The Orioles: Party Like It's 1997
Posted by junger | April 9th, 2008
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I didn't blog about our trip to Orioles Opening Day this year because, well, I kind of assumed it just didn't matter.
It's the first game of the year, expectations are low, you lose to Tampa Bay 6-2 … it doesn't seem like there's anywhere to go — you're already at the bottom.
One week later, and you've rattled off a bunch of consecutive wins and sit at the top of the American League East … but is it for real?
In all honesty, I kind of stopped following the O's when we moved to Boston. After 1997, their fall to mediocrity was pretty quick. And it didn't help that the Red Sox won 2 World Series during my 7 years in Beantown after that whole 86-year mess.
I would love to recapture that excitement from the winning days, but I'm not sure if I have the time to invest in it.
Maybe it helps that I'm playing fantasy baseball this year — too bad I'm currently bringing up the rear.
I'm not much of a half-asser, so either I'm living and breathing Orioles baseball, or I'm only casually caring.
I want it to be the first, but I don't know if it will be.
(PS - MASN, get your act together and broadcast all of the games in HD. It's really second-tier of you to do otherwise.)
Opening Day, Here I Come!
Posted by junger | February 6th, 2008
It's official: when the Orioles kick off (?) their season on March 31, I will be there for the first pitch!
Screw MASN HD, I'll have a 360 degree viewing angle of Camden Yards.
I haven't been to an Orioles game in a long time — probably 6 years now, since I moved to Boston. And although I don't have a lot to look forward to (11 straight losing years?), going to a game at Oriole Park is always a good time.
The most beautiful stadium in the game, one of the crappiest teams on the field.
That's the irony you get. No wonder the Yankees and Red Sox always have good teams.
(amazing photo by krug_photography)
