The Oriole Report

I’m done with this team until they make some changes. It is pathetic how this team is being run. First of all, Sam Perlozzo needs to be fired. He’s terrible. Terry Crowley also needs to go. We have had the same problems for the last 10 years. I wonder why that is? Maybe its because we’ve had basically the same coaching staff all this time. We refuse to shake things up. The Orioles haven’t made a player move in a long time, yet we wonder why we keep on losing. Why not bring up some new blood, it can’t be worse than what we have now.

With Jay Gibbons and Corey Patterson batting under .210 and OPS’ under .600, Paul Bako and Alberto Castillo as our catching tandem, and pretty much every hitter on the team under performing, how can we expect to win? What is Freddie Bynum doing on this team? We have players in Norfolk like JR House, Jason DuBois, Jon Knott, Garrett Olson, Cory Doyne, Jim Hoey, and Rob Bell who are ready for a shot in the Majors NOW. Why not bring up a hand full of these guys and see what they can do? What is Todd Williams doing on this team? Send down Todd Williams, John Parrish, Freddie Bynum, and Alberto Castillo and bring up JR House, Jon Knott, Cory Doyne, and Jim Hoey. Trade Steve Trachsel while his value is at its peak and bring up Garrett Olson to take his spot in the rotation to get him ready for next year. Fire Sam Perlozzo NOW, and bring in somebody that has a clue in the dug out. After the season, clear out the entire coaching staff except for Leo Mazzone at Pitching Coach, and let the new manager select his own staff. Actively try to trade players like Jay Gibbons, Cory Patterson, Melvin Mora, Steve Trachsel, Todd Williams, Danys Baez, etc. and lets do this thing the right way.

There is absolutely no reason for the Orioles to be this bad and not do ANYTHING to try and improve themselves. So until they actually do take that step, I am done posting on this blog about this team. I’ll still be a fan, but I’m not going to spend any time out of my schedule to go above and beyond for this team. I will be back, but not until some changes are made. Its a shame too because the Orioles had an excellent draft last week. Hopefully we can turn this around sooner rather than later. Go O’s.

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As the headline says, I will be going away for the weekend. Its a family reunion type event and I won’t have access to the internet while I’m out. I’ll update each game individually when I get back, probably monday morning. I’ll be able to watch the games, just won’t be able to get on the internet. Sorry for the inconvenience, I’ll see you when I get back. In the meantime, check out www.orioles119.wordpress.com for a different perspective on the O’s and those Gnats across the street.

Unfortunatly I will be going on vacation starting tomorrow and I won’t have access to my computer or the internet the whole time. I would love nothing more than to be able to keep up my daily (for the most part) posts. I promise to be back on the 8th with my take on the games, transactions, and any all-star game news.

Sorry for the delay already, it will most likely be the last one for at least the summer. Probably for a while. Hopefully the O’s can continue their recent play while I’mout of touch. The only thing I will have is phone updates for every Orioles HR and final score. I hope everyone enjoys what I have written so far, thanks for listening to what I have to say. I’ll be back, I promise.

Go O’s.

I’ve decided that I cannot contain my interest and opinions on the Baltimore Orioles to myself anymore. I’m tired of debating with myself and only having myself to go to when it comes to intelligent conversation on the topic of baseball and the orioles. Of course there are numorous blogs and websites that do a great job with information and analysis on the Orioles, and believe me, I read most of them. I am a proud member of www.orioleshangout.com, which is easily the best website out there for all your Baltimore Oriole needs.

What I want to do is give my take on all the games the O’s play and all the transactions that the O’s make. I plan on giving each transaction a grade, while briefly breaking down each players performance for any games I am able to watch all the way through.

I don’t know how often I will be able to post, but I will try to keep the site as up to date as possible. Any and all support will be greatly appreciated. I figured one more blog following the Orioles couldn’t hurt, and if theres anyone interested in the team as much as me, every blog I can add to my bookmarks is a bonus.

So I will leave my first post saying hello to anyone that cares to read this blog.

The Orioles currently stand at 30-38, just coming off a disappointing trip in Toronto and heading into New York to face the Mets on a 3 game losing streak. Heres hoping we can surprise the first place Mets and get moving in the right direction as interleague play starts up again. I have work tomorrow night, so I probably won’t be able to catch much of the game…but I will be keeping an eye on it.