there is nO respite
Wayward O was reading Dempsey's Army and other blogz a couple days ago to catch up on Team news after relaxing vacation and he was struck by this thoughtful post in which Heath writes:
Reading the defenses of this ill-conceived trade made Wayward O wonder whether, perhaps, certain fans simply don't know the difference between a re-build and an endless churn.
So here's what Wayward O has to say about MacPhail and the rest of the people who own and run this Team, which apparently can't get enough of losing: Your home-grown talent, so much hyped over last two or three years, is, at this point, LARGELY ON FIELD.
And BOY DO THEY NEED REINFORCEMENTS.
What's missing? FREE AGENTS. QUALITY, EXPENSIVE STAR PLAYERS. So get out there and sign some. Sign a top-flight pitcher, re-sign Aubrey -- or a comparable talent -- and sign a closer. Give Nick Markakis, Adam Jones, Brian Roberts and the rest a chance to win.
Otherwise this high tide of losing, which has lasted twelve years, will just get worse and more boring, and we'll see more bloggers turning out lights and, if you can imagine it, more empty seats.
Wayward O doesn't want to hear anymore DITHERING about THREE YEAR PLANS or ORGANIZATIONAL PHILOSOPHY or whatever tripe front office has cooked up.
It's time to field a winner or get out and let somebody else do the job.
To sum up my feelings (in capital letters):
SIGN SOME GUYS WHO CAN PLAY WIN SOME BALLGAMES
STOP GIVING UP EVERY AUGUST
OR GTFO NO MORE EXCUSES
The home grown talent is here. Where are the guys who can put us over the top?
[I]f you are writing a blog strictly about the Baltimore Orioles, there is no respite. You suck it up, keep writing about the losing or fade away.So very true. This is a losing organization and yesterday Team -- again -- dumped last real shred of proven, non-organizational agent talent by trading the very productive, often inspiring and always entertaining Aubrey Huff to Detroit for some guy Wayward O guarantees you no Oriole fan ever heard of.
Reading the defenses of this ill-conceived trade made Wayward O wonder whether, perhaps, certain fans simply don't know the difference between a re-build and an endless churn.
So here's what Wayward O has to say about MacPhail and the rest of the people who own and run this Team, which apparently can't get enough of losing: Your home-grown talent, so much hyped over last two or three years, is, at this point, LARGELY ON FIELD.
And BOY DO THEY NEED REINFORCEMENTS.
What's missing? FREE AGENTS. QUALITY, EXPENSIVE STAR PLAYERS. So get out there and sign some. Sign a top-flight pitcher, re-sign Aubrey -- or a comparable talent -- and sign a closer. Give Nick Markakis, Adam Jones, Brian Roberts and the rest a chance to win.
Otherwise this high tide of losing, which has lasted twelve years, will just get worse and more boring, and we'll see more bloggers turning out lights and, if you can imagine it, more empty seats.
Wayward O doesn't want to hear anymore DITHERING about THREE YEAR PLANS or ORGANIZATIONAL PHILOSOPHY or whatever tripe front office has cooked up.
It's time to field a winner or get out and let somebody else do the job.
To sum up my feelings (in capital letters):
STOP GIVING UP EVERY AUGUST
OR GTFO
The home grown talent is here. Where are the guys who can put us over the top?
Labels: wOe is me
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6:16 PM
6 Comments:
I have not been so heart broken by this team as when they traded George Sherrill. I looked forward to his performances each and every night. It was then that I knew that others were not far behind. The trade talk started a few days ago. They also moved Greg Zaun today, He is in Tampa Bay tonite and has a Base hit so far agianst team.......
Organizationally these moves make no sense at all. Are they trying to save payroll? What was Huff making? 8mil?
If McPhail is genuinely committed to winning they need this core of players to remain intact. With characters like Huff and Sherrill, and without the experience of a player like Zaun and his connection to Dempsey, The team really is going to be directionless. Nothing to rally around, nothing to print on a towel.
You can keep your stupid bobbleheads.
Without a character there will be no winning. This is For the Birds-land.
i'm watching the Tigers
Well said, O Wayward One.
The talent they were "developing" is here now. The owner is awash in cash since he hasn't spent any in recent memory (Albert Belle isn't still collecting, is he?). To attract big-time free agents to Baltimore, Angelos must now pony up (no more squawking about "fairness" - you are competing with BoSox and Janquis).
wait, are you actually mad that huff isn't here? you must not have caught up enough post vacation, because he was looking abysmal (worst than mora). and he cleared waivers and no one wanted him...we would have lost him in 6 weeks anyways, so at least we got something for him.
i love huff as much as the next guy (he's on my FB team), but this move doesn't bother me at all
AND....the Orioles lose about $21 mil off their already paltry payroll in 2010...
http://dempseysarmy.blogspot.com/2009/08/looking-forward-to-orioles-windfall.html
Time to sign a veteran starter and a corner infielder...at least.
yeah. lose a bunch off the payroll not to mention they still have the phantom $20mil that would have gone to teixeira.
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