2011 Baltimore Orioles Season Thread

[FerrariFan87]

Jake Fox needs to make this club... anyone else worried about Mark Reynolds and his lack of power this spring? There's no guarantee that he'll transition well to the AL... I think Britton needs to start out in AAA, but I have a feeling that he'll get the call to the bigs fairly quickly.

[Ed_Reed20]

[quote name='FerrariFan87' timestamp='1300909322' post='658066']
Jake Fox needs to make this club... anyone else worried about Mark Reynolds and his lack of power this spring? There's no guarantee that he'll transition well to the AL... I think Britton needs to start out in AAA, but I have a feeling that he'll get the call to the bigs fairly quickly.
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Fox should make the team. I can't see Buck not rewarding him after what he's done so far. Plus, the man is too versatile not to have on the roster.

I'll be worried if Reynolds is still scuffling a month into the season.

I agree with you on Britton.

[FerrariFan87]

[quote name='Ed_Reed20' timestamp='1300909638' post='658071']
Fox should make the team. I can't see Buck not rewarding him after what he's done so far. Plus, the man is too versatile not to have on the roster.

I'll be worried if Reynolds is still scuffling a month into the season.

I agree with you on Britton.
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It's going to be tough with Reynolds because of his high K rate and how we judge "success" with him. I mean will a sub .200 average with 28-35 HRs and over 200 Ks be good enough?

[codizzle]

Na sub. 200 no way..

I could handle high k's as long as he gets the homers but anything under. 230 and id be upset..

Now if he gets his 09 numbers again then maybe. 200 would be a little more bearable lol

[Ed_Reed20]

[quote name='FerrariFan87' timestamp='1300910519' post='658079']
It's going to be tough with Reynolds because of his high K rate and how we judge "success" with him. I mean will a sub .200 average with 28-35 HRs and over 200 Ks be good enough?
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I'm hoping he doesn't hit below the Mendoza line again but could stomach 200+ Ks if he hit over 30 bombs.

[Guest Maryland1]

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[Guest Maryland1]

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[JO_75]

Anyone planning on going to a game or a couple games this season? I'm hoping that I can make the trip up from NC and see a game or two. I remember just taking a light rail down, paying $8 for a nose bleed seat and watching a game, or going with my friends and enjoying it even though they lost most of the time but it's fun to go out to Camden Yards and just watch a game.

[gabefergy]

Hopefully I will be able to catch a game when I'm back home, I love Camden Yards

[ravens__]

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Niiice! About time some local eatings were introduced at Oriole Park! Any word on the prices yet? 'Cause the last few years they've been rather stiff..

[codizzle]

Planning on makin a trip up sometime prolly when they play the phils since they my nl team and most of my friends are phils fans

[FerrariFan87]

Did you guys catch the Adam Jones HR from last night? He absolutely destroyed it to deep center... it was one of those "no-doubters." I look for him to hit at least 25 HRs this season.

[Guest Maryland1]

[size="2"][font="Verdana"][b][color="#ff8c00"]Orioles[/color] pitching news:

[/b]- Guthrie - Opening Day starter.

- Arrieta - Home Opener starter (vs Detroit Tigers).

- #2-4 starters named.

- #5 starter still to be determined.

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[FerrariFan87]

Former Oriole Kevin Millwood signed a minor league deal with the Yankees... let's hope he gets into that rotation soon! Hahaha.

[url="http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=6257148"]Yanks Sign Millwood[/url]

In other news, it was great to see Reynolds get his first HR of the spring last night.

[FerrariFan87]

All right... what are everyone's official predictions in terms of wins this year?

I have us winning 84 games.

[Ed_Reed20]

I have no team predictions but I'm going to predict Jake Fox hits 15+ HRs.

[gabefergy]

I think 84 games is very optimistic. I say we win 78 games, but I wouldn't be shocked if we were over .500

[FerrariFan87]

Two days until Opening Day!!! (3 for the O's, but still)

[JO_75]

Speaking of Jake Fox, can someone please explain this. I just came across this, and in a game that the O's were leading 13-3 and Fox had a 3-0 count, he swung and both Buck and the other manager weren't happy... can someone explain why? Oddly the O's went on to win 14-9 so why did Buck want Fox to be conservative and not hit the ball??? This is confusing me...

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Call-the-baseball-cops-Jake-Fox-violates-the-fi?urn=mlb-wp1603#mwpphu-container

[quote]Swinging 3-0 in a 10-run game with no outs in the eighth inning with a minor league pitcher on the mound is a decent way to make sure you get a fastball in the ribs in your next at-bat. The average fan may not think it was a big deal but Orioles manager Buck Showalter and Tigers manager Jim Leyland certainly did.

Showalter angrily yanked off his hat, and was seen yelling in the home dugout to anyone in particular. His hat off the whole time, he kept shaking his head and muttering throughout the rest of Fox's at-bat, which resulted in a walk. Leyland, meanwhile, yelled at Fox from the top step of the dugout.

When Fox was removed for a pinch runner, Showalter made sure that he was one of the first people to meet him in the dugout and he gave him an earful. The Orioles manager was still fuming about it after the game as it apparently wasn't the first time this spring where Fox ignored a clear take situation.[/quote]

I'm sorry but there is no being conservative in Baseball Buck, you had a 10 run lead and lost by 5, how dumb. Like in Football... There is no such thing as Running up the Score, your just finishing your opponent.

[FerrariFan87]

[quote name='JO_75' timestamp='1301448232' post='660061']
Speaking of Jake Fox, can someone please explain this. I just came across this, and in a game that the O's were leading 13-3 and Fox had a 3-0 count, he swung and both Buck and the other manager weren't happy... can someone explain why? Oddly the O's went on to win 14-9 so why did Buck want Fox to be conservative and not hit the ball??? This is confusing me...

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Call-the-baseball-cops-Jake-Fox-violates-the-fi?urn=mlb-wp1603#mwpphu-container



I'm sorry but there is no being conservative in Baseball Buck, you had a 10 run lead and lost by 5, how dumb. Like in Football... There is no such thing as Running up the Score, your just finishing your opponent.
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It's against baseball etiquette, especially when you're up big... it's just something you don't do. Some people have said it was OK since he wasn't yet told he had made the team, but still, if it's a 3-0 count and you are up by that much, leave the bat on your shoulder.

[JO_75]

[quote name='FerrariFan87' timestamp='1301448736' post='660065']
It's against baseball etiquette, especially when you're up big... it's just something you don't do. Some people have said it was OK since he wasn't yet told he had made the team, but still, if it's a 3-0 count and you are up by that much, leave the bat on your shoulder.
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Part of me can understand since it's Spring Training, but if Buck tells someone to get conservative during the regular season when the wins matter I'm going to have a issue. Just like Football, momentum can swing in a blink of a eye in Baseball and why would you stop just because your afraid of running up the score. I hope Buck doesn't pull this stunt, if he does I bet the Orioles let up and the other team catches up and wins I'll be mad.

[Ed_Reed20]

[quote]
Swinging 3-0 in a 10-run game with no outs in the eighth inning with a minor league pitcher on the mound is a decent way to make sure you get a fastball in the ribs in your next at-bat.[/quote]

That really annoys me. I've really gained an appreciation for baseball in the last two years and I understand beaming players is a part of the game. Still, I find it moronic that an opposing team would retaliate because another swung at a ball he liked, regardless of the situation.

Maybe if the pitcher's teammate had done a better job, they wouldn't be in a position to deserve mercy.

[FerrariFan87]

[quote name='JO_75' timestamp='1301449771' post='660073']
Part of me can understand since it's Spring Training, but if Buck tells someone to get conservative during the regular season when the wins matter I'm going to have a issue. Just like Football, momentum can swing in a blink of a eye in Baseball and why would you stop just because your afraid of running up the score. I hope Buck doesn't pull this stunt, if he does I bet the Orioles let up and the other team catches up and wins I'll be mad.
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99.99% of the time guys will take a 3-0 pitch, no matter the score or situation, unless you're a Pujols-esque player, but even he will most likely take those pitches. Again, it's just something you generally don't do in baseball.

[Guest Maryland1]

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[/font][/size][/center][center][b][font="Verdana"][color="#ff8c00"]ORIOLES[/color][/font][/b][/center][center][font="Verdana"][b]2011 Spring Training Attendance:[/b]
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[/size][/color][b]Franchise record for Spring Training attendance for second consecutive year.[/b]
[/center][/font][/size][center][font="Verdana"][size="2"][/size][/font][/center][center][font="Verdana"][size="2"]New record for Ed Smith Stadium.[/size][/font][/center][center][font="Verdana"][size="2"]Stadium-record 8,549 fans at game against Philadelphia Phillies on 03/19/11.[/size][/font][/center][center][font="Verdana"][size="2"]Average game attendance: 7,219[/size][/font][/center][center][url="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110329&content_id=17186834&notebook_id=17186856&vkey=notebook_bal&c_id=bal"][font="Verdana"][size="2"][color="#800080"]Orioles.com[/color][/size][/font][/url][/center][/center][/b][/size][/center]

[Guest Maryland1]

[font="Verdana"][size="3"][color="#000000"][size="2"]I'd love to see Buck and the Birds prove them wrong!
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[b]SI predicts [color="#ff8c00"]Orioles[/color] to finish 4th; 91 wins is best-case scenario
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[size="2"][size="2"][font="Verdana"][/font][/size][color="#0000ff"]Sports Illustrated[/color][/i] says the [color="#ff8c00"][b]Orioles[/b][/color] will finish [b]78-84[/b]. It wouldn't be a winning season, but it's a 12-game improvement.

[/size][/font][font="Verdana"][size="2"]The magazine predicts that two AL East teams will make the playoffs and that the Red Sox will beat the Giants in the World Series.
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[url="http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baltimore-sports-blog/bal-sportsblitz-orioles-si0329,0,5921544.story"][font="Verdana"][size="2"]Link to Baltimore Sun article[/size][/font][/url]

[FerrariFan87]

Finally, Opening Day has arrived! I can't wait for the O's to start their season tomorrow

[Perfekt]

its been a long time since i can honestly say i will be watching the orioles. hoepfully with this season they will play like a team. i dont expect a world series but atleast be competitive.

[Guest Maryland1]

[b][size="3"][color="#ff8c00"][font="Verdana"]Oriole Park at Camden Yards
[/font][font="Verdana"][color="#000000"]Opening Day Ceremonies
[/color][/font][/color][/size][/b][font="Verdana"][b][color="#000000"][size="3"]April 4, 2011
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[/color][size="2"][color="#0000ff"]First Pitch[/color][/size][/b]

[size="2"][color="#ff8c00"][b]Hall of Fame Orioles Manager Earl Weaver[/b] [/color]will throw out the ceremonial first pitch

[/size][/font][font="Verdana"][size="2"][color="#0000ff"][b]National Anthem
[/b]
[/color][color="#000000"]During the anthem, a 30'x 42' American flag from Fort McHenry will be unfurled over the batter's eye wall in center field. The flag is a replica of the one that flew over Fort McHenry when Francis Scott Key wrote the National Anthem. [/color]

Colors will be presented by the United States Armed Forces Color Guard provided by the Military District of Washington and by the Combined Honor Guard Team of the Baltimore City Police and Fire Departments.

The anthem will culminate with a flyover by the 104th Fighter Squadron from the [color="#000000"]Maryland Air National Guard[/color].

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[Guest Maryland1]

[font="Verdana"][size="2"]Brooks Robinson is my all-time favorite baseball player (followed by Cal Ripken, Jr).

Best wishes to this Oriole legend for a fast and complete recovery[/size].


[size="2"][color="#ff8c00"][b]Brooks Robinson hospitalized, releases statement

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[Guest Maryland1]

[b][font="Verdana"][size="3"][i][color="#ff0000"]Let's go, O's!

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Opening Day Lineups
[color="#ff8c00"]Baltimore Orioles[/color] Vs [color="#0000ff"]Tampa Bay Rays
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[font="Verdana"][size="2"][color="#ff8c00"][/color][/size][/font]ORIOLES[/b]
[/color]Brian Roberts, 2B
Nick Markakis, RF
Derrek Lee, 1B
Vladimir Guerrero, DH
Adam Jones, CF
Luke Scott, LF
Mark Reynolds, 3B
Matt Wieters, C
J.J. Hardy, SS
Jeremy Guthrie, SP[/size][/font]

[font="Verdana"][size="2"][color="#0000ff"][b]RAYS[/b]
[/color]Ben Zobrist, 2B
Johnny Damon, LF
Evan Longoria, 3B
Manny Ramirez, DH
Dan Johnson, 1B
B.J. Upton, CF
Matt Joyce, RF
Reid Brignac, SS
John Jaso, C
David Price, SP

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