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05-22-2003, 10:55 AM
Yup. This explains it. He had an exhausting trip from Ottawa and went right onto the field, practically. He needed to take a nap. :D I hope he got a good rest last night. I'm counting on him. :D
And I just have this nagging feeling that this Adam Loewen thing isn't going to happen. :hmm:
O's second helping no feast for Roberts
Hairston replacement knows job is temporary; Surhoff knee OK in exam
By Joe Christensen
Sun Staff
Originally published May 22, 2003
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts felt a sense of deja vu yesterday as he traveled cross country with a big league opportunity waiting for him on the West Coast.
Exactly one year earlier, the Orioles promoted Roberts from Triple-A and gave him a chance to prove himself as an everyday player. This time the circumstances were different.
Last year, Jerry Hairston was struggling, so the Orioles had Roberts join the team in Oakland and handed him Hairston's job. This time, Hairston had been the team's most consistent performer before breaking a bone in his right foot Tuesday.
"It's an opportunity, but it's [Hairston's] job," Roberts said. "It's the same as when I came up the first time [in 2001]; it was Mike Bordick's job."
Yes, Roberts is getting his third chance to prove himself after making somewhat disappointing attempts the past two seasons.
In 2001, Roberts hit .253 in 75 games with the Orioles.
Last year, he hit .227 in 38 games.
This year, Roberts was batting .315 for Ottawa with 13 doubles and 19 stolen bases. He was playing both shortstop and second base for the Lynx, but Orioles manager Mike Hargrove doesn't expect to use Roberts anywhere besides second.
Roberts heard he was being promoted yesterday at 3 a.m., giving him just a few hours to hop a plane in Ottawa and travel to California.
He arrived at Edison International Field last night three hours before game time. Five minutes later, the lineup card was posted with Roberts batting first and playing second base.
After handling a steady flow of interview requests before batting practice, Roberts got a pep talk from Hargrove.
"I told him today that he just needs to be Brian Roberts. He needs to do for us in Baltimore what he was doing in Ottawa, and he's capable of that. ... At some point it's going to be his turn to play in the big leagues."
Roberts, who was hitless in four at-bats before singling in the ninth, made an error the first time he touched the ball last night. Trying to turn a double play, he took a throw from third baseman Tony Batista and fired the ball into the Orioles' dugout.
Surhoff to rejoin team
The results from B.J. Surhoff's magnetic resonance imaging exam showed no structural damage in his left knee, Hargrove said, so Surhoff is expected to rejoin the club tomorrow in Texas.
Hargrove said Surhoff probably won't be ready to come off the disabled list until at least Tuesday, when the Orioles begin their next homestand against Anaheim. Surhoff originally went on the DL with a strained right hamstring on May 4.
Talks with Loewen
Orioles executive vice president Jim Beattie said the club is having "conversations" with last year's first-round draft choice Adam Loewen but wouldn't say whether a new offer has been made to the prize pitcher.
The Orioles have until midnight Tuesday to negotiate with the 6-foot-6 left-hander before he goes back into the June 3 draft pool.
"We have a very short time to do something," Beattie said, explaining the team's public silence. "And I think it's beneficial for the whole process not to comment on it or characterize it in any way."
Julio unsure about fine
The Associated Press reported yesterday that Orioles closer Jorge Julio was fined an undisclosed amount by the commissioner's office for hitting Chicago White Sox slugger Magglio Ordonez with a pitch on May 15.
But Julio, Hargrove and Orioles director of baseball administration Ed Kenney said they hadn't heard anything official about the fine.
"I never threw at Magglio," Julio said. "I want to call my agent tomorrow, or something."
Julio hit Ordonez in the eighth inning and drew a warning from the home-plate umpire Terry Craft. Ordonez had hit a three-run triple in his previous at-bat. Both benches cleared in the ninth, when White Sox starter Bartolo Colon drilled Hairston with a fastball.
Colon received a five-game suspension, and manager Jerry Manuel was suspended one game. Both were fined.
Hargrove defended his closer.
"He didn't intentionally hit that kid," he said. "I don't understand how he can be fined."
And I just have this nagging feeling that this Adam Loewen thing isn't going to happen. :hmm:
O's second helping no feast for Roberts
Hairston replacement knows job is temporary; Surhoff knee OK in exam
By Joe Christensen
Sun Staff
Originally published May 22, 2003
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts felt a sense of deja vu yesterday as he traveled cross country with a big league opportunity waiting for him on the West Coast.
Exactly one year earlier, the Orioles promoted Roberts from Triple-A and gave him a chance to prove himself as an everyday player. This time the circumstances were different.
Last year, Jerry Hairston was struggling, so the Orioles had Roberts join the team in Oakland and handed him Hairston's job. This time, Hairston had been the team's most consistent performer before breaking a bone in his right foot Tuesday.
"It's an opportunity, but it's [Hairston's] job," Roberts said. "It's the same as when I came up the first time [in 2001]; it was Mike Bordick's job."
Yes, Roberts is getting his third chance to prove himself after making somewhat disappointing attempts the past two seasons.
In 2001, Roberts hit .253 in 75 games with the Orioles.
Last year, he hit .227 in 38 games.
This year, Roberts was batting .315 for Ottawa with 13 doubles and 19 stolen bases. He was playing both shortstop and second base for the Lynx, but Orioles manager Mike Hargrove doesn't expect to use Roberts anywhere besides second.
Roberts heard he was being promoted yesterday at 3 a.m., giving him just a few hours to hop a plane in Ottawa and travel to California.
He arrived at Edison International Field last night three hours before game time. Five minutes later, the lineup card was posted with Roberts batting first and playing second base.
After handling a steady flow of interview requests before batting practice, Roberts got a pep talk from Hargrove.
"I told him today that he just needs to be Brian Roberts. He needs to do for us in Baltimore what he was doing in Ottawa, and he's capable of that. ... At some point it's going to be his turn to play in the big leagues."
Roberts, who was hitless in four at-bats before singling in the ninth, made an error the first time he touched the ball last night. Trying to turn a double play, he took a throw from third baseman Tony Batista and fired the ball into the Orioles' dugout.
Surhoff to rejoin team
The results from B.J. Surhoff's magnetic resonance imaging exam showed no structural damage in his left knee, Hargrove said, so Surhoff is expected to rejoin the club tomorrow in Texas.
Hargrove said Surhoff probably won't be ready to come off the disabled list until at least Tuesday, when the Orioles begin their next homestand against Anaheim. Surhoff originally went on the DL with a strained right hamstring on May 4.
Talks with Loewen
Orioles executive vice president Jim Beattie said the club is having "conversations" with last year's first-round draft choice Adam Loewen but wouldn't say whether a new offer has been made to the prize pitcher.
The Orioles have until midnight Tuesday to negotiate with the 6-foot-6 left-hander before he goes back into the June 3 draft pool.
"We have a very short time to do something," Beattie said, explaining the team's public silence. "And I think it's beneficial for the whole process not to comment on it or characterize it in any way."
Julio unsure about fine
The Associated Press reported yesterday that Orioles closer Jorge Julio was fined an undisclosed amount by the commissioner's office for hitting Chicago White Sox slugger Magglio Ordonez with a pitch on May 15.
But Julio, Hargrove and Orioles director of baseball administration Ed Kenney said they hadn't heard anything official about the fine.
"I never threw at Magglio," Julio said. "I want to call my agent tomorrow, or something."
Julio hit Ordonez in the eighth inning and drew a warning from the home-plate umpire Terry Craft. Ordonez had hit a three-run triple in his previous at-bat. Both benches cleared in the ninth, when White Sox starter Bartolo Colon drilled Hairston with a fastball.
Colon received a five-game suspension, and manager Jerry Manuel was suspended one game. Both were fined.
Hargrove defended his closer.
"He didn't intentionally hit that kid," he said. "I don't understand how he can be fined."