Comments on: Jay Payton and the State of the Orioles http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2007/04/jay-payton-and-the-state-of-the-orioles/ News and commentary on the world of sports. Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:33:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Jeff Quinton http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2007/04/jay-payton-and-the-state-of-the-orioles/comment-page-1/#comment-272690 Jeff Quinton Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:47:39 +0000 http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2007/04/jay-payton-and-the-state-of-the-orioles/#comment-272690 My wife has worked in hotel sales for about a decade or so in the Baltimore area. Some of the reason for the Red Sox fan cheering section size is because in some cases it’s cheaper for Bosox fans to fly to BWI, get a room and buy tickets for the game here than it is for them to go to Fenway.

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By: soccer dad http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2007/04/jay-payton-and-the-state-of-the-orioles/comment-page-1/#comment-271171 soccer dad Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:23:42 +0000 http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2007/04/jay-payton-and-the-state-of-the-orioles/#comment-271171 Excellent.
I think that’s it in a nutshell. For the past decade we’ve seen one mediocrity after another paraded into town as a solution. Nothing wrong with mediocre; but if that’s all you strive for, .500 is as good as it will get.
One GM after another seems to have no idea how to judge talent.
(And thanks for the link!)

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