A couple years ago I attended a Yankees/O’s game much like last night’s game. Back and forth, crappy starting pitching, comebacks, blown leads, rain delays. The difference between last night’s 9-8 O’s win and that game (5/26/04) is that the O’s managed to pull this one out. It felt really good and you got the [...]
Entries from May 2008
May 15, 2008
Hey Milwaukee – need a closer?
It’s been widely speculated that the Orioles are waiting for the July trading deadline to spin a few more trades that turn current players into more talented farmhands. No trade chip is more valuable then that of George Sherrill. Sherrill has saved 15 games already this season in 17 attempts, a result of the Orioles [...]
May 14, 2008
Welcome to the Trainwreck
Ladies and gentlemen, your 2008 Toronto Blue Jays!
Take a curmudgeon manager, a stubborn GM, inexperienced pitchers, and a mish-mash of old hitters and this is what you get – last place in the AL East. This team is far too good to stay in last place all season but I’m not sure you’d trade [...]