"Hoping to ignite a spark"

Orioles president, Andy MacPhail explaining decision to fire Dave Trembley and install Juan Samuel as manager.

Patriots: 11
Ravens: 0

They did stop that two point conversion though.

Get this (bleeper) out!

Jeff Zrebiec of the Baltimore Sun reports that many thought it was surprising that Orioles manager Dave Trembley left left-handed specialist pitcher Will Ohman in the game with two outs in the ninth inning with a man on and a right-handed hitter (Adrian Beltre) at the plate in a tie game.

With right-hander, Matt Albers ready in the bullpen, Trembley walked to the mound and instead of yanking Ohman he simply said, "Get this son of a b!@&h out." He then walked back to the dugout.

Ohman then did just that.

Not exactly very "touchy feely" but so what?

Why beat around the bush?

Tell him what you want.

It sounds like clear instructions to me.

It certainly eliminates any misunderstandings.

It worked didn't it?

Brian Roberts knows exactly how to get out of the manager's doghouse

Per Jeff Zerbiec at the Baltimore Sun, Brian Roberts* of the Orioles knew exactly what to do after committing an embarrassing base-running blunder in Tuesday's game when he forgot how many outs there were. He entered manager, Dave Trembley's office with an apology and a gift.

"I said, 'I'm sorry, Skip,' and gave him a bottle of wine," Roberts said. "I've never done that in my life. I think everybody is going to do something embarrassing at a certain time."

I never knew about this baseball tradition. Screw up and then give your manager a bottle of wine and everyting is ok. I can see the advantages for both sides.

I wonder if Billy Martin enforced this type of penance on his players.

It would explain a lot.

*Does anybody think Brian Roberts looks blitzed in this card? The eyes aren't right. Maybe the previous manager did not go for all this and gave the bottle back.

Mad Melvin!

Per Jeff Zrebiec of the Baltimore Sun, Orioles third baseman, Melvin Mora is not at all a happy camper and believes that he is being "disrepected" by manager, Dave Trembley after being out of the lineup Sunday for the third time in four games.

"I don't appreciate the disrespect, because I've been playing hurt for a guy who won't respect you. I don't deserve it," said Mora. "Whatever he wants to do, he can do it. But like I told you before, I need to have my respect. This is not a guy who just came to the Orioles. This is a guy who's been here for nine years busting his butt for the organization." (I hate when people talk about themselves in the third person. This is a guy writing this post that would never ever do that.)

"I'm a competitor," Mora said. "I don't like to be here and I'm just thinking about in October how I'm going to go on vacation....."

This from a guy who is hitting .256 with three home runs and 27 RBIs and doing this from the five hole.

I think "disrespect" is appropriate and even necessary here.

Sit down you or we let a real angry Oriole handle this.