another edition of rick dempseys clubhouse. >> i'm aubrey huff. >> and i'm rick dempsey. >> dempsey's cutups coming up. >> inside the game with another edition of dempsey's cut ups when we come back. affirmative, it's on. announcer: southwest airlines announces new service out of bwi airport, with three daily nonstop flights to new york laguardia for just 49 dollars one-way starting june 28th. grab your bag. it's on. - ( ding ) - book now at southwest.com. mazaro. mazaro. as the rockies. it's cold insurance, only from coors light. cold beer: that's our policy. frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. >>> markic is batting average. 2008 career highs 17 out field assists and a .346 average and that is our player profile of the orioles brought to you by the u.s. army. >>> and rick dempsey on sunday as the orioles get ready to face the a's. and i always mention on sundays, if it's sunday it's meet the press and here on masn if it's sunday it's another edition of dempsey's clubhouse. >> he was voted the most valuable player in 2008 and received a silver slugger award for

welcome back to "o's xtra" with tom davis and rick dempsey.d run average at 3.47 is the fourth best in the american league and opposing hitters are hitling .243 against orioles pitching which is four ts in the american league. for more on the orioles pitching, let's check in now with amber theoharis back in florida. >> rick, since june 13th, your pitching staff has the fourth best team e.r.a. in the american league. i know the start verse a lot to do with that and a lost bullpen. if you look at last night, you take away the five runs from the bullpen, it was lower than that going into last night. what do you think is allowing everybody to kind of click at the same time? >> well, you know, obviously it all starts with the starting pitcher. they dictate the game or they get going. we've been getting solid pitching from our starters. there's no question. they're getting deep into games which is allowing the relievers not to have to work as hard as they've been worked earlier in the year. >> is that what you want to see from jason berken and what

tom davis with rick dempsey in our studio. orioles had problems on the field last night in their 5-2 loss to the marlins. dave trembley summed up a lost night in miami. >> a lot of the success we've had recently is because we've played very good baseball and we played all 27 outs, but we gave some outs tonight. that was a difference of the game. that's about as direct as i can say it. [ indiscernible ] >> i forget what -- who is running, you know, so -- >> bonifacio? >> yeah, it's bonifacio. i try to throw home plate. know make a decision. i try to throw to home plate or second base. but when -- you know, that, mistake, that's my fault. i have to throw for the second base. that's my fault. >> obviously, felix pie had a tough game last night. it seemed like pie had trouble in more ways than one. >> you saw what felix pie said in that interview did he forget who is running. you cannot do that at the major league level. when you take a guy like this and look at him overall, you say what kind of player do we have. he's a player. h

jim hunter with rick dempsey. rick, baseball is such a funny game because, every time you think you have it figured out, you realize you can't figure it out. earlier this year, orioles are looking for consistent pitching. just get consistent pitching and we're going to go on a streak. and they get good pitching now and the hitting goes cold. >> you know, there are some pretty young pitchers who are putting on some good stretches. now, the offense taking a break. they are struggling to get over six hits a game. they have done that one time. you can't win ball games when everything does not come together. we talk about it all the time. you have to have timely hitting, good pitching, defense. the orioles seem to be able to get two of the three and that one usually costs them the ballgame. to get on that kind of a streak, you have to be able to put the three together. orioles with a 3.68 e.r.a. >> the orioles did make a roster move. this was highly anticipated and this is now a done deal as jamie walker has been releas

tom davis together with rick dempsey. the orioles five straight wins now, rick. better pitching or better hitting? >> i like the way both of it is going now. the reason i like the offense so much is because they're scoring early in ballgames. they're scoring a little bit in the middle and whatever they need late in ballgames they're getting now. they're building a lot of confidence, and they seem to be relaxing, and they're down in ballgames and they're scoring runs. that's what i like the most. a pinch hit base hitter and then the big blow. brian roberts is usually in the mix somewhere. but everybody is really coming together nicely. i like what i see there. the pitching, all of these young guys are starting to go deep interballgames, especially brad bergesen. i think all of the other pitchers are watching him. they see the way he is pitching quick and his tempo is nice and easy and slow. >> some good news. now, the orioles send alberto castillo to the minors and brought back chris ray. for the latest on that and the weather on south florida. what is the weather

jim hunter and rick dempsey. orioles trying to make it three consecutive wins. bats broke out over the weekend. it's an amazing game baseball. you can go 11 consecutive games and score 19 runs and then score 19 runs combined over two games. orioles in those games, fabulous, reiss rick. 29 base hits, a .392 combined team batting average. look at the numbers with runners in scoring position and two of the hitters breaking out big, brian roberts and ty wigginton. i guess the theory about that is, if you think you have it figured out in baseball, wait till tomorrow. >> you got that right. you talk about hitting. it's contagious. that's what happens in this ball club. they're very, very good at it especially at home. brian roberts is the catalyst for this entire offense and that is the strength of this organization right now. when brian roberts son base, not only is he a good hitter and a guy who doesn't like to bunt very much. he's a pure hitter. when he gets on base, he causes the pitcher to change all the ways he wants to pitch everybody else in the lineup while h

jim hunter, and rick dempsey, if you're watching us now. you found us. the national's game against te yankees was to be a day game, both games on the matador cofe family channeling -- on the mn channel, but that game has been delayed so long, they are abot to start. happy you can join us, and ri, an exciting one. the orioles now looking to bud on they lost the opener againt atlanta, won the next two, won last night, trike to get the rubber game in the series. -- trying to get the rubber ge in the series. >> those come from the behind victories that we were used to last year. all scoring has been within te first two, three innings of te ballgame, and it seems to have faded to the end. as of late, second half of ths home stand, orioles are starting to show late-inning power and late-inning hitting. this is what we're looking for again. last night, it was great, hf coming through with the big 2-run home run. >> huff has the game-breaking home run. 4-4 game. that was the difference in the game, bu

these fans want to elect rick dempsey the mayor of baltimore. look at the excitement out here. >> that is really good to see. it's amazing how in the span of one night both 6-4 games, orioles last night had to battle back. but tonight the huff home run gave them the lead. >> always exciting here. you know how well the orioles do hit the ball so well here at home. we got a pretty good crowd tonight. david wright and all of them come in here and everything and hit the ball the way they hit the ball tonight and do all the little things we did, it was pretty exciting. i could hardly hear anything you say, they're so loud. >> we're going to head into the clubhouse, he's in the dugout i'm told. aubrey, tell us about that at- bat. you absolutely crushed that ball and it couldn't have come at a better time to give the orioles the win. >> it was a, the night before i'd faced him he threw me a lot of sliders. he got a 3-2 slidatory strike me out. i took two fastballs right there, pretty good pitches to hit. i was just looking slider the whole time. just g

let's head to the studio and rejoin tom davis and rick dempsey and "o's xtra". take it away, tom and rick. >> tom davis, rick dempsey. welcome to "o's xtra" presented by verizon fios. orioles lose to the florida marlins 5-2. jason berken got in trouble in the beginning of the game. >> you can't walk the first man of the game. that will always come back to haunt you. what's any rule of game? nothing good ever happens after a walk am two walks for berken score on the day. orioles lose 5-2. berk begin no have the that bad a night. he pitched tough tough through parts this have ballgame, but the walk did him in. >> go back and take a look at the highlights from tonight's game. we begin in the first inning because the marlins got on the board quickly in the florida first. hanley ramirez comes through with a two-run sing toll right center field to give the marlins a 2-0 lead. this came after a walk and an error. >> there you go. you see hanley ramirez inside- outs that ball to right field. he's swinging a hot bat driving in a lost runs for the orioles right -- marlins

now "o's xtra", tom davis and rick dempsey in baltimore. an unstoppable force. because every coors light can is cold-activated. when the mountains turn blue, your beer is as cold as the rockies. the coors light cold-activated can. enjoy refreshment at its peak. aaaaaahhh! frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. >> welcome to "o's xtra" post- game brought to you by verizon fios. before we talk baseball, we apologize for the electrical problems coming out of south florida. the ninth inning was done with a radio call by jim hunter and buck martinez on the play-by- play. we apologize for logz the picture. that's the second time tonight that we had an electrical problem in south florida. we had one earlier in the game. orioles did lose to the marlins tonight 11-3. marlins complete add three-game sweep. how about rich hill. he strikes out the side to start the game and doesn't last five innings. >> he had thrown that many curve balls, he would donate his elbow to the body world exhibit by the fifth inning. he had to throw a few fastballs and that d

. >> jim: rick dempsey used to have the orange ring about his glove, the day glow. >> bob: fastball up. wieters, by the way, listed at 6'5", 230. and rick dempsey, i talked to him before the game and he told me he is still trying to get comfortable back there. maybe a little too much movement here and there. >> jim: that's what jim said, he was down in florida. sometimes you can be a little late with the target. see now he is much better tonight about it. i know don warner, who is the -- really the roving catching instructor. he said this is a young guy. he is only 22 years old. jim hunter said he is 20 game ins the big league ? >> bob: yeah. >> jim: andy macphail, the general manager of the orioles, he said it is not like you're an older, there's a lot of things going on when ryu have to catch. you to call the game; receive it, trail the pitches. you are 6 '5". sandy alomar jr. said, and when the mets were many, he said dennis martinez said give me a shoulder, give me a knee, give me a target. rook. and this was a veteran pitcher. >> bob: a breaking ball that got right in on dunn's tr

for rick dempsey, this is tom davis. we thank you for watching masn. forward to you rejoining us tomorrow evening at 6:30 from baltimore's camden yards for more orioles coverage. birds begin a three-game series against the washington nationals. brad bergesen on the mound pitching for the orioles and ross detwiler going for the washington nationals. once again, the orioles lose to the florida marlins 11-3. for rick dempsey, this is tom davis. thank you for watching masn. . announcer: for under $1500. we told him you find it, you keep it. this is so sexy. but macs to me are about aesthetics more than they are the computing power. the keyboard is small. that thing is gigantic. it's got four gigs of ram. it's got the processing speed that i need. this laptop has got everything i want. ah! announcer: nice work, g. it's a pc. my budget was $1,500. this computer will do everything that i need. i'm a pc because i'm really picky. since april 26th. >> albert pujols was 5 for 5 with three grand slams prior to today with the bases loaded. in the top of the second.

tom davis and rick dempsey and o's xtra. >> the e's complete a three game sweep, and rick, before we get into the orioles we have to talk about vin mazzaro. he hasn't given up a run in two professional games in the major leagues. >> he was 15 and 6 comes into the game and he doesn't strike out a lot of people but he doesn't give up very many runs either and that tells you something about the movement on his fastball and today he shows it. if you were watching the ballgame, you saw a lot of ground ball outs but that movement on the fastball and mixing in the slider and the curveball, he showed me a little something. in fact all of the oakland a aspishers showed me something, all young guys and very up and coming guys that are scary rights now. >> as we look at the recap. this is a one-inning recap when you get down to it for the oars and it fun turns out to be -- it turns out to be too many walks. giambi walks with the bases loaded and that brings in the first run. >> and hill just can't seem to find the plate. he hits another batter with the bases loaded. that puts to runs on the bar

. >> jim: hi, of course, jim hunter with rick dempsey getting ready for oriole's post game. unfortunately, the story continues. this team does not hit. >> rick: that's right. this is another game where the orioles have less than six hits and one game. brian roberts with two hits tonight of the 5 with the amounts that they have. we are coming right back with o's extra post game. right now we go back to oakland to rejoin gary and buck. >> gary: thank you, guys. we will get it right back to you as it it will be a win. game 2, jason berken against trevor cahill. our coverage begins a half hour earlier. for buc martinez, amber theoharis, and the rest of our crew, thank you. braden the winner, 5-5 and guthrie the loser, 4-5. o's xtra right now. >> jim: hi, of course, welcome back in t is o's xtra presented by verizon. you talk about the orioles and what has become a lethargic offense on this west coast road trip now. in four games, the orioles are 1-3, have scored a total of six runs oakland scored six runs in the bottom of the 1st against jeremy guthrie. that's the kind of week it

. >> jim: and rick dempsey just told us in the pregame if the orioles are trailing after six, they're 2-30, so when the errors are committed. last night jeremy guthrie will be the first guy to tell you, even though you don't want to do it, i lost my cool. it happened the second time through the order in the middle of the line-up. he didn't execute his pitches and the mets took advantage of that and that's where they got the first four runs. >> gary: so you try and come back from that. uehara needs to have the performance that will take him deep into the game and the defense needs to be able to catch the baseball. probably because i've never had much. but now that i'm making more, it's time to be a little smarter about how i manage it.. with the calendar, i can schedule all my payments. and when funds are low, danger days help me stay out of the red. i can also transfer money with just a click and a drag. so maybe i'm better with money than i thought. introducing the virtual wallet from pnc, a high-definition, online view of your money. pnc. leading the way. >> gary: overcast night

tonight's telecast, a masn presentation and now "o's xtra," tom davis and rick dempsey standing by.p it 7-6. >> welcome to "o's xtra" pregame presented by verizon phi i don't say. the o's lose a heart breaker in extra innings to the marlins. one of the games that kept you on the edge of your seat right into the ninth inning. >> and i know there were a lot of people snoozing two outs in the top of the ninth and the orioles come back with five hits in a row. they played a fantastic game, come from behind. that is the kind of spirit you like to see on this ball club. everybody did an outstanding job. danys baez comes in. every ground ball find as hole. that happens sometimes. what the orioles did after that was nothing short of amazing. >> just a tough, tough loss. the orioles lose 7-6. we're going to pick up some of the highlights. we're going to go back to the seventh inning. in this situation, happen live ramirez hit the grand slam, his 10th home run coming off of danys baez and this was a very devastating blow. >> this is a shot that you think is going to break the orioles' back he

. >> rob: rick dempsey is in there. >> jim h.: deferty sold me he owned you, he absolutely told me he owned you. maybe i'm exaggerating. >> rob: gibson did own me. he hit a game winning home run off me in detroit my only year in the american league. >> jim h.: ken griffey, sr., not, jr. >> jim p.: howard johnson. batting instructor with the mets. >> rob: i think mike had about 300 minor league home runs. >> jim p.: i'm just talking about -- >> rob: did you face over 20,000 hitters? >> jim p.: i don't know. let's not get depressed. my arm will start hurting. >> jim h.: well, 4,000 innings, times three. all the walks. one or two base hits. >> jim p.: a lot of walks. >> jim h.: a couple of grand slams. >> rob: who hit the most home runs off you? >> jim p.: rice hit nine, eight sole lows. >> rob: you have to feel pretty good, he's going into the hall of fame. >> jim p.: nettles, who was a terrific hitter. two guys get into the hall of fame, ricky henderson i think hit over .400 against me. what an annoying guy. then he will steal second and third. >> rob: that's even more annoying. >> jim

time now for rick dempsey's scouting report. >> off to a good start for 2009. two starts so far. five plus innings. 12 innings so far with three earned runs and lost his first game after giving up only one earned run. that's the best so far. he's a full package player. he's got the good sinker, curve ball, slider, change up and what i like the most he is a grinder. >> lower earned run average to .225. >> roberts and markakis hitting one and two for the shoe tonight. they're a shoe in. if these two guys will hit like they can hit, the orioles will will win this game hands down. >> you're enthused about the lineup. >> i like it. adam jones hitting in a slot where he can drive in a few more runs. i like our number four hitter tonight. luke scott. eight home runs in his last nine ball games. you have to put him in the number four slot and change things up a bit. it's a shake up because they're stale right now. stagnant. not scoring any runs or hits. maybe this will do it. >> try to break a three game losing streak. that will wrap up o's extra brought to you by at&t. and gary thorn br

. >> jim: rick dempsey was talking in the pregame. i don't know. the orioles were trailing, and they got five straight hits to tie the game up in the ninth inning. nick markakis is, he is a .300 lifetime hitter and he is not getting any worse. he is only 25 years old. he can flat out hit. >> bob: and his batting average coming into that at-bat is .301. he is now 3-4 tonight. here is aubrey huff. >> rob: and the bases loaded. you have to throw some strikes. >> jim: oh, yeah. >> rob: and that was a running fastball. it ran down and in on him and he crushed it. >> jim: a lot of times you get the left-handers to roll over on that two-seamer and now the nemesis. >> bob: 13 baltimore hits aclub hitting over .300 this year. jim, i thought you said the fireworks were after the game? >> jim: no. we started a little early. i suppose it could be worse. and when chen was here, teixeira was 6-10 with five home runs. >> rob: wow. >> jim: that would be a guy you'd pitch around, wouldn't you? i would have. >> bob: 2-0 count and a oncer over nick johnson. roberts s

what's the rick dempsey key to the game? >> you've got to be in the lead after six innings. orioles so far this year, it's been amazing, have an mazing record when they're in the lead after six innings, they're 21-2, their record. when they're not in the lead after six innings, it's 2 and 30 which is the worst in all of major league baseball. i do everything i could possibly do to get that lead in the 6th, even if it was squeezing the guy home from third. >> when you have a pitcher on the mound, redding, most of the earned runs have come in two starts. what you want to do is try to get a lead on him so you could play that type of game where you get the add-on runs. >> make him pitch from the stretch. they can't stop the running game. they start to change everything around, so that's a key tonight, too, is to try to get guys out there on the bases who can steal bases. >> when we come back on "o's xtra," it's a family affair in the orioles organization. there's the b on the write and his son steven. it's time for a coffee break. not quite. ♪ when i need a tasty treat ♪ ♪ a pic

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tom davis and rick dempsey welcome you back here to our masn studios after the orioles lost in 12 to da marlins. rick, you have this blog on masn sports. some fans think -- >> here we go. >> some fans actually think you wrote on the blog that you're -- you have the impress to trade brian roberts. >> you have to go on masnsports.com to see exactly what was said out there. i never did say that you should trade brian roberts. i only pointed out his value to a ball club at a time like this in his career. yes, he is over 30 years old, the nucleus of this ball club is 23, 24 years old right now. he may have missed his window with this ball club. nobody knows right here. it may be poising itself to be in the pennant race or the world series in the next two or three years. brian report could be out of his prime at that time. nobody really knows. brian roberts' value to the ball club might be like what ken griffey jr. was to the seattle mariners or randy jones to the seattle mayoriers. let's go alex rodriguez from the mayoriers. they tray traded those guys away and immediately played in the pl

was kind of interesting, gregg zaun was talking yesterday, he said, because of my uncle, pat and rick dempsey, he said, i came to the big leagues probably or at least into professional ball at 18 knowing how to catch. it's the hitting problem that's always been the difficult thing. tonight that hasn't been a problem. >> jim h.: there's a base hit. belliard was able to freeze melvin mora momentarily so melvin has to be held at third by juan sam well, and the orioles have the bases loaded. >> jim p.: melvin's job is not to get doubled up. if the ball gets through for a base hit, you know the bases are going to be loaded. >> jim h.: so mora goes to third, zaun at second, andino is on at first with one down. here's brian roberts who is without a doubt due. he's 0 for 4 tonight and 0 for his last 14. >> jim p.: how about winning 11- 1 and one of the best lead-off guys in baseball having what for him is an off night. that 0 for 4 last night. >> jim h.: tonight he was robbed by gonzalez in the fifth inning on an amazing diving grab. there's been some spectacular defense played tonight on both sides.

>> rick dempsey, welcome back to the masn studios after the orioles lost to florida marlins. that was not the only play at the plate. it seemd soams like everything was happening at the plate. matt wieters had a night to end all nights there edid. he had a lot of plays out there. nick markakis, you know who tied the record again tonight for eight assists. made a great play at home plate. earlier on, luke scott had an opportunity to hit the relay man and the orioles lose another run right here. you can just see a nice, little slow hop, skip and jump to the relay manned and -- man and the throw to home plate was not in time and not opt mark for wieters to make the day. here, another ?oot right field. there's a little short. nick markakis now, you just don't want to run on nick markakis. you can trust that he's always going to give you the best effort of any outfielder in the game. always good throws. always in the play all the time anticipating ahead of time. wieters with an easy tag at home plate and cuts down a marlin there. good tag by wieters tonight on that play who stayed

welcome back in jim hunter, rick dempsey. it's "o's xtra" presented by verizon fios. one good sign in this loss is nick markakis finally got the elusive home run he had been looking for since may 21. his two-run shot at the time made it 4-2. really nice to scenic break the home run drought and rbi drought. >> you have to go back to the new york yankee series when the orioles played in new york. this is when markakis hit that last home run. pretty good shot to almost straightaway center field at yankee stadium. it's been like 22 games until nick markakis walked up there tonight. he gets ahold of this one for base hit first. this is his second at-bat of the ballgame. then, later on in the game, wow, there it is. the shot we've been looking for. hopefully, this will be the swing that gets markakis back on top of his game. a little bit of confidence. full extension. beautiful swing. we all watch it goes into the -- go into the flag court. this cuts the lead in half for the mets. orioles at this point in time 4- 2. >> so, markakis hits the home run. he goes 2-4, a couple o

i haven't seen him in person yet, but i know rick dempsey really likes him and the way he keeps the ballis guy hasn't lost a game since way back, may 19. >> that is a while. >> a pretty tough pitcher. >> yes, and the earned run average is decent. he throws the ball, a lot of movement. he throws strikes and his defense works really well behind him. >> so a good pitching match-up tonight. we thank you for watching us here. for ray knight, i'm johnny holliday. stick around, bob carp per -- carpenter and rob dibble coming up next, the nats and the orioles another ms camden yards! two beers! you got it! are you insured? do you know when your beer is perfectly cold? or do you risk drinking a warm one? if you have the new coors light cold-activated can, you're covered. because now every can turns blue when your beer... is as cold as the rockies. it's cold insurance, only from coors light. cold beer: that's our policy. frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer.