Some fans !

[pitbull]

Real Orioles fans are fans 12 months out of the year.

?????

I own Season Tickets - you do not.

Keep trolling...

[TravisMoon]

Real Orioles fans are fans 12 months out of the year.

?????

I own Season Tickets - you do not.

Keep trolling...

Big deal. It's a slippery slope to tell folks who don't live close enough to attend games that they are less of a fan than you. That's elitist BS from one of the board's most bitter and angry "fans".

So several questions from Orioles fans not as awesome as you come to mind.

1. Do you go to all 81 games?

2. Are you saying it's a problem that thousands of Orioles fans from all over America are less a fan than you because you have the luxury of living close.

3. Do folks who shell out hundreds of dollars of their own money to subscribe to MLBTV, DirecTV Extra Innings and Mobile Access in MLB At Bat 12 not contribute to the team's fortunes? The monies from these licensed subscriptions are distributed to all major league teams including the Orioles franchise.

4. Do fans who purchase Oriole gear not count in supporting their team financially?

I'll wait for your next hate filled insult and non-answer.

Go O's!

TM

[durango46]

Well done Pitbull




just amazing how he called you out....you owned him....then he starts putting all kind of words in your mouth. All this from the self proclaimed king of all fans

damn those fakey fans

[Softbank Orioles]

I don't think they will let Flaherty go back to the Cubs. He looks like a player. Smooth with the glove and he will start to hit as he gets some playing time.

Not to poop on the feel-good parade but the guy batted .237 in Triple A last year.

[hampden623]

Not to poop on the feel-good parade but the guy batted .237 in Triple A last year.

Not to poop on the poop softbank, BUT...

... the other half of '11 in AA he batted .304 in over 300 ABs.

Just sayin'... I agree he will be a light stick more or less

[Byng]

I have been an Orioles fan since I was around 7 years old in the early 1950s. I remember when they would trade for a 38 year old guy like former all star Whitey Lockman and the press would get all enthused. They would go get old stars at the end of their career like Johnny Temple, Dave Philly, Harvey Haddix, Walt Dropo and Robin Roberts and you would think we won the World Series.

I can understand the frustration of 14 losing seasons. Who the hell wouldn't. At one time the Orioles were the baseball organization that others tried to copy.

Doesn't anyone appreciate the fact that we have a team? We have some good players too. Especially guys like Matt Wieters, Nick Markakis, Adam Jones, Nolan Reimold, & JJ Hardy all of who can be an all star and who have won or should have won a gold glove.

We have two of the best prospects in baseball including the highest rated in Dylan Bundy.

Yet most of the post say we are a lousy fielding team or lets trade Adam Jones or Bundy.
Why trade Jones? Replace him with who? A few years ago we had bodies playing CF and we complained and we finally get a guy who is a team leader, who hustles, who hits for power, has a great arm, can run but who is not 100% disciplined at the plate yet and people want to trade him. Again...for who? More prospects?

If this team is going to win they need to sign Jones to a long term and they need to do the same with Wieters and Reimold and show that we are not a stopping post for players to be future Yankee or Red Sox stars. If the sign these players th fans will start to come back to the park like the old days when 30,000 was considered poor attendance.

This team is playing well. We have a damn good manager. We have guys like Andino and a few others who aren't stars but who bust their butts and try hard.

10,000 people at the game last night is going to happen early in the season but all of this negative posting (probably by people who never even played high school baseball yet are statistic experts and fantasy league gurus) is nuts.

I see some real talent on this team and while the season is young a lot of these guys believe they can compete. I think I may just go and buy some more tickets. Regardless of what the so called experts say this is not he worst team in baseball. In fact...I think they just may surprise some folks this year.

We have a major league team and a beautiful ball park. If you like baseball stop Bth-ing and enjoy what a lot of other cities would love to have.

I was playing in a charity golf outing on Tuesday and was having breakfast at my table with Rick Dempsey and some old Colt players. Dempsey is always up beat and positive and it was great to hear him talk about some of these young guys in a frank and honest manner. He thinks that Bundy is the real thing and has the potential to be the best Oriole pitcher ever. Man, I am looking forward to that.

Excellant post SeaDee, thank you!

[Softbank Orioles]

Not to poop on the poop softbank, BUT...

... the other half of '11 in AA he batted .304 in over 300 ABs.

Just sayin'... I agree he will be a light stick more or less

Just saying what? Felix Pie was good in AA too.

[hampden623]

Just saying what? Felix Pie was good in AA too.

so you know for a fact he'll stink then?

[Softbank Orioles]

so you know for a fact he'll stink then?

Let's just say the competition level at AA isn't exactly the same

[hampden623]

Let's just say the competition level at AA isn't exactly the same

compared to AAA? ...not sure I automactically agree with you on that one.

[Aletheia]

Baltimore fans are brutal.

[SeaDee3]

Not to poop on the poop softbank, BUT...

... the other half of '11 in AA he batted .304 in over 300 ABs.

Just sayin'... I agree he will be a light stick more or less

I am not so sure about the "light stick" tag. The guy is young and still growing.

I am not putting myself in his category by any means but when I won a tryout in 1966 I was a catcher and an OF. I could also pitch a little but that wasn't my strength. I could hit and I could run. When the Senators offered me a chance to sign it was as a utility player. I would mostly play CF and LF and catch some. I was told by an old friend who was a major league player that once you get that "utility" tag hung on you it would be twice as hard to make it to the majors. Now that has changed because you can hit .250 and hang around for a career.

When Melvin Mora was with the Mets he had the Utility tag on him and it took him years to have one position that he could count on playing every day and once he was the O's regular 3rd baseman he started to hit more and he had a great glove.

Some guys just look like a ball player. Flaherty looks like a ball player. Larry Bigbie looked like a player too. So did Felix Pie Oops!

[SeaDee3]

Excellant post SeaDee, thank you!

Thank you!

[hampden623]

I am not so sure about the "light stick" tag. The guy is young and still growing.

I am not putting myself in his category by any means but when I won a tryout in 1966 I was a catcher and an OF. I could also pitch a little but that wasn't my strength. I could hit and I could run. When the Senators offered me a chance to sign it was as a utility player. I would mostly play CF and LF and catch some. I was told by an old friend who was a major league player that once you get that "utility" tag hung on you it would be twice as hard to make it to the majors. Now that has changed because you can hit .250 and hang around for a career.

When Melvin Mora was with the Mets he had the Utility tag on him and it took him years to have one position that he could count on playing every day and once he was the O's regular 3rd baseman he started to hit more and he had a great glove.

Some guys just look like a ball player. Flaherty looks like a ball player. Larry Bigbie looked like a player too. So did Felix Pie Oops!

yeah, i agree with all this... We have to see what happens, that's the fun of it.

[kudzu]

SeaDee, I thought you had finally come over to the dark side.

If an unexpected hot April has you grabbing the pom-poms once again, clearly you haven't.

[Byng]

SeaDee, I thought you had finally come over to the dark side.

If an unexpected hot April has you grabbing the pom-poms once again, clearly you haven't.

I thought you were a Nats fan now?

[kudzu]

I thought you were a Nats fan now?

And I thought you were a believer of dual citizenship fandom.

[Byng]

And I thought you were a believer of dual citizenship fandom.

Hey, all you need in the 'Sandhills, is a remote! I enjoy my Sunday afternoon games in Baltimore, a stop at the Bay Bridge for brunch, a causal drive up to the Yard on a Sunday lunchtime, good seats, a few seats back from 1st. Base, on my way home by 4pm, seafood dinner on the Eastern Shore and home and in bed with a nightcap by 10pm. Just can't see making that same trip to DC!

[kudzu]

Hey, all you need in the 'Sand hills, is a remote! I enjoy my Sunday afternoon games in Baltimore, a stop at the Bay Bridge for brunch, a causal drive up to the Yard on a Sunday lunchtime, good seats, a few seats back from 1st. Base, on my way home by 4pm, seafood dinner on the Eastern Shore and home and in bed with a nightcap by 10pm. Just can't see making that same trip to DC!

Nice complete, total evasion of my witty and accurate counter to your previous post.

You forgot to mention that your "seafood dinner" was probably the standard fish&chips. And that you'd prefer a good football (i.e. "soccer") match to a baseball game any day of the week.

[Byng]

Nice complete, total evasion of my witty and accurate counter to your previous post.

You forgot to mention that your "seafood dinner" was probably the standard fish&chips. And that you'd prefer a good football (i.e. "soccer") match to a baseball game any day of the week.

I had "fish (Cod, beer-battered) and chips with salt and vinegar, plus 'Mushy Peas' at the "Go BRIT" restaurant in Lewes a couple of days ago washed down with a Newcastle Brown Ale! Yesterday I took the afternoon off to watch the Manchester Derby between City and United, so you are close!