Obersevations from the O's-Yanks Game - 6/02/06
Me and a group of friends went out to the ballpark to the O's-Yankees Game last friday, and boy, it was a lot of fun. Here are my oberservations.
1.) Not all Yankees fans are complete A-holes. Some of them are, for sure, but not all of them. Some of them just want their team to win.
2.) There really isn't a bad seat in Camden Yards. I think we were probably one of the last people to get our tickets online, and we were in the upper deck, but it was really not that bad.
3.) It's really fun to heckle opposing teams fans. I kept shouting things like, "Way to go! Yankees!" all sarcastically, and it was a blast.
4.) The Yankees are really banged up. They STARTED Robinson Cano, Andy Phillips, Miguel Cairo, Kelly Stinnet and Bernie Williams. I haven't heard of any of those people, besides Bernie Williams(I included him on that list, because he is washed up). And we still lost.
5.) Corey Patterson is really good. Once he is on base, he is a sure bet to steal. He leads the majors in steals, and he's turning out to be really good.
6.) B-Rob is still not as good as he was last year. I am almost ready to insert Cory Patterson into the number 1 slot, then B-Rob, then Mora, then Tejada, the Hernandez, then Lopez. That is a pretty good hitting line-up if you ask me. And we haven't even gotten over to Millar, who can still do it from time to time, and Gibbons, who is injured.
7.) The perfect ball park dinner is a Grill Dog + Fries + Beverage of choice. And it only costs you $15...but you don't mind paying that much at all.
8.) When you go to a ball game, you need to bring cash. Period, end of story. There is only 2 ATM is the whole park, and they will have lines.
9.) I don't understand why we are as bad as we are. I think we have a good run or two in us this season. We started off poorly, but we are better than our record shows us to be. The answer to number 9 is pitching. We still need an ace. We need to
get Barry Zito or Jason Schmidt or D-Train or somebody. If we had an ace, and maybe one more big hitter, I don't see why we can't contend next year.
10.) Don't heckle your own players. Let me just say that we lost the game by 1 run, and it might be my fault. I'm sorry B-Rob. I was shouting your name WAY too much.
posted by Jim at 10:37 AM
3 Comments:
Did the O's have to eat the salary from Sammy Sosa, Raffy, or Ponson from last year? I wonder if they're hurting for cash.
Interesting note on ESPN relates Rodrigo Lopez's wins to Javy catching. And it brings up a point, how many games can we expect him to catch this year? I know he's getting old, and catching hundreds of games for both the Braves and O's has to take its toll. But I guess I was surprised when the O's picked up Hernandez instead of filling other needs.
I think Ramon Hernandez is an upgrade over Javy. He's younger, and better with pitchers (despite what's happening with Rod-Lo). At the time, I was like, "What?" but now looking at it, I'm like, "Totally!" I wonder if they'll try to resign Javy, but for now, I think its good to have them both going. They both have been hitting well.
That game was fun. Let's go B-Rawb!
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