tire tracks acrOss their backs...
diaspora is throwing many team members under bus today:
1) freddy the bee. level of justification: 58.4%. freddy the bee just put a gaping hole in hull of his major league career with last night's boot. but team's poor play put him in a bad spot to begin with. still, bye-bye isn't showing major league talent with on-field performance. also, terrible camera work in toronto ... very hard to see boot and no replay. WFffT?
2) ramOn. level of justification: 68.1%. hideous throwing error in 7th and just general shittiness seems to pervade his on-field performance sometimes. he's supposed to be a team leader. he's no kid like bye-bye.
3) trembO. level of justification: 6%. sure. fine. blame trem for pulling fahey, who's been hot, for a pinch hitter, jay payton, who had a terrible at-bat. remind manager that payton is a notorious whiner who often sulks in pinch-hitting and other off-the-bench situations. but dave's been doing it all year and often it's worked. fahey and bye-bye are pretty much interchangeable anyway. very hard to blame trembley but you can do it if you try real hard. on side note, trembley's leadership will become more and more crucial as season winds down and team starts limpin' and duckin'.
4) sarfate. level of justification: 4%. hard to blame him. it's sad team has lost matt albers, who was the glue between mid-innings and late innings. sarfate is likely to be more of a situational guy down the road, wayward o will wager.
a couple reasons for hOpe: big bird's ascension continues apace; no more talk of st. guts behing the hard luck loser, please. and maybe this new lefty, alberto castillo, can provide spark for pitching staff.
1) freddy the bee. level of justification: 58.4%. freddy the bee just put a gaping hole in hull of his major league career with last night's boot. but team's poor play put him in a bad spot to begin with. still, bye-bye isn't showing major league talent with on-field performance. also, terrible camera work in toronto ... very hard to see boot and no replay. WFffT?
2) ramOn. level of justification: 68.1%. hideous throwing error in 7th and just general shittiness seems to pervade his on-field performance sometimes. he's supposed to be a team leader. he's no kid like bye-bye.
3) trembO. level of justification: 6%. sure. fine. blame trem for pulling fahey, who's been hot, for a pinch hitter, jay payton, who had a terrible at-bat. remind manager that payton is a notorious whiner who often sulks in pinch-hitting and other off-the-bench situations. but dave's been doing it all year and often it's worked. fahey and bye-bye are pretty much interchangeable anyway. very hard to blame trembley but you can do it if you try real hard. on side note, trembley's leadership will become more and more crucial as season winds down and team starts limpin' and duckin'.
4) sarfate. level of justification: 4%. hard to blame him. it's sad team has lost matt albers, who was the glue between mid-innings and late innings. sarfate is likely to be more of a situational guy down the road, wayward o will wager.
a couple reasons for hOpe: big bird's ascension continues apace; no more talk of st. guts behing the hard luck loser, please. and maybe this new lefty, alberto castillo, can provide spark for pitching staff.
Labels: thrOwn under the bus
posted by the wayward o at
7:29 AM
2 Comments:
I guess I give Trembley a pass for the rest of the year. At .500 he is making lemonade, and that's about all you can ask for now. When the Os have major leaguers at the key positions (1st, 3d, C, SS) I would be willing to reconsider.
The O's number one priority in the off-season needs to be a real, major-league caliber SS. Freddie's a fine enough athlete, but he doesn't hit nearly enough to overcome his awful defense.
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