The headlines out of Baltimore yeserday afternoon…
Baltimore Orioles manager Dave Trembley will return next season
The Orioles scheduled a news conference for Wednesday afternoon to announce that Trembley, who took over for fired manager Sam Perlozzo on June 18, will retain the position entering the 2008 season, said Andy MacPhail, president of baseball operations for the team.
So, how did the team react in last night’s ball game? They gave up the most runs in a major league game since 1897! That’s right, the most runs in 110 years.
Texas stampede
Rangers score 30 unanswered runs in historic rout
BALTIMORE (AP) — Five runs in the fourth inning.
Nine runs in the sixth.
Ten in the eighth.
Six more in the ninth.
The Texas Rangers rounded the bases at a dizzying pace and became the first team in 110 years to score 30 runs in a game, setting an American League record Wednesday in a 30-3 rout of the Baltimore Orioles.
“This is something freaky. You won’t see anything like this again for a long, long time. I am glad I was on this end of it,” said Marlon Byrd, who hit one of two Texas grand slams.
That is the equivilent of a football team scoring 120 points in a game. Simply astounding. How’s that for a vote of confidence in the new manager? Dave Trembley must be wondering if yesterday’s news was a blessing or a curse.