'We're all bad right now,' O's Markakis says
Outfielder publicly discusses frustrations with organization for first time...
...the normally mild-mannered Markakis publicly expressed his frustration with the organization for the first time, questioning both the direction of the club and the offensive approach of the team in an interview with The Baltimore Sun this week.
"At this point, yeah. Where are we going?" Markakis said when asked whether he is concerned about the lack of progress the organization has made. "I know we have a lot of injured guys. We're in the toughest division in baseball, and we're a last-place team. But at this point, it's mind-boggling. You don't even know what to think, but you still have to be professional and go out and play every day."
Asked how damning it is that the Orioles are just slightly ahead of the pace set by the 1962 New York Mets, the standard bearer for baseball futility with a 40-120 record, Markakis paused and then said: "That's a hard question. I don't know the answer, and I don't know what to say. I really don't. There is only so much you can do. I don't know what the hell is going on around here. It can't get worse. It really can't."
