Roch,

Watch the typos. Instead of "Payton starting in left field.", didn't you mean "starting in "some other city to be determined by management."?

Roch--I could have sworn that you were responsible for supervising Olson's workouts at Bally Total Fitness.

Jennifer, I admire your steadfast rooting for all concerned, but the Millar thing won't go down well, ever. To me it was worst than what Huff did. I could care less what Huff thinks of the nightlife here, but Millar in the Sux dugout in a jersey on National TV ,plus doing lineups on national TV ,was over the top. Can you imagine if a Spankee (Mussina) or an Ex O on the Suxs did that here if the O's were in the playoffs & they weren't? Those towns fans would roast the guy.
I also found it quite interesting that MacFail pardoned, even approved of the Millar thing , but went ape sh!t over Huff's radio gag. Remember it was satellite radio, with a far less numerous audience, in Tampa no less, not on say.. Anita's show here. I think that MacFail's reaction was completely driven by his opinion or feelings about each player before either incident took place.

Trembley - leave the outfield alone. Scott/Jones/Markakis is good to go for 162.

Now the infield is another story...

Tell Trembley it's a B A L L Y' S, not a real gym that Olson is going to in Ft L. Olson isn't going there to workout, like 90% of the crowd he is probably there to look & be seen.
Another angle they could work... get Olson to hang with Huff & sample the Ft L nightlife? That would be different.

Please ask Trembley to scratch the Payton in LF plan against lefties. If word gets another the league about that, the O's won't see a righty starter all season!

Ugh! I can't help but feel that nothing good can come out of Jay Payton Starting in Left. I've been pleased with the decisions made by Trembley so far, but Jay Payton starting is not something I agree with. He has a poor attitude and was a disaster in left last year. I do not want to keep seeing balls misplayed by him in left.

...Of course George Sherrill walked off holding his hamstring. He's an Orioles pitcher now.....

Radhames Liz is best fit for Norfolk's ace at the begining of the year. He'll be ready for the O's by June. Unless Troy Patton comes back quicky, I have a feeling that Garret Olsen wins the final rotation spot. Hayden Penn, Liz, Albers, Patton, and Anderson as the starters in Norfolk. Cormier in either bullpen and Burres as the long reliever in Baltimore.

Maybe with Mike Cuellar helping the staff someone might actually learn the screwball. I don't think anybody in baseball has thrown a single screwball since he retired. Would probably make every hitter in the majors look silly.

I have a good feeling that Cabrera and Kranitz will work well together.

It was frustrating last season watching Daniel miss repeatedly away from right hand batters and inside on left hand batters. It's ok to have the lefties skip rope now and then to keep them honest, but repeatedly? and falling behind in the count?

As Cabrera continued to miss in the same spots I couldn't help but notice that his size 14 or 15 right cleet was always toed to the extreme outside of the first base side of the rubber.

Would Leo suggest an in-game adjustment? I never saw it. All I observed from Mazzone was a lot of rocking, bubble gum chewing, and an occasional removal of the cap for a swipe of the scalp.

Daniel Cabrera will emerge this season as a quality starter.

Tell Sherrill he needs to stretch out first. This crap is getting old. Not even an Oriole five minutes and players are dropping like flies. Where are these conditioning coaches at?

Roch - Did you out Olson?

Roch, How is Guthrie looking in the early going from the mound? Any onr taking him deap?

It is GREAT to be J Gibbons. Tomorrow Herbie will sink or swim. Ican take it R. It will be the last time my man boy [ young man ] who Gary didn't want has a rare chance to be on TV. 1PM ESPN2. He's coming off a bad game. GM will have to front and back him. Watch him feed the ball to his shooters. But they have to hithe outside shots. GM cannot control LW. That's for sure.

Roch,

Vegas has picked the O's to be the worst team in MLB this year. Were you following the team in '01-'03 when they were particularly awful? If so, how do you think this team stacks up to the Fernando Lunar era?

Tell Sherrill he has the wrong team. The Yankees are the Hamstring team. We are the Oblique team.

Make sure he gets that straight.

No more talk about injuries from our own division!

No no no. The Indians are the Oblique Team. Sabathia, Westbrook, AND Lee (want him? No one in CLE does...).
And as far as Huff dogging Baltimore... seriously? Dude... have you BEEN to St Pete? I know you were a Ray, but have you actually BEEN to St Pete? I must have lived in the "other" St Pete for 12 yrs. Damn. Wish I knew about the one HE lived in. Maybe I'd never have left. Who am I kidding, I'm not old enough to live there yet. And to be proud of being on the BTLS satellite show... yeah, no one in St Pete would be proud of that. Except AHuff (is it wrong that I want to call him AH*le instead?).

AND (my favorite conjunction today)... we can't get two days into camp without hospitalizations and pulled hammies? I guess it's better than the alternative of a few years back... "What? Orioles in the news in spring training? Oh really? Who got arrested THIS time?"

I may have lost count, but it seems Millar may have already taken 18 different Oriole pitchers deep in batting practice.

Does any one else get a chance to hit?

Surely Yan knocked him back, no?

Roch,

Has there been any confirmation that O's were given the fourth option on Penn?

Big Z...I will inject my opinion on a couple of your comments. First I don't buy that into the theory that the younger players "need" a player the likes of Millar to nurture them...you admit he's a mediocre player. Is that a good signal to send them?...that mediocre is alright?. I would rather them learn someone like Eddie Murray who didnt have to be Mr. Personality but went out and did the job on the field.

I also disagree that Millar is such a great club house guy...he fine now because everything is going his way...he's batting clean-up and playing regularly but let someone cut into his playing time and see how much of a team player he is. I also disagree that he knows he is a mediocre player...I think he believes that he is a great player...which the numbers do not back up at all.

Once again I'll state he's a nice guy and all of that...and Jennifer is right I shouldn't have posted those things calling him a clown and such...and for that I apologize but in knowing that he is such good "friends" with the Red Sox I have to tell you that when we play them it is going to be in the back of my mind is this guy playing 100% against his buddies.

Brian...My opinion is that I don't think AM knew what all Millar was going to do when he gave him permission...I think he was under the impression he was just going to throw out the first pitch...not go on national TV and refer to the Red Sox as "us" and "we". AM then had to smooth it over to save face.

Brian, I completely disagree with you. Millar gives 100% all the time and wants desperately to win as an Oriole. I think it's cool that his former team still likes him so much. It's a credit to him, not a dis to the Orioles.

Huff could barely show up last year much less play decently. From the little bit I've read so far, Huff seems to be trying to turn that around. Hope so. But I'll still have to hold my nose and clap for him this year, if I ever go to a game again.

33rdstreet4ever-

Millar talked about making the most out of minimal talent in an interview a little while ago. He was referring to himself. A positive attitude never hurt anyone and for someone his age to still have fun everyday is a good example for the young guys. Would you rather them watch Jay Payton with a scowl on his face and no hustle in the outfield?
I would much rather them learn from an Eddie Murray as well, but we don't have an Eddie, we have a Millar. Lemons into Lemonade my friend.