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Matt Albers not surprised Orioles were miffed at him 07.18.11 at 8:25 pm ET
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Matt Albers

BALTIMORE — After the fact, Matt Albers realized, he had gotten caught up in the emotion of a crazy weekend between his current Red Sox club and the Orioles team for whom he played. And his former teammates noticed.

Albers pitched once in the heated four-game series at Fenway Park in the final weekend of the first half, inheriting an 8-3 lead from Josh Beckett (who left the game due to injury) and delivering a pair of scoreless innings in which he struck out four.

There is no denying that Albers threw well against the team that released him. Even so, the game was never in the balance during his appearance, and so when Albers punctuated his outing with a fist pump and a shout — shortly before David Ortiz and Kevin Gregg rumbled in a fight that would garner suspensions for both — the Orioles took notice.

During the eight days from the time that the two teams separated for the All-Star break to their reunion at Camden Yards on Monday, the Orioles have continued to grumble about the Sox’ conduct during the four games at Fenway. And Albers has been one of the subjects of the ongoing ill will expressed by the Orioles towards the Sox.

Albers understands why.

“I think maybe after the fact, I think I got maybe a little carried away. Maybe my emotions got the best of me a little bit,” Albers said. “I kind of figured that they weren’t too happy about it.”

The reliever — who has been a revelation for the Sox, going 3-3 with a 2.37 ERA, 38 strikeouts and 16 walks in 38 innings this year — contacted some of his former Orioles teammates to try to smooth matters. He remains hopeful that, despite the expressions of disgruntlement coming from Baltimore, that this series will not continue the hostilities of the previous one.

“It seemed like it escalated a little out of hand. It was weird seeing that go on,” Albers said. “Hopefully, that’s over with.”

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  • K.C

    Albers shouldn’t be too concerned. They released him and if they roughed him up for 5 or 6 runs, they would have been giving high fives to each other.

    If Gregg hadn’t opened his big mouth to Ortiz, nothing would have happened and no one would be serving suspensions. Gregg is still shooting his mouth off and it’s a poor reflection on the entire Orioles organization. But what can you expect with Showalter as their manager.

  • Charles Giacometti

    The Orioles are a terrible team, Showalter is the most overrated manager in the history of the game, and the Orioles’ players are a bunch of whining punks. I hope the Red Sox sweep every game with them for the rest of the year.

  • Bill on da Shore

    O’s fans wouldn’t have been mad had it been anyone but Albers, who stole money from this team for over 2 years. Maybe he had a secret deal with the Sox – he’d purposely suck for two years, be released, then pitch well for the Sox.

    Seriously, he was horrible during his time here. Congrats to your pitching coaches or whomever straightened him out, because he was bad beyond belief for most of his time in Baltimore. Baltimore City Police should arrest him for theft while he’s in the city limits for actually cashing his paychecks from the O’s his last year here.

  • Linda in Maine

    I want to know why, all of a sudden, a team and its players can’t be excited and show emotion when they’re playing well against a team that’s not playing well because it might offend the other team? Get over it! They’d be excited if they were on a winning streak, too.

  • spitfire

    Hey i thought they had something for us……….oh just more whining,someone call the Whambulance!

  • Malden Native

    Hey, Bill on da Shore — would you like some cheese and crackers with your whine?

  • McNab

    Exactly, Ms Maine! These are grown men. Very wealthy ones. If you don’t like it, don’t lose.
    There’s no whining in baseball.

  • baltimore fan

    Actually I can sympathize with him….I used to love to see Albers come in and walk the bases loaded while with the O’s….I am still PO’d at the continued success of pitchers like Romero, Pineira and Oliver who played like crap while in Boston and have had success since leaving

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