Jump to content

MTOsFan

Plus Member
  • Posts

    253
  • Joined

  • Last visited

About MTOsFan

  • Birthday 04/07/1970

Personal Information

  • Location
    Billings, MT
  • Occupation
    Project Manager
  • Favorite Current Oriole
    Nick Markakis
  • Favorite All Time Oriole
    Brooks Robinson

MTOsFan's Achievements

Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee (7/14)

  • Reacting Well
  • Week One Done
  • One Month Later
  • One Year In
  • First Post

Recent Badges

42

Reputation

  1. http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/standings/probability.jsp?ymd=20140915
  2. Yeah, don't get me wrong. Fandom, like grief is personal. We all do it differently. No right way, no wrong way. I don't even have a problem with the pink hatted Red Sox fans. I just don't understand it.
  3. I'm with Malike on this one. Having a hard time getting my head around your stance. I don't think the colts analogy works because of the whole "moving van" aspect. For me, when we moved, I hung on to a few items from Maryland that I couldn't bear to part with. The O's, a love of the water, as well as a slight accent that my wife makes fun of.
  4. He owned a local Ford dealership in town. I saw him a few times. There's a nice statue at the stadium of the Reds affiliate in town. Also, Jeff Ballard lives in Billings. I've run into him several times at the grocery store.
  5. I was born in 1970 on the Eastern Shore. It never even crossed my mind to root for another team. We'd head into Baltimore in my father's baby blue ford van and get to the stadium early for autographs and batting practice. My first ball came from Jim Palmer in the left field stands as he was shagging fly balls. My second from Al Bumbry on the same day. I was 7, and I still remember every sight and smell. One of my fondest memories. I remember crying in 1979 and developing a lifelong hatred for Willie Stargell and Sister Sledge. I moved to Montana in 1981 and struggled to follow the team from half the world away. My Dad bought us one of those old school giant satellite dishes just to get HTS so we could watch the O's. Ever since then I've watched religiously. I made my inaugural trip to OPACY for my 40th birthday and spent part of Opening Day with some of you at an event Tony put together. It's been a lifelong passion for me. I wouldn't trade any of it, 1988, the consecutive losing seasons, any of it. It's been an integral part of who I am.
  6. Props to Weams for posting this in a game thread last week. <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WL1hlzLsUaU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
  7. <p><p><p>Glad to see you back.......</p></p></p>

  8. <p><p><p>I have met them all too! I am so glad you had fun!</p></p></p>

    <p><p><p>Weams and D are special friends of mine!</p></p></p>

  9. <p><p><p>It was great Cindy. I met Weams, D, Newhanfan and his wife/girlfriend, Tony, Scottie, Scott, SteveA, David Hernandez' father, Paul Folk, and several others. It was very informative and really nice to spend time with people that have the same disorder (O's) as I do. I also had my first Natty Boh. You can't find that in MT. Weams snapped a picture. He said he'd give it to you as proof I was there. Sorry we missed each other. We had a great time, regardless of the outcome of the games.</p></p></p>

  10. <p><p><p>What did you think of the OH people?</p></p></p>

    <p><p><p>Sorry I missed meeting you guys!</p></p></p>

    <p><p><p>You know how I feel about MT!</p></p></p>

  11. <p><p><p>Happy Birthday.</p></p></p>

  12. <p><p><p>Thank you sir.</p></p></p>

×
×
  • Create New...