Sun reporters beware! Need I remind you of Jamie Walker's "Mess with me, and you mess the whole trailer park" sign?

Well, they are all over McLaren like a bad smell after using O'Flaherty third time. It's Deja vu all over again...closer gets hurt..rearrange roles ...start losing. Is it the curse of Bedard ?

I hope Burres can put in a decent show tomorrow. I still thin k he is Moyer in training.

here's to changing speeds and nibbling. i think he will be far more effective following D Cab against the same team.

If you think the local writers have been supportive this spring, then you haven't been paying attention. Roch and Zrebiec excluded. Scmuck and Connally have been so brutal I stopped reading them halfway thru spring training.

To the poster who asked about trading Brian Roberts now that the team is winning. We need to see how this plays out. If this team is above .500 on July 15th then you try to get Brian to sign a multi-year deal.

A solid(over.500) season with the opitimism it brings, gives the team a much better chance to sign a big-time free agent or two. Certainly should look more enticing to Texeira.

You know what they say in real estate
location, location, location...
Well, with the subtle and not so subtle changes in the game of baseball over the last several years, it could be said
bullpens,bullpens, bullpens
Looks like the O's have put together a pretty good one....anyone remember last years??? didn't think so
lose 100??? we may not lose 80.

KEEP DRINKING THEIR KOOL AID ROACH !!

Why must this team always do this to me?! They always pull me in with these visions of miracle seasons and high hopes?!?!

And every year my heart breaks, my hopes are dashed, and I swear off believing... and then April rolls around and I give in again.

I'm enjoying every minutes of it for as long as it lasts, that's for sure.

Well if reporters (and I use the term lightly) like Connolly and Maese didn't continually try to find new ways to sound surly and point out everything that is wrong with this team, fan base and front office the rest of us might feel a little sympathy for them. I, for one, am glad to know that they got to be on the receiving end of some negativity of their own.

And how about the fans getting a little love from time to time? As someone who's been to many, many games in the past couple of seasons...while the numbers may not show in the stands just yet, the fans that ARE there are doing a dang good job of making a little noise and showing their love.

The thing I really love about this 2008 team, and something that I haven't seen in recent years past, is that they really DO seem to be trying to compete one game at a time. Keep up the good work, boys!

Huff is right - Millar is an idiot - and thank God he is our idiot and not on some other team helping them pull together.

Last year's team was persistent but fragile. Ibanez's double in the 5th might have killed teh team last year.

Last year's clubhouse was "loose" too, but in an entirely different, fragmented way. I do not think Walker says what he said in 2007.

This is the way we have been waiting for an Oriole team to look and sound. Even if they lose 93 games again, if this level of effort continues you have to feel good about 2009.

Roch, I think you may need to separate Tom D and Tom C, and I don't even know what they're really talking about.

I think the players are pretty justified in getting ticked at the 1988 reference, but I agree with Trembley that if it makes them play with the same chip on their shoulder with which they reacted after the game, he'll be happy with the results. I also like Jamie Walker's taking up the leadership by telling the writer to say it about him, but not about his teammates.

Cabrera wasn't what I call good, he was just decent enough and less shaky than usual. Forgetting to turn around and throw home was bad. If the rest of the starters improve but he doesn't, I predict Trem and Andy will be forced to slip Albers into the rotation and make a move with Cabrera.

By next year, when Tillman and some of the others at Norfolk are closer to major league ready, Daniel will be feeling serious heat for his job.

And I totally agree with those who say they sure are glad we kept Brian. His dancing off first base is going to be the reason a lot of runs get scored.

this is great.... it may be to early to bring back "WHY NOT!" but wow- fun stuff here. this is the start of something special, even if it dont last through the year.

congratulations on the sweep. Everyone's piling on the O's now with how miserable they are I am happy for them and I hope it continues. The owner ruined the franchise but they are at least trying to go in the right direvtion now.

This young team is giving us more enjoyment then we anticipated. Look, nobody expects them to continue at this pace, but as long as they remain competitive that's all I can ask. It's nice to be excited about O's baseball even if it turns out to be short lived. Go young birds!

There's certainly piling on regarding national media and predictions for the Orioles. I can't see how any reasonably intelligent person could think a team like the Giants was better than the Orioles. Go through the lineup, position by position, and nearly every single Orioles player is better than his Giants counterpart. You might take Rowand over Jones in CF, but that's about it. And frankly, in terms of cost, upside, and years under contract I prefer Jones.

That said, I hope they keep putting us 30 in weekly power rankings. Motivation is wonderful!

You gotta love their enthusiasm. I hope they can keep it up. If not, at least they know they can compete.

Huff - if you can keep it up, our "horses**t" town may yet embrace ya, as long as you can show some respect and make a joke of it. We've had to deal with 10 consecutive losing seasons, so believe me when I say that we can definitely take a joke (same one 10 years running, in fact).

That quote sums up everything there is to be said about Millar as a clubhouse leader and spirit of the team. That is the most valuable tool he posesses (although the 5 game hit streak to start the season didn't hurt). While the O's are definitely re-building and doing a great job of getting younger, it is still VERY important to have veteran leadership with the RIGHT approach to the game to lead the younger players. It seems like Millar, Walker, Mora and Roberts are embracing this role! That combined with Trembley's approach and experience with younger players (2782 MiLB games managed) is the main reason the Orioles have thumbed their noses at the National media's predictions. I for one am going to enjoy the ride, and look forward to each and every game with a sense of optimism I haven't felt about this team in years!

My feeling is simple...enjoy the moment.

They've already won more games than a few people thought they'd win this entire month.

They are playing hard and Dave Trembley reminds me more and more of Lou Brown. All I need to hear him say now is that here are "two or three potential All-Stars" in there and it'll be complete.

Trashing Sun Reporters I'm like these guys more and more

Sometimes a team needs an "idiot" like Millar to keep things loose in the club house.

He's probably not in John Lowenstein's league, but few are.

HaHaHa! Millar the clubhouse leader. I never expected anyone else to be the leader. Kinda reminds me after the Orioles traded for Frank Robinson and he quickly became the leader with the Kangaroo Court. This is what winning does to a team. Once these prospects keep maturing and make the team and then look out. This team is going to resemble the Oriole teams of the 1960's and 1970's. I think the Orioles have to do some more trading by sending Daniel Cabrera elsewhere. The play where he fell asleep at first base was inexcusable. When will he ever learn. I am so sick of hearing that he so much potential to be a top pitcher yet he continues to pitch poorly and seems to not want to listen to anybody. Hopefully he will be like Bedard and wants out soon.

Go O's!
We still have to trade Huff and maybe Mora, when we can.
Get the big fish this winter--Texiera!

Dave, you're spot-on about Cabrera. That guy cost the team a run because of his careless antics.

That guy also had a lousy balls:strikes ratio. Once he realized that the only way he could throw strikes in the 5th inning was to throw the 90+ fastball to the middle of the plate, that's exactly what he did. And then when he put men on as a result, he went back to his slider and changeup - in the dirt and "juuuuust a bit outside." He's either sorta decent or just plain gawdawful. If he doesn't grow up by the All-Star Break, find a suitor for this guy, make a deal and ship him out. Failing that, give this guy his DFA papers.

Ed D--Thanks for the Lou Brown reference. Makes me smile about my favorite baseball movie "Major League" and makes me proud of the grit displayed by Trembley and his players.

Nothing like coming from behind to win ballgames. Frank, Brooks, and Boog made that a Baltimore tradition along with hot steamed crabs.

Keep filling up that notebook, Luke. I'm giving a Henry Wiggen "Bang the Drum Slowly" nod to you and calling you "Author."

FOB--Full of Birds!