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Wayward O works for living so please excuse lateness of post.


Video vis MLB.com
Blog would like to recommend re-living Toronto announcer Jamie Campbell's call on May 9 ... here is transcript:

and now wells charges one to center field. jones is back, leaping annnnndddd....

(pause, interrupted by sky dome fog horn thing)

... he's got it

(long pause)

he made the catch.
Well done, Mr. Blue Jay play-by-play guy. Especially that last bit - lightly spiced with zestful hint of incredulity.

Sadly for Mr. Adam Jones, many of his hometown defense exploits will forever be tainted by seemingly lost TV announcer who does not read blogs.

Twas ever thus, friend. Though Wayward O will say this: Most people in real world would get fired if they f_ck_d up their jobs this bad. And when boss dropped hammer, they would say ... "Yeah. Yeahp. True enough. You got me there."

Oh, and without repeating what was reported elsewhere sixty-eight times, Jonesie's comments upon receiving defensive accolade suggest he:

1) cares about team
2) understands game
3) is nice man

Meanwhile, Maj. Gen. Andrew Xavier MacPhail has told Balzmo Sun that there is GLUT of third basemen. There are so many in fact, they probably will work for food.

But, friends, Mr. Josh Bell - s/k/a guy team got for Flat Breezy - is hitting .324 in Arizona or something. What's a perennial last-place Team to do? Wayward O knows not...

Just to leave fans with something to warm hearts as weather cools and offseason heats, here is scan of Autographed Joe Orsulak baseball card, courtesy of Mr. Mess:


.273 lifetime, son

march takes fOrever ... april lasts five minutes

well it's been over a week since last post. Team got owned by tough Red Sox. then team bounced back for series win against weird White Sox. now team is going for series split against dumb Rangers. Rangers' manager looks like he should be in sitcom. overall we're starting to see some real threads emerge on season:

• ty wigginton is fat and grounderballs clank off his mitt like pachinko machine
• danys baez, he of so many curse words last year, is having a decent bounceback so far
• team has lots of minor league talent -- some of it in majors! (ba Da bing)
• roberts and markakis rule and trembO wants them to be leaders but they don't care
• Team is pitcher or two away ... pitcher or two away ... but it appears we may NOT forever be a pitcher or two away with possible emergence of bergesen and a couple four more guys coming along
• memlo is coming back to team friday-ish to bring super in-game effort and emotional output
• we will finish about .500 thinks wayward O

also adam jones blew out his pants

Equipment guy, please
and hit super game winner home run!!!


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