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out here is david waldstein s nyt account of the call the first base umpire jerry meals had just made an incorrect call according to both the naked eye and television replays and instead of the yankees completing a comeback with chris dickerson crossing the plate to tie the score the game was over according to the naked eye whose really according to the naked eye the umps blew several strike calls to the yankees including one from darren o day and at least one from pedro strop during crucial times my naked eyes have seen the umps call a down the middle strike three pitch a ball that causes an oriole pitcher to lift the next one higher into the strike zone and this has resulted in a ninth inning yankee home run that ends up winning the game for the giradians e g swisher against uehara rodriguez against uehara let s not give the orioles credit or frighten the multitude of pinstriped followers on the weekend let s blame it on the umps never have i read an account of a game like this a blatantly homer interpretation what s more maddening is that garbage like this is not open to commentary because there is no comments section i m surprised the reporter didn t suggest to girardi that he t ake his team of overpaid smug and over the hill players and their bats balls and gloves and go home blown calls usually go in favor of the bombers including yet another instance of yankee fan interference earlier in the summer on eutaw steet there was no talk of the fighting showalters a great name for the team i heard last night or that atlantic league refugee lew ford who hit another home run the story did mention in the game notes section that we lost markakis because of a broken thumb and t here was our manager cradling nick s head for a few seconds after the player reemerged from the dugout in a temporary cast courtesy of richie bancells i would have written about yet another electrifying victory in an incredible season and the fact that the yankees pitcher c c sabathia broke the thumb of nick markakis putting the heart and competitive soul of our team on the disabled list for six weeks i don t know if he did it on purpose but he pitched inside three straight times to nick ever the competitor sabathia as markakis was shaking his thumb in pain screamed was it a strike was it a strike or something like that this is who the yankees are it will be interesting to see what happens today or in the future oriole hangout member moose milligan reminded me of when yankee tim leary fractured the wrist of chris hoiles and our resilient catcher missed 51 games that same night a scuffing tool kit of items fell out of leary s glove on the mound the retaliation came a few weeks later at yankee stadium i was sitting nine rows behind the o s dugout ben mcdonald pitched for the orioles and came high and inside to catcher matt nokes the ball caught his batting helmet in the corner where the bill starts to extend it knocked the helmet off his head and high into the air and the ball s impact made an awful cracking sound nokes collapsed into a pile of ball bat and dirt on the plate and lay there motionless for several minutes i won t be surprised at all if the times reporters notice an unusually hostile oriole crowd once again at today s game posted by deanboyhoo at 6 54 am 0 comments friday september 07 2012 orioles blast yankees 10 6 i listened to the game last night while driving back from my teaching engagement in alexandria the orioles had a 6 1 lead in the seventh and were in control i started to think ahead in the series to game two we had this one the yankees scored a run in the eighth and then another suddenly it was 6 3 and they were in striking distance we changed pitchers and brought in pedro strop a wild pitch moved runners into scoring position a walk loaded the bases another walk cut the lead to 6 4 ichiro singled in two more to tie the game the reigning heavyweight champion of the american league east had gotten up off the mat swinging mercifully o day put an end to the uprising by getting jeter to end the inning about 4 miles from the ballpark adam jones homered to make it 7 6 with a thunderous roar the crowd sounded like they do during a ravens game i turned the radio up and gave a rebel yell then reynolds sent a ball high into deep left with wieters on first oriole announcer joe angel paused as the ball landed 3 rows deep into the stands and let the crowd make the call it was 9 6 with the stadium in my sights chris davis homered i elected to drive by the ballpark instead of taking mlk i beeped my horn several times as i road past you could hear the crowd chanting and it felt like the street was shaking i pulled up to a light and gave a thumbs up to a guy wearing an o s cap are you listening he asked it s unbelievable i replied i m going tomorrow night it s orange friday in baltimore posted by deanboyhoo at 2 43 am 0 comments wednesday september 05 2012 buck s guys surfer boog and mclouth tied with yankees it s september 5th and the orioles have tied the yankees for first place in the division it s not may or june and suddenly we find ourselves in a strange position a pennant race that s right a race that s not the grand prix this hasn t happened since 1997 when it was the yankees who closed the gap on the orioles lead not since the mid 70s has the city had a contending football and baseball team the orioles crushed the jays last night 12 0 behind a great performance on the mound by zach britton some of my astute friends predicted this even yankees fans wait until buck brings his guys in they said mark reynolds surfer boog has come alive and so has the pesky hustler nate mclouth cult heroes like lew ford have contributed there has been a carefully selected procession of buck s guys of late and they all share one trait with their manager they have something to prove none have won a world series guys like jim thome have come close but no champagne drenched cigar now they are taking out their frustrations on the american league surfer boog and his band of scrappers when he struck out on monday against toronto reynolds threw his bat and slammed his helmet down i haven t seen an oriole do that in decades last night showalter glared at j j hardy when he failed to take second on a throw to the plate we were ahead 7 0 it s the details the little things that make you a champion the bronx bombers are coming into camden yards this weekend for a 4 game series will the fans show up a lot has been written about that lately where are the fans i think you will see them flock to the yards over the next 30 days we just finished the grand prix and the kids are back in school judging by the plethora of orange i ve seen lately we re good for it let s face it the masn broadcast is pretty darn good you get a world class announcer in gary thorne and buck s press conference which is one of the most entertaining three minutes of the summer for me the radio broadcasts are first rate too baseball is a great sport to imagine from a radio call it s expensive to live in baltimore city the property taxes are exorbitant a dear tariff on trash collection that diminishes my disposable income the water is expensive 60 more than when i lived in northern virginia i can afford to take my kids via the dugout club a great bargain but not otherwise on any kind of a regular basis and i live 12 minutes away from eutaw street i will be there this weekend posted by deanboyhoo at 3 37 am 0 comments friday august 31 2012 orioles vs yankees rivalry returns the orioles are in the bronx tonight and for the first time in fifteen years the series has meaning yes that s right it s august and the games are critical the upstart birds are within three games of first place and for me the outcome doesn t matter win or lose we are in a fight no one expected don t get me wrong i want to win at all costs but if we don t that s fine too it s all gravy from here on in i remember the rivalry as a kid yankees like thurman munson chris chambliss reggie jackson and even roy white played well against us pitcher mel stottlemeyer was an oriole killer i gnawed the sticks of fudgsicles as he dismantled oriole line ups i made a sign once at memorial stadium yankees beware here comes paul blair my grandmother invented that line i went to see many oriole vs yankee contests when i lived in manhattan during 14 losing seasons i watched almost all of those games as we found new ways to lose it s almost september and a winning season is within our grasp and so is a pennant posted by deanboyhoo at 5 30 am 0 comments sunday june 10 2012 o s awaiting reinforcements beat phils with walk off running on fumes and staying within striking distance of first place the orioles have gotten by with a masterful juggling of aaa talent and a refusal to collapse that exemplifies the personality of their manager buck showalter a number of possibilities wait in the wings like the grizzled veterans emerging from the cornfields in the movie field of dreams the 49 year old jamie moyer miguel tejada chris tillman and brian roberts could be in uniform for the orioles in the next three weeks nick markakis will return soon from a broken bone in his hand and brian roberts will play on tuesday night against the pirates nolan reimold and zach britton are also on the road to recovery the orioles beat the red sox twice in three games at fenway last week and have split the first of two against the phillies in dramatic fashion with an adam jones walk off home run yesterday a team that strikes out a lot and makes more than its share of errors is somehow holding its own starting pitching has been inconsistent of late with another arrieta meltdown leading to a phillies win on friday jake s issues appear to be mental with a lot of fidgeting and nervousness on the mound as he faces hitters chen and hammel have delivered but they have also had bad outings of late guys like miguel gonzalez steve pearce steve tolleson ryan flaherty xavier avery and bill hall have made contributions i saw my first baltimore oriole today perched on a telephone wire at the intersection of lake and charles my daughter sighted the bird from the back seat it turned out to be a good omen posted by deanboyhoo at 6 17 am 0 comments sunday june 03 2012 losing streak ends at 6 o s best rays 2 1 after a weak of losses some short term bad and long term good news the orioles finally won a game yesterday 2 1 it was their 30th win of the season which took six games to realize nick markakis injured his wrist this week starting pitching collapsed and suddenly the orioles looked like the teams that have strung together 14 losing seasons the good news outweighed the bad adam jones signed a new long term deal brian roberts appears closer to making it back to baseball zach britton and nolan reimold could also be ready soon nick s wrist could have been much worse they had no business winning yesterday endy chavez hit a home run after weeks of waving a feather bat an error by the rays led to another run and strop got out of the eighth with a big time double play brian matusz is beginning to make a case for himself as an ace of the pitching staff the schedule has shown us no mercy we ve played a lot of games against tampa bay boston and toronto to make room for inter league play eventually the other teams are going to decode pitching sequences exploit weaknesses and take their share of the games the al east stalwarts will do everything they can to keep the o s in the cellar the fact is that we have been winning with unheralded young talent and appear on paper with much less firepower than the arsenals of our detestable foes our line up is makeshift at best and without markakis pitchers don t have to work as hard to get us out on any given day we have three or four hitters in the line up who would be better served in the tidewater area getting their hacks in adam jones has been spectacular but he s not a prototypical clean up hitter we do have buck showalter and he might be the greatest asset we ve got because he knows how to win posted by deanboyhoo at 6 14 am 0 comments saturday may 26 2012 orioles beat royals section 96 row 12 seat 14 we re entering the part of the season when i could spend every night on eutaw street last night was no exception as i sat in right center at the still point of the camden yards universe and watched the orioles solve bruce chen en route to a 8 2 win it was a great vantage point that allowed me to watch seeing eye singles and doubles in the gap coming toward me this past week the birds dropped two of three to the red sox but there were more important developments than wins and losses brian roberts began his rehab assignment in bowie and with the week coming to a close various sources reported that adam jones had received a new contract wednesday s finale against the bosox the end of a 20 games in 20 days stretch featured luis exposito 059 ryan flaherty 206 and nick johnson 206 in the starting line up johnson hit two home runs last night jason hammel pitched very well for six innings and the orioles unlocked the secrets of bruce chen s wizardry in the 5th putting up five runs to lead 6 0 in the inning something happened i ve never seen before avery and andino were both caught in run downs and both somehow avoided the tag at second markakis doubled to the wall and jones singled him in nick is swinging a hot and patient bat right now in the bleachers fans heckled royal right fielder jeff francoeur throughout the whole game frenchy as he is called responded with a two run homer it was a raucous orange clad crowd that filled most of the stadium but not the mezzanine it s memorial day weekend and we are in first place 11 000 walk ups attended last night s contest get out to camden yards there is no better place to see the game being played posted by deanboyhoo at 9 22 am 0 comments about me name deanboyhoo location baltimore maryland united states i am a published poet and freelance writer my book of poetry american boy was published in 2000 i am also a lifelong baltimore orioles fan view my complete profile links google news web design art services acs publications previous posts orioles beat yankees again lose markakis orioles blast yankees 10 6 buck s guys surfer boog and mclouth tied wit orioles vs yankees rivalry returns o s awaiting reinforcements beat phils with walk off losing streak ends at 6 o s best rays 2 1 orioles beat royals section 96 row 12 seat 14 two game losing streak orioles drop nats again 6 4 orioles edge nats 2 1 archives june 2006 july 2006 august 2006 september 2006 november 2006 december 2006 january 2007 march 2007 april 2007 may 2007 june 2007 july 2007 august 2007 september 2007 october 2007 december 2007 january 2008 february 2008 march 2008 april 2008 may 2008 june 2008 july 2008 august 2008 september 2008 december 2008 september 2009 october 2009 april 2010 may 2010 june 2010 july 2010 july 2011 april 2012 may 2012 june 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