Roberts' was killing us at the top of the order. We've been much better without him.

While the " Life of Brian" was a cool flick, it might be time for the warehouse to consider producing the sequel, "Life Without Brian." An "uplifting effect" from a return in August, or whenever, will be too little, too late.

Problem is, he's under contract for two more years, and for a boatload of money. No doubt he's a great guy and has been a valuable contributor for many years, but his future might be as a highly paid part-time player. Might keep him off the DL, at least.

Hey pete how are those 2 contract extensions looking now.

Hey pete how are those 2 contract extensions looking now.

hes done been done do you think roberts will ever slide hard into secone or anywhere again , no limbo just done !

Don't really care about injury-prone Roberts anymore. We got our leadoff hitter in Hardy. All we need now is a good defensive 2nd baseman to pair up with our gold-glove 1st baseman.

Hopefully Roberts has learned something from all this and won't bash himself in the head with his bat anymore.

...or dive headfirst into first base but I doubt it

Hey Pete how good do those contract extensions look now.We have a guy who has missed almost 2 seasons and don't know if or when he will ever play again and we now have a single's hitter playing right filed. I would say that is a great way to spend 100,000,00.I must admit i was all for the extensions but i also must admit that i don't why i am the only one that seems concerned about it.

i have not been watching the oroles much lately,but i did watch a couple innings. when i turned the tv on it was 5-3 pirates in the 7th inning. can't remember if it was the pirats 7th or 8th inning when they loaded the basses and went up 6-3. they should have gotten out of the inning except for anothe mark renyolds error. it looked more like a mental snafoo play becaue he sure should have made the play. the brian roberts situation sure puts the orioles between a rock and a hard place. i feel they ought to be looking for a perminent replacement for him. he might be the spark plug,but doesn't mean the team go into the dumper because of his absence.

Brian Roberts is so fragile, the Orioles should try to trade him, but who wants a guy this fragile? I think his playing days in Baltimore are over....or maybe he doesn't want to play in Balitmore.....at his age, get anothersecond baseman....

Simply put, Roberts doesn't want to play. He is a hack. I have had five concussions in my life and four of those were from sports. I've also dealt with headaches but I can tell you that I wanted to continue to play and did so. Roberts needs to go, retire or get his act together because quite frankly it's excuse after excuse as to why he can't play. He's making millions for making up excuses. When he comes back the Orioles need to trade him. He gets hurt because he makes stupid decisions. There's no cure for stupidity.

I hope the Orioles can get rid of this guy. Tried of seeing him in an Oriole uniform. Makes too many mistakes to be a veteran pitcher.

As much as i like Roberts and wish him well - he does seem to be the walking wounded. Why would anyone with average or above intelligence hit their self in the head with a baseball bat? Because Roberts seem too fragile as he ages I think it might be time to find a new second baseman and leadoff hitter.

Is Pete not approving comments or is nobody posting them?

Time to face the idea that Roberts is through. Sad because he is such a good player. Second major concussion in less than a year, and this from a dive that caused a whiplash. Can you imagine a Roberts without headfirst slides into second, or after a ground ball. He already has lost a little range and arm strength.

Pete,

When is enuf enuf? When will someone be accountable for this product? They just lost 4 of 6 to wash and Pitts. It would be impossible to be too negative of how this organization is run.

Impossible

Bob.
100,000,000 = one hundred million.
100,000,00. = one million dollars with a misplaced comma.
40,000,000 = forty million dollars.
40,000,00. = forty thousand dollars with a misplaced comma.
60,000,000 = sixty million dollars.
60,000,00. = sixty thousand dollars with a misplaced comma.

If you're never going to stop talking about it, and try to score one on Pete without end, at least get that little piece of information right.

Not only are the O's in limbo
how about the fans. I have been a fan since 1958 and this organizations sickens me when I reflect how far they have fallen. Whwn are going to start fielding a major league team. Why cant they at least
substitute an adequate second baseman? THey know Roberts is injury prone .

Pete,

Having Roberts back at the end of last season was a plus, but the big reason the O's performed so well under Buck in 2010 was their ability to limit their opponents' run production.

When the opposition scored 3 runs or less the O's were 26-3 under Buck in 2010; when the opposition scored 4 runs or more the O's were 8-20 under Buck in 2010. It is important to note here that the O's kept the opposition to 3 runs or less in 29 of the 57 games that they played under Buck in 2010.

Of course any team will fare better when the opposition scores less, but for the O's the bats aren't sufficient to win games when the opposition scores more runs, so the result is more stark.

In 2011 so far the O's have kept the opposition to 3 runs or less in 29 games, but they have played 72 games total, 15 more than they played under Buck in 2010 .

In 2011 so far O's are 25-4 when the opposition scored 3 runs or less and 8-35 when the opposition scored 4 runs or more.

It's pretty eerie how the O's fared about the same among the 29 games they kept the opposition to 3 runs or less: 26-3 in 2010 under Buck and 25-4 in 2011.

The difference between the 2010 Buck-O's and the 2011 O's is that they've played 15 more games so far in 2011 in which the opposition has scored 4 runs or more than in 2010 under Buck, and each of those "extra" 15 games has been a loss for the O's, resulting in 8-20 and 8-35 records for 2010 and 2011, respectively (in games when the opposition scored 4 runs or more).

I think what was most astonishing about the 2010 Buck-O's was their ability to limit their opponents' run production; they didn't have much margin of error given how weak they were offensively.

Unfortunately, the bats in 2011 haven't generated many more runs than they did in 2010, and the opposition has been able to score more runs in any given game in 2011 due to less effective O's pitching and costly errors made by O's fielders.

It's notable that the O's have played 15 more games in 2011 so far than they did in 2010 under Buck and have not won as many games.

Steroid Roberts is breaking down , I hope his wife gets to like his teeny weenie..............

Maybe it's just me but I'm beginning to think Brian Roberts has a very low pain tolerance. Headache's, toothache, Back ache, Flu symptoms. He is running out of reason not to work.