Baltimore Orioles manager Buck Showalter made some interesting remarks last week about his team's division rivals, the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. In a sense, Showalter called out Derek Jeter for "jumping back from balls just off the plate" and Red Sox GM Theo Epstein for his payroll management. Call me crazy, but it sounds as though something might not be right in Oriole-town.
"I’d like to see how smart Theo Epstein is with the Tampa Bay payroll,” he said. “You got Carl Crawford ’cause you paid more than anyone else, and that’s what makes you smarter? That’s why I like whipping their butt. It’s great, knowing those guys with the $205 million payroll are saying, ‘How the hell are they beating us?’"
Showalter's remarks are certainly shocking. The bigger question is, why? Is he trying to fire up his team, or he is he just airing out his true frustrations with the two top teams in the American League because he feels the Orioles are in trouble?
Let's analyze the Baltimore Orioles starting lineup and compare it with those of New York and Boston, and see just how well the Birds can do in 2011.
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