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  1. varav...I saw Brooks and Frank Robinson hit back to back homers and I knew the O's had them. Mo Drabowsky...the Mad Polack threw 12 strikeouts. Then a young Jim Palmer out duals Kofax (27 wins that year) by throwing a 6-0 shutout. It don't get any better. dc...I follow what you are saying...look at the core future. Force...right now that's what I see...maybe 5 wins better than last year.
  2. varav...I was at the '66 World Series for both games....just a kid but I'll never forget it. I hope Spen is right because they have shown nothing this spring.
  3. Before I start let me admit that I'm a casual fan and I don't know very much about the Orioles except that they lose. I once upon a time followed them passionately for 30 years. It's midway through spring training and the Orioles...well...they are not looking too good. The outlook for the upcomming season looks bleak to me. They can't win. .... and the pitchers are getting shelled....and they are not hitting too much lately. So what are they doing right? Now injuries are destroying what little hope I had had of this year being better...at least this for casual fan. I want to sniff the day when they turn the corner towards being 1 game over .500. Roberts back is a serious concern because no way he can contribute when the season starts. If you need an epidural to make it onto the field then you are cooked. Uhara won't contribute this year because he breaks down too often,... Guthrie can't pitch...I'm counting him out and I know it's way early. The season hasn't started and it's a long one of 180 (182 games?...been away from baseball too long... ) but this is a snakebit franchise. I can't and won't follow this team until they show me something other than excuses or reasons why they don't know how to put a team on the field that finds ways to win games. They do not know how to do that. They are clueless at this point in time because everything they have done might...I say might...get them 5 more wins than last year. That is not progress. Looking good while losing games is not progress and not is not exciting. I'm not going to a game and pay good money to watch some guy, who is making a million dollars or more a year, try to figure out how to throw a strike....on my dime. Or some guy trying to learn how to run the base paths...it makes me feel like a sucker to financially support that. Only one thing can get me to pay to go to an Oriole game....GUILT. We lost one franchise due to poor attendance (and other serious factors)...I don't want to see the Orioles go elsewhere....because I know how great it once was to have a real basball team, that played with an attitude, knew how to win, insisted on excellence and delivered that. But guilt might have me going to a game or two so some future generation of Baltimore fans might get to see what I saw.
  4. One man's trash is another man's treasure...but he must be damaged goods for the Bears to give up on him. Can the Ravens find somebody healthy? They have plenty of injured players. Sounds like he's washed up to me.
  5. Yea...looks like it's true... Starting to get thin in the D trenches...
  6. Sure you can. You can play and coach with Rosey O'Donnell at QB....but you can't win. lol! Look at how Delhomme cashed out even though he stunk it up...
  7. Wallace/Delhomme is no better than Anderson/Quinn. Holmgin isn't an idiot....they will be drafting a QB...probably in the 1st round because they can't win with what they have at QB. Can't.
  8. "Well...I had been drinking a little crav...and that was a long time ago...
  9. Right after the Raider playoff game a guy crashed his plane in the upper deck of Memorial stadium. 10 minutes sooner and a lot of people would be dead. I was on the other side of the wall when that happened.
  10. Can't leave anybody out! While suffering football withdrawal on this rainy Saturday I stumbled upon this 10 minute NFL video of the 2007 Ravens/Pats game. Look for Stallworth...he makes a few plays. Anyway...it got my blood up. http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-films-game-of-the-week/09000d5d804d6796/Week-13-New-England-vs-Baltimore-Game-of-the-Week
  11. Love this video on Memorial Stadium Home Field Advantage...I grew up there....saw it all. http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-network-top-ten/09000d5d8114a1f9/Top-Ten-Home-Field-Advantages-Memorial-Stadium
  12. lol! Bouldin said Ray Lewis called him and said "It's in Dallas this year."
  13. "Does Georgia have the 'neutering' punishment on the books?' Here's some information on things they investigate... http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/commentary/news/story?id=4986265
  14. I'm not buying any of this Cam/Flacco rift stuff....some fans have too much time on their hands with fertile imaginations.
  15. They'll go with Kelly Talavou and bring in some other unknowns (like Kelly Gregg was).
  16. vmax

    RIP Merlin Olsen

    I was a kid and we parked outside their hotel when the Rams came to town. We were going to yell at them...give them a hard time....until we saw how big they were comming off the bus! I never understood the knitting thing he was into....but he was a good guy.
  17. It's official...from the Ravens website... They are announcing it on the radio...Willet and Wilson... Now the receiving corps is seriously ugraded!
  18. Come on now Derrick! He who laughs last, laughs best. They made you filthy rich and then they spared you the agony of having to hang around. They let you go Dude! Your Free! And Rich!
  19. I've got some "If's" here...you know what they mean... I'd say top 10 if they bring back Mason or somebody who can put up similar numbers and draw the same attention from defenses. If Stallworth stays healthy and plays like a 'man on a mission' they could push 'elite'. If Joe Flacco takes the next step in this, his 3rd year. He has to be able to read and react fast and utilize the whole field.
  20. "Mike, what do you think about this?"
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