the stink is On
watching orioles sunday, with journeyman catcher playing & starting catcher "hurt," again, with 2nd phantom injury of season; with "freebie" the rookie -- exuberant like puppy -- half-assedly patrolling center field; and rest of team mailing it in including highly paid third baseman who didn't feel like playing; and losing series to colorado rockies, wayward O couldn't help feel the strains of old dirge, another seasOn melting away in the merry month of june.
.500 may as well be brigadoon. it's gone and not coming back.
it's kind of like 2005 all over again, except orioles never had a lead in division and injuries aren't even real. it's like if 2005 were a real orioles season, with all the drudgery and no hope.
june is when other teams start playing and when orioles quit. luckily, june is also a very nice month to be on planet earth. there are lots of nice days and many things to do. there are beaches, weddings, music concerts, other sporting events, and lots of delicious fresh produce to eat. wayward O isn't going to lie; wayward O will rock an ice cream cone any time of the year; but in june you can eat an ice cream cone any old time and nobody is even going to ask for an explanation.
wayward O will destroy a chipwich.
of many crushing disappointments so far, wayward o cannot understand this one: what is behind team's complete lack of home run power? wayward o was sure before season started orioles would have six guys hit 20 home runs but now it appears only two guys will or maybe three.
wayward O knows real answers are organizational and systemic. he knows peter angelos's cowardly soul is engine driving jalopy off cliff year in and year out. he knows cal ripken jr. needs to be the man again and save team. but in interim, while rip is apparently still contented to watch daughter's high school hoops and show up once a year for ritual baseball homage to feats of 80s & 90s, what should team do to at least make it interesting?
-- can Os get adam dunn in here to DH somehow? maybe reds take gibbons as reclamation project if Os sweeten deal with some relievers
-- maybe it is time to trade tejada. get an ace for top of rote next year. no. wayward O doesn't think tejada should be traded; anyway value is dropping
-- trade mora for a solid relief pitcher; or trade mora straight up for dunn. stick huff over at 3rd to play out string. mora turned rotten as soon as he signed star's contract. he was always sweetest when he had something to strive for
-- trade ramOn for somebody who wants to play. nobody likes to get hit in da bawlce but nobody takes two weeks off for it either
meanwhile yankee corpse is awake and walking; bolts in neck seem ready to burst open, spewing foul bile, but wayward o wonders whether somehow frankenyanks will manage to keep monster walking for a few more months ... and make run at playoffs. as for orioles, wayward O no longer cares for this bunch of fakers and doesn't care if they mail it in through every other game as long and they at least try to keep frankenyanks out of postseason.
the way this is shaping up, Os are going to be looking up at tampa bay when it's all played out.
.500 may as well be brigadoon. it's gone and not coming back.
it's kind of like 2005 all over again, except orioles never had a lead in division and injuries aren't even real. it's like if 2005 were a real orioles season, with all the drudgery and no hope.
june is when other teams start playing and when orioles quit. luckily, june is also a very nice month to be on planet earth. there are lots of nice days and many things to do. there are beaches, weddings, music concerts, other sporting events, and lots of delicious fresh produce to eat. wayward O isn't going to lie; wayward O will rock an ice cream cone any time of the year; but in june you can eat an ice cream cone any old time and nobody is even going to ask for an explanation.
wayward O will destroy a chipwich.
of many crushing disappointments so far, wayward o cannot understand this one: what is behind team's complete lack of home run power? wayward o was sure before season started orioles would have six guys hit 20 home runs but now it appears only two guys will or maybe three.
wayward O knows real answers are organizational and systemic. he knows peter angelos's cowardly soul is engine driving jalopy off cliff year in and year out. he knows cal ripken jr. needs to be the man again and save team. but in interim, while rip is apparently still contented to watch daughter's high school hoops and show up once a year for ritual baseball homage to feats of 80s & 90s, what should team do to at least make it interesting?
-- can Os get adam dunn in here to DH somehow? maybe reds take gibbons as reclamation project if Os sweeten deal with some relievers
-- maybe it is time to trade tejada. get an ace for top of rote next year. no. wayward O doesn't think tejada should be traded; anyway value is dropping
-- trade mora for a solid relief pitcher; or trade mora straight up for dunn. stick huff over at 3rd to play out string. mora turned rotten as soon as he signed star's contract. he was always sweetest when he had something to strive for
-- trade ramOn for somebody who wants to play. nobody likes to get hit in da bawlce but nobody takes two weeks off for it either
meanwhile yankee corpse is awake and walking; bolts in neck seem ready to burst open, spewing foul bile, but wayward o wonders whether somehow frankenyanks will manage to keep monster walking for a few more months ... and make run at playoffs. as for orioles, wayward O no longer cares for this bunch of fakers and doesn't care if they mail it in through every other game as long and they at least try to keep frankenyanks out of postseason.
the way this is shaping up, Os are going to be looking up at tampa bay when it's all played out.
Labels: wOe is me
posted by the wayward o at
8:51 AM
2 Comments:
Don't look up. There's a Devil Ray's Arse above yer nose.
brO
Great now I'm at work craving a Chipwich. And wouldn't you know it, our vending machine don't carry em.
-cW
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