Jeter wins round 3

Orioles lose every round, because they don't know how to be winners. That will never happen under Trembley and the current coaching staff.

Can someone explain to me why the umpires never call a balk on Pettite, who puts the glove (with the ball in it) up to his mouth before every pitch?

It's a fine line, but 8.02(a) 3 says [a pitcher may not] expectorate on the ball, either hand or his glove;

I guess you have to prove he's actually spitting on the ball, but it seems to me this is another one of those cases where Yankee (Red Sox, etc.) players seem to have a longer "leash" than Oriole players. Have Tillman put his glove to his mouth while standing on the rubber, and let's see how fast he gets called for a balk. :(

Just one of those little idosynchrisies (sp?) that makes me nuts.

It’s almost time for Trembley’s Wheel O Relievers!!! New York’s favorite game show.

If Mora is hurt standby Orioles fans you think it was bumpy before wait until Ty plays everyday.

Pete,

While to many he may seem like an annoyance, but I believe the O's should hire Annonymous as a consultant and clean house this winter if not sooner!

Annonynous for Special Assistant to the General Manager!

Wow. That's a scary thought, Wiggington playing every day. Can someone explain why he's on this team? He serves no useful purpose.

LET THE KIDS PLAY! It sure can't be any worse than this. Why did we even bother to get Aubrey, you see more of the Invisible Man than him. :(

Pete- From an article from the Sun by Peter Hermann, "

The Orioles own the statues and the Maryland Stadium Authority owns the plaza, and officials from both offices refused to comment. A spokesman for the team, Greg Bader, wouldn't even say whether there are any plans to fix the broken statue."

This is good PR? Shouldn't they say of course we will replace it?

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Pete's reply: Of course.

Jeff: To paraprhase "Hollywood" Henderson -- The Orioles couldn't spell "PR" if you spotted them the "P".

While they're at it, why not remove Brooks' # 5? That way, they can just make it official that the two most popular players in O's history are "persona non grata" in Angelos World. Sad.

And, in all fairness, I obviously can't spell "paraphrase". Oops.

Spirit- I guarantee that PA doesn't know the numbers are even there. Skulks into the warehouse once a month to scare the employees.

Jeff: Good point.

OMG, did we just take the lead? Does this qualifiy for "Breaking News" on the ESPN News ticker? "Alleged Major League Team from Baltimore takes lead from Yankees. Commissioner Selig called to intervene."

Pretty funny to hear the Stinkee fans booing. :) God, please don't let the bullpen *@!^$ this up.

Pete, there was an article on ESPN about the weak free-agent class this year. It highlighted the best starting pitchers as these guys, in order:

John Lackey
Randy Wolf
Joel Pineiro
Jason Marquis
Rich Harden
Andy Pettitte
Jarod Washburn
Jon Garland
Doug Davis
Brad Penny

Since we're looking for someone who'll be able to lead the rotation next season, some of these guys with durability issues probably won't work. I don't know that we'll win over John Lackey, but what about Wolf or Washburn or even Pineiro.

I think Randy Wolf looks like the best of this group. The article mentioned that if his bullpen hadn't blown eight saves, he'd be 18-6. His career numbers - 4.14 ERA and .253 BA with a 1.32 WHIP and a winning record (100-84) - aren't bad. But he's quite a bit better this year - 3.22, .228, 1.09. Plus the other things. Hes a lefty, been in the game for a while and he'll likely have a bit of post-season experience this year. I wouldn't mind seeing him in an O's uniform.

Washburn hasn't looked too good with Detroit, but that doesn't mean he won't be able to handle the AL East, and his poor performances may make him a better deal. He's also been around for quite a bit (12 seasons, all in the AL), which makes him quite a resource for the youngsters.

McPhail said we're not giving up our top-flight prospects so we probably won't be pulling off any major trades involving pitchers. Ending the year with 100 losses will probably turn some guys away, so I'm not so sure about Pineiro, but if the other guys aren't available, he might be a good option.

Pete, what do you think about some of these guys? Could you see any of them with us in 2010?

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Pete's reply: I like Harden, but he's a huge injury list.

Pete, Just to show how over rated the great Yankees are, 15 teams have a player with more hits then the Yankees. 12 of them are at or over 3000.
Can you say much ado about nothing!

1 Detroit Tigers: Ty Cobb (3,902)
2 St. Louis Cardinals: Stan Musial (3,630)
3 Atlanta/Milwaukee Braves: Hank Aaron (3,600)
4 Boston Red Sox: Carl Yastrzemski (3,419)
5 Cincinnati Reds: Pete Rose (3,358)
6 San Francisco Giants: Willie Mays (3,187)
7 Baltimore Orioles: Cal Ripken Jr. (3,184)
8 Kansas City Royals: George Brett (3,154)
9 Milwaukee Brewers: Robin Yount (3,142)
10 San Diego Padres: Tony Gwynn (3,141)
11 Houston Astros: Craig Biggio (3,060)
12 Pittsburgh Pirates: Roberto Clemente (3,000)
13 Minnesota Twins/original Washington Senators: Sam Rice (2,889)
14 Los Angeles/Brooklyn Dodgers: Zack Wheat (2,804)
15 Chicago White Sox: Luke Appling (2,749)
16 New York Yankees: Derek Jeter (2722)
17 Chicago Cubs: Ernie Banks (2,583)
18 Los Angeles Angels: Garret Anderson (2,368)
19 Seattle Mariners: Edgar Martinez (2,247)
20 Philadelphia Phillies: Mike Schmidt (2,234)
21 Cleveland Indians: Napoleon Lajoie (2,046)
22 Colorado Rockies: Todd Helton (2,110)
23 Oakland/K.C./Philadelphia Athletics: Bert Campaneris (1,882)
24 Washington Nationals/Montreal Expos: Tim Wallach (1,694)
25 Toronto Blue Jays: Tony Fernandez (1,583)
26 New York Mets: Ed Kranepool (1,418)
27 Arizona Diamondbacks: Luis Gonzalez (1,337)
28 Florida Marlins: Luis Castillo (1,273)
Tampa Bay Rays: Carl Crawford (active)
Texas Rangers: Ivan Rodriguez (active)

Go Orioles with 4 in the 6th! They actually got people home with runners in scoring position! I think it was the right call to send Tillman out there again, too bad the first two batters reached base....let's pray that our bullpen can hold the lead.

Pete,
Why haven't we seen much of Aubrey? He seems really solid and a good hitter too! I know he was hurt for a bit, but still he's hardly gotten any playing time!

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Pete's reply: I think they're just trying to get a feel for Scott at first. Don't think Aubrey is a threat to drive in 100 runs anytime soon.

babe ruth was pretty good
gehrig was ok i guess
mariano whats his name has been better than average
joe dimaggio, run of the mill, you're right

i bet we could go on and on. you don't win all those titles with a bunch of chumps.

i'm really not a yankee fan, but jeez, what a stupid post. and to think you actually looked that stuff up and typed it in.

Lucky, you wanna take this one?

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Pete's reply: I'm missing something. What are you trying to say?

C'mon Pete - no one, possibly Tillman himself, is going to remember that it was he who gave up the hit that moved Jeter past Gehrig on the Yankee's hit list. I mean, C'MON!!!

This isn't #715 here.

Slow night, I guess.

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Pete's reply: I didn't write in capital letters. I'm sure Jeter will remember it.

Peter,
What is your opinion on the Jeff Zrebiec column? I didn't hear anything about a solid starter and that bothers me. Also what do you think the chances are that the Orioles might move Riemold into a 1B/DH platoon with Luke Scott and another bat in left?

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Pete's reply: They say they aren't interested in moving Reimold, though we'll see what happens next spring. I found Jeff's story interesting. I guess I ought to post a link.

Sorry for the typo. That would be (add) another bat in left

~~Lucky, you wanna take this one?~~

Actually I think he has a point. 26 world series wins and 39 pennants COULD be just a fluke . . .

Jerry- Ty Cobb has how many World Series titles?

Jerry: Pete, Just to show how over rated the great Yankees are, 15 teams have a player with more hits then the Yankees. 12 of them are at or over 3000.
Can you say much ado about nothing!

Sorry Pete, I was responding to jerry's post about the not-so-greatness of the Yankee greats compared to the great players on other teams.He was making a blanket statement using Jeter's hit total compared with the hit leaders for other teams. I didn't think that single way was enough to say other teams had greater players than the Yankee great players, so I didn't see the point of his post.

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Pete's reply: Oh, okay, I misunderstood.

Pete,
I certainly do not know all the issues that had to be dealt with in creating the statue of Cal; however, for Pete's sake, why wasn't the statue originally cast in IRON?!
Hello, a tad more appropriate than aluminum and a tad harder to pilfer.
If it has to be remade, or even if it doesn't, let's iron out the wrinkles and give the statue a dash of symbolism.

In a more general sense, is it valid to evaluate and rank one team's collection of great players with another team's collection of great players based on the value of a single totally arbitrary choice of offensive category?

Let's see how time might affect that equation. Today, the premise is that the Yankee greats are overrated compared to their competition based on their #16 ranking in the chosen category. Jeter plays another 10 years and concludes his career with 4400 hits. I would assume that this feat would now validate the greatness of the Yankee greats vs all of the other teams, as Jeter's number would place him and the Yankees as number one in the evaluating category, in this case Hits Leader.

If that logic can be justified, one should be presenting in front of a courtroom, not on a blog.

Jerry-
One more thing. Gerhig could have been on top of the list and maybe Cal would have never broken his record if he DIDN'T DIE!

Sixty years after his farewell to baseball, Gehrig received the most votes of any baseball player on the Major League Baseball All-Century Team, chosen by fan balloting in 1999.

So for Jeter to do what he is doing and for the rest of the Yankees that have achieved their staure as greats, a Bronx cheer to you. And I'm from Baltimore.