This year, the Orioles traded away their ace pitcher Erik Bedard. Bedard was the one bright spot in the rotation over the past few years. It seems as if we have one of the biggest joke rotations around. I mean, we have Cabrera who is exactly like Rick Vaughn, or Wild Thing, from Major League. I mean Cabrera even has the glasses so that he can see the batter, and not bean him with a 100+ mph fastball.
I just don't get the policies of the Orioles. We're in a division with the Yankees and Red Sox. I don't expect them to outspend those clubs, but you have to compete. Orioles management wonders why attendance is waning over the past years, yet they do nothing to field a competitive team. The Orioles can hit. They can score runs on many a night. However, they can't win those close 2-1 games. They always seem to fall on the short end of those games. And that is because of poor pitching.
The third highest paid Oriole, Danys Baez, is paid $5.66 million a year, and had an ERA over 6 last year. He was awful. I remember going to games and seeing him come and thinking "well, we're gonna loose this game", and that usually happened. It just sucks.
Don't get me wrong. I'm still an O's fan. Avid. I'll be going to my fare share of games, and feel free to join me for those Friday night games. But I'm headed into this season with low expectations. I'll be rooting for my favorites, Roberts, Markakis, and a dark horse shortstop Fahey. As for this picture, its Bedard, who is now a Seattle Mariner, and doing nothing to help the Orioles win. Enjoy!
2 comments:
Bedard couldn't have helped the O's win that much this year anyway. His contribution may have netted 7 extra wins. All in all that wouldn't have mattered. I'm glad they traded him. While a strike machine, he never really put up many wins, and I always felt he was a sissy for the way he didn't want to compete. (Never pitching more than 7 innings.) I'm not saying he's not a good pitcher, and certainly was the best we had, but I think the timing of the trade was right.
--Ben
As a former season ticket holder, I share your pain. I'll be following the Orioles and going to games if I have a chance. I'll be watching the Nat's too, just because I know that would really irk Angelos.
I disagree with Ben, trading Bedard shows the Orioles are going to perpetually rebuild for years to come, while NY and Boston win championships.
Great drumming this morning, the band sounded great!
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