BtB Chat Highlights

by R.J. Anderson on Mar 19, 2009 3:04 PM EDT

[Comment From Daveh.]
on a scale of 1-10, how frightened are other teams of the Longoria-Upton bash bros. extravaganza that occurred last fall? And do you think it was flukish? Or is this something that will be happening again, and again?

Heath(Dempsey\'s Army): Scared? Nobody is scared of a career .426 slugger.

R.J. Anderson: If you aren't scared of B.J. Upton then you simply aren't doing it right.

Heath(Dempsey\'s Army): I'll be scared of Upton when he regularly slugs .500, thanks.

[Comment From uptonstornlabrum]
try typing in your mothers basement with this...

R.J. Anderson: Please, I have many pieces of Upton's body in my basement.

Sky Kalkman: And, to end it all, how about one bold prediction about the 2009 season. We won't hold anyone accountable for it and I'll put through intelligent ones from readers.

R.J. Anderson: These four won't be rooting for a first place team at the end of the year.

You can read the rest of the transcript here.

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I had several more questions lined up as Bossman's brkfst burrito

unfortunately the chat ended right after i submitted a couple

by daveh33 on Mar 19, 2009 4:16 PM EDT reply actions

I checked out Dempsey's Army

and the first thing I read was this.

Ugh.

King of the bling come to lay down the evidence//Not George Bush, L-Millz be da president

by Sam Page on Mar 19, 2009 8:26 PM EDT reply actions

I like how he just plain forgot about Carlos Pena when talking about the offense.

Pena, Upton, Burrell, Longoria….any and all of these guys could put up a .900OPS season, the offense was unlucky last year with RISP, PECOTA has us slightly out-performing the Yankee’s offensively.

Guy is saying we’re going to “regress” defensively, I though one of the beauties about defense is the with the same set of players, it wont vary much for year to year compared to hitting or pitching.

“Pitching and Defense” didn’t “mask” our offense, but it did help put a muzzle on our opponents offense.

Oh yeah, our pitching staff is pretty good too.

by twenty5psi on Mar 19, 2009 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions

Just to put this in context...

…I’ll give you the thrust of this series of posts when I began them…

To combat some of the terminal moping in Baltimore after 11 straight losing seasons, I have endeavored to inject a little bravado, a little hope for Oriole fans the past two seasons and I see no reason to stop now.

So, take this all with a grain of salt. But I’m not just making it up either. Going from worst to first in AL DER is something that may not be sustainable, for example.

And just because Pena COULD OPS .900 doesn’t mean he will. He’s only done it once in his career. Which season is the outlier? Melvin Mora could OPS .825 again in 2009. Do I think that’s likely? No.

Again, I may be wrong but I’m not pulling it out of my butt either. Nor am I angry although 11 straight losing seasons may have made me surly…;-)

by DempseysArmy on Mar 20, 2009 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions

It's understandable.

People would have mocked a similar post here last year (and the year before that and the year before that).

I have a soft spot in my heart for the O’s (grew up cheering for them and the Bravos until we got the Rays), and I actually like the direction the team is going in for the first time in years.

by rglass44 on Mar 20, 2009 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions

I have a whole season to be rational...

…and witness the carnage. I give myself one series to be wildly optimistic.

i started the series three seasons ago in response to the crushing pessimism amongst Oriole fans…hey, we have to root for something, right?

by DempseysArmy on Mar 20, 2009 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions

For the most part I don't even notice pessimism

just a lot of apathy

Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it's business or baseball, or the theater, or any field. If you don't love what you're doing and you can't give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short. You'll be an old man before you know it.

-Al Lopez

by Sandy Kazmir on Mar 20, 2009 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions

I notice a lot.

Granted I have friends/family members that are now Nats fans thanks to Angelos, and the Baltimorons I know that stuck with them are either pessimistic or mildly optomistic depending on how knowledgeable they are about the young up-and-comers.

by rglass44 on Mar 20, 2009 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Your in a similar situation to where we were a few years ago.

Young, bright spots and a seemingly smart front office doing things the right way. Take pleasure in the personal success of the youngsters and enjoy my favorite park in baseball.

by rglass44 on Mar 20, 2009 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions

ehhh your vs. you're...

Will someone learn me the difference.

by rglass44 on Mar 20, 2009 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Pena has OPS's 1.037 and .871(.978 2nd half after his injury/slump marred 1st half) in his two seasons there.

If Pena is healthy over the course of a season, I see no reason why he couldn’t turn in a .900OPS season.

I understand what it can be like to be a fan of a “rebuilding” team. You guys have Matt Weiters, so it can’t be TOO bad.

by twenty5psi on Mar 20, 2009 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions

Ugh is right.

Meh. he’s just trying to justify “Hope springs eternal.”

by rglass44 on Mar 20, 2009 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions

Dempsey seemed angry in this chat

How do you not include the prediction of Sabathia and Percy quitting baseball to join pro-eating, at least I got one of my comments in here (moms basement). Also RJ you lost the battle of waiting until the other teams’ bloggers submitted the win totals for their teams to submit your own battle… funny how it went 94-95-96 (Rays-Blanks-Sux)

Kaz/Shields/Garza/Sonny/Price/Davis/Hellickson-necessitate a drool cup or a 7 man rotation

by CubFanRaysaddict on Mar 19, 2009 11:41 PM EDT reply actions