WEBVTT - O's salvage series finale, but owner David Rubenstein embarrassed by the team's downturn 0:00:08.119 --> 0:00:10.160 All the Orioles have been waiting to get some runs, 0:00:10.360 --> 0:00:14.080 so have their fans, and they finally did today in Arlington, Texas. 0:00:14.160 --> 0:00:17.000 After scoring eleven runs the last seven games going two 0:00:17.079 --> 0:00:20.160 and five, Bird's broke out with ten today in Arlington, 0:00:20.200 --> 0:00:23.560 Texas and beat the Rangers ten to five. Welcome in everybody, 0:00:23.600 --> 0:00:27.040 another edition of Birdland Territory Steve, Tim and Bragg. Quick 0:00:27.120 --> 0:00:29.200 reminder before we get into the today's game, and a 0:00:29.240 --> 0:00:30.880 bunch of other notes we've got planned for you in 0:00:30.920 --> 0:00:31.360 this show. 0:00:32.159 --> 0:00:34.800 Our next show will be a mail. 0:00:34.560 --> 0:00:38.800 Bag edition where we take your comments, your questions. Send 0:00:38.880 --> 0:00:42.879 it to Birdland Territory Twitter, send it to Tim and 0:00:42.920 --> 0:00:46.920 I via our twitters for our outlets. You can send 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:49.839 it obviously on YouTube right here you're watching YouTube, you 0:00:49.840 --> 0:00:52.360 can put a comment in and say here's a question 0:00:52.440 --> 0:00:55.640 for your next show as we will take some of 0:00:55.800 --> 0:01:01.560 viewer questions coming up very soon on Birdland Territory. So, guys, 0:01:01.600 --> 0:01:05.200 Pete Alonzo's first multi homer Oriole game today. He was 0:01:05.240 --> 0:01:08.160 on base five times, three HiT's two walks. Pretty good 0:01:08.600 --> 0:01:11.120 four homers. The Oils only have five games this year 0:01:11.120 --> 0:01:13.360 where they've hitched four and more. I'm not sure what 0:01:13.400 --> 0:01:16.280 caused the breakout today. I'm just glad it came. What 0:01:16.360 --> 0:01:17.360 did you guys see? 0:01:17.920 --> 0:01:19.760 Yeah, I agree with you, Steve. This is it's just 0:01:19.840 --> 0:01:21.960 kind of one of those games. Do you expect to 0:01:22.000 --> 0:01:23.679 see a lot more of this season? I feel like 0:01:23.720 --> 0:01:26.880 it's it's almost shocking that we have to talk about 0:01:26.920 --> 0:01:29.400 the offense having games like this, because you just figured 0:01:29.400 --> 0:01:31.080 this would be the type of games we'd see all year, 0:01:31.120 --> 0:01:34.520 a lot of homers, a lot of double digit run scoring. 0:01:34.560 --> 0:01:36.680 But it was good to see it. It's a good 0:01:36.680 --> 0:01:39.679 time to see right before the Minnesota series. Obviously the 0:01:39.720 --> 0:01:43.200 pitching was good enough to hopefully win this series in Texas, 0:01:43.240 --> 0:01:45.000 but you know, you got to take the one out 0:01:45.040 --> 0:01:47.600 of three and just kind of move forward. And Pete 0:01:47.640 --> 0:01:49.440 kind of said it after the game, it's just we 0:01:49.440 --> 0:01:51.160 control our own destiny. We're going to face a lot 0:01:51.200 --> 0:01:53.000 of good teams. There's no reason to. 0:01:53.000 --> 0:01:53.880 Get down about it all. 0:01:53.920 --> 0:01:55.560 We obviously want to perform a little bit better on 0:01:55.600 --> 0:01:58.480 the offensive side of things, but moving forward, they control 0:01:58.520 --> 0:02:00.840 who they're going to play or they control their and 0:02:00.880 --> 0:02:02.360 you just got to win ball games. And you hope 0:02:02.360 --> 0:02:04.800 that this is kind of a precursor or an omen 0:02:05.200 --> 0:02:07.080 cut type game that we'll get to see this a 0:02:07.080 --> 0:02:08.799 little bit more of the offense moving forward. 0:02:09.880 --> 0:02:12.600 Yeah, those first two games of the series really really 0:02:12.639 --> 0:02:16.960 frustrating and ugly performances for the offense. But this was 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:19.480 a series. Obviously you didn't want to lose this series, 0:02:19.520 --> 0:02:22.160 but you really couldn't afford to get swept because if 0:02:22.160 --> 0:02:25.200 you got swept, your four games behind the Rangers. Now, 0:02:25.280 --> 0:02:28.359 by salvaging this series finale, you're only two games out, 0:02:28.400 --> 0:02:31.839 so you're still within arm's length of them. But give 0:02:31.880 --> 0:02:34.800 credit to Pete Alonso, man first multi home run game 0:02:34.919 --> 0:02:38.480 as an oriole and Pete, like a lot of guys, 0:02:38.760 --> 0:02:41.400 has really struggled in the month of August, so to 0:02:41.440 --> 0:02:44.600 see him really break out, great sign. To see the 0:02:44.680 --> 0:02:48.200 bottom of the lineup have a monster game, really great sign. 0:02:48.280 --> 0:02:50.360 Leodi Taveras had a couple of hits. 0:02:50.360 --> 0:02:53.800 Kobe Mayo, who quietly steve we always go back to 0:02:53.840 --> 0:02:56.720 that June twenty second date when looking at the offense. 0:02:57.160 --> 0:03:00.200 Not a lot of offensive standouts for the Orioles since 0:03:00.280 --> 0:03:04.079 June twenty second. Kobe Mayo, Tyler O'Neill, both of them 0:03:04.160 --> 0:03:07.440 certainly have been standouts in that stretch, and Colton Kowser 0:03:07.600 --> 0:03:10.440 after getting a double last night, having a multi hit 0:03:10.520 --> 0:03:14.280 game tonight. It was a very encouraging game to see 0:03:14.280 --> 0:03:17.679 from this offense. But now you gotta stack it, man, 0:03:17.520 --> 0:03:20.120 can't You can't go back to what you were in 0:03:20.120 --> 0:03:23.680 the past couple of days, especially tomorrow against Dean Kramer. 0:03:26.080 --> 0:03:27.600 You know it's ironic, and that's stat. 0:03:27.600 --> 0:03:31.960 We've been constantly quoting series where they scored thirteen runs 0:03:32.040 --> 0:03:32.400 or least. 0:03:32.560 --> 0:03:35.240 This was another one. He'll score twelve runs. 0:03:35.000 --> 0:03:37.560 This series when you add up the first two games 0:03:37.760 --> 0:03:39.960 and they get ten. But you feel so much better, 0:03:40.680 --> 0:03:43.280 I think in Oriel fans leaving this series to see 0:03:43.280 --> 0:03:46.119 the breakout and hope it can continue. We'll get into 0:03:46.160 --> 0:03:48.520 the fact they're gonna face old friend Dean Kramer tomorrow 0:03:48.560 --> 0:03:53.240 night in Minnesota target Field and Colton Kowser today. Here's 0:03:53.280 --> 0:03:55.880 the interesting thing, man, It has been a minute for 0:03:55.960 --> 0:03:59.240 the home run. He went thirty five games without a homer. 0:03:59.320 --> 0:04:02.560 That goes to the Rogers Stadium un till he connected today. 0:04:02.600 --> 0:04:04.760 But when he hits it, they stay hit. 0:04:05.280 --> 0:04:08.920 According to MLB dot Com, this blast today by Cawser 0:04:09.760 --> 0:04:13.760 was his third longest homer, four hundred and forty one 0:04:13.840 --> 0:04:16.440 feet of the forty nine he's hit in his career, 0:04:16.839 --> 0:04:20.440 the fifthies hit this year for twenty four plus. I 0:04:20.520 --> 0:04:23.440 just wish Brad he could make more consistent contact. I 0:04:23.480 --> 0:04:26.080 know he does too. Yeah, you never end that search 0:04:26.120 --> 0:04:30.080 for that, It'll be ongoing. But he shows these glimpses 0:04:30.120 --> 0:04:33.719 of the pop man, and it's prodigious when he does Yeah. 0:04:33.560 --> 0:04:35.560 And I think that's what I mean oil fans have 0:04:35.640 --> 0:04:37.839 seen since he's been up in the big league team, 0:04:37.880 --> 0:04:40.320 is that this power is there. It's just about making 0:04:40.360 --> 0:04:43.000 more consistent contact. And like you said, he wants to 0:04:43.040 --> 0:04:45.719 do that more consistently, but it's really hard to kind 0:04:45.720 --> 0:04:48.440 of do that with your swing. And I think he's 0:04:48.480 --> 0:04:50.360 doing the best he can with his swing right now 0:04:50.400 --> 0:04:52.600 and trying to figure some things out, and he's made 0:04:52.640 --> 0:04:55.360 some adjustments throughout the year. But man, you're right, you 0:04:55.360 --> 0:04:57.160 would just love to see a little bit more contact 0:04:57.240 --> 0:04:59.560 because when he hits it, those balls shoot in the 0:04:59.600 --> 0:05:02.720 gap over the fence in a heartbeat, and it's really 0:05:02.839 --> 0:05:04.600 nice to see when he does it. When he stays 0:05:04.640 --> 0:05:06.920 down through the baseball. Today he got to cut her 0:05:06.920 --> 0:05:09.200 out over the plate and gosh, when he hits it, 0:05:09.200 --> 0:05:10.800 it's I feel like every single one of his home 0:05:10.880 --> 0:05:12.960 runs is four hundred feet plus anytime he makes that 0:05:13.040 --> 0:05:15.560 solid contact. So that's definitely one of the things you'd 0:05:15.560 --> 0:05:17.400 like to see here more. And I mean, I just 0:05:17.600 --> 0:05:20.320 I have to believe he's going to get more consistent 0:05:20.440 --> 0:05:22.800 at bats and that can only help him this season. 0:05:22.839 --> 0:05:25.280 And I think when he starts facing lefties more consistently, 0:05:25.680 --> 0:05:28.440 which was kind of nice today that Rocker got taken 0:05:28.440 --> 0:05:30.200 out of that game so early because he got the 0:05:30.200 --> 0:05:32.000 face of the lefty Montgomery when he came in. And 0:05:32.040 --> 0:05:35.040 I think when you're able to face same same arm 0:05:35.120 --> 0:05:38.000 side guys, I really think it helps your confidence more 0:05:38.040 --> 0:05:40.960 than anything else. And then obviously recognizing more pitches from 0:05:40.960 --> 0:05:43.400 the left side. But I think that was a kind 0:05:43.440 --> 0:05:44.839 of a good thing for him to get to some 0:05:44.880 --> 0:05:46.719 of the at bats against lefties and not get taken 0:05:46.760 --> 0:05:48.920 out right away like they've done most of the season. 0:05:48.960 --> 0:05:51.160 But you're right, Steve, if he could just find a 0:05:51.160 --> 0:05:53.320 way to make a little bit more contact, we'd be 0:05:53.360 --> 0:05:55.880 seeing fifteen plus twenty plus home run season from him 0:05:56.000 --> 0:05:56.839 every single season. 0:05:56.880 --> 0:05:59.599 I feel like, yeah, you guys use the word that 0:05:59.680 --> 0:06:04.800 cansistency with Colton Kowser, it's just throughout his first three 0:06:04.960 --> 0:06:07.919 full big league seasons, even going back to his rookie 0:06:08.000 --> 0:06:10.400 year in twenty twenty four, when he finished second in 0:06:10.520 --> 0:06:13.719 Rookie of the Year voting. He's such a streaky player, guys. 0:06:13.800 --> 0:06:16.159 And you can even look at this year. I believe 0:06:16.160 --> 0:06:19.880 it was his month of May get NOPs nearly nine hundred. 0:06:20.440 --> 0:06:24.720 Like you're looking for anyone right now in this Orioles 0:06:24.800 --> 0:06:27.200 lineup to go on a hot streak. And I get it, 0:06:27.200 --> 0:06:30.839 it's just two games, but you're hoping the double last night, 0:06:30.960 --> 0:06:33.320 the multi hit games that the hit against the left 0:06:33.320 --> 0:06:36.880 handed pitcher today that you reference Brad. If Kowser can 0:06:36.920 --> 0:06:40.400 go on one of his patented Keeters man like that, 0:06:40.400 --> 0:06:43.400 that would be a much, much, much needed development for 0:06:43.480 --> 0:06:45.600 this offense which has been lacking that punch. 0:06:47.120 --> 0:06:49.440 Yeah, coming into today had been five for his last 0:06:49.440 --> 0:06:52.560 twenty six with twelve strikeouts, So it looked like those 0:06:52.640 --> 0:06:55.320 lean days. I can see why this kid was a 0:06:55.360 --> 0:06:59.000 fifth pick in the draft. The tools when they're on 0:06:59.400 --> 0:07:03.440 are last. The power, he's got a good arm, he's 0:07:03.480 --> 0:07:06.520 a plus runner. He can go first to third, second 0:07:06.520 --> 0:07:09.640 to home, he can steal your bag. It's just a 0:07:09.680 --> 0:07:12.800 lot he can do. And for me, when they're a 0:07:12.880 --> 0:07:16.080 young player with those tantalizing skills, you don't give up 0:07:16.120 --> 0:07:16.360 on that. 0:07:16.440 --> 0:07:17.600 And the aros clearly or not. 0:07:18.000 --> 0:07:20.400 I think some fans are down on them, understandably so, 0:07:20.960 --> 0:07:23.600 but the organization made him the one five pick for 0:07:23.640 --> 0:07:24.120 a reason. 0:07:24.840 --> 0:07:27.520 Yeah, And like you said, see those tools, when they're flashed, 0:07:27.560 --> 0:07:29.640 they're loud, and that's the reason why you get taken 0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:30.640 so high in the draft. 0:07:31.040 --> 0:07:33.400 And the other part of it also too, is when 0:07:33.440 --> 0:07:35.160 he hits home runs, it just feels like. 0:07:35.120 --> 0:07:37.880 A different reaction in the dugout than other guys on 0:07:37.920 --> 0:07:40.400 the team. You can tell that guys really care about 0:07:40.400 --> 0:07:42.840 cold and he cares about other guys, and it shows 0:07:42.840 --> 0:07:46.440 when he has success. There's just a different celebration in 0:07:46.480 --> 0:07:48.400 the dugout. And I love seeing that as being a 0:07:48.440 --> 0:07:52.120 former player, just kind of guys that really teammates that 0:07:52.240 --> 0:07:54.400 guys want to see do well, and he is definitely that. 0:07:54.480 --> 0:07:56.880 And I feel like like you're referencing that hot streak. 0:07:56.920 --> 0:07:59.680 If he's able to get hot, he could supplement this 0:07:59.760 --> 0:08:02.200 all for a week, two week, three weeks at a time. 0:08:02.520 --> 0:08:04.200 And I mean, what better time than for it to 0:08:04.200 --> 0:08:06.600 happen right now when they really really need somebody to 0:08:06.640 --> 0:08:08.520 just kind of step up, and I. 0:08:08.480 --> 0:08:12.520 Think something that we talked a lot about with Blaze Alexander, 0:08:12.640 --> 0:08:15.800 and there was always that debate, Okay, should you leave, 0:08:16.400 --> 0:08:18.160 you know, bump him up in the lineup, do you 0:08:18.280 --> 0:08:21.880 tinker with him at leadoff? But Craig Albernas was steadfast 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:23.960 in the fact, hey you bat him eight or nine. 0:08:23.960 --> 0:08:26.520 This is someone that's really going to turn the lineup over. 0:08:26.880 --> 0:08:30.200 And that's what Colden Cowser can do in this opportunity 0:08:30.240 --> 0:08:32.320 now because he's going to be batting in the bottom 0:08:32.400 --> 0:08:35.280 third of the lineup. He's someone with legit thump and 0:08:35.600 --> 0:08:38.520 if he can just get into this hot streak again, 0:08:39.160 --> 0:08:41.560 that can help turn the lineup over. And that's something 0:08:41.640 --> 0:08:44.800 that they've sorely missed since Blaze Alexander went down with 0:08:44.840 --> 0:08:45.400 that injury. 0:08:46.840 --> 0:08:48.200 So the Oils get this victory. 0:08:48.200 --> 0:08:51.880 They are fifty seven and sixty one, they ended a 0:08:51.880 --> 0:08:55.480 three game losing streak and now it's onto Minnesota and 0:08:55.520 --> 0:08:57.280 the tim as you mentioned a big difference in the 0:08:57.360 --> 0:09:00.480 swing here he went. It started this series one back 0:09:00.520 --> 0:09:02.720 of the wild Card would have been four with a loss. 0:09:03.200 --> 0:09:06.319 One is two with a win, so that's more palatable 0:09:06.360 --> 0:09:09.600 and every time you want to throw the dirt on it, 0:09:10.000 --> 0:09:12.640 the Orioles do enough to stay in it, and they 0:09:12.679 --> 0:09:16.760 did it again today. Let's talk about this quote that 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:19.480 we saw earlier this week, which was quite interesting. I 0:09:19.640 --> 0:09:23.079 thought the owner of the Orioles, David Rubinstein, was speaking 0:09:23.120 --> 0:09:26.880 at American University Monday night, and one of the many 0:09:26.920 --> 0:09:29.880 quotes he made, and I believe he's promoting his book here, 0:09:30.800 --> 0:09:34.080 we tripled salaries, but felt the last place. It's frustrating. 0:09:34.120 --> 0:09:36.640 I'm really embarrassed about it, but I'm trying to do 0:09:36.720 --> 0:09:37.040 what I. 0:09:37.080 --> 0:09:38.840 Can to fix it. 0:09:40.040 --> 0:09:44.000 Two quick notes, they haven't actually tripled salaries, haven't quite 0:09:44.120 --> 0:09:47.480 gone that far close close, and they're not in the 0:09:47.559 --> 0:09:50.600 last place close. So those two are a little off. 0:09:50.679 --> 0:09:53.840 But I get the point. And I'm gonna say what 0:09:53.880 --> 0:09:55.280 I had to say on this. I want to hear 0:09:55.360 --> 0:09:58.559 your guys' thoughts on the Rubinstein quote. 0:09:59.360 --> 0:10:03.320 Yeah, it's it's definitely interesting, to say the least. I 0:10:03.360 --> 0:10:06.720 think it's It shows this frustration, and I think he's 0:10:06.840 --> 0:10:09.640 used to somebody that's being so successful in his previous career. 0:10:09.960 --> 0:10:12.200 You figure you throw some money at the problem. Him 0:10:12.200 --> 0:10:14.320 being a money guy. It kind of it goes the 0:10:14.360 --> 0:10:16.160 other way and things just get better and all that 0:10:16.240 --> 0:10:17.640 kind of stuff. And I think it's just kind of 0:10:17.679 --> 0:10:21.400 realizing that baseball isn't a you know, you throw three 0:10:21.400 --> 0:10:23.280 times the amount of money or whatever the amount is 0:10:23.320 --> 0:10:26.440 towards the problem, it doesn't necessarily fix it. So I 0:10:26.480 --> 0:10:28.880 think that kind of brings him back to maybe a 0:10:28.920 --> 0:10:31.240 new process they go through where maybe he's a little 0:10:31.240 --> 0:10:33.679 bit more involved with Michaelias or has a little bit 0:10:33.679 --> 0:10:35.439 more of a say on what goes on or what 0:10:35.480 --> 0:10:37.559 they need to add. And I just think he's learning 0:10:37.559 --> 0:10:40.280 the game of baseball, which it's a it's a tricky thing. 0:10:40.320 --> 0:10:42.600 Everybody wants to point to the Dodgers, where all they 0:10:42.600 --> 0:10:45.199 had the highest salary but invite and on the other 0:10:45.280 --> 0:10:47.240 end of the spectrum is the Mets. They put all 0:10:47.280 --> 0:10:48.760 this money and look at them. They're in the last 0:10:48.760 --> 0:10:51.120 place in the East. So it's it's just baseball is 0:10:51.160 --> 0:10:53.600 a fickle, fickle beast. And I think it's I think 0:10:53.600 --> 0:10:55.880 he's just maybe understanding the business side of the things, 0:10:55.920 --> 0:10:59.160 and I hope it doesn't discourage him from putting more 0:10:59.200 --> 0:11:01.840 money towards his team, because the fans really deserve that, 0:11:01.880 --> 0:11:03.199 and I think he wants to have a winner. I 0:11:03.240 --> 0:11:05.600 think in his quot he mentions he hopes when his 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:07.560 obituary is done at the end of his life, he 0:11:07.600 --> 0:11:09.480 wants to have World Series winner on there, not just 0:11:09.800 --> 0:11:13.040 you know, from his previous business ventures. But I just 0:11:13.080 --> 0:11:16.319 hope that he really just maybe goes about the process 0:11:16.320 --> 0:11:18.480 differently and doesn't just say I'm not going to put 0:11:18.520 --> 0:11:20.400 any more money towards this team, which I don't think 0:11:20.480 --> 0:11:21.360 that will be the case. 0:11:23.000 --> 0:11:27.120 I'll say this, I'm glad he said it. I want 0:11:27.160 --> 0:11:30.720 my owner to say that, you know. And look, I 0:11:30.760 --> 0:11:34.959 think the fan base got upset at David Rubinstein from 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:39.880 his comments going back to Kyle Bradish's contract extension press 0:11:39.880 --> 0:11:42.480 conference where he said that he couldn't be more pleased 0:11:42.520 --> 0:11:43.400 with Michael Ias. 0:11:43.440 --> 0:11:45.400 Now, I think two things can be true here. 0:11:45.520 --> 0:11:45.720 Right. 0:11:46.520 --> 0:11:49.679 If you were expecting the owner to take a shot 0:11:49.720 --> 0:11:52.839 at Michael Olias when he's within arm's length of him 0:11:53.320 --> 0:11:56.479 at the podium, I just think you're sadly mistaken. 0:11:56.840 --> 0:11:59.960 Now, do I think maybe it went a little too 0:12:00.200 --> 0:12:00.679 above and. 0:12:00.679 --> 0:12:03.920 Beyond heaping praise? I can I can grant you that 0:12:04.400 --> 0:12:07.640 as well. But look, there's no denying that these past 0:12:07.679 --> 0:12:10.959 couple of years, think about it, from David Rubinstein's perspective, 0:12:11.000 --> 0:12:15.080 and maybe this is somewhat disillusion but maybe not. Guys, 0:12:15.720 --> 0:12:18.920 when he bought the team and he was introduced as 0:12:19.160 --> 0:12:20.960 owner and Steve, I know you were there. 0:12:21.200 --> 0:12:21.679 I was there. 0:12:21.720 --> 0:12:23.679 It was opening day twenty twenty four. 0:12:24.520 --> 0:12:27.480 Gosh, that couldn't have been a more perfect time to 0:12:27.640 --> 0:12:32.520 buy this franchise, right because this team was ascending. They're 0:12:32.559 --> 0:12:34.800 coming off a one hundred and one win season in 0:12:34.840 --> 0:12:38.520 twenty twenty three. They have all these hot young players. 0:12:38.880 --> 0:12:41.800 They have no payroll because all of these guys are 0:12:41.840 --> 0:12:44.520 under club control. Oh and by the way, you get 0:12:44.640 --> 0:12:47.720 six hundred million dollars to fix up Camden Yards, which 0:12:47.760 --> 0:12:52.079 is already a Crown Droll stadium. So to go backwards, 0:12:53.720 --> 0:12:57.240 you know, since acquiring the Orioles in twenty twenty four, 0:12:58.440 --> 0:12:59.440 it is embarrassing. 0:12:59.480 --> 0:13:02.160 It is It is tough. There's no way around that. 0:13:02.240 --> 0:13:02.440 You know. 0:13:02.520 --> 0:13:06.600 The Orioles went in with playoff expectations in twenty twenty five. 0:13:06.679 --> 0:13:07.440 They fell short. 0:13:07.720 --> 0:13:11.720 They fired Brandon Hyde prior to Memorial Day in twenty 0:13:11.720 --> 0:13:12.240 twenty five. 0:13:12.240 --> 0:13:14.319 Brandon High was the manager of the Year in twenty 0:13:14.360 --> 0:13:14.960 twenty three. 0:13:15.360 --> 0:13:18.360 He didn't even make two full seasons after that and 0:13:19.200 --> 0:13:20.600 to now selling again. 0:13:21.280 --> 0:13:22.640 Yeah, it's upsetting. 0:13:22.760 --> 0:13:26.360 And I think if the owner of the team that 0:13:26.400 --> 0:13:29.680 you root for, you want them to want to win, 0:13:30.080 --> 0:13:33.120 you want them to take ownership over the product. And 0:13:34.320 --> 0:13:37.760 I think it's refreshing that he said that, quite frankly. 0:13:40.080 --> 0:13:40.440 For me. 0:13:40.679 --> 0:13:41.600 Here's my thoughts. 0:13:45.000 --> 0:13:49.800 Is he embarrassed with his ownership performance, or is he 0:13:49.880 --> 0:13:53.000 embarrassed with the front office, or is he embarrassed with 0:13:53.040 --> 0:13:56.560 the clubhouse or is he embarrassed with all three? That's 0:13:56.559 --> 0:13:59.240 what I don't know when I read that quote, because 0:13:59.280 --> 0:14:03.560 if he's embarrass by Michael Lias and the players, I 0:14:03.679 --> 0:14:07.760 question him publicly saying that the owner of the team, you. 0:14:07.720 --> 0:14:10.880 Guys have let me down. I spent all the money, 0:14:10.960 --> 0:14:13.520 I did my job, and look what you're doing. So 0:14:13.679 --> 0:14:17.439 I think that will be that quote will be read 0:14:17.679 --> 0:14:18.920 very differently. 0:14:19.280 --> 0:14:23.600 In different circles. Yeah, and so that's what the first 0:14:23.600 --> 0:14:25.920 thought I had. The second thought I had was he 0:14:26.000 --> 0:14:29.240 skipped a step. This guy's been saying everything's rosy, and 0:14:29.280 --> 0:14:30.840 now you're embarrassed. 0:14:32.000 --> 0:14:33.680 From zero to sixty pretty fast. 0:14:34.720 --> 0:14:36.680 And here's the third thing I think, as I'm being 0:14:36.680 --> 0:14:39.960 critical of the owner of the Orioles, I wish he 0:14:40.000 --> 0:14:43.800 would make those comments to Oriole media that we wouldn't 0:14:43.840 --> 0:14:47.160 have to pull it out of an appearance in American University. 0:14:47.280 --> 0:14:49.640 And as a media guy, I selfishly wish the owner 0:14:49.640 --> 0:14:53.480 of the Orioles would talk maybe twice a year spring training, 0:14:53.640 --> 0:14:57.200 gather all the guys talk and the gals end of 0:14:57.320 --> 0:14:59.680 year or mid what however you want to handle it 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:02.440 at the end of the season, and it doesn't have 0:15:02.520 --> 0:15:04.680 to be with Elias next year, why can't the owner 0:15:04.720 --> 0:15:07.400 sit up there by himself and take it on from 0:15:07.440 --> 0:15:10.920 Baltimore cameras and reporters. And if you if you only 0:15:10.920 --> 0:15:12.600 have to do that twice a year, you're getting off 0:15:12.640 --> 0:15:15.520 pretty good because players and coaches and managers have to 0:15:15.520 --> 0:15:18.160 do it every day of the year. So that's what 0:15:18.240 --> 0:15:20.680 I wish, But I'd like you, Tim, I agree it's 0:15:20.680 --> 0:15:25.040 okay to be critical. Their performance has been poor, embarrassing. 0:15:25.120 --> 0:15:27.880 I have a hard time calling the team I love embarrassing. 0:15:28.440 --> 0:15:31.720 That's just me as a fan. I have fans tell 0:15:31.800 --> 0:15:35.960 me that every day, and I love Towson University. I 0:15:35.960 --> 0:15:40.560 would never publicly say Towson University basketball embarrass me today. 0:15:40.680 --> 0:15:42.000 I can't have it in me to do that. 0:15:42.640 --> 0:15:44.240 I might say it to my friend at the bar, 0:15:45.400 --> 0:15:47.240 or I might say it on the phone to someone 0:15:47.280 --> 0:15:50.160 I'm close with about Towson Man, I was embarrassing loss 0:15:50.160 --> 0:15:52.480 today and so and so, but I would I wouldn't 0:15:52.520 --> 0:15:53.440 say it about the art. 0:15:53.440 --> 0:15:54.080 That's just me. 0:15:54.200 --> 0:15:56.600 But he's the owner and he can own and sell, 0:15:56.680 --> 0:15:59.840 even buy all this twenty times over. So it was 0:15:59.840 --> 0:16:04.880 your's interesting. I'm not quite sure how to read all 0:16:04.920 --> 0:16:08.120 this now. I don't know if maybe you guys should 0:16:08.120 --> 0:16:09.960 disagree with this. I don't think it will have much 0:16:10.000 --> 0:16:14.080 impact on the One Lost record, but we'll see how 0:16:14.080 --> 0:16:14.920 that plays out too. 0:16:16.080 --> 0:16:19.000 Yeah, I think you're saying see, but I think it's 0:16:19.880 --> 0:16:22.200 it's hard to take like a little snippet quote and 0:16:22.280 --> 0:16:25.560 like what does that like? What is that associated too? 0:16:25.640 --> 0:16:27.480 I don't think it's like direct. It's hard to know 0:16:27.520 --> 0:16:30.000 who it's directed at. And I don't know, like, I 0:16:30.000 --> 0:16:31.720 don't think it's gonna affect the players, like if they 0:16:31.720 --> 0:16:34.680 saw the quote, I can't imagine them being like offended 0:16:34.720 --> 0:16:38.080 by the owner saying something like that. It's just I 0:16:38.120 --> 0:16:40.120 don't know. It's a weird time for it to come out, 0:16:40.200 --> 0:16:43.200 especially after the trade deadline and all this. It has 0:16:43.280 --> 0:16:45.480 just gone down, maybe you know, like it's just kind 0:16:45.520 --> 0:16:48.640 of all all these emotions and everything are being riled 0:16:48.680 --> 0:16:52.240 up after this last week, and it's just like, I 0:16:52.280 --> 0:16:53.640 don't know. I guess the only way I can. It's 0:16:53.680 --> 0:16:55.640 kind of weird timing. I guess it's just. 0:16:55.560 --> 0:16:56.080 Hard to know. 0:16:56.560 --> 0:16:58.480 I think we're gonna have more of an understanding after 0:16:59.080 --> 0:17:01.760 this whole offseasons figured out, with the lockout and everything 0:17:01.800 --> 0:17:04.320 and where they're going to go with this team directionally, 0:17:04.359 --> 0:17:06.199 and I just think maybe we'll have more of an 0:17:06.240 --> 0:17:08.880 understanding of what he actually meant by that. Maybe that's 0:17:08.880 --> 0:17:10.440 the only thing I can think of right now at 0:17:10.440 --> 0:17:10.919 this point. 0:17:11.560 --> 0:17:14.080 And Steve, I think he made so many great points. 0:17:14.119 --> 0:17:16.760 But one of those things that stuck out to me 0:17:17.040 --> 0:17:22.600 that I agree wholeheartedly with I think David Rubinstein one 0:17:22.600 --> 0:17:25.080 way or another, and that this is assuming the team 0:17:25.160 --> 0:17:28.720 does not make the playoffs. If they don't make the playoffs, 0:17:28.760 --> 0:17:32.440 David Rubinstein needs to talk one way or another, because 0:17:33.240 --> 0:17:36.960 if Michaelias is here, he needs to be up there 0:17:37.080 --> 0:17:40.280 by himself. Explain your decision, why do you believe that 0:17:40.359 --> 0:17:43.160 he is the right man to lead you out of this? 0:17:43.800 --> 0:17:46.840 Or if mich Elias ends up losing his job. Then 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:52.120 the owner needs to talk either way. David Rubinstein, if 0:17:52.119 --> 0:17:56.359 this team falls short of playing games in October, needs 0:17:56.440 --> 0:17:59.800 to take questions from the Baltimore media in a press 0:17:59.800 --> 0:18:03.320 con setting, not with players, not not with Mike there, 0:18:03.520 --> 0:18:06.320 not with any of that. I think it needs to happen. 0:18:06.600 --> 0:18:09.600 And you know, even going back to the Kyle bradish 0:18:09.880 --> 0:18:13.359 uh presser and look, it was a question that need 0:18:13.359 --> 0:18:16.120 to be needed to be asked, but again it's still 0:18:16.160 --> 0:18:19.359 a weird forum to do it because you don't necessarily 0:18:19.400 --> 0:18:22.680 want to take it away from Kyle bradish and the 0:18:23.240 --> 0:18:26.680 moment is about him and not about Mike. But to 0:18:27.080 --> 0:18:29.919 your point, Steve, we don't know when we're gonna hear 0:18:29.920 --> 0:18:33.200 from Rubinstein again, so it certainly was a valid question 0:18:33.320 --> 0:18:36.040 to ask. It just kind of puts the media in 0:18:36.119 --> 0:18:37.479 a little bit of a tough spot. 0:18:37.960 --> 0:18:39.320 Mm hmm. Yeah. 0:18:39.520 --> 0:18:40.880 I think a lot of fans are going to read 0:18:40.920 --> 0:18:44.400 that quote as that was directed to Michael Elias, But 0:18:44.560 --> 0:18:50.160 I don't think it was. I think everything everything, He's 0:18:50.160 --> 0:18:52.120 not single point pointing any. 0:18:52.000 --> 0:18:53.000 Any aspect out. 0:18:53.400 --> 0:18:56.280 Yeah, maybe he actually did mean I'm embarrassed you know 0:18:56.359 --> 0:18:59.360 that we we collected, we have done, have. 0:18:59.400 --> 0:19:00.199 Done this and. 0:19:02.880 --> 0:19:06.119