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The following sports quotes and situations are from the previous week and took very little research to find. Something tells me this could be an interesting running theme for the future.

-With a record of 51-67, the Baltimore Orioles are the fifth-worst team in baseball. “We're in fourth place,” said Orioles 3rd baseman Melvin Mora. “We’re 19 games behind. What are we going to do to fix it? I don't know. That's not my job.”

-The Red Sox left fielder Manny Ramirez went 0-for-3 on Sunday, ending his hitting streak at 27 games. He may have been credited with a single on a groundout back to the pitcher, but jogged down the line and was safe when pitcher Todd Williams made a wild throw for an error. Said teammate Mike Lowell, “Manny asked me if I think [the official scorer] would have given him a hit on that if he would have ran hard, I said ‘I don’t know. You didn’t, so don’t worry about it.”

-The New York Giants are pondering the role of Chad Morton, currently a first-team returner for punts and kickoffs. His competition in camp is RW McQuarters, who feels that he is more versatile, and therefore, more valuable to the Giants. “[When] there’s one slot left, who do you go with?” McQuarters asked. “Do you go with the guy who can do more, that can do two or three jobs, or the guy that can do only one job?” Morton could not be reached for comment, but had he been reached, he probably would have said that McQuarters can go [bleep] himself.

-Washington Nationals manager Frank Robinson was not pleased with the pitch selection between his catcher Brian Schneider and pitcher Jon Rauch. Upon hearing of his manager's displeasure, Schneider responded, “there are 160 pitches a game and if he wants to say that about one pitch and one time during the game, he [is entitled to that opinion]. Maybe he should try putting on a uniform and play with these losers.”

Okay, I made that last part up, but you could tell that’s what he was really thinking.