Pregame notes: Does anyone know what’s going on?
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Notes on Aug 26, 2011 
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There’s been a lot of waiting around here at Camden today. It seems no one knows how the Orioles plan to deal with the hurricane about to hit this region.
Yankees player representative Curtis Granderson said the two sides have discussed pretty much every alternative you can imagine, including briefly talking about playing a second game after tonight’s game. That’s almost certainly not going to happen.
Apparently there’s a chance that tomorrow’s first game will be pushed up to the morning to give the teams a better chance of playing before the weather gets bad. Then again, there’s also some talk of preemptively calling both games tomorrow and planning a makeup for one of the two off days remaining on the Yankees schedule.
The Yankees really, really don’t want to lose one of those off days. That’s why they pushed to play a split doubleheader tonight. The Orioles refused.
“I don’t really understand why we didn’t,” Joe Girardi said.
Here’s Girardi.
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Here’s Granderson.
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• Honestly, this hurricane situation is the issue at the ballpark today. Some players were talking about making sure their families were safe in New York. Some were hoping to get out of Baltimore if things get ugly. Some are just curious. Brett Gardner lived through a hurricane in South Carolina when he was 6. “Definitely a spooky feeling,” he said. “I remember that. ”
• The other big news of the day is that Alex Rodriguez met with MLB investigators about illegal poker allegations. Rodriguez said the meeting went well, and he believes MLB will contact him if there needs to be any further discussion. Rodriguez wouldn’t go into detail about the meeting.
• If the Yankees had played two today, Ivan Nova would have started the second game.
• Girardi said the uncertainty really doesn’t affect his pitching staff too much. If things change, his pitchers will adjust. Right now, everyone is moving forward as if the schedule is going to remain unchanged.
ORIOLES
Robert Andino 3B
J.J. Hardy SS
Nick Markakis RF
Vladimir Guerrero DH
Matt Wieters C
Mark Reynolds 1B
Ryan Adams 2B
Nolan Reimold LF
Matt Angle CF
Stadium is next to the inner harbor. Looking at weather.com, not always very accurate, rain increases to 100% by 4PM tomorrow with wind increasing then. Saturday’s 1st game will be lucky to get in 5 innings if they still start it at 1:05. Hope by the time that game is over the parking lots aren’t flooded. Game 2 and Sunday will be cancelled IMO. Monday they’ll play a DH. It should be at 12 noon and 5PM.
If games are made up in NY, how do they split the gate?
O’s don’t want to help the Yankees – that’s Angelos for you.
This Alex stuff is beyond sickening – everything he does is scrutinized to the Nth degree.
It would’ve made sense and logic to play a double header today. But there’s a reason why the Orioles are bad mismanaged organization.
Buck and Angelos are vindictive losers, sorry to say about Buck bc he did a good job here.
Except for leaving Cone in for 161 pitches, but who’s counting.
Looking at the mlb schedule none of the eastern teams are playing DH’ers today-RS, Mets, Phillies, Orioles. The Phillies have cancelled their games against the Marlins Sat. and Sun. and so did the Mets against the Braves
The RS moves up their DH saturday to 12 noon and 5PM.
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/schedule/#date=08/26/2011
Too much is being made of all this. This weekend is a washout, what will be played will be, if not, made up.
Balt doesn’t care bc all their games are meaningless and they won’t do us any favors and MLB doesn’t care.
Chances are we won’t have to make up one game either.
If the Yankees want to win game 1 tomorrow, score often and early and tell your pitcher to work quickly
BryanHoch One scenario O’s have discussed is canceling tomorrow’s doubleheader, playing two on Sunday, one on Monday & then having Yanks come back
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What? Isn’t the worst of the weather going to be on Sunday and the Os want to play 2 that day?
Joe,
Thanks for posting that in the the last thread ……Kay might be a great guy and that certainly was a nice thing he did. He’s just not my cup of tea to broadcast games.
Does it really surprise anybody that the Orioles don’t know what they are doing?
This stuff with Arod is the biggest waste of everyones time I have ever seen…….
Expecting a better outing by AJ tonight. At least he can go home tonight after the game.
Until later.
Expecting a better outing by AJ tonight. At least he can go home tonight after the game.
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can we get him to stay there?
mick, Flaherty and Kay are best buddies. Flash is Kay’s protege and they both tout the other nonstop.
They’ll most certainly get 3 of the games in – tonight, Monday, and at least 5 innings tomorrow.
It’s tomorrow’s night game and Sunday that they have to figure something out on. I’m surprised a Monday DH is not a stronger consideration. I know we’re going to Boston the next day, but would the Yankees rather give up an off-day?
mick, Flaherty and Kay are best buddies. Flash is Kay’s protege and they both tout the other nonstop.
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they were told to. early on they hated each other. they all think he’s a buffoon.
# mick August 26th, 2011 at 6:33 pm
They all hate Kay. Flaherty esp. They told them to calm down as they were constantly sniping at each other. O’Neill literally laughs at Kay in the intros. They told Kay to keep his thumb in his pocket when he introduced ONeill as he would point at him.
Can’t believe nobody spotted that Jorge staredown at the runner on 3rd w/ 2 out up 14 runs.
Before he made that ridiculous throw he looked the runner back to 3rd….hilarious.
According to Kay, he thinks the Yankees like AJ’s stuff. ??? As MG always says, he has no stuff. His 90 mph flat fastball that leaks over the middle of the plate and his curveball that bounces 10 feet in front of home plate. What kind of stuff is that?
Saturday:
Baltimore. Tropical storm conditions possible. Showers in the morning, then becoming windy with a steady rain in the afternoon. High near 80F. Winds ENE at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of rain 80%. Rainfall near a quarter of an inch.
Joe,
Thanks for sharing that story. I am a teacher and while I can’t claim to work with children in conditions of serious illness, I do get to know my share of those whose lives are far from harmonious, usually due to divisive familial issues.
Regardless of popular opinion about Kay (I generally enjoy his call) it was nice to hear of his taking the time to bring a moment of brightness and levity to a child in need. It is lovely to simply see a smile on their face.
Cheers!
The world could be coming to an end this weekend and all these guys are worrying about are the makeup games…
Classic Napoleonic Angelos behavior.
Not a surprise at all.
Get him out of town and the Orioles may actually turn things around.
Highlights of Jorge’s day coming up…be sure to catch the last play and his checking the runner at 3rd, guaranteed to make you smile if not guffaw.
Kay does not do anything for anyone unless there is something in it for himself. I could not care less what he did for one child.
They all hate Kay. Flaherty esp. They told them to calm down as they were constantly sniping at each other. O’Neill literally laughs at Kay in the intros. They told Kay to keep his thumb in his pocket when he introduced ONeill as he would point at him.
and you know this how?
From what I’ve heard , if we stay on here GB will be sure to keep his snark to himself.
Then trash us afterwards…now that’s class.
Kay does not do anything for anyone unless there is something in it for himself. I could not care less what he did for one child.
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prolly owed them a favor…he brought a clown?
mick,
I noticed his ‘looking the runner back’ too and had to chuckle at the time. Have to imagine he got some serious ribbing about it in the clubhouse.
and you know this how?
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as everything else in here it’s my opinion stated as fact…
Jorge is the team’s enforcer, Jeter’s best friend, a no-nonsense guy, very serious and a great family man. Jeter respects him because he’s a gamer.
I heard Kay is super nice and friendly in real life
jake,what did you think of yesterday’s thread?
i hear gb hated it and us…
I heard Kay is super nice and friendly in real life
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now you don’t even believe that…you’ve got to say it with conviction, try again.
I thought the thread was good, clean, and most importantly, Betsy-free.
Some of these guys who whine about the “missing in action” want nothing more for this blog to fail.
Either that or to exterminate all who don’t kiss up to them and their crowd, I guess misery loves company.
I don’t get the Kay hatred on here. He may not know as much baseball as some on here do but I think he is an overall decent guy
Good ole AJ tonite……………the over / under is 10 runs vs. Hunter. Trying to decide if the bats will be asleep after the 22 run game yesterday.
A wager on the Yankees to win is 180 to 160, not good odds with AJ (The Implosion) on the hill.
What say you ?
Jody?
Nice tribute to ‘Flannie’ before the game on MASN.