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Needed that.

Man, Brew Crew schooling us. Every freaking inning. I'm over this series.

Gutted it out. Bats need to get going now, let's try to salvage a win here.

Really impressed by the Brewers. Doing all the little things right while the O's flounder a bit. Bringing back unwelcome memories of last year's playoffs.

This series has been unfun. Really hope they find a way to salvage a win here.

Can JH please get his first hit so this isn't a complete waste of an evening?

Cowser has that Mark Reynolds in late summer of 2012 thing going on. Unstoppable.

Glad Cowser got that hit in the first because Freddy looks dialed in.

Really really hope Bradish and/or Means are going to be able to go and be reasonably effective this year.

Meanwhile, can we get a hit?

Disassemble the Bromo Tower and rebuild it between the statues and the batters eye. I don't like the CC jerseys, but can tolerate them. Wear them less, though. The white, orange, or black jerseys are some of the best in baseball so it's always going to be a big step down when they go CC.

It's the emotion you invest. The highs and lows over years and years. Been a fan since I was a kid, I can't imagine rooting for anyone else or NOT caring what the Os are up to. I am also a Buffalo Bills and Sabres fan. Between the three, I have witnessed ONE championship and that was in 1983 when I was a kid and I barely remember it. Been close several times, lots of heartbreakers. Just trying to imagine the day one of my teams wins it all.

Sweet. Still didn't look as good to me, which means nothing, I know. Difference between AR and AF is I had super high expectations of AR whereas I had no real expectations for AF.

...and if we are talking 2023 negs, I think Adley at the plate in the 2nd half was kind of a bummer. I'm as big a fanboi as anyone, but he wasn't great, and the whole fall to one knee Home Run Derby swing was annoying. Hoping to not see that in 24.

I didn't and don't understand the Frazier hate here. Coming into last year I just saw him as a guy to hold things down till the younger guys came up, and to be decent. Was he an all star or a O'Hearn-like surprise? No, but I think he was fine, and had several huge clutch hits as well. Did he ever make me want to throw my remote through the TV like Baker? No. Was he Mateo-trying-to-bunt bad? Nah. If I have to look for negatives in an overwhelmingly positive season, I don't think AF would make my top 50.