Orioles Quit, Simple as That

by Jack Cobra, Cobra Brigade

This moring I feel sorry for fans of the Baltimore Orioles. For the past few years the other fans around baseball have been wondering what the heck happened to the once might Baltimore Franchise....or at least I did. This is a franchise that was once filled with proud players like Cal Ripken, Jim Palmer, Brooks Robinson, etc...After seeing the last place Texas Rangers put up 30 runs in a game yesterday I've realized what is wrong with the Orioles.....they are quitters.

I can see giving up 10 runs in a ballgame, and maybe 20 if things were going really badly; but 30 runs, no way. It was announced before the game that Orioles interim manager Dave Trembley would be returning for the '08 season....I think he's regretting that decision today. There is no way a major league team should be giving up 30 runs in a game, no freaking way...unless they give up.

Do you even realize how difficult it is for a good team to score 30 runs, let alone a last place ball club? Since last Thursday the first place Chicago Cubs have scored 32 runs in 6 games, and those 5+ runs a game is above the league average! I've heard of teams laying down during games on Sunday or on a day before a long road trip, but this is ridiculous.

Pitiful. That was my first thought when I heard the score. I didn't think it was 'cool', I didn't think it was 'funny'. I thought it was pitiful for a team full of 'supposed' major league caliber players to play so poorly. It's bad for the game and it's bad for fans of the Orioles for things like this to happen.

I'll stop my rant now so you can go back to thinking that this was such a 'cool' thing. There hasn't been a team do it in the last century, woo hoo! There is a reason for that. Major League teams aren't supposed to quit.