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Baseball Season Preview: Baltimore Orioles

Steve Trachsel, Ace — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:19:37 EDT

How did I miss the Oriole preview?

Seriously, we are so gonna suck, but we suck at sucking (yeah, I used we). How do you field a "rebuilding" season and still have Payton, Trachsel, Mora, Huff, Millar and human sack of crap Jay Gibbons still on the roster? How is the key player in the trade for a all-star SS a 29 AAAA player? And lets not get into the whole Roberts Fiasco...

Fuck Angelos, fuck the sons of Angelos

Steve Trachsel, Ace

Baseball Season Preview: Baltimore Orioles

StuScott Booyahs — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:19:36 EDT

10 straight losing seasons ... and this has been declared a "rebuilding" year

Yeah, that sums it up right there.

StuScott Booyahs

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sandman77 — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:38:19 EDT

Andy will use the same skill he used in Chicago to show Baltimore a few of the "100+ games lost) seasons he served up to Cubs fans...Then he'll take the team into last place just in time to become the new MLB Commissioner. Fans in Baltimore are idiots to believe he's rebuilding- he's dumping salary! Face it Baltimore MacPhail needed a job to make it look good when he slides into Uncle Bud's chair.

sandman77

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Sex Fabregas — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:35:55 EDT

I wore an O's hat into a sports store here in like 2005 and the dude behind the counter was like "You an Orioles fan? You don't see many of them" I think that sums their season up.

Sex Fabregas

Baseball Season Preview: Baltimore Orioles

sinister midget — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:04:39 EDT

That was a great read.

er, Go O's! :->

sinister midget

Baseball Season Preview: Baltimore Orioles

Dead Wrestlers Society — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:45:22 EDT

@The Diesel: Aubrey, you are a horse-shit player.

-DWS and Oriole Nation

Dead Wrestlers Society

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MiamiMagic — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:43:34 EDT

@the earl of weaver: I do agree with you, I don't remember the last time I felt good about the Orioles farm system. Usually, it's a feeling of loathing, hate and homicidal rage. So that's something.

MiamiMagic

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The Diesel — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:42:17 EDT

Baltimore is a Horse5hit town.
-A. Huff

The Diesel

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metrobulls — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:27:17 EDT

I wouldn't hire someone named Andy McFail to do anything.

metrobulls

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Crookednose — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:25:24 EDT

O's fans, thanks for the easy tickets at Camden Yards.

/Sox fans

Crookednose

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Encouraging Referee Pitman — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:24:50 EDT

Dogs Plus on Eutaw St. is at least the best ballpark hot dog in the majors. I have more than once asked them to please char the hell out it. Yum!

Encouraging Referee Pitman

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MitchKayak — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:21:39 EDT

Running a franchise into the ground has to be thrilling at least.

Watching it def. isn't. Except the shitshow that is the Knicks, because that involves truck sex.

MitchKayak

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DennyCrane — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:20:35 EDT

Jones is on all my fantasy teams this year. That may have been a mistake.
Oh, and I actually like the O's to finish fourth. I have this hunch the Jays are this side shy of self-destruction and/or self-immolation.

DennyCrane

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Agamemnon Busmalis — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:19:45 EDT

My team and I have our own set of problems, but Holy Shit, do I feel bad for the O's and their fans.

Agamemnon Busmalis

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MattinglysSideburns — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:18:32 EDT

No matter the potential, I would always be leery of acquiring any pro athlete named "Adam Jones". Precedent has been set.

MattinglysSideburns

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the earl of weaver — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:17:28 EDT

Well the nice thing is that you can just re-post this preview around the same time for the next year. And the year after.

/shits pants
/jumps of a ledge cursing our brain-dead owner to the death

Truthfully, we do finally have some solid young talent.

the earl of weaver

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StuScott Booyahs — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:17:12 EDT

Yeah this is a pretty good summary of how we O's fans feel.

And it doesn't help when your good players are clamoring to get the hell out of Baltimore.

Oh yeah, and Stupid Angelos.

StuScott Booyahs

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BigTenObsession — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:16:55 EDT

Tom Scocca is a writer for The New York Observer and is currently writing a book about the 2008 China Olympics.

Is he with the Deadspin Beijing Bureau?

BigTenObsession

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TimBiakabutukaMyLunchMoney — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:13:57 EDT

Baltimore Orioles? More like Baltimore BOREioles.

/still watches Billy Madison to laugh

TimBiakabutukaMyLunchMoney

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The White Boom Boom — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:08:49 EDT

@Slothrop: There's something about Bidwell that always came off as contempt for the fans, where Angelos just seems inept/doesn't care.

The White Boom Boom

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CardedForDissent — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:06:59 EDT

I am an O's fan and thus biased, but this was the best preview. No stupid PECOTA and Prospectus BS, no stupid thoughts of our young guys actually being good. It was sarcastic and sad and true.

CardedForDissent

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Slothrop — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:06:16 EDT

@strong like bull smart like tractor:

yeah, him even.

/slamming head in desk drawer.

Slothrop

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Chief Wahoo — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:05:15 EDT

@strong like bull smart like tractor: I have to at least give Irsay credit for being smart enough to get the hell out of Baltimore.

Chief Wahoo

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Dead Wrestlers Society — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:04:29 EDT

C'mon man. Seriously? Should they have kept Bedard? For what? He made it crystal clear he wasn't going to resign with them. If the O's had kept him, and then he walked, then it would have been, "Well why the hell didn't they trade him?" Adam Jones is ranked very highly on most lists.

The O's minor league system is much stronger at the bottom, as far as position players, while many of the younger pitchers at the top are still finding their way.

If they kept Bedard, Roberts, and sucky attitude/clubhouse killer Tejada, they would have finished 4th this year. This isn't like the year they traded all their vets and got a truckload of garbage like Chris Richards.

They are on the right path. And I totally agree with Secret Identity's first post. As long as Angelos is going to spend big on signing bonuses, getting guys like Weiters is going to be possible and that's what's going to turn the team around.

Dead Wrestlers Society

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strong like bull smart like tractor — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:03:30 EDT

@Slothrop: Or Irsay, even?

strong like bull smart like tractor

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Tuffy — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:03:19 EDT

Earl Weaver would take you over his knee if he saw your nonsense.

Tuffy

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kw — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:00:52 EDT

Fucking Angelos.

Baseball Season Preview: Baltimore Orioles

Slothrop — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:58:49 EDT

at this point, shouldn't Angelos be more despised than Bidwell?

Slothrop

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being_sven — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:57:28 EDT

Maybe it's time they traded Boog's BBQ Pit?

being_sven

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Carlton_Whitfield — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:56:32 EDT

Has to be the most honest preview so far. At least it wasn't full or errors and blind, illogical assertions. [glaring at you, Cubs preview]

Carlton_Whitfield

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Rob Iracane — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:54:54 EDT

Angelos: STUPID

Rob Iracane

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Gourmet Spud — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:53:53 EDT

@Sh!tShow:

What that line-up needs is another switch-hitter. Get me Rawls on line one!

Gourmet Spud

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Stev D — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:53:02 EDT

@Gourmet Spud: Andy MacPhail will deliver clean stats to Angelos.

Stev D

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Civil Negligence — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:52:39 EDT

@Gourmet Spud:

"SHHEEEEEEEEEEEE-IT"

- P. Angelos

Civil Negligence

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Hustler of Culture — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:52:34 EDT

I've offerred to write this post in the past. Its probably better that a real writer does it since mine would just end up as a string of curses....

Hustler of Culture

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Sh!tShow — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:52:04 EDT

@Gourmet Spud: Omar should man center. Dude's got a gun.

Sh!tShow

Baseball Season Preview: Baltimore Orioles

Its The Beer Talking — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:51:32 EDT

They could always trot Jim Palmer out there for another comeback attempt. It's no more ridiculous than it was 15 years ago.

Its The Beer Talking

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Hustler of Culture — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:50:37 EDT

@BigTenObsession: My head hurts....

Hustler of Culture

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GrinNBarrette — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:49:36 EDT

Rangers 30
Orioles 3

GrinNBarrette

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Jerkwheat — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:49:24 EDT

Is Aubrey Huff one of the Pussycat Dolls or a Danity Kane? I get them confused.

Jerkwheat

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Gourmet Spud — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:49:23 EDT

Things haven't been run this poorly in Baltimore since the days of Clarence Royce.

Gourmet Spud

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BigTenObsession — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:46:59 EDT

@Len Bias Cocaine Surplus:

+2, considering that that may actually be the line from the song - I can't ever make it out.

BigTenObsession

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Len Bias Cocaine Surplus — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:46:17 EDT

MillarsCrossing: THIS AIN'T A TEAM, IT'S A GOD DAMN ARM BRACE!

Len Bias Cocaine Surplus

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kayceebk — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:46:12 EDT

Opening Day starter Steve Trachsel says that the entire season will have elapsed by the time he's through the 5th inning.

kayceebk

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BigTenObsession — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:46:03 EDT

HoC to the white courtesy phone. A Mr. Angelos for you on Line 1.

BigTenObsession

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Secret Identity — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:45:47 EDT

Tampa Bay Devil Rays have put out there. Or whatever that team is called. The last-place team

Actually, I think the last-place team is going to be called the "Baltimore Orioles" for a while.

Also, what would you prefer, they win 82 games and draft 15th, or they win 60-something games and draft Matt Wieters? Winning 82-85 games makes you the Toronto Blue Jays, and nobody wants that.

Secret Identity