Ok, Fine, Can We Move On Now?

Mark Teixeira will end up as a Yankee, pending a physical. It is going to sting for a little while, but hopefully the holidays will numb the pain, until spring training. But hopefully by then we will be able to talk about a different player the Orioles are in pursuit of.

With a half an hour until Christmas Eve, I think I still have time to write to Santa telling him my wish list for the rest of the Orioles off-season:

1) Quality Pitcher
2) Quality Pitcher
3) Quality Pitcher
4) Quality Pitcher
5) Matt Wieters to be as good as suggested
6) Adam Jones improves consistently
7) Young minor league pitchers develope like suggested
8) Quality Pitcher
9) Quality Pitcher
10) Quality Pitcher

I think you get the idea of how to win in the MLB, pitching. Lets be realists here for one moment, would Teixeira have made the O's into a winning team in '09? No, no way, and it would have been a huge handicap to get any starting pitching.

We as fans are hurt, sure, trust me, but we need to look at this in a positive light because there hasn't been many bright times around here in the last 11 years. So here it is, we now can spend the $180 million it would have taken to sign Mark for decent-good pitchers to sit tight and eat innings until those young guns are ready. If thats not good enough, throw some of that money towards Markakis, Roberts, Wieters (if he deserves it, note: Evan Longoria) and PITCHING!!! You know it'll never end any other way but LETS GO O'S!!

The Hot Stove is Keeping Me Warm

First, an apology, mostly to myself, because thats pretty much who reads this anyway, sorry for not having a post since August Jimmy. But the Hot Stove is up and running, and who else than our Orange and Black are "in the thick of it." Well, not according to most media outlets.

I for one am questioning this Mark T. focus. Would he be great for this team for the supposed 8-10 years he wants, of course, especially if our young pitching develops as we hope. Just think of the line up, everything falling into place of course:

Brian Roberts
Adam Jones
Nick Markakis
Mark Teixeira
Aubrey Huff
Matt Wieters
Caser Izturus
Melvin Mora
Luke Scott

Wow, thats a scary line up, well the middle of it at least. But I can't help to think of what we could get for the supposed $190-200 Million Tex wants. How about a few pitchers to fill the, you know, 4 rotation spots that don't seem to have anybody taking them.

Teixeira wants to have a deal done by Christmas, less than a week. And you can be sure that, seeing as it is between semesters, I will be posting feverishly on here. And who knows, my budget my get a $10 increase to get a real domain name. Do you hear that Santa? And as always, LETS GO O's!!