1986 was the most painful for me. The O's were playing fantastic baseball, pulling to within 2 games of the Clemens-led Red Sox in August. Then a disastrous series in Texas I think? then a steady collapse
Was just going to post the exact same thing.
I seem to remember a game where we were sitting in the LF seats, he was batting left handed, hit a HR to right center that CLEARED the bleachers and hit the hill behind them. An absolute shot.