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The Orioles to Draft Jeffrey Maier? Ey yi yi.
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 9:55 am
by Jake
The story begins on Oct. 9, 1996, when Maier, then 12 years old and a rabid New York Yankees fan, reached over the wall at Yankee Stadium and altered the course of Game 1 of the American League Championship Series, as well as the fates -- if you care to believe in such things -- of two franchises.
And the story ends, at least for now, with a phone call Orioles owner Peter Angelos received a few days ago. You'll never guess, the caller said, who is a pretty good college baseball player now, the all-time hits leader at Wesleyan (Conn.) University, an outfielder-third baseman with a decent chance of being drafted during next week's Major League Baseball amateur draft.
"Who?"
Jeffrey Maier. Yes, that Jeffrey Maier.
"You're kidding," Angelos said.
Nope.
There was a long pause, and one could imagine Angelos considering all that had transpired for -- but mostly, to -- the Orioles since the moment the young boy reached out with his glove.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 01968.html
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 10:03 am
by JansenFan
I hate that... kid. The reason for the decline in the Orioles has nothing to do with this moron and everything to do with ignoring the importance of starting pitching for 13 years.
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 11:13 am
by Redskins1974
Wow, it can't get much worse for you O's fans.
Well, I guess anything's possible with your owner, LOL!
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 11:33 am
by NikiH
Redskins1974 wrote:Wow, it can't get much worse for you O's fans.
Well, I guess anything's possible with your owner, LOL!
JER.................. I mean what a jerky post!
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 11:52 am
by Redskins1974
NikiH wrote:Redskins1974 wrote:Wow, it can't get much worse for you O's fans.
Well, I guess anything's possible with your owner, LOL!
JER.................. I mean what a jerky post!
They'll turn it around.... in 2027! LOL
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:02 pm
by JansenFan
By then, you should be done paying off your new stadium.
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:07 pm
by NikiH
JansenFan wrote:By then, you should be done paying off your new stadium.
To quote one of my favorite shows
BURN!!!!!
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:30 pm
by Chris Luva Luva
They're still going to suck.
Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 10:13 pm
by tcwest10
All this animosity towards a little kid doing what any little kid would do is just not healthy.
Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 10:23 pm
by JansenFan
Focused animosity is good for one's sanity.
Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 2:18 am
by SkinsFanInHawai'i
TC you are a Yankee's fan right?
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:51 pm
by Deadskins
tcwest10 wrote:All this animosity towards a little kid doing what any little kid would do is just not healthy.
I agree. The anger should be focused at the umpire who obviously missed the call, and Yankees fans who acted like he was a hero, and their "victory" deserved.
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 12:37 am
by tcwest10
SkinsFanInHawai'i wrote:TC you are a Yankee's fan right?
Yeah, I am. Don't get me wrong. I know exactly who this kid is, and I know what happened. All I'm saying is, he wasn't an agent for Steinbrenner, or the devil, or trying to get his name in the history books.
He reached for a ball in play and changed the outcome of a game.
Like any kid at any ballgame, looking for a souvenir.
It just so happens it was a Yankee game, and the Yankees have anti-fans every bit as passionate as their supporters.
Jeffrey Meier was a little kid.
Trust me. If this were a Giants-Expos game, Meier slips into anonymity...the answer to a really hard trivia question.
Just a kid.
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 1:00 am
by TincoSkin
go sox