Baltimore Orioles Soundoff

Miguel Tejada said it best when he said sometimes the Orioles need a wake-up call from their manager to get their heads in the right place and to get them to play hard.

Do you wanna call bullshit, or should I?

Is it just me or should the Orioles have plenty of reasons to be motivated and want to play hard already?

How about nine losing seasons in a row. How about playing for a new manager. How about a young and imposing pitching staff.

I don't think the Orioles should need any pep talks to play hard.

I am getting sick of Miguel Tejada. All of a sudden he is having problems going to his left? Are you kidding? All of a sudden he has stopped hitting for power and isn't driving in runs? What happened to him?

Why are the Orioles not playing hard all the time? Brian Roberts does. Melvin Mora does. Looks like Nick Markakis will. What about the rest of the team?

The pitchers let bad fielding bother them into leaving balls to be crushed by waiting hitters, the fielders don't back up their pitching by making bonehead plays in the field.

I am getting sick of hearing about effort. Play hard all the time or don't play at all.