Posts tagged ‘Baltimore Orioles’

I must have broke my funny bone during the celebration yesterday afternoon, cause I am as stiff as George Sherril’s brim. I have been sitting here staring at the text all day, trying to come up with something remotely original or interesting to say about the Belliard walk-off.

I thought about going back to the chewing topic, but did not have enough visual ammo. We know he was chewing something, evidenced by his defiant post swing spit towards the mound. What was it?

Should I dissect the series win with the Birds? The record crowds? Obviously, the masses feel the answer to our poll question [Would you rather watch the Battle of the Beltway at Camden or Nationals Park] is option D.C.

Should I talk about the pitching performances of the two starters: Jason Bergmann and Jeremy Guthrie? Pretty stellar outings, 7IPs and 1 ER a piece.

Should I comment on the celebration mosh pit? Dukes gives a huge chest bump. If this team keeps winning in this fashion (of 18 home wins, 8 are walk-offs), someone will be going to the DL courtesy of the middle linebacker Elijah. Acta hugs Meat Hook, then subsequently gets creamed by a Belliard double stiff arm.

Should I talk about the tailgate scene at RFK? The place was packed, the sun was hot, the beer was cold, and the D.C. United fans were psyched out of their minds. I was working on my Knuckleball on the shores of Kingman Lake. Does any of this have any value?

Then I realized, while going over my notes from the day, that this is how the day was. Random. You can’t try to explain, organize, or add humor to Random. I read something in an economics course book 9 years ago that I still remember: “Creativity is the ability to introduce Order into the Randomness of Nature.”

As Dewey would say: “Ahhh, I’ve got nothing else. Jeebus.”

Nature 1, The Raph 0

So Garrett Mock’s second career start was what one would expect. At least I would. 6 IPs, 8 hits, 4 ERs, 8 Ks, 1 BB. That is not a bad day by any means for a rookie, especially going up against the Rangers offense. I think nice things are coming for the other pitcher the Nats received from Arizona for the 58 mph Curveball Tosser.

The bullpen? Ouch. Mop-up work continues for Everyday Colome and the May callups. Absolutely nothing to write about and I refuse to dwell on the negatives of a bad team. 

What is MLB trying to pull anyways? Did they think it was cute to have the new Washington franchise play the other Washington franchises in interleague play? Were they hoping for the oldtimers happy thoughts of teams that bolted the city? I am not a native D.C. resident, but I have been privy to the Baltimore - D.C. rivalry, and a lot of the resentment coming out of the southern Beltway resides with the fact that they did not have a team for 30 odd years, forcing locals to adopt the O’s as their team. (Well, that and the fact that Angelos belongs in a Glad Forceflex 39 Gallon Drawstring) Now there is a team, so everyone can discard the O’s, resent the O’s, and then use that as a “BATTLE OF THE BELTWAY!!!!!!!!!! ARGGHHHH” promotion. So why would they want to embrace the Senators Vol. 2 in Washington? Nothing about this town makes sense. Nothing about what I write makes sense. 

UPDATE (5:18P.M.): The Nats optioned both Mock and Sanches back to Triple-A. So much for that experiment. Odalis Perez must be on the way back. Where’s Schroder? Why is he not on this team? Call him up, Jimbo.