Be nice to see Pie in the lineup but why play the hotter younger hitter over the aging slumping veteran right?

The O's not only need a starter to be promoted to replace Eaton, but they may need to replace Guthrie. He ain't right. There's something wrong with this guy's arm that he's refusing to acknowledge to the club. They also need another relief pitcher.

pete i'd like your opinion on the following. most people in the know say you win with pitching and defense. camden yards has a short porch in right and a very short power alley in left. camden yards has over 48,000 seats. (the new yankee stad. has a little over 52,000) i think in order to give the orioles pitcher's a fair shot should take a couple of rows of seats from left field to push the wall further back. they could even consider putting seats above the right field scoreboard, similar to the monster seats to make up some of the loss of seats. how can you expect to win when the power alley in left is 364, though many think it's even shorter, and you have a short porch in right?

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Pete's reply: Interesting idea, but I doubt the O's are going to change the park. It might be the most popular member of team.

Crazy as it sounds I would take DCab over Eaton any day. At least his moments of brillance were longer than one game. I am going to watch tonight's game (baseball verions of waterboarding). Not much pain, just a lot of fear of what is coming.

Pete,

I know Andy has a plan, and at the expense of repeating myself Andy chose the available and cheap route in filling out the rotation with Eaton and Hendrickson. When your as bad as the O's you have to take those kind of chances and if your lucky with one of them you find magic in a bottle. Well those two bottles were all out of magic. Maybe had we looked at Brad Lohse or Mike Hampton at $1-$1.5 for one year we wouldn't be in this situation. BUT that is water under the bridge and THE PLAN looks like it may need to be accellerated because of it. Koji has pitched well, Bergersen the other rookie has done ok. Guthrie seems at odds with himself, pitched great after giving up all those gopher balls and Hill had a very nice first outing. Tonight will be Eaton's last hurrah! He just doesn't have it, but he is not alone (see Walker) and neither of these guys are young and considered prospects!

Time to move on!

i don't see a reason to keep eaton. i do, however, see a reason to hold back on the up-and-comers. bring waters up to give those guys some more time. see eaton to the door, regardless of tonights outcome; let's get another look at waters.

Eaton is going to get crushed in that bandbox, let's just hope that we break out of our hitting slump and KO the blunders.

I've never rooted against the Orioles, but if Eaton getting blasted means he is out of here, let it happen. I'm just sad it has to come at the hands of the Yankees.

You know, for all this youth movement talk, I'd like to point out that statistically (according to baseball reference) the Orioles have the oldest pitching staff in baseball. Just FYI.

So what happens if the Yanks let Eaton off the hook and he only allows 4-5 runs in say 6 IP? How many more starts does that 'buy' him or will he still be on a game-by-game basis? The reason I ask is that we have to endure 8 more starts if he has one good/mediocre and then one bad/brutal.
Let's end this charade ASAP. Someone mentioned that felt sorry for Eaton...I respect everyone's opinion; mine is that he will make 8 mill this year so whatever happens pales in comparision to the average fan out there. Sure, Eaton may get roasted on these boards and I'm sure it's no fun embarassing yourself in front of a packed house but sometimes you have to look in the mirror and know when it's time to pack it in. Eaton has reached that point and he should walk away soon.

I hope this is the end of the rope for Eaton, and I hope Jamie Walker is attached to that rope as well. Anything has to be better than this. I'd much rather see a Baby Bird like Tillman (5-0 with a 2.25 ERA in Norfolk, he should get a shot based on that) work out his game in that roster spot than watch a washed up journeyman like Eaton kill the competitive fires of the young guys like Markakis and Jones that are coming into their own. Give the current O's and us poor beleaguered fans a glimpse of what we've heard for so long is to come.

Correction: Oldest pitching staff in the American League.

Man, Eaton really is bad. His ERA went up from your previous entry about him to this one and he hadn't even pitched yet.

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Pete's reply: Yeah, I knocked about half a run off it in the first entry -- just trying to give the guy a break -- but have corrected it.

Two batters, two doubles. What's current jargon? Oh yes, he's pitching to contact.

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Pete's reply: Indeed he is.

Um...yea. You were saying?

Eaton is in rare form again tonight. Gives up three ringing doubles to the first three hitters and the Birds are already down 2-0. How much more can the front office ask the fans to take. Eatons a bum. When he starts we are guaranteed a loss. This has got to kill the morale of the team. If he doesn't get his release after this outing, the fans are going go nuts.

It's nice that the fans won't have to pay their hard earned money to watch Eaton throw BP in live game situations any more.I don't care if this team loses every game from here on out, but It should not lose them like this. I can't even imagine what it must be like being a non-pitching Oriole. Money aside, Markakis and Roberts especially will rue their decision to sign with this catastrophe. They may never see the playoffs.

Four Yank runs in the first. I'm going out for some fresh air, one inning earlier than I pulled the plug last night. This team is a dreary embarrassment.

This is pathetic. If the O's win tonight it's gonna be because of luck (Joba out) and a strong offense. If I wanted those odds I'd just watch the lottery every night.

It would be nice to see Tillman. But if that's not advisable they can send up Hernandez or Waters. That's fine; just no more Eaton.

Its only AM's patience that keeps DT in his job. I say when the young guys come up, most of the current staff hits the road. I would have guessed that they would have quit on the guy later than this. No runs against a Yankee scrub. The lifelessness continues. How much longer the FO lets it continue will be the bigger question...

At least he is consistent. Hopefully this "last stand" was it since he pitched as poorly as he has the last 2 seasons with the Phillies. I don't mind getting a veteran to fill in but his previous 2 seasons were horrendous (era average over 6) and was why the Phillies kept him off the post season roster.
The sad part is that he has no clue, or isn't willing to admit it, that he doesn't have ML talent any longer.

When you go out there to get this clown out of the game, Mr. Trembley, please take his packed suitcase with you!

as of 8pm : stick a fork in him Pete.

Pete,

Just get him out of here! This kind of effort is demoralizing!

I hope Eaton is left in long enough for Cano to hit for the cycle. Four innings should do.

I believe the $400,000 salary is negotiable. The rest of the AL teams will be happy to each pay the Orioles $400,000 if the O's agree to send Eaton out every 5th day to get walloped.

OMG please tell me this is almost over! Eaton - it's time to say goodbye! Embarrassing.

This guy might possibly be the worst pitcher I have ever seen in an Orioles uniform...I may only be 22, but I have seen Mike DeJean, Fetters, etc. but Eaton takes the cake.

How could the O's position players continue to trot themselves out there every night, knowing full well they are going to spend most of their time diving for sharp grounders and line-drives, chasing down balls in the gap, or watching them fly out of the park? that is, when they aren't standing there as the carousel of BBs gets going.

What is/has Trembley going to do to keep clubhouse morale up, and a fire and passion in this team? from what I can see, it doesnt look like he has done much of the latter...

yeah pete i think eaton is done...2in 6er...lets see the youngsters, it can't be any worse

6 ER in 2 1/3??

Bye bye Adam! Bring up the kids!

Eaton's last stand? God, I hope so as he and the likes of Chris Ray spell everything that's wrong with this franchise. GET RID OF THIS DEADWOOD AND GIVE THE KIDS A SHOT. 6-0 in the third inning of a Yankees sweep. This team really reaks.

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Pete's reply: I don't think Ray belongs in that sentence. He's struggling post-surgery. He could end up being very good again.

Pete,

Your verdict is in, get him outta here or as The Donald says Your Fired!

If that is what is wrong with Cabrera after all these years then wow! I will become a Yankee fan.

I hate to insult anyone's intelligence but Daniel Cabrera never struck me as the brightest bulb.

something to think about:

6-2 record to start the season

10-23 (going onto 10-24 since that start)

It is time to turn it over to the young ballplayers

I would give Bruce Chen another shot rather than give Eaton one more start.

After watching the O's play against the Yanks, I think I have the answer to not just reduce the use of steroids in MLB, but wipe it out: If you are caught just one time, you have to spend the rest of your career as an Oriole.