Next thing you know, people will want to review the video of O's games to see... um... no they won't... never mind.

Kevin Cowherd,

You're my effing hero. Kudos to you sir for that great open letter to Peter Angelos on the Sun. You expressed the sentiment of most O's fans out there. I've been knocking on the Sun for years for not having the cojones to stand up to Peter Angelos, but you Kevin showed you have mammoth cojones.

I love your quote from the article:

"Who knows? The owner stays as silent as a BP exec at a "Save the Gulf" rally"

I've been proven wrong. The Sun reporters do have journalistic integrity.

KUDOS!

Actually, their first order of business this morning was overturning the Jeffrey Maier ruling.

The Birds have been asked to stay in the Bronx tonight to resume the 1996 playoffs, leading 4-3 in the 8th inning.

Paging Tony Tarasco and Richie Garcia.

Juan Samuel..........greattttt.

Looks like things are going to get a LOT worse before they get better folks.

Samuel should have been canned last season, but since he was saved, Andy knows he'll be a good "YES MAN" (like the bloggers at MASN).

LOL

Aw, how cute, lil' Brummie has run over here because he was outed on the other blog for using 12 different names and lying about being an "international journalist." Now he's bringing more of his immature antics to this blog. Lucky us.

Hey Brummie, make sure Patrick and Dorian G. come along, too. Wouldn't want you to get lonely.

Oh yeah, and your mommy says to please stop wearing her panties on your head and running around the house making airplane noise. It's embarrassing when company comes over.

If MLB would not undo Richie Garcia's mistake on Jeffrey Maier's obvious fan interference which directly changed the outcome of a playoff game, I don't see how they can do it for this play either.

good thing fans can't throw out red flags to question the moves trembley makes. it would be a 5 hour game. may the schmuck be with you.

Too bad we couldn't go back in time and replay the last 3 years under MacPhail. Or better yet, the last 13 years in O's history.
You have to at least give Trembley some sort of credit for even weighing on the missed call. I'm sure he's got other things on his mind-like I better get a good severance package because it will be a long time before I find another job.
Hopefully, he and MacPhail will be starting their job searches together!

Mr. Schmuck - I always enjoy reading your columns and your blog. As an old man and an Oriole fan I think you have, and stated many times, the most logical and even-keeled perspective. But I have to say that some of these posters really don't get it. The problems that this team faces are much deeper than just the manager and players.Constant bashing of said players and the manager and coaches really doesn't accomplish much, if anything. Are they underperforming? Hell Yes!! But take a look around MLB - there are lots of players underperforming. It makes me wonder: What would these fans have said when Brooks Robinson made 3 errors in one inning? Would they throw him under the bus too? Even Hall-of-Famers had bad games.
My issues really lay with the owner. He's an old man now so I'll try to be nice, but that's really hard to do. This man decimated this organization from day one.He threw some money around to camoflage his mistakes, drove away some of the most respected men in the game because his ego would not let him be wrong. And now profit above all else seems to be the driving force. As I've posted before: there was a time when owners of sports teams had at least an ethical responsibility to their fans. Not this man. He's a lawyer. Need I say more.
As for Andy McPhail: His plan to rebuild this organization is sound. But his implementation of said plan has left alot to be desired. But I truly believe now that he was hired to 1) Make the organization more profitable, and 2) rebuild the team and minor leagues within a hard budget. And he will do that. Ask any Cubs fan. He did just what the owners wanted him to do. The only difference is that the Cubs were owned by a public company where the profit/loss statement was public knowledge and we have private ownership where it will take an act of God to see the P/L statement.
So I say to all you would-be managers, players, and GM's: Before you criticize the players remember they are young and still learning.(criticize the vets all you want); the manager can only put the best team on the field given what he has to work with; and as a GM you will have a boss/owner whose directives you follow first without question.
Thank you Mr. Schmuck for the opportunity to vent, and if you ever get to San Diego visit Petco Park. Real nice, but hell, everything's nicer in San Diego.

Even though it isn't officially scored as such, Galarraga is the first pitcher in history to legitimately get 28 consecutive outs in one game. That's a unique piece of baseball history that sets itself apart from the other 20 perfect games.

Scratch that... apparently there have been 12 occassions where a pitcher recorded more than 27 consecutive outs and did not get the perfect game. Haha.