Most-Improved Baseball Team for '04?

[jay]

Originally posted by ramirami


does'nt look too good for you Orioles....


watch out for the Cubs now...they are getting all the injured players back soon...and with half the line up injusred they are right there....so look out for the healthy cubs....

Where the heck is Tampa Bay when you really need a periennial cellar dweller?

[Ziploc]

Originally posted by jay
Where the heck is Tampa Bay when you really need a periennial cellar dweller?

It looks like the Orioles are trying hard to be the nice guys who finish last this year.

(Gulp) I actually remember when this team had FOUR 20-game winners in one season.... Now, when I watch a game it feels like

[jay]

Originally posted by Ziploc


It looks like the Orioles are trying hard to be the nice guys who finish last this year.

I actually remember when this team had FOUR 20-game winners in one season....

They may still be in the running for most-improved. It took them three weeks longer than normal to back into last place.

[jay]

Originally posted by Ziploc


It looks like the Orioles are trying hard to be the nice guys who finish last this year.

(Gulp) I actually remember when this team had FOUR 20-game winners in one season.... Now, when I watch a game it feels like

I'm sure it's salt in the wound too that of the fourteen 500+ homerun hitters at the Allstar Game Homerun Derby, three were current or former O's, the team most represented.

[Ziploc]

Originally posted by jay
Im sure it's salt in the wound too that of the fourteen 500+ homerun hitters at the Allstar Game Homerun Derby, three were current or former O's, the team most represented.

You nailed it.

It was also kind of bittersweet that Miguel Tejada of the current floundering club--a last-minute replacement not known for hitting home runs or hitting with men on base--surprised EVERYBODY by winning this year's Derby and setting the record for most homers in one of these contests.

[kemosabe]

Originally posted by jay
I'm sure it's salt in the wound too that of the fourteen 500+ homerun hitters at the Allstar Game Homerun Derby, three were current or former O's, the team most represented.

Kind of reminds me of the 2004 NBA champion Detroit Pistons -- four of the players on their championship season roster are former Wizards:

1. Darvin Ham
2. Richard Hamilton
3. Ben Wallace
4. Rasheed Wallace

[jay]

Originally posted by kemosabe


Kind of reminds me of the 2004 NBA champion Detroit Pistons -- four of the players on their championship season roster are former Wizards:

1. Darvin Ham
2. Richard Hamilton
3. Ben Wallace
4. Rasheed Wallace

Don't forget those no-account quarterbacks and other ex-Redskins, like Tampa Bay SuperBowl-winning QB Brad Johnson.

[jay]

Originally posted by jay
Don't forget those no-account quarterbacks and other ex-Redskins, like Tampa Bay SuperBowl-winning QB Brad Johnson.

Of course, we know how to bring superstars to the area and turn them into regular Joe's, like Michael Jordon and Jaromir Jagr.