Quick Thought on Red Sox Beatdown of O's
The Orioles are a disgrace to their franchise's fine legacy, their city, and to themselves.
What they put everyone through this weekend who watched this debacle is very reminiscent of what the then Devil Rays used to do to the Sox about ten years ago: Get slaughtered and start fights.
Back in the early 1990s and early 2000s, when the Rays were run by team founder Vince Naimoli, they and the Red Sox used to have annual brawls and beanball wars. What was the point of all the fighting and throwing at each other? There wasn't. The Rays were terribly run, awful, and had a bunch of babyish, loser ballplayers. Just like the O's of today.
I didn't mind so much when Baltimore's Gregg got in the fight with Papi Friday night. That's cool: You want to hit him, he shows you up, and you start a fight. But this shit the O's pulled has been going on all damn weekend. Enough is enough. Just play the games and take your beating like men, not spoiled children.
The Orioles pitchers have been throwing at Sox all three games, and it's been irritating to watch. What was the point of all of it? Their team is really, really bad, with no future, and everyone, including the Oriole players themselves, know it. And until the ownership of Peter Angelos ends, the good fans of Baltimore will have to sit through years more of this crap.
As I mentioned, the Sox and Rays used to go through similar weekends, and at the time I figured that franchise was hopeless. But it wasn't. A change in ownership was all that was needed for the Rays to go from a national joke to, possibly, the best run team in baseball, and big winners. That's exactly what the Orioles need Commissioner Selig and the team's fans to push hard for.
Back in the 1960s and 70s, the Orioles Way really meant something. It doesn't anymore, and hasn't in a long time, thanks to Angelos, all those who put him in power and keep him there, and a lot of terrible baseball players.
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The Orioles played like fucking losers this weekend. Bad is one thing, but to play like losers you've got to put some effort into it. Congratulations.
What they put everyone through this weekend who watched this debacle is very reminiscent of what the then Devil Rays used to do to the Sox about ten years ago: Get slaughtered and start fights.
Back in the early 1990s and early 2000s, when the Rays were run by team founder Vince Naimoli, they and the Red Sox used to have annual brawls and beanball wars. What was the point of all the fighting and throwing at each other? There wasn't. The Rays were terribly run, awful, and had a bunch of babyish, loser ballplayers. Just like the O's of today.
I didn't mind so much when Baltimore's Gregg got in the fight with Papi Friday night. That's cool: You want to hit him, he shows you up, and you start a fight. But this shit the O's pulled has been going on all damn weekend. Enough is enough. Just play the games and take your beating like men, not spoiled children.
The Orioles pitchers have been throwing at Sox all three games, and it's been irritating to watch. What was the point of all of it? Their team is really, really bad, with no future, and everyone, including the Oriole players themselves, know it. And until the ownership of Peter Angelos ends, the good fans of Baltimore will have to sit through years more of this crap.
As I mentioned, the Sox and Rays used to go through similar weekends, and at the time I figured that franchise was hopeless. But it wasn't. A change in ownership was all that was needed for the Rays to go from a national joke to, possibly, the best run team in baseball, and big winners. That's exactly what the Orioles need Commissioner Selig and the team's fans to push hard for.
Back in the 1960s and 70s, the Orioles Way really meant something. It doesn't anymore, and hasn't in a long time, thanks to Angelos, all those who put him in power and keep him there, and a lot of terrible baseball players.
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The Orioles played like fucking losers this weekend. Bad is one thing, but to play like losers you've got to put some effort into it. Congratulations.
posted by joe sweeney at 4:17 PM
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