I’ve hatched an idea Cup half-full Jordan will argue against cup-half empty Jordan on various topics realted to the O’s and you detremine the winner.

THE FARM SYSTEM

Full Jordan: The O’s have one of the best farm systems in all of the majors, Brandon Synder, Jake Arrieta, Brain Matsuz, and Chris Tillman, Baseball America says the O’s have on the best farm systems in the majors.

Empty Jordan: They were saying that a couple years ago about Hayden Penn, Liz, and Daniel Cabrera and none of them are of any use in the bigs any more. How do we know that’s not going to happend with Arrieta, Matsuz and Tillman?

FJ: We don’t. However that was an Orioles team that didn’t have Andy McPhail monitoring everything, this team does Andy McPhail watching and making sure that when the get called up they are fully prepared for the majors. Take Brad Bergesun. He was called up and has made an immediate impact on team.

EJ: Just because you have a better GM doesn’t mean that your prospects will magically be better, some people just can’t handle the pressure of being in bigs, they can’t adjust players that are better, faster, and stronger.

FJ: The thing is the GM does in a way make the prospects better by hiring a good coaching staff and making sure that players seem to be ready to handle the guys that are better ,faster and stronger. Our previous GM’s weren’t hiring good coaches and were rushing the kids up to the majors.

EJ: The key word is seem to be ready, you can’t judge how Minor Leaguers will do in the majors until you put them up there. You cant gurantee anything.

FJ: This completly true. You can’t gurantee anything. But the compontents are there for a great ballplayers.

And that’s the end of the first debate

MLB 09 is an excellent game. One of the biggest improvments for me was they have all this Cooperstown stuff. For example for The White Sox you play in these

or these

From the Go-Go Sox of the 50′s

if you choose the A’s you can wear these!

One of my favorites would have to the Astros!

There’s also retro stadiums

and

(Crosley)

and

(Griffith)

and

(Shibe)

and

(Sportsman’s)

Last but not least, All-Star teams!

There are two the Golden Era team- Cy, walter, George Herman, Jackie, ect..

Silver- Reggie, Seaver, Ryan, Morgan, Ozzie Smith.

There really isn’t anything worth mentioning about the game play, average, same with the graphics. BUT I LOVE THE NOSTALGIA FACTOR!!

8.4 out of 10

I have petition to bring back

 My petition‘s goal is 10,000 signatures! A lot I know, but I request that you e-mail this link to any baseball fan you know!   

I’m going to be at the Yard toinght, and I’m getting an Adam Jones bobblehead. The family is getting there early to watch some BP.  What I really like about this bobble head is he’s blowing a bubble and robbing a home run at the same time! A great bobblehead to add to my collection.

“Coolest bobblehead ever!”

Speaking A.J. and promos the Orioles have a new promo featuring A.J.

Oriole Park at Camden Yards is located at 333 West Camden Street, but this summer Orioles fans will have the option to reside

at 2110 Eutaw Street by taking advantage of a new ticket offer. The Orioles have combined the uniform numbers of two of their best young outfielders, Nick Markakis and Adam Jones, to re-identify an area of the Eutaw Street bleachers and give fans the opportunity to take part in a unique promotion.

For a number of pre-selected games, beginning with the game on Sunday, July 12, vs. Toronto, fans can purchase a Eutaw Street bleacher seat and a limited edition “I Live at 2110 Eutaw Street” t-shirt for only $21. In addition, Markakis and Jones will toss baseballs into the stands throughout the game, and for every home run hit by Markakis or Jones in that day’s game, one lucky fan in the section will receive a bat autographed by the player who hit the homer.

I have to say the Orioles and producing some creative promos, like the two i have alreayd mentioned. 

LET’S GO

I don’t were to begin. Well actually I’m a little bit surprised by this. First A*Rod, then pregenant Manny and now Sammy. I ofically consider the race of ’95 an asterik in the record books. Sammy was juiced, and I think Mark is juiced. 

Are we done? Will someone please find a positive Big Mac test and get this over with. It’s really starting to aggrivate me. Is there anyone else juiced out there so we can get this OVER WITH ALREADY! 

Actually here’s someone who I’m pretty sure is juiced

PUDGE!!!!!!!!!!

Heres Why: one season he had 10 more homers and his BA went up 40 or 50 points and the next year the stas went back to the norm. Suspicous?

This does answer an important question. “Once Sammy signed with the O’s he was terrible, why?”

Well this leads to a new question what does this

have that this

doesn’t?

LADIES AND GENTLEMAN HE’S BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

“Is the answer that orioles sammy doesn’t have a syringe”

If you guessed what TOO guessed then you are correct! Sammy stopped juicing when the O’s traded for him.

“Y’know the Cubs got Mike Fonta-no in that trade!”

This leads me to ask one thing? “How would the 2005 Orioles done if he was still juicing?”

“Pretty goood if you ask me, they proably wouldn’t have choked”

You took the words right out of my mouth TOO! Some of you might remeber this team, they were on top of the Al East for 2 or 3 months and then the bottom fell out. And that the best they’ve been in those 11 losing seasons.

I’m curently having a angel-devil shoulder debate on rather I wanted him to still be juicing when he signed with us. The devil is winning!

I had a stomach virus since Wednesday so that expains the posts few and far in between. I was not feeling good at all!!!