Robert Green, Man of the Match
Posted by Mr. Yoder on 14 June, 2010
This past Saturday was a fantastic day. I bought some great compost, US tied England, and I made my first trip of the season to Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
First, the compost. Maryland has this awesome leaf composting program and then they will sell you the results at $5 a bag. On my way to Baltimore, I stopped and picked up a few bags. Sunday I had the chance to spread some in the garden around my corn and peppers. The corn was looking fine to begin with, the peppers looked to be having some bacterial spot issues because of all the rain. However, I swear the peppers looked better after just a few hours with the compost on the ground.
Upon arriving in Baltimore, I made my way to Inner Harbor and the ESPN Zone. I got there around 2, looking forward to the 2:30 start of the USA-England match. I was on my feet for the entire match, but I never felt a thing. The crowd there was awesome, high fives all around with complete strangers. I hope the US side takes a great deal of confidence out of that match. Tim Howard had a great game, despite the mauling he received from Heskey (should have been a straight red card for that). Coming out with a draw was nice, although to see Altidore put that shot past Robert Green into the net, instead of off Green’s desperate hand and onto the post, would have been outstanding. Green does deserve Man of the Match honors for bungling a simple ground ball that any Little League shortstop could have handled.
From ESPN Zone I headed west to Oriole Park for an evening game against the Mets. Yes, my O’s are abysmal. But when you are in the Picnic Perch, things feel better. And it was nice to have a pretty full house, even if most of the orange was accompanied by the blue of the Mets. The all you can eat tally: 6 dogs, 2 plates of nachos, 1 bag peanuts, 5 cups ice cream and 4 sodas. It’s amazing how much a little variety pays off as I felt much better after that than after the 10 dog night at the Phillies game.
As for the game, another notch in the win column for an O’s opponent, although Matusz pitched another great game. I’m getting a little fed up with Luke Scott, he spends more time playing half way and complaining to the umps than hustling. That is not the Oriole Way. To be fair, no one has played the Oriole Way for about 20 years now.