allsighs

Am I disappointed? Sure. But I have to say it feels good to be eliminated with 5 games left in the season instead of 5 months...

Seriously hoping it is with the Brewers and features Hiura on the return.

Born and raised in LA; never lived in Baltimore. Have always loved baseball and will always remain my first sports love. My first year playing organized YMCA ball was 1983...and I was placed at SS. I needed an idol and while Bill Russell was a pretty good role model, he was no Cal...especially not in '83. So at the tender age of 7 I was a bandwagon jumper. But being in LA i could only watch the very few O's games when they played the then-California Angels on TV...so it was all about checking the box score every morning and i was paying a lot more attention to the John Shelby's and Eddie Murray's than the Grich's or the Sax's. Then my Mom's boss who was coincidentally from Baltimore bought me my first Orioles hat and took my Mom and me to a game at Angel Stadium with him and his wife. There was no going back at that point. I would gladly pay to watch my O's lose their 120th game of a season than watch some other team win their 120th for free.