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Not Good Enough: The Dave Trembley Era

Dave Trembley had to go and deserved to go. He seemed nice, and I liked the idea of Dave Trembley--I always like a baseball manager who Never Played in the Big Leagues--but the Orioles should never have brought him back for this season.

It was not Dave Trembley's fault that the Orioles are a lousy team this year. They are a lousy team because they have a lousy collection of players. A little over a week ago, this finally sank in, when they fielded the following lineup:

Corey Patterson, LF, .267

Julio Lugo, 2B, .229

Ty Wigginton, 1B, .281

Miguel Tejada, 3B, .260

Matt Wieters, C, .261

Adam Jones, CF, .259

Garrett Atkins, DH, .220

Lou Montanez, RF, .146

Cesar Izturis, SS, .226



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