Patrick Rochowiak

@ThirstRoundPick “He has a fully torn UCL but we’re going to try treating it by wrapping it in a damp paper towel for 15 minutes every day for 6.3 months”

I'm sure that'll work

@swobobafett Ya know I just last week heard about retro replay and I’m going to be stopping in there very soon. Collectors corner on Main Street in bel air is good too for comic book people.

@prochowiak1015 Fridays would also need to bring back the original chicken fingers recipe, but that’s a different rant. Go check out REB Records on Main St in Bel Air and then head down the road to Retro Replay to get that physical media fix.

I feel like I’m taking crazy pills with all of the altered history of Blockbuster like it was where Mary gave birth to Jesus Christ. They made it a point to muscle the good video stores out of business along with some stupid censorship practices.

@swobobafett True, the come back of records is crazy. Physical media is still important, it’s the only way you can truly own any of these movies or tv shows or music. Agreed about tgi Friday’s 😂 get rid of minimalism and bring back some character to these places!

Nostalgia is a hell of a drug. And while new releases are not done the same way, most libraries have a big dvd section. But record stores came back in a huge way and kinda scratched that itch with the camaraderie, so you never know. Now if only TGIFridays would put the shit back on their walls and wear some flair, now we’re talking.

@levineps I don’t think we should regularly carry a third catcher but it is a unique situation given we don’t have the standard back up catcher situation.

@prochowiak1015 That's the problem with not having a third catcher. Would've been a natural spot to put in Handley.

Adley getting hurt on a backswing with a position player pitching in a 10 run loss in the 8th inning with two outs would be the most Orioles thing ever

@KimSchuss They know that systematically something is wrong. The players are putting in the work and doing what they’re told and they know it’s not working. Every team comes in to each game with some sort of knowledge about an advantage against us and the front office can’t help them adjust

They’re playing like they already know their POBO is going to do absolutely nothing to help them and is planning to sell off their teammates for shiny new prospects instead

@swobobafett Take me back for just one day. That feeling of walking out of the video store with your haul for the weekend is unmatched.

During my summers as a lad, I would go to the West Coast Video every Wednesday morning to get the new releases when they opened. Had to make a mad dash and one needed a plan if you wanted more than 1 release. I’d get 3-5 vhs tapes depending on the releases that day, chat with the employees, and head home to watch them.

@swobobafett Like you, I very rarely went to blockbuster. Village video in hickory Maryland was the spot. Little hole in the wall but I loved that place.

@prochowiak1015 They deserved their demise. And one can miss the camaraderie (I do) that a video store brought, but I didn’t have that same experience at a Blockbuster.

The Orioles offense has 10 or more hits now in 3 straight games. We are going to go 1-2 in those games with (as of my typing this) a -17 run differential. It’s almost like pitching matters.

@swobobafett You’re probably right. Netflix laid a lot of ground work, and they were already pretty revolutionary with the mail in service anyway. Blockbuster just couldn’t adapt.

They would have messed that up though. Back in those days, Netflix partnered with everyone trying to take over the DVD market. When I worked at Suncoast, we were giving out Netflix DVDs and trying to get people to sign up. In hindsight, that was like McDonalds giving out coupons for Burger King, but I digress. Blockbuster was late to the game with the mail-in services and I think they would have been destroyed by the streaming competition had they done that.

@levineps I’d love the broadcast to get rid of the box so we can be reminded of how unclear it really is

@prochowiak1015 If I could give two likes to this tweet I would, I've made close to this exact point before with the box. Listen to KB and Ben, they miss so many of them and that's not even a knock on them because it's harder than it looks and in the moment too.

So glad we're all talking about ABS challenges right now. That's about the least of our worries. We're down by double digits right now.

@levineps We also need to remember how much more obvious it is seeing it on tv with the box. They’re trying to be strategic about it and it’s not as obvious. Obviously I’d like to see us a little better with it but abs challenges are the least of our worries

@prochowiak1015 I know and I can see why. It's like the night Adley didn't challenge and Judge homered. Yeah that was bad, but it's hard to be that mad about it when they get killed anyways.

@levineps Ahh they were just going on about it on the broadcast as I read your tweet haha

@prochowiak1015 Not talking about KB and Ben here.

@swobobafett And their arrogance to not beat Netflix into streaming. We could easily have a blockbuster streaming app right now either in place of or along side blockbuster. They thought “people will always want to go into the store and rent movies” and then streaming took over.

I had Baystate Video and West Coast Video in Baltimore. I made friends with the employees and would talk about movies and look at boxes. Those were good times for sure! Blockbuster was always the last resort because they had ridiculous late fees, higher rental prices, and while they had 30-40 copies of that hot new release, they were long gone by the time you’d get there on Friday night. Meanwhile, you’d get a phone call from your other local store letting you know “someone just brought back a copy of Darkman, can you get here in the next 15 minutes?”

@FreddieTheOsFan If we have a lead through 7 I feel ok about the bullpen.. the fact that we don’t have a long man with the way our starting pitchers have performed is baffling.

Bullpen is going exactly as everyone except Mike Einstein thought it would. Imagine if Rico Garcia wasn’t having a breakout year.

@MorganSpangler “Siri, what is the orioles score?” “Protect your peace girl go on with your day.”

Think there should be a setting where Siri won’t tell me the score if they’re behind by 5 or more runs

Cool, thanks Siri, sorry I asked

@MDSportsChat Just the way Mike likes it

Orioles will be selling in July

@ThirstRoundPick Last year was fun. Knew he’d come back down to earth a little but didn’t expect it to be this bad. And Mike built this team like he was going to have another sub 2 era.

Trevor Rogers sucks

@OriolesParade Not possible

30th in exit velocity 1st in AL Wins