Around the Orioles Blogosphere:5/13/09

Right Off Russell scores an interview with Bowie Baysox 1B Brandon Snyder...with video! Cool stuff.

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Weaver's Tantrum thinks last night's game brings up more questions than it answers.

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The Wayward Oriole highlights why Wikipedia entries should be taken with a grain of salt.

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Orioles Card "O" The Day highlights Brooks Robinson and wishes him well after his recent illness.

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Oriole Post recaps last night's game and contemplates the budding stardom of Adam Jones.

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The Loss Column covers many topics and comments on the SI article that names Peter Angelos the worst owner in sports:

Yeah, I saw the SI article that named Peter Angelos the “worst” owner in baseball. More of the usual useless nonsense from a national writer who doesn’t get it. Not that I’m defending Angelos, who has made his share of missteps, but the main reaction I had was to think about all of the Orioles “fans” who were actually happy to see it. The ones who are sad and empty.

Boy, he's right about that. I think there are some Oriole fans who won't know what to do with themselves if the franchise starts to win again and Angelos is still at the helm...

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Ben recaps a few things and makes a good observation on Baltimore's trouble on the basepaths:

The Orioles are a trainwreck on the basepaths. Juan Samuel waved Lou Montanez home. Tampa Outfielder Gabe Kapler already had the ball before Lou got to third. Lou was dead in the water half way to home. Same inning, Brian Roberts hits a bloop single to the outfielder and Cesar Izturis was tagged out at second. The O's, who have are always seemingly inept on the bathpaths, are giving away outs on the bases this season.

I have long thought that Samuel is still secretly bitter about Baltimore denying him and the Phillies the 1983 World Series victory because every now and then...he send a guy home to get cut down like so much grass before a John Deere riding mower. I understand being aggressive but wasn't one of Earl Weaver's wisest tenets that the 27 outs you have at the beginning of the game are your most precious assets? Maybe the team shouldn't be so careless with them...

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Jay Trucker names Nick Markakis MVP for the first week of May and features a cool pic of Nick as an Ironbird.