Baltimore Orioles - Refeathering The Bird (MLB 08 The Show)

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POSITION PLAYERS

C Ramon Hernandez
C Guillermo Quiroz
1B Kevin Millar
1B/3B Aubrey Huff
2B Brian Roberts
3B Melvin Mora
OF Luke Scott
OF Jay Payton
OF Adam Jones
OF Nick Markakis

Fighting for 2-3 spots:

SS Alex Cintron
UT Freddy Bynum
SS Luis Hernandez
UT Brandon Fahey
IF Oscar Salazar
3B/1B Scott Moore


PITCHING STAFF

SP Jeremy Guthrie
SP Daniel Cabrera
SP Adam Loewen

RP Chris Ray
RP Chad Bradford
RP Jamie Walker
RP Randor Bierd (Rule 5)

CP George Sherrill

Fighting for 2 SP, 2-3 RP spots:

SP Radhames Liz
SP Garret Olson
SP Brian Burress
SP Troy Patton
SP Hayden Penn

RP Lance Cormier
RP Fernando Cabrera
RP Jim Johnson
RP Matt Albers
RP Bob McCrory
RP Danys Baez
RP Rocky Cherry
RP Jim Hoey


TOP PROSPECTS

C Matt Wieters
3B Billy Rowell
SP Chris Tillman
SP Jake Arrieta
1B Brandon Snyder
OF Nolan Reimold

[RAZRr1275]

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Nice Title. I'm following

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POSITION BATTLES WRAP UP

BATTERS	GP	AVG	OPS	FLD %
SS A. Cintron	29	.266	.701	.944
3B/1B O. Salazar	23	.259	.739	.993
UT F. Bynum	28	.250	.694	.945
UT B. Fahey	26	.253	.605	.989
SS - L. Hernandez	29	.273	.624	.973
3B/1B S. Moore	24	.226	.706	.915

PICHERS	GP	IP	ERA	WHIP
T. Patton	10	28.0	1.92	1.107
R. Liz	11	27.0	2.66	1.259
M. Albers	12	25.1	7.46	1.973
D. Sarfate	24	23.1	4.24	1.414
L. Cormier	19	19.2	8.23	2.135
J. Johnson	8	8.0	3.37	2.250
D. Baez	15	14	4.50	1.285
G. Olson	7	22.1	9.26	2.507
R. Cherry	19	18.2	6.75	1.767
B. Burres	9	25.1	5.32	2.131
F. Cabrera	18	17.1	9.34	2.250
B. McCrory	8	7.0	14.14	3.285

A news conference is scheduled shortly in regards to the 2008 Baltimore Orioles Opening Day roster.

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McPhail Announces Opening Day Roster

Baltimore, MD - Andy McPhail announced in a press conference the Opening Day line-up that will be used by the Baltimore Orioles against the Tampa Bay Rays. "Many difficult decision were made as we had some very similar player produce very evenly through spring training. That being said, we will not hesitate to rotate players through Norfolk (Baltimore's AAA affiliate) or look outside of the organization for players if the current choices do not work out. We are extremely deep with bullpen help in the minors, and have a few pieces that can help in the field if necessary. Without any further ado, here are your 2008 Baltimore Orioles."

Opening Day Line-Up

2B Brian Roberts
3B Melvin Mora
RF Nick Markakis
DH Aubrey Huff
1B Kevin Millar
LF Luke Scott
C Ramon Hernandez
CF Adam Jones
SS Alex Cintron

Opening Day Bench

UT Brandon Fahey
OF Jay Payton
C Guillermo Quiroz
SS Luis Hernandez

Starting Rotation

RHP Jeremy Guthrie - Opening Day Starter
RHP Daniel Cabrera
LHP Adam Loewen
LHP Troy Patton
RHP Radhames Liz

Bullpen

LHP Brian Burres
RHP Randor Bierd
RHP Chad Bradford
LHP Jamie Walker
RHP Jim Johnson
RHP Chris Ray
LHP George Sherrill

Opening Day

Tampa Bay Rays (0-0) @ Baltimore Orioles (0-0)

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PITCHING MATCH-UP

Scott Kazmir Jeremy Guthrie 0-0 W-L 0-0 0.00 ERA 0.00

What to watch for: With Opening Day upon us, look for a pitcher's duel. The batters haven't had a chance to lock on yet, which gives these two aces an advantage they don't need.

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Tampa Bay Rays @ Baltimore Orioles 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E TB 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 6 0 BAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 0 W: Trever Miller (1-0) L: Chad Bradford (0-1) S: Troy Percival (1)

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Tampa Bay Rays HITTER AB R H RBI BB K AVG Akinori Iwamura, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Carl Crawford, LF 3 0 0 0 1 2 .000 B.J. Upton, CF 4 2 2 2 0 0 .500 Carlos Pena, 1B 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a-Willy Aybar, 1B 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Evan Longoria, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Cliff Floyd, DH 4 0 1 1 0 0 .250 Dioner Navarro, C 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Eric Kinske, RF 3 0 2 0 0 0 .666 Jason Bartlett, SS 3 1 1 0 0 0 .333 TOTALS 32 3 6 3 1 4 a - Defensive replacement in 4th for Pena (ejected) BATTING 2B: B.J. Upton HR: B.J. Upton (1) RBI: B.J. Upton 2 (2), Cliff Floyd (1) HBP: Evan Longoria GIDP: Jason Bartlett FIELDING PITCHER IP H R ER BB K ERA Scott Kazmir 7.1 3 2 2 1 6 2.45 Trever Miller (W, 1-0) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Troy Percival (S, 1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 TOTALS 9.0 3 2 2 1 9 PITCHING

Baltimore Orioles HITTER AB R H RBI BB K AVG Brian Roberts, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Melvin Mora, 3B 3 0 0 0 1 3 .000 Nick Markakis, RF 4 0 1 0 0 2 .250 Aubrey Huff, DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Kevin Millar, 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Luke Scott, LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ramon Hernandez, C 3 1 1 1 0 0 .333 Adam Jones, CF 3 1 1 0 0 0 .333 Alex Cintron, SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 30 2 3 1 1 9 BATTING 2B: Adam Jones (1) HR: Ramon Hernandez (1) RBI: Ramon Hernandez (1) FIELDING PITCHER IP H R ER BB K ERA Jeremy Guthrie 7.0 3 2 2 1 3 2.57 Randor Bierd 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 Chad Bradford (L, 0-1) 0.2 1 1 1 0 1 13.50 George Sherrill 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 TOTALS 9.0 6 3 3 1 4 PITCHING

PLAYER OF THE GAME

Cliff Floyd drove in the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth for the Rays

Scoring Summary Summary
SIXTH INNING		TB	BAL
	B.J. Upton homered to right. Jason Bartlett scored.	2	0
EIGHTH INNING		TB	BAL
	Ramon Hernandez homered to right. Brian Roberts batting. 2-1 count. Dioner Navarro with a passed ball. Adam Jones scored from third.	2	2
NINTH INNING		TB	BAL
	Cliff Floyd grounded to SS for a single. B.J. Upton scored.	3	2

NEXT GAME

VS. Tampa Bay Rays (1-0)

[Heisman316]

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What rosters are you using????, but Great first game

[highheatkingsb]

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Nice setup man, good to see another O's franchise rolling. I'll be following along.

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What rosters are you using????, but Great first game

I ended up using Kerm's (baseball88) rosters. For prospects, I will be editing players for my top prospects, and if I trade to anyone else.

Should be interesting. I have a saved game right now waiting to be finished, I am in the 11th, tied 0-0 with Tampa.

[Heisman316]

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How up to date are they or did you edit the Big Time Guys tobe back onthe MLB roster or did you keep them in Minors(ex: Carpenter STL)

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How up to date are they or did you edit the Big Time Guys tobe back onthe MLB roster or did you keep them in Minors(ex: Carpenter STL)

Brought the big guys up and edited the line-ups/rotations.

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Tampa Bay Rays @ Baltimore Orioles 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 X R H E TB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 BAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 W: Dan Wheeler (1-0) L: Chris Ray (0-1) S: Troy Percival (2)

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Tampa Bay Rays HITTER AB R H RBI BB K AVG Akinori Iwamura, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Carl Crawford, LF 5 0 1 1 0 1 .125 B.J. Upton, CF 5 0 1 0 0 2 .333 Carlos Pena, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Evan Longoria, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cliff Floyd, DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Dioner Navarro, C 2 0 1 0 0 0 .166 a-Willy Aybar, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Shawn Riggans, C 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Eric Kinske, RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .285 Jason Bartlett, SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 .428 TOTALS 38 1 5 1 0 6 a - Batted for Dioner Navarro in the 8th. BATTING 3B: Jason Bartlett (1) RBI: Carl Crawford (1) SAC: Akinori Iwamura FIELDING E: Jason Bartlett (1) BASERUNNING PITCHER IP H R ER BB K ERA James Shields 6.0 3 0 0 2 7 0.00 Gary Glover 2.2 0 0 0 0 4 0.00 Dan Wheeler (W, 1-0) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 Troy Percival (S, 2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 TOTALS 11.0 3 0 0 2 15 PITCHING

Baltimore Orioles HITTER AB R H RBI BB K AVG Brian Roberts, 2B 5 0 0 0 0 4 .000 Melvin Mora, 3B 5 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Nick Markakis, RF 5 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Aubrey Huff, DH 3 0 0 0 1 3 .000 Kevin Millar, 1B 3 0 1 0 1 0 .166 Luke Scott, LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .142 1-Luis Hernandez, PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jay Payton, LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ramon Hernandez, C 3 0 0 0 0 0 .166 Adam Jones, CF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .142 Alex Cintron, SS 4 0 1 0 0 3 .142 TOTALS 36 0 3 0 2 15 1 - Ran for Scott in the 10th BATTING SAC: Ramon Hernandez FIELDING E: Alex Cintron (1) BASERUNNING PITCHER IP H R ER BB K ERA Daniel Cabrera 8.0 4 0 0 0 4 0.00 Jamie Walker 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Chris Ray (L, 0-1) 1.2 1 1 1 0 1 5.40 TOTALS PITCHING WP: Chris Ray (1)

PLAYER OF THE GAME

Carl Crawford drove in Jason Bartlett in the 11th to give the Rays a chance at an opening series sweep at Camden Yards.

Scoring Summary Summary
ELEVENTH INNING		TB	BAL
	Carl Crawford grounded out to first. Jason Bartlett scored.	1	0

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Tampa Bay Rays (2-0) @ Baltimore Orioles (0-2) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E TB 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 6 1 BAL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 W: Matt Garza (1-0) L: Adam Loewen (0-1)

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Tampa Bay Rays HITTER AB R H RBI BB K AVG Akinori Iwamura, 2B 3 0 0 0 1 2 .000 Carl Crawford, LF 3 1 0 0 1 0 .090 B.J. Upton, CF 4 1 1 1 0 3 .307 Carlos Pena, 1B 4 2 2 3 0 2 .200 Evan Longoria, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Dioner Navarro, C 4 0 0 0 0 1 .100 Jonny Gomes, DH 4 1 2 1 0 1 .500 Eric Kinske, RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .272 Jason Bartlett, SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 .300 TOTALS 33 5 6 5 2 12 BATTING 2B: Eric Hinske (1) HR: B.J. Upton (2), Carlos Pena 2 (2), Jonny Gomes (1) RBI: B.J. Upton (3), Carlos Pena 3 (3), Jonny Gomes (1) FIELDING E: Jason Bartlett (2) BASERUNNING PITCHER IP H R ER BB K ERA Matt Garza 5.2 3 1 1 2 11 1.58 Grant Balfour (H, 1) 2.1 1 0 0 0 5 0.00 Dan Wheeler 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 TOTALS 9.0 5 1 1 2 17 PITCHING

Baltimore Orioles HITTER AB R H RBI BB K AVG Brian Roberts, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 2 .076 Melvin Mora, 3B 2 1 0 0 2 1 .000 Nick Markakis, RF 4 0 2 0 0 1 .230 Aubrey Huff, DH 4 0 0 0 0 4 .000 Kevin Millar, 1B 4 0 0 1 0 1 .100 Luke Scott, LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .180 Ramon Hernandez, C 4 0 0 0 0 2 .100 Adam Jones, CF 4 0 1 0 0 3 .180 Alex Cintron, SS 3 0 0 0 0 3 .00 TOTALS 33 1 5 1 2 17 BATTING 2B: Brian Roberts (1) RBI: Kevin Millar (1) GIDP: Ramon Hernandez FIELDING BASERUNNING PITCHER IP H R ER BB K ERA Adam Loewen 7.2 4 3 3 2 10 3.52 Chad Bradford 0.1 2 2 2 0 1 27.00 Jim Johnson 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 TOTALS 9.0 6 5 5 2 12 PITCHING

PLAYER OF THE GAME

Carlos Pena watches his second home run of the night put the final touches on the sweep.

Scoring Summary
FIRST INNING		TB	BAL
	Carlos Pena homered to center. Carl Crawford scored.	2	0
SECOND INNING		TB	BAL
	Jonny Gomes homered to left.	3	0
THIRD INNING		TB	BAL
	Kevin Millar reaches first on a fielder's choice (1B to SS). Nick Markakis out at second. Melvin Mora scored.	3	1
EIGHTH INNING		TB	BAL
	B.J. Upton homered to left. Carlos Pena homered to right.	5	1

[RAZRr1275]

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wow. Those rays are killing you. I hope you start winning.

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Re: Baltimore Orioles - Refeathering The Bird (MLB 08 The Show)

wow. Those rays are killing you. I hope you start winning.

Screw winning. I just want to stop striking out so much

I really started pressing middle of the second game. Felt the pressure of the sweep in Game 3.

Bring on the Mariners.

[DarkEagle18]

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GOOD LOOKING CHISE SO FAR!