I Want To See An Oriole Game, Soon

Jamie Moyer pitching for Tidewater

Jamie Moyer has a good chance for being called up from Triple A Tidewater to Baltimore in the next couple of days. If he does, I want to see an Oriole game. The Mid Atlantic Sports Network Website has a posting about the "what-if's." I am in wait-and-see mode - the Orioles have been winning, so getting tickets can be a bit more of a challenge. We are used to going to games with teams like the Red Sox and the stands being full of their fans. If Moyer makes it back to the Majors, I will be pulling for him to have another win, no earned runs, no walks, and a bunch of confused sluggers wiffing the air.

Decisions pending on Moyer and Reimold (and note)

Roch Kubatko
June 21, 2012 11:31 AM

Left-hander Jamie Moyer made his third start for Triple-A Norfolk last night, throwing 77 pitches in four innings against Buffalo. Now the Orioles are on deck. Moyer can opt out of his contract if the Orioles don't select it from Norfolk and bring him back to the majors. As one team official said, it's "up or opt." Catchy. Moyer isn't listed among Norfolk's upcoming starters. Zach Britton starts today, followed by Chris Tillman on Friday, Dontrelle Willis on Saturday, Jason Berken on Sunday and Miguel Gonzalez on Monday. Moyer has allowed three earned runs (four total) and 11 hits in 16 innings, with no walks and 16 strikeouts. He was removed after the fourth inning last night because of his pitch count. International League batters haven't figured out what to do with Moyer's upper-70s fastball, and Mets knuckleballer R.A Dickey provided a recent example to the Orioles that speed doesn't always matter. At this point, they appear to be leaning toward bringing Moyer to Baltimore, where he pitched from 1993-1995, but nothing is official. The rotation can be adjusted next week because the Orioles are off again on Monday. Moyer could bump Tommy Hunter, Jake Arrieta or Brian Matusz. And executive vice president Dan Duquette continues to look outside the organization for pitching help. Stay tuned.
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To follow up on some of the news about Moyer's journey from release by the Rockies to the Orioles' Triple A team, click here, here, here, here, and here.