Still in last place

broderic on May 24, 2009

Watching and listening to the Orioles play the Nationals. Going into this series, I was incredulous that we were as bad as that team. I mean, they’re the worst in the majors we’re better, right? Not so fast. Our hitters at the end of the order are just as bad. Just as bad is our pitching.

But we’ve done well so far these last two games.

We’ve won 4-2 in extra innings last night and 2-1 with only three hits tonight. Amazing. Both teams are evenly matched.

We are just as bad but just a little bit better than them.

Last Place?

broderic on May 6, 2009

Tried to watch some of the early evening Orioles game from Tampa. They were up 3-1 in the sixth when I tuned in. Kojira was pitching good. Then the wheels came off. They lost 6-3. This is going to be a long season. Kojira is decent, but then he goes to pot in the sixth. Jeez.

BrowserMetrics: 2, Losers: 0

broderic on April 26, 2009

Was at the game for BrowserMetrics’ nephew little league day. Hooray. We come back to win in. I’m the Orioles’ good luck charm as the two games I’ve been to were wins.

Go O’s!

Away Jerseys Say Baltimore

broderic on April 14, 2009

Don’t those away jerseys look awesome. Now if our team was much, much better they would be worthy of carrying on the awesome that is the history of the Baltimore Orioles.

Koji “Kojira” Uehara had a rough night. I think he’ll end up with a high ERA after this game given that he was charged with 7 earned runs in 6 innings. But he’s still 2-0 for the season. Banzaii, Uehara-san!

Link of the Day [4.14.09]

broderic on April 14, 2009

Thinking of all things baseball. Last night, the O’s survived at the Texas Rangers with Koji “Kojira” Uehara pitching.

It’s funny what you find in anime. Here’s another baseball centric one. It wants to capture the otaku heart as it is about some teenage girls in Japan in the early 20th century. They decide they want to play baseball, but lack the knowledge of the rules or the equipment to play.

Yeah, I didn’t get this from today’s link. I read it on wikipedia.

http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/taisho/index-j.html

Link of the Day [4.13.09]

broderic on April 13, 2009

Right around starting to watch anime and reading manga, I started to like watching baseball. I think it was the fact that the Japanese like the game a lot, and I just naturally gravitated to liking it too. Not to mention the fact that the greatest episode of Haruhi had to be the boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya where the SOS Brigade had to win a baseball game so that the world did not collapse because of Suzumiya-sama. But I hadn’t read or watched a sports manga/anime. I did read some Prince of Tennis, and picked up in the bookstore Slam Dunk, but those aren’t my sports. What I really wanted was a baseball manga. They just don’t bring those to America, because they think that the game is no longer our national pastime.

So I read about this Cross Game anime that is new this year. And I hit the torrent sites for it. The first episode is awesome. I’m amazed by it, because it looks so simple and for a younger set, but the twists and turns of the story are very mature. It also has zero fan service and isn’t any moe.

I’m hoping you read today’s link and too decide to watch it, because I can’t wait to see how this one turns out.

UPDATE: SPOILERS IN THAT LINK! BEWARE!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_Game

First Place, Baby!

broderic on April 9, 2009

I'm still high coming off the Opening Day awesome win over the hated
Yankees. I'm still happy for the new Kiko Garcia, No. 3, Cesar Izturis,
hitting that home run to put the game away. So when I look at the
standings going into the third game of the season and I see an
undefeated, first place team, I'm happy. YAY! I missed most all of last night's game, Koji "Kojira" Uehara debut in
the Orange and Black. I should've gone as the place was only half
packed. Today's game is at 1:35. I love day games. I should sneak out of work.
That would be so fun.Hopefully, we can break out the brooms for a sweep.Go O's!