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Gameday Thread: RODRIGO RETURNS.

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Game Time: 7:05 | TV: MASN, FSN (COL) | Radio: WHFS
Rowdy Roddy Lopez, RH Jeremy Guthrie, RH (2-0, 2.96) (3-1, 2.76) W. Taverez - CF B. Roberts - 2B K. Matsui - 2B N. Markakis - RF M. Holliday - DH M. Tejada - SS T. Helton - 1B A. Huff - 1B G. Atkins - 3B J. Payton - LF B. Hawpe - RF J. Gibbons - DH T. Tulowitzki - SS M. Mora - 3B R. Spillborghs - LF C. Patterson - CF C. Ianetta - C P. Bako - C

Scott, I wasn't sure if you were gonna do this one - delete this if you like.

Here it is, the moment we've all been waiting for: The Triumphant Return of Our Conquering Hero...Rodrigo Lopez. This isn't about baseball! It's about Rodrigo LOPEZ!

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excellent.
I was looking for that one.

by 2632 on Jun 9, 2007 6:39 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

You only had to look at my info page here
Tis where I store all pictures I enjoy and may wish to one day use as a sig.

Also, I predict that Rodrigo swoops into Baltimore, shuts the Orioles down, gives the press a few excellent quotes, and just as quickly disappears from our lives forever.

by Stacey on Jun 9, 2007 6:44 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

RODRIGO
I sold Rodrigo Lopez a pair of headphones once.  He was shopping with little Rodrigo and wandered into my life.  I convinced him to buy a pair of too-expensive Sony earbuds.  I recognized him immediately but didn't let on that I was a little starstruck, but asked for his autograph when the transaction was complete.  He sort of smiled a shy smile that immediately endeared me to him, signed my business card, shook my hand (he offered his PITCHING hand to me, unsolicited) and left.

This was, of course, about the time that he started sucking, early in the 2005 season.  My friends all blame me for ruining his career - I somehow sucked all of the talent from his arm just by shaking his hand.  It is my fault that the Orioles ultimately tanked in '05.

I dismissed their accusations as voodoo and superstition.  Until this season.  In late March, I am ashamed to say that I sold Danys Baez a broadband card for his notebook computer.  I didn't recognize him until he handed me his credit card (which was declined, and he had to use a second one - I found this quietly humorous, considering the contract he had just signed).  I was once again a little starstruck, but decided not to ask him for an autograph.  I set him up with everything he needed and he EXTENDED HIS PITCHING HAND TO ME, once again UNSOLICITED.  We shook and he left.

And now he sucks, and I really do think it is my fault.

by PhilR8 on Jun 9, 2007 6:39 PM EDT   0 recs

um
am i supposed to believe you?
The amazin' Kakes

by westcoastOfan on Jun 9, 2007 7:00 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

It really is the truth
I work at your friendly neighborhood radioshack part-time in a big mall here.  I see famous people from time to time, and sometimes I even take their money in exchange for goods and/or services.

by PhilR8 on Jun 9, 2007 7:35 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

re:
We need to get the visitng teams to come visit you on trips to Balitmore.
CAN ANGELOS!

by drj on Jun 9, 2007 7:32 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

The meeting-famous-person thing:
A few years ago, when I was teaching in Petersburg, I was walking down the hallway outside my fitness club when I noticed a guy heading in my direction who looked like a too-tall version of "the Russian Michael Jackson," Filip Kirkorov. He stopped to look at some jewelry in a display case (the club is in fancy hotel with various expensive shops), and it dawned on me that this was Kirkorov-- having only seen him on TV, I just didn't realize how tall he was.

Anyway, I'm not a Fil fan (any more than a Michael Jackson fan), so I went on my way. Telling my students this story later in Moscow, however, got this reaction: "And you didn't kill him?!? You could've saved us all years of musical agony and you just let him go?!?"

They were kidding...mostly. But I did have my Swiss Army knife in my backpack.

Anyway, Phil: If Petey or Pretend Commissioner Bud come into the store, You're The Guy, okay? We're counting on you, buddy...  

Root-a-toot tootin' Vladimir Putin Ain't-a got nootin' On Sammy the P.

by Titov on Jun 10, 2007 1:06 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm on it, coach.
I'll keep an eye out for any Oriole higher-ups.  I actually helped an Orioles scout once, too.  I noticed he had some sort of MLB id in his wallet when he took out his credit card and asked him about it, and he said he worked "in town".  The credit card was one of those team-themed cards, and his had the Yankees logo on it.  I was a little disappointed to see that.  I didn't touch him though!

And if I see any Russians wearing a single white glove, maybe I'll skip the handshake and go straight for the trachea.  

by PhilR8 on Jun 10, 2007 11:34 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

re:
Make sure that Russian id doesn't say Andrei Lugovoi or have any other KGB logo. From what I could see, polonium 210 induces a pretty unpleasant death.
CAN ANGELOS!

by drj on Jun 10, 2007 12:50 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm going to decline lunch at the Kremlin...
...if I get invited. Word on the street is the specialite de la maison there is Borshch a la Polonie Deux Cent Dix.

[In fairness to Fil Kirkorov, btw, I happened to see a Russian MTV segment on his back-up singers (the Fillets or Filettes or something) a while after "meeting" him in the hotel corridor, and Fil made a brief appearance in it. What surprised me was that he came off as pretty UN-Michael Jackson ("Look, I just do this show-biz routine every night to make a living, OK-- I'm not a great musical talent, but people don't get cheated, it's a good spectacle. And the Filettes are a big part of the reason.") It was pretty disarming.

So I was sort of glad, actually, that I didn't fillet him with the ol' Swiss Army knife after all.

Root-a-toot tootin' Vladimir Putin Ain't-a got nootin' On Sammy the P.

by Titov on Jun 10, 2007 1:16 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

one better
flying back from vegas to dc last october, with a layover in hotlanta.  and who should i see in the airport?  everyone's favorite analyst, john kruk!

krukie is waiting for his flight, and in line at burger king.  his family is sitting to the side.

so, i'm looking at this massive, MAMMOTH of a man, when someone behind me says, "hey, that's john kruk!" in a voice that would wake the dead.  he turned, and looked at me, nodded, and then kept looking at me, as if awaiting a response.

two thoughts came into my mind instantly.  the first, which i did not say, was, "hey, how's your ball?"

the second i did say, not even thinking, really.  he was clearly buying food for him and his family, and so what popped out of my mouth was, "wow, mr. kruk, do you always eat that much?"

yeah...good times.

Pitch fast, throw strikes, change speeds. -Ray Miller

by madhatternalice on Jun 11, 2007 2:24 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Guthrie Blanks Rocks
"So it shall be written, so it shall be done!"

by RobG on Jun 9, 2007 6:46 PM EDT   0 recs

You are too awesome for words
with your Photoshopping skillz...

by duck on Jun 9, 2007 7:34 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

What a grea photograph
When was this taken?  At some sort of Orioles function?  

by PhilR8 on Jun 9, 2007 7:47 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Rolo is going down!
Death to Rodirigo
The amazin' Kakes

by westcoastOfan on Jun 9, 2007 6:55 PM EDT   0 recs

remember this?

I do
lets make him do that today!

The amazin' Kakes

by westcoastOfan on Jun 9, 2007 6:59 PM EDT   0 recs

lopez
is funny
The amazin' Kakes

by westcoastOfan on Jun 9, 2007 7:31 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

i feel bad
for ro lo

now score fifty runs!

by thewaywardO on Jun 9, 2007 7:26 PM EDT   0 recs

THIS is the roddy i remember.
And the Jay Gibbons I remember, unfortunately.

by 2632 on Jun 9, 2007 7:26 PM EDT   0 recs

Gibbons at DH
I hope he got the memo that the punk'd stunt is over.
CAN ANGELOS!

by drj on Jun 9, 2007 7:27 PM EDT   0 recs

patterson and gibbons in the same lineup
It just doesn't seem right.

by Stacey on Jun 9, 2007 7:28 PM EDT   0 recs

Sam is a genius
If they have a shot at breaking out of their miserable slumps, it will be against Roddy in the Yard.
CAN ANGELOS!

by drj on Jun 9, 2007 7:30 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

well
with that it is now a
The amazin' Kakes

by westcoastOfan on Jun 9, 2007 7:33 PM EDT   0 recs

bottom of the O's order
.214, .247, .214, .224

Roddy should do ok now.

CAN ANGELOS!

by drj on Jun 9, 2007 7:36 PM EDT   0 recs

MUCH BETTER!
I like 1-2-3 innings when the guys with Orioles on his jersey throws them, not the one that used to have Orioles across his jersey.

by duck on Jun 9, 2007 7:45 PM EDT   0 recs

I just realized
our last four batters in our lineup don't break .250. Any of them. And three if them aren't batting .225 - that's just bad. Remind me again why Chris Gomez isn't in this lineup a little more often?

by duck on Jun 9, 2007 7:47 PM EDT   0 recs

Thank you, Joe Angel
Fred (Cap't Obvious) Manfra: That should have been the last out!

Joe Angel: And Tejada should be standing on second base.

Thank you, Joe.

by duck on Jun 9, 2007 7:52 PM EDT   0 recs

yeah, nothing like hustling.
Duck, you could use these clips to teach your daughter how not to play.
CAN ANGELOS!

by drj on Jun 9, 2007 7:58 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

One we do
on my kids softball team is run the bases aggressively.

by duck on Jun 9, 2007 8:01 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

o
god how dempsey blabbers
The amazin' Kakes

by westcoastOfan on Jun 9, 2007 8:05 PM EDT   0 recs

Did Jim Hunter
seriously just say "congratulations" to the woman going off to the middle east with the army? Is that what you're supposed to say?

by Stacey on Jun 9, 2007 8:11 PM EDT   0 recs

I suppose it's better than...
"Hope you don't get shot."

by duck on Jun 9, 2007 8:29 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

zzzzzz
The O's are in that part of the game where they stop scoring runs. Specifically, the 3rd through 9th innings.

Sorry Guthrie, try to hang in there.

CAN ANGELOS!

by drj on Jun 9, 2007 8:27 PM EDT   0 recs

They love exploding in the first two innings
And then never scoring again. They are the most predictable team in baseball.  Good pitching, terrible bullpen, bad offense (except in first two innings) every damn night.

by Baltimo on Jun 9, 2007 8:39 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Guthrie has to go the bench and scream
Come on you @*&^%$!ers, get a couple runs.

Then he'll realize Patterson and Bako lead it all off and sink into despair.

Lord this lineup sucks.

CAN ANGELOS!

by drj on Jun 9, 2007 8:51 PM EDT   0 recs

Oh my god!!!
Ro-Lo's sweep-pitch-scoop to first to get Scorey was the coolest defensive play ever, even if he is a bastard.

by punkrawka on Jun 9, 2007 8:55 PM EDT   0 recs

Guthrie's gotta pitch a no-no to get a fuckin win
Jesus.  Give the man some run support.

by PhilR8 on Jun 9, 2007 9:07 PM EDT   0 recs

So Guthrie to get teh shaft again
He's on track to go 8.0 IP, 6 hits, 2 ER and not get a win AGAIN. Unless, by divine intervention, the O's score a run in the bottom of the 8th. Yeah, I'm holding my breath for THAT to happen.

by duck on Jun 9, 2007 9:08 PM EDT   0 recs

It's too bad
you don't have one team for offense and one team for defense. Then Corey could have a very lucrative career.

by Stacey on Jun 9, 2007 9:09 PM EDT   0 recs

Designated Fielder
would be the perfect position for him.

by duck on Jun 9, 2007 9:09 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Gamdeday show a red dot past the wall
and the notation - fly ball. Damn, how good was the catch by Corey?

by duck on Jun 9, 2007 9:09 PM EDT   0 recs

pretty good
I don't believe it would have been a HR, but it was in the gap and kept sailing away from him so he had to leap to get it.

by Stacey on Jun 9, 2007 9:10 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

And thats
Why Patterson is in the lineup, Jay Payton or Chris Gomez or whoever you wanna plug in probably wouldn't have made that play.  And looks like Sammy is finally realizing to let his pitchers pitch....what a genius.

by Baltimo on Jun 9, 2007 9:10 PM EDT   0 recs

What the hell
does Guthrie have to do to get a win on this team? Guys, c'mon!

by duck on Jun 9, 2007 9:14 PM EDT   0 recs

It's June 9
and the last time Guthrie lost was April 24. Damn.

by duck on Jun 9, 2007 9:14 PM EDT   0 recs

So long Evil Rodrigo, farewell
You've done well during your return to Baltimore.  I hear you, laughing your evil, vindictive laugh as you walk back to the dugout after a fine pitching performance.  Laughing at Baltimore....

by PhilR8 on Jun 9, 2007 9:16 PM EDT   0 recs

Stickball
It's like our batters are swinging with broomsticks!

by RobG on Jun 9, 2007 9:18 PM EDT   0 recs

Gibbons
I am prepared to put my hatred on hold for 24 entire hours should Gibby come up and end this game with one swing.

Of course, that's what he'll TRY to do and he'll just pop up to 2nd.

by Stacey on Jun 9, 2007 9:28 PM EDT   0 recs

Close....
ground out to second.

by duck on Jun 9, 2007 9:30 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Just curious
But do we have any pitchers in our pen other than Bradford and Walker?  I mean, I realize that most of the others have sucked, but we aren't really planning on going with these two every friggin game; are we?  Where is Williamson, he's healthy finally, isn't he?  I can't believe I'm saying this, but what about Todd?  Or even Parrish?  
"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle

by BirdFanInPhilly on Jun 9, 2007 9:29 PM EDT   0 recs

Parrish blows
How about the elusive Williamson? Is he even on the team?

by Stacey on Jun 9, 2007 9:30 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

RE:
Yeah, he may blow, but we signed both Walker and Bradford for 3 years, we got to go to someone else at least sometimes.
"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle

by BirdFanInPhilly on Jun 9, 2007 9:31 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

bp
Sammy doens't trust anybody else in tight games.  Can't say I blame him although I think the Todd has looked sharp lately.  

by birdman on Jun 9, 2007 9:34 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I guess he doesn't trust Millar either
Why did he not pinch hit for Gibbons? I'll take him over Gibbons as my DH.
CAN ANGELOS!

by drj on Jun 9, 2007 9:35 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

re:
As bad as Bako has looked, I think I'd rather have him than Castillo in there. And I'd certainly rather see Millar over Gibbons.
CAN ANGELOS!

by drj on Jun 9, 2007 9:41 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I don't disagree
Just trying to get in Sam's head. Not that it's any fun.

by Stacey on Jun 9, 2007 9:43 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

anyhow
Millar better pull thru now
CAN ANGELOS!

by drj on Jun 9, 2007 9:45 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Guthrie up to date stats
IP   H  BB  HR SO  WHIP  BAA  ERA
65.2 51 11  4  42  0.94 .217  2.74

Those are stats worth tuning in for. You have to love this guy. Somebody tell the shitty bats that. They've managed to get him a whole 3 wins. They're the reason I HATE to tune in. Well, them and the bullpen.

CAN ANGELOS!

by drj on Jun 9, 2007 9:30 PM EDT   0 recs

well
Those stats are close. ESPN just gave a different  set on a refresh that lowered the inning count. Not sure what's up there.
CAN ANGELOS!

by drj on Jun 9, 2007 9:32 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Todd! Todd, Todd, Todd!
Todd's the man...

by Stacey on Jun 9, 2007 9:35 PM EDT   0 recs

who gave up the winning run.
There. Finished that thought for you.

by duck on Jun 9, 2007 9:44 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Son of a....
why do I bother?

by duck on Jun 9, 2007 9:41 PM EDT   0 recs

good question duck
When you have an answer please post. I'm down to only watching Guthrie starts. I haven't found much of a reason to otherwise just look at boxscores and glance at game thread blogs. Let someone else to the real time suffering.
CAN ANGELOS!

by drj on Jun 9, 2007 9:59 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

ugh
well shit. At least Brian and Nicky are coming up in the 9th. And I assume Millar will pinch for Bako.

by Stacey on Jun 9, 2007 9:42 PM EDT   0 recs

You are again applying logic
to a situation in which Brain Surgeon Sam is still the manager. What time do the Dodgers play tomorrow?

by duck on Jun 9, 2007 9:43 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Serisouly
Something has to change, the fucking bullpen is terrible.  Bring up minor leaguers anything is better than this horrendus ass goon squad.

by Baltimo on Jun 9, 2007 9:43 PM EDT   0 recs

well
The Todd gave up a run, but if the offense wasn't so pathetic it would probably be a moot point.

by Stacey on Jun 9, 2007 9:44 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

If we get
Leadoff runner on, this could be interesting.  But it won't happen, if the Orioles would have tied it, who would have caught by the way.

by Baltimo on Jun 9, 2007 9:44 PM EDT   0 recs