Baltimore Orioles Soundoff

Well, all good things must come to an end.

But, are you kidding me? I was reading the Baltimore Sun Sports section today and as I glanced over their "Who's Hot and Who's Not" article I found they listed Nick Markakis as Not.

The young slugger who, before yesterday's 10-6 loss to the Red Sox, had reached base in 10 out of 11 at-bats, went 0-3 in the game.

He went 0-3 in a single game and the Sun says he isn't hot. Well, now he has reached base in 10 out of his last 14 at-bats.

(The sound of me getting out my calculator)

That would make Mr. Markakis' new on-base percentage an abysmal .710. Ouch.

In contrast, someone who is Hot, Kevin Millar (and don't get me wrong he is doing very well) is only sporting a batting average of around .340. Markakis, after his doughnut, is batting a frail .600.

So, the kid is obviously human, maybe he isn't a Greek God afterall. But, hey, didn't some of the Gods eat their own children and kill their parents?

I don't know where I was going with that but bottom line, Nick Markakis isn't worried about his 0-3 performance just yet.


Orioles in the WBC




Erik Bedard, Canada: Bedard pitched extremely well in the opening round matchup with South Africa. Bedard went four innings, only giving up two hits and striking out six South African hitters. That is pretty impressive, even if it was against arguably the worst team in the tournament.






Miguel Tejada, Dominican Republic: Republica de Dominicana domini-dominiated Johan Santana and Team Venezuela with David Ortiz leading the way with two home runs. Miguel Tejada, however, did not dominate. His line: 1-6, 3 K's. Didn't Tejada used to never strike out? Miggy, please put up a better showing next game, you are making Orioles fans everywhere a little nervous.








Rodrigo Lopez, Mexico: Mexico lost in a close, hard fought battle with the United States, 2-0. Lopez, Mexico's starting pitcher did excellent for having to face a lineup that reads like the ultimate All-Star team. Rodrigo went four innings and only gave up three hits, one of which being a home run to Derrek Lee.