Grotewold wrote:How involved was he with the Expos and Marlins?

1997-2001 = Expos scout
2001-2002 = Expos Midwest Supervisor
2003-2004 = Marlins National Crosschecker

Howard having surgery today in Baltimore

i cannot stand some of these questions they are asking manuel... something like "after the world series the team has taken steps backwards. do you think they have lost their desire?" first of all they have gotten better. second of all stfu.

also, all this talk abotu .300 hitters. there were 26 in all of baseball this year. one of them was hunter pence.

they've lost their desire to fall 7 games back before coming back and hoping for the division leader to choke

charlie's taunt of eskin gets me to smile in this otherwise depressing affair

i think charlie just made fun of howard eskin

what he say

finally someone tried to explain that they are a very good team but in charlie's words "baseball is a funny game." he basically said look at who has won the world series and look at who was supposed to, the best team doesnt always win.

Napalm wrote:what he say

something like

"if we get 5 hits in a row and only score two runs that isnt good. right, howard? even you can understand that."

someone just asked (donnelon?) if they should sacrifice some wins in july by giving players off so they can get wins in september.

CalvinBall wrote:someone just asked (donnelon?) if they should sacrifice some wins in july by giving players off so they can get wins in september.

i hate this shit.

you need wins in july to guarantee wins in october(i don't even know what he means by september)

Trent Steele wrote:

Soren wrote:don't pitching prospects have huge flame out rates? Could just be bad luck

Could be, but I'm struggling to remember the last decent SP the Orioles developed since Mike Mussina.

Érik Bédard?

i think he is under the notion that win in september is worth two in the standings.

Grotewold wrote:Howard having surgery today in Baltimore

He needed shoulder surgery?

jamiethekiller wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:someone just asked (donnelon?) if they should sacrifice some wins in july by giving players off so they can get wins in september.

i hate this shit.

you need wins in july to guarantee wins in october(i don't even know what he means by september)

That's what Charlie said.

But to be fair to the reporter, the question was about resting Polanco at times during the season so he could be fresh(er) at the end. Not punting games.

well yea but he did say something about sacrificing wins by giving people rest.

I think it's okay to criticize a bit. The whole "oh my god. we suck" thing after winning 102 games bothers me, just like everyone else here. But I also don't like the whole "we just had a bad week in a long season. Oh well. That's the nature of the sport." It's okay to be angry when you get eliminated in the LDS and get shut out in the deciding game.

when did danrosz morph into Petey Pragmatism

Been completely thrown for a loop because of my hero crashing and burning.

Howard had a complete tear. Amaro estimates 5-6 months.