolution! Political and social upheaval!
@Camp Tiger Claw: +1
hey hey
what about the time the Orioles faked a blackout so Cal Ripken's wife could finish banging Kevin Costner (a la Bull Durham turn on the sprinklers rainout)
[dempseysarmy.blogspot.com]
has a great take on Cal's inflated "Streak"
@Unsilent Majority:
Cheer up, sleepy Jean
miguel tejada never asked the stadium crew to feign a blackout so he could go home and deal with the "kevin costner is banging my wife" situation.
just saying
This sure has been a great week to be an O's fan. Now if you'll excuse, I'm going to bang my head against a wall for the next 1/2 hour or so....
fuck you husky
Hey, hey we're the Orioles!
We have to be fucking around.
We're too busy losing.
To sit anybody down.
@Hustler of Culture: you'll still be good to bat leadoff afterwards
Surprisingly there is not a lot under the Dave Trembley tag....
You can take your Chris Hoiles, I'll go with the sublime stylings of Larry Sheets.
Ah, the days when the O's weren't dead to me.
HoC, ignoring the O's until Angelos is gone has made things so much better, I suggest you try it.
The comedy pyramid is being built directly on top of UM.
@Tom Chambers over Mark Jackson: I can't man. I'm the guy who can't help but believe all the bullshit they spout every offseason about how the O's are getting better. I honestly thought they had a shot at .500 and respectability.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to buy some lottery tickets....
@Butch Huskey: Rene Gonzales? Does anyone know if this is the same RC Gonzlaes whose Topp 1988 card I could NEVER get in a pack to finish the set?
That fucking Rene Gonzales?
/Still bitter 19 years later
Davey Jones would rather manage the Pirates.
@Rob Iracane:
That's not a comedy pyramid that a funeral pyre for Orioles franchise.
@Matt_T: and that's the joke I wanted to make...
to avoid further confusion with Davey Jones, Davey Johnson should change his name to David Bowie
What's the big deal, Ripken played in plenty of games where a manager should have played someone else.
Besides its not like he actually did it to get a record, like Nakisha Sales or something.
@Unsilent Majority: Cal Ripken enamored the fans with a reason to come to the games, thats all that that idiot angelos needed to sell tickets and not build up a farm system. I mean wasn't his successor Devi Cruz or something like that. Angelo's had a lets fill the roster with older veterans that can win now, like the greats, Mike Bordick, Will Clark, Delino Deshields, Albert Belle and BJ Surhoff. Stupid Angelos
@RestoretheRoar:
I thought it was Ryan Minor.
I'm with restoretheroar on this one. Cal's fielding declined and he gladly hurt his team's chances for his own ego, staying on the field long after he should have been a part-time player.
Well, Baltimore, take pride in the fact that you still lead the nation in Syphillis, illiteracy, and football teams stolen from Cleveland.
@Rob Iracane: It's like The Laugh Factory meets Abu Ghraib.
@RestoretheRoar: Bordick took over at ss when Cal moved over. And BJ Surhoff was/is the tits.
Just for no reason: Joe Orsulak
@The Secret Weapon: Welcom to my Lexicon.
@Hustler of Culture: Joe Orsulak looks like a bald eagle.
Schilling, Steve Finley and Pete Harnisch (ehh) for Glen Davis. best front office decision ever.
@UkraineNotWeak: I was trying to think of who followed Ripken and the first name that came to mind for some reason was Ryan Leaf. Damn mad cow.
@Chief Wahoo: Come on give us the credit we're due, we are also leaders in HIV, murders, teenage pregnancy, and illiteracy.
@Camp Tiger Claw: To be honest, I barely remember what he looks like
Because someone already said Joe Orsulak, I'm countering with Randy Milligan.
Baltimore - "We've got crabs."
@Frank Pentangeli:
FWIW Gehrig even played shortstop and batted first in some visiting parks so he would get an at bat and be removed with the shortstop taking his place. Joe McCarthy did this a few times to keep the streak intact.
I would like them see Billy Ripken take a crack at managing them...as long as he would pull a Rod Smart and wear "Fuck Face" (which would probably look like f*ck Face or F**k Face) on the back of his jersey. It'd sure be a hot seller!