Sure would be nice. If Daniel Cabrera can guide the O’s to victory today, they will wrap up the seven game trip 4-3 which is very respectable given their struggles against the central and the west in past years. Then it’s back home for three against the red-hot Rays before heading out west [...]
Entries from April 2008
April 24, 2008
Welcome to Bizarro World
Here’s Daniel Cabrera’s line from last night vs. the Seattle Mariners:
Wait a second…no walks? Let me take another look…yup, no walks. I’ll say this, it’s far too early to get excited about Daniel Cabrera in the sense that he may have finally turned a corner. We’ve been there, done that. The [...]
April 21, 2008
Two out of three ain’t bad
I work with a pretty intense Yankees fan. Life’s been good for him the last ten years or so. He told me in passing that this past weekend’s O’s/yanks series would be an incredible mismatch leading to many Yankee HRs and easy blowout wins.
And of course, this is why they play the games.
The [...]
April 18, 2008
Adam Jones almost makes me forget about tacos. The Orioles one, not the guitar player for Tool.
I haven’t had the opportunity to watch my favorite team too much in the early-goings this season. Due to a tiff with Comcast I decided back in January to give them the Italian salute and let them sail off into the sunset without my $110 a month. I could talk about this for [...]
April 16, 2008
Surprising? Yeah, a little.
Fast-forward through spring training, three opening days, Rich Harden staying off and then going on the DL and then you’ve arrived to today. Did I miss anything? Oh yes; the Orioles surprisingly hot start.
As I write this today, the Birds sit at 8 – 6, second place in the AL East behind the [...]