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Oy...they gonna have to cancel O's games today and tomorrow? Man we had rain-out chaos when we played the Cards last year, lol

2 hours ago, Weather Will said:

Hope the 12Z WB 3K NAM verifies!

Nice--That would effectively end the drought, right? 

5 hours ago, WVclimo said:

9 in a row.  You might be onto something.  

Go ahead and set it up, lolol We need ya buddy!

57 minutes ago, CAPE said:

He was a good assistant GM for the Astros, where his focus was scouting and player development at the minor league level. Unfortunately he seems to think that is the sole purpose of an actual GM as well. He is a failure.

I look at him more as a half failure: Got the rebuild part right, but nothing else, lol Because even after he leaves, we're still gonna benefit from the young talent he brought in, the farm system, and finally being involved in the Latin market--the first fruit of that being Basallo. So all of that was great: but the rest was utter failure.

33 minutes ago, 87storms said:

What is going on with the O's.  They won 101 games in 2023 and 91 last year, and now 16-33.  It defies logic.

For me the picture is becoming a little clearer: We have a GM who is absolutely fantastic at finding young talent and building the best farm system in the league. Because the young talent was so good the team rose to contention a year quicker than anybody thought! But unfortunately...this same GM has absolutely sucked at building around that young talent. In fact he was OVERfocused on young talent, smh And then...there seem to be other issues with the way he ran things overall that are still coming to light. (over emphasis on analytics may be one of those things).

As one analyst said earlier: It's one thing to get talent: It's another to win with it. And unfortunately...Elias just hasn't been good at the other side of the equation.

1 hour ago, CAPE said:

As of the latest update(yesterday) a small area in north central MD- much of Baltimore county and parts of Carroll and Harford- are still in a severe drought. Areas surrounding that are Moderate. Better further east- my yard is on the edge of abnormally dry, and nothing points S and E from there. But yeah there has been marked improvement in the past couple weeks. Not sure why he wouldn't be discussing that rather than being a hypester.

He lives like in York, PA (or somewhere near there) doesn’t he? Maybe it's BYB (back yard bias) 

13 hours ago, nw baltimore wx said:

Found this little guy yesterday. This year shouldn’t be anything like 2021, but I was surprised to even see one from Brood XIV.

Wowww you find this at your house?

49 minutes ago, 87storms said:

Yea this weather is played. I want humidity and afternoon storms again

Well I for one have been enjoying this Spring--it is one of the best one's we've had in awhile. Not too hot...cool but not annoyingly raw...it has been absolutely beautiful weather mixed with some much-needed rain. Can't ask for much better! This weather earns a:

1 hour ago, 87storms said:

Yuck.  Hope that's wrong.

I don't hand out weenie reactions often but I gotta give ya one for that...you like heat and humidity? Booooooo 

3 hours ago, Chris78 said:

I'm certainly not saying  that owners should dictate all moves to GM's and I've never said that in any of my posts.

But owners don't sit idle on the sidelines either. 

I've been an Os fan for over 40 years so I know the Angelos years very well unfortunately.

I think the argument your making that the owner shares no blame in a season off the rails like this one is ridiculous so I guess we have to agree to disagree on the amount of blame Rubenstein shoulders lol.

 

 

Well I likewise think you argument is kinda ridiculous because it doesn't see the nuances of the situation. Ordinarily you'd be right. An owner who's already been here would have responsibility. But Rubenstein just got here...and last year he and the group were literally just trying to settle in when the seeds of this mess were already being formed. To suggest he, after increasing the payroll; should've stopped Elias from making bad moves? And he doesn't know baseball as much and a departing Burnes being the only big "owner possibly more involved" ticket? That's the part that doesn't make sense. It's just the timing of everything--I just don't see Joe he deserves the blame this time given the timing of all this.

16 minutes ago, Chris78 said:

Hello. 1 big major free agent left for Arizona. They weren't trying to sign him lol?

I would consider that a major free agent deal.

Are you a Rubenstein mega fan? Are you jockeying to be his PR guy? 

I am not--I just think the argument you and some others are making is ridiculous and I just don't get it. Calling it like I see it. If he doesn't fire Elias this off-season I'll have criticism for that. But as I see it he did not make this mess and can't be blamed for it.

13 minutes ago, Chris78 said:

And you don't think Rubenstein could of said, Hey we may want to consider going an extra 2 years to get Burnes? 

Splitting hairs. And Burnes still wasn't coming back here, btw Location over money won that one.

Rubenstein doesn't know much about baseball...he literally said that. He left all those decisions to Elias. That you're arguing that owners should dictate all the moves a GM makes is beyond me. Were you not around for when Angelos meddled constantly and screwed things up over and over?

5 hours ago, CAPE said:

And he will be fired after this failure of a season.

Now THAT will be Rubenstein's responsibility. If he doesn't then happens afterward will be on him. But folks blaming HIM for the mess right now? That's absolutely ridiculous.

1 hour ago, Chris78 said:

Sorry but when the team fails this hard from what expectations were the owner deserves some blame.

Your being naive if you think owners aren't involved in signing of marquee free agents or in big trades when your trading away blue chip prospects for an ace.

Elias deserves the majority of the blame, more than Hyde and certainly more than Rubinstein,  but Reubenstein is not immune from any criticism. 

Now it's up to him to fire Elias after the season.

My guess is he will get 1 more chance to fix this.

 

Yes big marquee free agents and trades they certainly have input on. But no Juan Soto names were in our wheelhouse this off-season. We weren't trading away Basallo, we weren't considering some big mega contract. So I'm sorry but you're reaching with that one.

Rubenstein bought in December and got full control in what...July? You're sitting here acting like he, not knowing anything about baseball operations as he said last year, shoulda made the moves for Elias this off-season, lol I think you don't have any specific criticism but you're just blaming him just because he's the owner. He opened up the purse strings more which is what owners are supposed to do--not dictate every single baseball move.

7 hours ago, Chris78 said:

They spent no meaningful money over the off season. 

There we're ace's out there to be had but we end up with Charlie Morton and Kyle Gibson. How the F does that happen? Lol.

No extensions for any of the young core.

Just an awful off season.

He's not totally to blame but he controls the purse strings and he does get some of the blame. He shouldn't get off the hook completely.  Honeymoon is over lol.

 

 

All of that you just mentioned? Those are all baseball operations. Elias is the president of baseball operations. We went through three decades of Angelos constantly meddling in those...and how did that turn out? Ownership shouldn't be making those decisions--the GM has to be allowed to do his job!

And let's talk about those purse strings: As @WxUSAF just pointed out...Rubinstein increased the payroll by 70M. There are the purse strings--he enlarged them. Elias made the decisions on how to spend that money. Owner finances--owner let's GM makes decisions on how to spend it. That's the healthy way the hierarchy should work in any organization. What else is he supposed to do--especially since he just got here less than a year ago? This is ultimately on Elias.

3 hours ago, Chris78 said:

Mullins takes a called strike 3 down the middle and then Holiday gets thrown out at second. In the 9th inning.

 

The Os broadcast team trying to somehow someway spin positivity lol

Hyde needs to go.

Elias needs to go.

Rubinstein can fu@king go to. Clueless

Let's do more Rubinstein bobble head giveaways. 

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So tell me: How exactly is this Rubenstein's fault? He didn't make the decision to make the bad signings and trade deadline moves. He and the ownership group just got full control less than a year ago...I think folks are blaming him just because, lol Now what WILL be his responsibility is what happens with Elias.

9 minutes ago, yoda said:

Tornado Warning Baltimore city proper

Dang...when's the last time that happened?

1 hour ago, Stormpc said:

Bring Buck Britton up from norfolk. Long time with the organization. Managed all of these young guys. Time for a change. Then send Elias packing when the season is over.

He's already up here, actually  His position is simply "major league coach", but I'm guessing he's behind Chirinos...as when Hyde was ejected a couple weeks ago Chirinos moved to manager and Britton to bench coach.

Sounds like an area-wide cutting the drought in half  (with total obliteration in some spots). Nice!

23 minutes ago, MillvilleWx said:

Obviously some of these stations are incorrect, but a majority did a great job capturing the event. The winner was down in the Central BR with over 7" for the primary event (Sawmill Ridge). Those RAWS stations are very reputable and maintained by the Forest Service. BWI at almost 3" is wild. It absolutely dumped buckets there last night. 

Dang really?? Wasn't it at like 1.10" or something like that last night? Wow

40 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

12z mesos look great for Frederick county!

Why does it have to rain everywhere but where people actually live? Lolol

Very heavy showers coming through now...whoa! Looks to be a small cell that just kinda popped.

1 minute ago, Kmlwx said:

Large hail is a rare event in ANY given location. You're biased because it's your backyard. 

Think about why the SPC probabilities are "within 25 miles of a point" 

The probs are never "damaging wind at your exact location" 

Even factoring in the city boundaries, it is not a lot of geographical space. 

I'll little that down to just any hail. Seems to be hard to come by in the city. But others have said something about the bay.

16 minutes ago, MN Transplant said:

Large hail simply doesn’t happen much in this region at all

Is there a reason for that? I mean in general...even with small hail, it seems to happen in the county more than the city.

Why doesn't large hail happen in the city much?