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I was on hand to see the Angels lose to the Baltimore Orioles last night at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The game wasn't terribly entertaining. The Angels got to within 3-2 to make it halfway exciting, before Ramon Hernandez hit a 3-run homerun to give the Orioles a lead that the Angels couldn't overcome.

The Angels fell 6-3, but with their win today, they took the series 2-1.

Camden Yards is a great park. The warehouse has become somewhat iconic in baseball, especially after Cal Ripken's streak was posted on it in the mid-1990s.

What was interesting, though, was how FEW fans there were in the ballpark. A quick glance at the boxscore shows that there were a whopping 26,235 fans in Baltimore last night. Camden's capacity: 48,262. That's 54.4% of the capacity. Sad. On a Saturday night. Note that the above picture was not taken last night.

When the Angels made their mini-run in the 6th inning, I stood up and cheered with my Angels hat on. No one blinked. Not a single person cared that I was rooting against their home team. No hecklers, no bad looks, no nothing. Why? Because there was no one there, and the people that were there couldn't care less. This isn't east coast baseball at its finest. Fenway Park is a 180 degree difference. Fans look at you funny and yell at you if you've got a hat on that doesn't have a big "B" on it. Even recently at a Padres game, there were some Padre fans heckling the opponents' fans. Good for them.

The park was great, but the fans were a disappointment. Lesson learned? Save the $3.50 Ticketmaster fee, show up to Camden Yards on game day and buy tickets at the Box Office. There will be plenty of seats available.

Labels: Angels, Camden Yards, Kevdog, orioles, Ripken

Allow me to get you up to speeed. Perlozzo's out. And it's all his fault the team was horse poo.




"We felt Sam was prepared, we felt the club was prepared to do battle every night," executive vice president Mike Flanagan said in a news conference. "For [whatever reason], it just wasn't working."

Mike Flanagan. Mikey Mike Flannyganny. Flanagananaman. Did you really think this through? I mean, really... did you dig deep and think this was the best possible statement you could make after firing your manager?

When you bring in middle tier FA's in the last couple offseasons, (Aubrey Huff, Steve Trachsel, Jay Payton, Corey Patterson) is it really Perlozzo's fault you can't win? You're playing in a division the New York Freaking Yankees and the Boston Beat Down Red Sox. You have NO FREAKING CHANCE! Not to mention, Toronto has plenty of money to throw around, and they did. Let's not shoot the messenger here, Flanster. Your teams sucks monkey butt because you don't have enough money to afford big name FA's to compete with the two biggest financial powerhouses in sports.

Anyone who is stupid enough to take this job better just plan on renting a house in Baltimore, because they won't be staying long, especially if you keep blaming the skipper like you just did. I mean come on, how mad can you be? If he's making bad managerial decisions, what's an example? Gee, we're down by 8 runs again, should I pinch hit for Paul Bako with Chris Gomez or Alberto Castillo? I mean come on dude, there's no golden choice here.

Give Perlozzo some talent and maybe he might win a few games. He may not win em all, but don't say he was prefreakingpared for this mess. That's like saying the Cav's were prepared for the Spurs. Sure, they suited up a full roster and ran 'em out there, but they had no chance. If prepared means you have 25 guys on the roster, and they all can manage to find their way to their positions, sure... it's Perlozzo's fault.

Labels: job, orioles, poo, suicide