There ain't no light at the end of that tunnel...

Why even waste your time being an Oriole fan?

"I just thought that Brian [Roberts] should stay an Oriole, not that the front office didn't think so. They were looking at it from a standpoint of improving the ballclub," Angelos said Sunday, confirming that he nixed an offseason deal for slugging first baseman Adam LaRoche. "And they may have been totally right. I looked on it as the retention of a player that came through our system and who is of such great value to the club for all the things that he does out there with the public and in the hospitals and so on.

"This is a special kind of player, just like Cal Ripken was for the Orioles. And the kind of player you want to keep as part of the organization. And so there's an area where one might say that I have interfered, but I felt impelled to do that from the standpoint of keeping a player that I thought was critical."

If you let that sink in, it just gets better.

They were looking at it from a standpoint of improving the ballclub? And they are wrong for that? Shame on them...I mean, who has ever heard of actually trying to improve a baseball team? Look away if you get nauseous easily.

Imagine having to sit across of that while negotiating? That would seriously be a reason to not sign with the Orioles. He looks like a cross between Grendel, Joe Torre, and Macaulay Culkin with a sprinkling of cancer spots. He looks like the type of person that is continually spitting while he talks.

"It's just another Angelos story to add to the list," one baseball executive said. "He affects everything they do. They may never overcome him. Why would they want a first baseman when they can overpay for middle relievers and have four DHs?"

It's funny being a Met fan or a fan of any other team for that matter, but truly disturbing for Oriole fans. Extremely exasperating reading that stuff about a team you root for.

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Mike Pelfrey continues to be solid, Shawn Green continues his resurgence, Joe Smith is tight, Pedro Feliciano is a monster, Schoeneweis still has a horrible last name, and Jose and Carlos are really good. I must admit, the bullpen situation is a bit scary sometimes with Heilman's tendinitis and Duaner's health, but I think everything will work out.

Yusmeiro Petit for Jorge Julio? A couple of years ago that would have been impossible to even think about. The Mets did an amazing job selling high.

We've all had bad days at work, but this one certainly takes the cake.

Read Coop's blog this season or I'll hunt you down and kill you. It won't be a quick death either. You will be forced to read Steve Phillips' ESPN columns while listening to Hillary Clinton's speeches looped twenty four hours a day.