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I hope Cruz is OK that was a nasty pitch to the head breaking his batting helmet. I hope he was just taken out for precautionary reasons because we will need his bat on opening day.

I know, I wish they would have been all in on Balfour instead of backing out of that deal.

Wow ties, ties, and more ties......crazy! Better than losses I guess.

Wow, I certainly did not foresee Ozzie trading for a Center. I would love for the article to give us a reason Tampa Bay may have traded him. Was he too expensive for them? Do they have a backup they feel is ready to step up? I have to say I am happy that Ozzie is making moves to improve the o-line, although I would love for us to be dominant at the o-line and I am not sure this trade quite gets us there, but I am sure Ozzie is not done just yet.

Gonzalez with six strong innings. Looking good!

I am just glad we are still looking and checking into players in FA instead of standing pat until the draft. Go Ozzie!!!

It makes me sick how on ESPN First Take everyone said they feel sorry for Irsay. I say the jerk is lucky that his wife even put up with him for 33 years. Would they still feel sorry for him if the guy killed someone driving around intoxicated on who knows what? You can certainly see that when it comes to the Irsays the fruit does not fall far from the tree. They get on the players when they do this. They say that the players make big money but they will never make owner money, so you tell me this guy couldn't pay for a cab. I went out this weekend with a whole group to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but you know what I kept everyone safe, did not drink, and made sure everyone spent the night over my house and left in the morning. I had some sleep in my kids rooms, put up a few blowup beds, and opened up the sleeper sofa. Unfortunately, his lawyers will probably get him out of this instead of doing the right thing and punish this jerk so he does not end up killing someone on the road.

Wow that was quick. I am excited to see what he can do. Hopefully we can get some o-line guys now so Joe can have some time to get some good passes off to these good receivers.

It is hard to argue when he makes deals like this.

I am so happy we have some nice cap room now for some more signings. I am pretty excited to see who is next!

I guess my jokes are just lame today, sorry.

Yes I agree, but then again the 49ers traded a 6th round pick for Blaine Gabbert so maybe Ozzie could have gotten a little more than a 6th for Anquan Boldin

Wow I am so happy to read this. I said in the beginning I would have franchised Monroe, Ozzie did waaaaaaaaaay better than that. This is just awesome Raven Nation! Thank you Ozzie!!!!!

Hopefully today can be sweet too, we play the Pirates, right now also a 7-2 team, in Sarasota at 1pm. I hate losing to them and still hold a grudge over 1971 and 1979. I even hate the song "We Are Family" because of that team. If we win we can have bragging rights in the Grapefruit league tonight.

Starting pitcher Norris was good in the game #1 win today and game #2 tonight is looking good through the 5th.

Two games today against Boston at 1pm and 7pm. The Rays vs. Pirates game should be a pretty good game.

It is starting to look pretty good so far after the last minute big additions. Hopefully in ten days the doctor will give the green light to Manny! I am super happy so far.

I saw that on March 5th Manny Machado was finally cleared to do lateral movements and fielded some soft grounders. He seemed to be OK doing so. I know the O's are still hoping that he will be ready for opening day but I think that may be too optimistic. I hope he makes a complete recovery and they take it slow, because I would love him to have zero setbacks. He is a special player. Even my wife, who is a diehard Pirates fan loves Manny. She compares his value to Andrew McCutchen, so I have to respect her for that.

LOL, I know because of HIPA we will never find out but I wonder if they really found anything wrong with Balfour or just got cold feet with their deal.

I was a little surprised by the Johan Santana signing. I understand that he was a past beast with his two Cy Young's but missing two of the last three seasons with not one but two major left shoulder surgeries. I have to go back and look but I thought I read that he was only hitting 80 mph on the radar, but maybe he was just cleared to throw. I guess we will see what he can do in the minors. The contract is written so we can get out with limited money if he does not make it up to the O's roster by a certain point so I guess we do not have that much to lose.

Thanks, our starting pitching are giving us some decent outings against opponents starters. So far, looking good O's!

Anyone know who started today against the Twins?

That actually depresses me. I hope you are wrong.

I think Boston really wanted that first win leaving their starters in so long.

Well we scored some runs today, starting pitching look pretty good. I am happy so far.