2010 Baltimore Orioles Record Comparison Thread!

[NY_O'sfan]

just off the game on TV from the announcers...."I wonder how many red sox fans would love to see Carl Crawford in a redsox uniform next season?"

gee, why pick that one team? many teams besides the sox would like to have crawford. mlb is sick.

Sometimes I think MLB would like to whittle the AL down to just NY and Boston so they could play each other 162 times a year.

[Mr. Buzzcut]

Do you think the Orioles will continue to play .083 ball all year?

TM

No team can suck that badly over 162 games.

So they'll suck a little less. Whoopee!

[cb coach]

Where is the update, Moon!

[mick93]

Where is the update, Moon!

ya, the fact that the o's are actually 2 game up on the 1988 pace isn't for real until TM posts it

[m.r.hulio]

Sometimes I think MLB would like to whittle the AL down to just NY and Boston so they could play each other 162 times a year.

I proposed that idea of radical realignment. Three leagues: American, National, and NYESN. 2 divisions per league, and 7 teams per division, in the American and National. Let the Yanks and Sox play each other 162 times and leave the rest of us alone.

Round-robin tournament for the World Series. First team to 5 wins is the champ.

[cb coach]

ya, the fact that the o's are actually 2 game up on the 1988 pace isn't for real until TM posts it

I am sitting on pins and needles in anticipation of the words that the happy care bear has to say today

[TravisMoon]

The Orioles are BACK ON TRACK!
Let's flap away at some more W's!!!

After 13 games.

2010: 2-11 (5th Place, 7.5 games back)
2009: 6-7 (4th Place, 3.5 games back)
2008: 8-5 (1st Place, .5 games up)
2007: 7-6 (3rd Place, 1 game back)
2006: 7-6 (2nd Place, 1.5 games back)
2005: 8-5 (1st Place, 0 games up)
2004: 8-5 (2nd Place, .5 games back)
2003: 5-8 (3rd Place, 5.5 games back)
2002: 4-9 (5th Place, 4.5 games back)
2001: 6-7 (4th Place, 3 games back)
2000: 8-5 (2nd Place, 2.5 games back)
1999: 3-10 (5th Place, 6.5 games back)
1998: 10-3 (1st Place, 1.5 games up)
1997: 10-3 (1st place, 3 games up)
1996: 11-2 (1st place, 4.5 games up)
1988: 0-13 (7th Place, 10.5 game back)
1980: 5-8 (5th Place, 2 games back)
1970: 8-5 (2nd Place, 1.5 games back)


Go O's!

TM

[helloharv]

Travis ----thanks for the update ...now that you are on the board can you please answer my question.


Out of these 4 choices --- Who do you think should get most of the blame for a team that only wins 64 games in a season ?

Owner
GM
Manager
Players

If you answer players ...which ones specfically do you think had a very poor year ..thus...hurting the team and maybe should be traded or removed for an upgrade?
thanks

[TravisMoon]

Travis ----thanks for the update ...now that you are on the board can you please answer my question.


Out of these 4 choices --- Who do you think should get most of the blame for a team that only wins 64 games in a season ?

Owner
GM
Manager
Players

If you answer players ...which ones specfically do you think had a very poor year ..thus...hurting the team and maybe should be traded or removed for an upgrade?
thanks

Players win and lose games on the field. The owner, manager and GM can not hit, pitch or play defense for them. That said, other stuff works into how the players play. Injuries, (which we've been devastated with), bad luck play alot into the mix too. Also, one player does not a team make. Adam Dunn looks like crap this year, yet the Nats are playing better.

All in all, the players have direct control of who wins and loses a game. The other stuff works into the mix to add obstacles, (injuries, etc...)

TM

[helloharv]

Players win and lose games on the field. The owner, manager and GM can not hit, pitch or play defense for them. That said, other stuff works into how the players play. Injuries, (which we've been devastated with), bad luck play alot into the mix too. Also, one player does not a team make. Adam Dunn looks like crap this year, yet the Nats are playing better.

All in all, the players have direct control of who wins and loses a game. The other stuff works into the mix to add obstacles, (injuries, etc...)

TM

Which specfic players look like crap for the Orioles ?

[Slidemaster]

Give up Harv, he's never going to give a straight answer. They'll always be making excuses for why some players are good and some are bad. I guess it's just been bad luck that we've been horrendous for 13 years. Maybe if we stop trying to sign players in free agency and just invest our money in four leaf clovers and rabbits feet we'll see an increase in our win totals.

[downhome]

Give up Harv, he's never going to give a straight answer. They'll always be making excuses for why some players are good and some are bad. I guess it's just been bad luck that we've been horrendous for 13 years. Maybe if we stop trying to sign players in free agency and just invest our money in four leaf clovers and rabbits feet we'll see an increase in our win totals.

Perhaps a santeria style sacrifice of an oriole over home plate would help, too.

[Slidemaster]

Perhaps a santeria style sacrifice of an oriole over home plate would help, too.

I like the way you think!

[cb coach]

The Orioles are BACK ON TRACK!
Let's flap away at some more W's!!!

After 13 games.

2010: 2-11 (5th Place, 7.5 games back)
2009: 6-7 (4th Place, 3.5 games back)
2008: 8-5 (1st Place, .5 games up)
2007: 7-6 (3rd Place, 1 game back)
2006: 7-6 (2nd Place, 1.5 games back)
2005: 8-5 (1st Place, 0 games up)
2004: 8-5 (2nd Place, .5 games back)
2003: 5-8 (3rd Place, 5.5 games back)
2002: 4-9 (5th Place, 4.5 games back)
2001: 6-7 (4th Place, 3 games back)
2000: 8-5 (2nd Place, 2.5 games back)
1999: 3-10 (5th Place, 6.5 games back)
1998: 10-3 (1st Place, 1.5 games up)
1997: 10-3 (1st place, 3 games up)
1996: 11-2 (1st place, 4.5 games up)
1988: 0-13 (7th Place, 10.5 game back)
1980: 5-8 (5th Place, 2 games back)
1970: 8-5 (2nd Place, 1.5 games back)


Go O's!

TM

What do you get when you cross a Wiggle, Care bear and Mr Rogers?
A. Captain Kangeroo
B. Dave Trambley
C. TM
D. All of the above
E. All ot the above

[helloharv]

Players win and lose games on the field. The owner, manager and GM can not hit, pitch or play defense for them. That said, other stuff works into how the players play. Injuries, (which we've been devastated with), bad luck play alot into the mix too. Also, one player does not a team make. Adam Dunn looks like crap this year, yet the Nats are playing better.

All in all, the players have direct control of who wins and loses a game. The other stuff works into the mix to add obstacles, (injuries, etc...)

TM

So when we lost 98 games last year--------Which specfic players looked like crap for the Orioles and do you think we should bring in an upgrade for them ASAP ?

[TravisMoon]

So when we lost 98 games last year--------Which specfic players looked like crap for the Orioles and do you think we should bring in an upgrade for them ASAP ?

I think people expected more out of Aubrey Huff, but he never seemed to shake off his hitting slump, then he got traded. I don't Guthrie was 100% healthy last year. He certainly looks sharper now. MelMo had an off year at the plate, but he too was definitely not 100%. Remember, we traded off some important pieces for our future too, ie: Sherrill. Losing Bergy was a killer too after he got off to such a nice start.

I think last year's record can be traced to a significant number of injuries to folks who were counted on to produce. Koji, etc...

Sometimes bad luck just happens like that.

TM

[RIKMAN]

Players win and lose games on the field. The owner, manager and GM can not hit, pitch or play defense for them. That said, other stuff works into how the players play. Injuries, (which we've been devastated with), bad luck play alot into the mix too. Also, one player does not a team make. Adam Dunn looks like crap this year, yet the Nats are playing better.

All in all, the players have direct control of who wins and loses a game. The other stuff works into the mix to add obstacles, (injuries, etc...)

TM

Logic dictates otherwise.

If players win or lose on the field, then our woeful O's and the yankees are really not much different (i mean other then talent- wise and as you and the owner say, bad luck).

So what would be the difference? Well, the organizations are vastly different. Yankees pay for big time FAs and grow talent as well. The O's do not. Yankees want to win every year...O's do not based on the product they put on the field and the results for the last 12 years.

If it is simply the talent on the field and not the organization, I suggest we fire the guys on the field and acquire other players.

[TravisMoon]

Yankees pay for big time FAs

And we can't. It is too bad the economics of the game are tilted so heavily in their favor. A hard salary cap AND floor is needed to make the game more fair and make sure that the integrity of sportsmanship is intact. Right now the system is rigged in their favor due to $$$.

TM

[Slidemaster]

And we can't.
TM

The MASN money says you're wrong.

[Norman]

Anybody remember THE BIG FOUR somebody said were gonna be on the '04 O's?