Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Miguel Tejada's Big Day
For those of you who don't know already, that title is sarcasm.
Miguel Tejada had the sort of day that makes me want to vomit. He went 0-3. All three times up there were runners in scoring position. In the first inning he hit into a double play and followed that up with strike outs the next two plate appearances.
So that is three times up and four outs he created.
He is a dead weight in the middle of the order. Why is he playing so badly?
It just seems like there is something going on inside his head that deals with something much larger than baseball. Tejada has spent his career being so solid and unflappable, however, since the all-star break last season he has been anything but solid. He has been downright weak.
For the O's to have any shot at competing in the AL East he must be the Tejada of old, but after a full spring and a stint at the World Baseball Classic it just doesn't look like vintage Tejada will be available.
Sam Perlozzo better figure something out very quickly or his star may suffer the worst season of his career leaving the Orioles with possibly their worst (could it get any worse?) season yet.
Miguel Tejada had the sort of day that makes me want to vomit. He went 0-3. All three times up there were runners in scoring position. In the first inning he hit into a double play and followed that up with strike outs the next two plate appearances.
So that is three times up and four outs he created.
He is a dead weight in the middle of the order. Why is he playing so badly?
It just seems like there is something going on inside his head that deals with something much larger than baseball. Tejada has spent his career being so solid and unflappable, however, since the all-star break last season he has been anything but solid. He has been downright weak.
For the O's to have any shot at competing in the AL East he must be the Tejada of old, but after a full spring and a stint at the World Baseball Classic it just doesn't look like vintage Tejada will be available.
Sam Perlozzo better figure something out very quickly or his star may suffer the worst season of his career leaving the Orioles with possibly their worst (could it get any worse?) season yet.
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Effort
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.
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.
