I'm not one to spread rumor, and maybe everybody else here already knew this, but Erik Bedard is a daddy!  Yup, he has a 2 year old daughter named Julie but apparently isn't married to the mother.  Anyway, so what right?  What I do find intriging are internet sites popping up all over with girls from Baltimore and beyond trashing this guy because he constantly sleeps around.  Can this be??  Is our beloved Bedard a man-whore???  Scoop it people...

Was it just me or did anyone else notice the irony when the Orioles hired Andy MacPhail as the new head of baseball operations...MacPhail...Mac"Fail"????    I'm really hoping that this guy is as sharp as he is portrayed as being and will find a way to improve this franchise, but if on occasion he makes a bone-headed decision may I suggest that our photoshop guru (RobG??) use Andy's face on Ronald McDonald's body?

Did anyone else read his load of shit in yesterday's Sun?  Here's an excerpt:

"They signed me and they said that we want you as our right fielder. Stuff happens. I'd rather have Nick Markakis on this team and be playing a different position. He helps our team out and he's a good guy. We need him. So I am fully fine with that. But I do think I still can play the field. It's just really not up to me."

That was more than enough for me, but he spewed yet more verbal diarrhea...

"I was asked to take ground balls in the offseason and I did it, and I was told I wasn't going to be playing first base anymore a week and a half into camp.  For whatever reason, a decision was made. I think it was probably made before spring training. Sure, I would have liked to have heads-up before I took six week of ground balls. But maybe they changed their minds, somewhere in between there, I don't know. It's out of my control."

And, lastly, this gem...

"I understand where they are coming from. I am not going to whine. I am in the big leagues and as long as I hit and we're winning, I am going to be happy."

Dear Jay,
You are a whiney-ass prima donna.  I hope you get traded.  You lost your job.  Nick is our right fielder and even on your best day you couldn't touch his brilliance.  Get the fuck over it and shut the fuck up!  I hate you.

It's a song that just has to be sung today.  My fav pitcher turns 28 years young today.  Here's to you, Erik -- happy birthday!!

And, so this diary will properly post, I will just say that my daughter and I leave Sunday for a week in Fort Lauderdale (with tix to three games directly behind home plate!).  Sweet!!

Please say it isn't so!  According to today's Sunday Sun:

The Orioles have made significant progress toward reaching a deal with free-agent reliever Todd Williams, whom the club non-tendered earlier this month.  Perlozzo met with Williams last week in Tampa to gauge his interest in returning to the club.

NO, NO, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!  Not the return of "The Turd."  NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!  Fuck you O's if you sign him!!!

OMG, I damn-near puked when I read this. Sorry, SC. I just can't feel the love here.

I just wanted to say kudos to Erik for the display of frustration in throwing his glove against the storage unit as he retreated into the clubhouse after last Wednesday's scorcher of an outing.  Did anyone see the look on the batboy's face??  Classic!  I only wish I could have heard the diatribe spewing from Erik's tongue at the time.  He had every reason to be pissed, the home plate ump was a freekin' idiot and I found myself actually wishing Erik would just toss one right at his head.  But my point...  Maybe it was the muscle relaxers I was taking for a back injury, but I actually found the whole throwing episode pretty amusing.  It's not like he really "threw" the glove, he pitched that bitch perfectly with the whole leg extension thing and all.  Beautiful...and totally sexy!  For a guy that tries so hard to come across as emotionally void, I absolutely reveled in this display of Bedard testosterone.  So, here's to you Erik -- you've won my heart, again.

Who else was disappointed that he didn't finish out the game on Monday evening?  I was upset with Sammy because I thought that perhaps he was the reason, then I read in the game review that Sammy supposedly asked Erik if he wanted to finish and Erik said no.  NO????  Why wouldn't he want to pitch a complete game?  If ever he earned it, this was the game.  Did Erik really say NO???  Or could Sammy be covering up because he's been getting crapped on for his lame decision to pull him out of the game?  I'm disappointed either way.

Will Sam Perlozzo ever get some ass on him and defend our guys when we're on the receiving end of some ridiculous calls from these umps???  Oh how I fondly remember the days of Earl (Weaver) emerging hell bent from the dugout, flipping his hat around and kicking and screaming within an inch of the ump's face.  He usually got ejected, but that made the game all the more entertaining.  At least you felt like he had the player's (and fan's) backs! Sorry Perlozzo, but you're a spineless wuss.