Zaun should immediatley fine himself not throwing out a single baserunner attempting to steal so far this season.

Dave Trembley should be fined for keeping a straight face while assessing Adam Eaton's performance, and explaining it away by asserting that' He is a strike thrower".

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Pete's reply: I'll pass those two fine proposals along.

hey pete, with yesterdays performance in mind, i was looking for an update on rich hill. any idea when he'll make his first start?

Being an Orioles fan is like watching Titanic. I know the ship is going down, but I'm holding out hope the story changes in the end.

Lets hope for survivors

The John O'Donoghue baserunning award was given to a player who did something stupid on the base paths. The award, named after an obscure Bird relief pitcher who may have once done something crazy on the basepaths (or maybe not), consisted of a beat up baseball cleet, spray painted orange.

"Here come da judge" was the announcement in the clubhouse calling court to order.

That brings back a lot of memories with Frank Robinson presiding as the judge. Maybe $10 fines for every HR a pitcher gives up. OMG Bass would be broke by now. $25 fine for every time a runner gets thrown out stealing. $50 for every pitcher failure to get to the 7th inning. Eaton will be broke by the All Star break. $5 fine for every base runner left in scoring position. Should I go on?

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Pete's reply: I hope they give the money to charity. At that rate, they might cure cancer.

Hi Pete. I'm assuming you typed "fundemental" on purpose?

Either way, I'ts pretty funny.

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Pete's reply: No, just another mistake.

The Kangaroo Court is a great idea, and Gregg Zaun would be the perfect guy to run it.

Actually I believe the Court started in Frank Robinson's first year here in 1966.

I still remember a photo of him with the working end of a mop on his head as his judge's "wig".

It kept the guys loose, and with ballplayers' great sense of humor, must have been a lot of fun for them.

Now if we can only come close to the results on the field that the '66 team had.

Zaun should be the number one contributor. Can't lay down a bunt, can't throw anyone out. If it is a double steal is the fine dobled?

I thought Eddie Murray was the most memorable judge, wearing the mop on his head etc?

I really beliueve that the Frank Robinson inspired and officiated Kangaroo Court started when he first came here and was in effect during the 1966 championship season.

Pete,

If they're really going to go through with this idea, they should do it up right and see if they can get F-Rob to be there for the first session of court, dressed in robes and passing the gavel on to Zaun. Demper could be the baliff.

Oh, and film it! As long as they're going to have fun, might as well go all the way with it.

With the prospect of another season of Sunday minor league baseball ("players need rest if there's a day game after a night game) the court should be held on Monday mornings and include Trembly. It appears again this season he's even trying to win on Sundays.

the kangaroo court is good for the team. hopefully the money will go to charity. with the major league min pay at over 400,000 using the money for a party is a crime in any court. for those looking for info on hill check our roch's blog on masn (can i write in masn, i guess i just did) hill is expected to pitch on the sidelines for the o's at tex and return to the minors to pitch often until the team is comfortable bringing him up. it seems andy m is going to bring guys up slowly but you would hope if eaton has two more starts like the first one and bass has two of the next 3 relief performace's are like is last 2 you would hope anyone including sammy stewart or even pete reichart or eddie watt would be promoted.