Pete,

I think you have to be the easiest person to pickout in the press box at camden yards! The hair is a dead giveaway

Pete, the point is there were 19 baserunners. When was the last time that has hapened in this woefull streak? I think you are right about your prediction; the bats are about to bust loose. I know koolaid at its max, but seriously 2 runs and 19 on base compared to 2 runs and 6 on base?? Its coming. I'm going to start worrying about the bullpen again, and the starters, and the base running, and the defense, and the management of the pitching staff....not the hitting.

I feel your pain. What is going on with these Orioles?
When one throws lemons, make lemonade.
You can always use those mallets to fight off the city attack thugs.

Pete,

What is it with this team? I mean really Pete, what is it? I am actually trying very hard to become a more avid Milwaukee Brewers fan now that I am moving to that part of the nation. And what is there not to like about them? They lose CC, lose Sheets, everyone writes them, and here they are nearly 10 games above five hundred. They have guys like Corey Hart, JJ Hardy, and other batting BELOW .250 and yet they find a way to score, and to win.

Here we are as Orioles fans wondeing how on bloody earth we are 11 games under when we have (on paper) one of the best lineups in baseball. Roberts, Jones, Scott, Huff, Markakis, Wieters has the potential to be one amazingly potent group, but it just seems that we fans have been waiting for 'everything to come together' for over a decade now and we still suck just as bad now as we did in 1999. . .

When we hit we can not pitch and when we pitch we can not hit and we have all been waiting for everything to come together, and it just has not happened. Is it managing? Do we need a new manager every two years when we continue to go through our annual June swoons? I am tired of this Pete, sorry for venting. Go Brew Crew :-)

Peter,

I haven't read or heard about this anywhere so I apologize in advance if this has been covered, but where is Ernie Tyler? I've been to a few games in the past couple of weeks and he has not been in his usual post in the 1st base camera well bringing balls to the umpire. I hope there is nothing wrong.

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Pete's reply: Ernie is fine. I talked to him a couple of nights ago. He lets a kid take the balls out sometimes now and concentrates more on the umpires.

Why doesn't Trembley give away an opportunity for one fan to bat in the 5 hole tonight? Oh wait, Melvin's 96 consecutive plate appearance without an RBI streak is on the verge of reaching triple digits. Wouldn't want to prevent a milestone...

Seriously, who / what does Melvin have pictures of?????

Pete , I agree we're not hitting with risp.

Also, Hendrickson needs to go and bring up a kid.

we're not a contender. YET

they hold a giveaway night everynight

they give away win after win

This is just torture. You know they have enough talent to be doing better than this. Hopefully when it happens it will be like a dam busting loose. I think we may see some signs this homestand. This team has to show the fans a decent second half, at least give us some hope for the future. A .500 season is just about out of reach now unless they start playing at a whole new level, but a .500 second half doesn't seem too much to ask. Give us some reason to believe O's.

I'm not sure I'd give a bunch of frustrated fans hammers.

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Pete's reply: Good point.

Pete,
Went to the game last night and got my Floppy hat and 11 dollar crab pretzel. The Crab Pretzel was okay but I think the old bay chips that came with it were much better…. Maybe I was expecting too much.
It seems like by the fan of the game contest the game is pretty much already decided… Oh well there is no way I’m going tonight because I am scared angry fans are going to start tossing those crab mallets at Trembley and hit me in the face by mistake…

It is a clear and present danger

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Pete's reply: I'm not pushing tickets here, but I think the crab mallet giveaway is a great idea. If nothing else, at least you have something to defend yourself with if you parked downtown.

Judging by the small crowds lately, they might be able to offer this promotion again with all the left-over mallets.
The Braves are not exactly an exciting draw these days but it looks like the O's are going to have trouble averaging more than 20 thous. I suppose the beancounters are anxiously awaiting the RSox Yanks coming to town.
Any idea how much longer Hendrickson stays around? He looks more and more like the Hendrickson of old, which, of course, is not a good thing!

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Pete's reply: I would think the next time they need somebody, he could be in trouble.

If I had a hammer, I would hit Dave Trembly on the head and tell him to wake up and show a little emotion. I find the guy pretty odd, when they go to the dugout to get the in game interview, he has a personality, but during the game he sits in there like a bump on a log! A little emotion goes a long way in showing you really want to keep a job!