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February 26, 2009

Orioles: Baez talks

Orioles pitcher Danys Baez just met with reporters after his one-inning performance and declared it a qualified success. He acknowledged his control problems after getting the first two outs of the first inning, but was thrilled to be back on the mound after a year and a half recovering from Tommy John surgery.

"I felt good,'' he said. "I got I the first two outs pretty quick, then tried to hard to get the third out. But it felt good and my arm felt great...It was a great feeling to be out there, but a weird feeling after so long."

Posted by Peter Schmuck at 2:12 PM | Permalink | Comments (5)
Categories: Just baseball

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Maybe we should have loaned them Baez!

So, does this mean he's still a scrub or that he just needs more time and conditioning to get his stuff back? Any radar readings?

I'm up in NJ and PA working and living and I am a life-long O's fan, since back around 'Thanks Brooks Day', so your blogs are a welcome and appreciated life line to ST goings on...thanks, Schmuck!

Posted by: HowBoutThemOs | February 26, 2009 3:43 PM

I love reading your blog, but the danger for many is reading too much into small events. Sounds like a pretty decent outing for a guy coming back after missing a year.

Posted by: section 34 | February 26, 2009 5:05 PM

Pete. Was it a typo that the editor missed. This is the second time in your blog that I saw you make an error on "to" vs "too".

"I got I the first two outs pretty quick, then tried to hard to get the third out"

You are "too" smart for this. Something is wrong.

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Pete's reply: Daniel, I think you have TOO much time on your hands.

Posted by: dan | February 27, 2009 8:56 AM

I think Baez is going to come back strong..... and could even be in the rotation.

Posted by: Bear the Birdfan | February 27, 2009 9:30 AM

Baez is deadwood. Anyone who walks the bases loaded & calls his outing a "success" is excelling is self delusion. I don't care if the O's staff leads the league in hits surrendered this season...the walks have GOT to stop!

Even when Baez was healthy, he was worthless. Give him the Jay Gibbons treatment & get him out of here.

Posted by: Jubal Early | February 27, 2009 10:07 AM

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