fire trembley

That was embarrassing to watch two major leaguers carry on like that. It looked more like a couple Sunday-league softball blowhards.

Mora started with the mock shock raged look he shot Dotel on the high-and-inside pitch. Mora started something he couldn't finish, though, as he looked thoroughly ticked off as apparent verbal jabs were hitting pretty close to home.

Get Mora out of town.

Kevin

Who is going to play 3rd? Wigs? Yeah right man they need to promote a rookie and split time with Mora to see if it can work but until they do that Mora is the best we got.

The announcers, Jims Hunter and Palmer, didn't either notice it, or mention it, but I saw it.

Top of the 8th, Mora went to first on a walk after Dotel buzzed his tower (sort of, not really close), and there were TWO outs. On a weak fly ball to right field, which represented the LAST out, Mora FORGOT HOW MANY OUTS THERE WERE, and stood watching the fly ball near first base.

This guy's mind is just not in the game anymore....

Fire Mora and Trembley and Palmer and Hunter, they all are horrid!

The strange thing about that sideshow was Mora a few seconds after the high-and-tight pitch made a shoulder-turn jolt mocking a charge to the mound. Not only was the exaggerated twitch a little delayed, it seemed like Mora had a smirk on his face.

By the time Mora was at 3B and Dotel in his digout, it did seem Mora was no longer joking. Dotel (trying to read body language since I can't lip-read Spanish) seemed to be saying it was only close because Mora started diving into the pitch with his swing.

I doubt we will ever get a straight answer about this.

Good call on Chris's part. I wonder if Trembley sat Mora down for this, if Mora would feel dissed.

Of course, if Trembley doesn't sit Mora for this, and us know-nothings say the Orioles should fire Trembley, See-No-Evil, Hear-No-Evil, and Speak-No Evil will defend Trembley to the max -- like they did BECAUSE the Orioles won a flukefest, 8-7, the day before -- as if that line-up would win more than 40 games if used 162 times.

The No-Evil's are, of course, Tom Davis, Phil Wood and Dave Johnson.

Johnson, a one-time Oriole pitcher -- and I do mean one time -- can be sort of excused for being an Oriole apologist. What other vocation would he be suited for?

Wood fools people long enough with stories about Pete Harnisch looking at shoes and can recall Walter Johnson's zodiac sign to make them think he is knowledgeable. Once people sort through his flashback pauses of being in a dental office and sort through his phrases to decipher a complete sentence, they realize it really wasn't worth the wait. If it weren't for Tom Davis's coattails, his career would be as dead as La Hacienda, the restaurant who once sponsored him when he almost mattered.

Davis, is the most disappointing of the apologists. At one time, he was in position to take Vince Bagli's place as the next dean of Baltimore sports journalism. Instead, he now has joined the other two from Mt. Flagship to criticize anybody who criticizes the Orioles or anybody in it.

Meanwhile, did anyone notice Reimold's throw to third that ultimately cost the ChiSox a run if not a win? There are good things going on in Charm City. The collection of good things just don't add up to a good thing. Get it?