Didn't realize this entry was up so I'm re-posting. Went to Aberdeen last night to watch the Ironbirds. A kid named Jedidiah Stephens hit two massive home runs, including a walk-off 3-run dinger in the bottom of the 9th to win the game 4-3. Don't know if he's viewed as a "prospect," but man was he mashing the ball last night.

Our pitching had better be at it's best this weekend or you will see plenty of fireworks from the Rangers lineup.

With Reimold's K/BB rate, I think it's perfectly fine to be excited about him again. He may not hit .330 in the bigs, but he could very well be our starting left fielder next year.

No way would I move Reimold to AAA. Keep him in Bowie, a team that can win a championship, playing against top prospects, not career AAAAers. With Weiters and that pitching staff I can see them bonding and bringing that good vibe to Baltimore, leading a new Orioles Way.

Hey Roch, I have a September 13th birthday, so maybe we can exchange gifts at Pickles before an O's game. Anyway, I was checking on Matt Weiters on the Bowie website and saw that he is hitting just .235 for them thus far. I still think he's not far from the bigs, but maybe this will quiet some of the talks that he'll be up here in September.

The key to last nights loss was Captain Hook taking out Olsen in the sixth inning. Yes he walked the first batter, but the next guy Butler hits a double on an 0-2 pitch that was about a foot high and outside, not a bad pitch. He strikes out the next batter and gets a ground ball to Millar who boots it. The score was still only 7-4 at that point. Olsen was still throwing well. You have to give these young pitchers and opportunity to get out of jams and get into the late innings. If you don't allow to do that they will never learn. Not to mention the fact that Trembley is over using the bullpen with many a quick hook. Remember this is a rebuilding year.

If it's not safe to bring Loewen in with a 4 run lead, when IS it safe to bring him in? Loewen had a job to do & failed to do it. Same with Bradford.

Someone posted earlier that Loewen was not pitching well enough for a call-up--that seems to be the case.

Happy 4th!!
Last night was depressing.

Hey I just noticed that the Orioles are pondering Eckstein! He is a good shortstop, and I remember him from the old days when he could easily flip the ball to the second baseman or first with no effort, and made all of the web gems on ESPN.

Have you heard how much we would have to give up for him, Roch? Or just get a contract and that's it?

As for the game - I really felt that Olson could get that inning done, but no, they brought in Loewen and he did have the 2 scoreless innings but he was still fresh from the DL, and I don't think he was the right dude to come in, I would have tried Cormier.

Let's just try to bounce back and win against the Rangers. At least Michael Young isn't playing.

Paul

They must have old stats on the Bowie website

This is through last night

http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Matt%20Wieters&pos=C&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=446308

Team  League  AVG   G   AB   R   H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   TB  BB  SO  SB  CS   OBP   SLG    OPS

FRD   CAR    .345  69  229  48  79   8   0  15   40  132  44  47   1   2  .448  .576  1.024

BOW   EAS    .292   7   24   4   7   3   0   1    3   13   5   3   0   0  .414  .542   .955

Maybe we can move Loewen to the other side of the plate. Didn't he used to have a great bat? Maybe he can be our Rick Ankiel.

While not exactly a Fourth of July baseball memory, this time of year reminds me of childhood trips to Memorial Stadium for fireworks--usually while the O's were out of town.

I miss that place.

Joseph, I could not agree more. We need to give our young pitchers the opportunity to work out of jams in the 6th -7th innings, especially if their pitch counts are reasonable. If we lose a few games in the process, so be it.

Well I'm sure everybody remembers the fireworks the LAST time the Rangers came to Baltimore. Trembley does.

What is the status on negotiations with Brian Matusz?
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They're talking, they're fairly close, but it doesn't appear that the signing will take place during this homestand, as the Orioles had hoped. No worries about the deal not getting done. It's just a matter of time. - Roch

Yuck. Sure am happy I went to the US Olympic swimming trials here in Omaha instead of watching the O's on Fox - Midwest. I didn't see the game and am not even going to watch the archive version on MLBTV.com. I've watched the Royals out here a lot unfortunateately and knew they were gonna be trouble. (they've been a hot team the past month). The O's pitchers need to do a lot better against the Rangers. They have a great lineup. Look for a lot of 11- 9, 12 - 8 games (hopefull with the birds on top).

Batting behind Montanez and Reimold in the fifth spot teams aren't going to be quick to give Wieters anything good to hit as well, as evidenced by his five walks already. Weds. against Harrisburg he led off the second inning and walked on five pitches. It was clear even as the leadoff hitter that the pitcher really wanted nothing to do with him. In that game neither Montanez or Reimold were on base so Senator's pitchers worked him carefully all night.

I would agree that he shoud stay at Bowie for the year.

Hello to the September Birthday Club (mine's the 3rd).

My favorite Fourth of July baseball memory does not involve the Orioles (they haven't produced many good memories during my lifetime...) Two years ago I went to a Nats game for the Fourth with some friends. It ended up being one of the best games I've ever watched, with a couple of strange errors and 4 or 5 lead changes. Ryan Zimmerman capped the Nats' comeback with a 2 out, 2 strike, 3 run walkoff home run into the bullpen in LF. He had hit another walkoff the week before, and I knew as soon as he stepped to the plate that a ball would go out of the park eventually, I just wasn't sure on which pitch...

Wieters hit his first AA homerun last night at Harrsiburg. I was lucky enough to be there, and he absolutely crushed the ball. As soon as he hit it, everyone knew it was gone.

Ray - if Thorne were making the call, that would be called a "three-RBI homer". Add me to the list of those who finds that phrase to be a bizarre use of baseball language, even if it is technically accurate.

bill ths 85,

Lowen was not called up from the minors. He was on a rehabilitation assignment in the minors after coming off the DL. He has no options left since he insisted on a major contract as a condition for signing after he was drafted.