Nevermore

Maybe they could rearrange their schedule so they play every other day.

And I certainly needed this. How long have our Orioles been exiled from their home field and their fans? We got good starting pitching, good relieve pitching (lovely singing of "O'Day, OOOO' DAY, OOOOOOO' DAY-OOOHH!!!"), plus a Zach Britton save (Andrew who????!)

They certainly gave what we needed to our city today.

He really did. I was at the game, cheering him with just about every pitch. He was great, getting so many batters out. He only struck out 2 (3 maybe? Correct me if I'm wrong), but so what, as along as he got batters out? When he finally tired (gave up a HR to Sandoval), the fans gave him a standing ovation.

Actually, I don't drink. But my excuses are that it was cold and rainy and I can't tell left from right. Oh well.....

I'm going to the game today. Hopefully Bud Norris will have figured things out and will be back to what he was in 2014. At any rate, let's hope the Os win this one game today.

Lord, I needed that as well. I was at the game and it was cold and cloudy and I was shivering. Wei-Yin Chen went 8 whole innings, giving up only 2 runs. Things got very interesting in the 9th when Zach came on for the save with the O's winning 3-2. It started to rain, the ball was slippery. Zach gave up a leadoff walk, then got a SO. It looked like Zach would get the Os out of it with a game-ending double play. But Manny made (yet ANOTHER!!) error, throwing the ball to Chris Davis and the tying run scored. In the 10th, Brad Brach gave up a solo HR on his very first pitch. Matusz got the side out. I was shivering and sighing -- were we going to lose 6 in a row? Fortunately, Adam Jones had other ideas. He hit a triple into right field. Chris Davis sac flied him in. And then David Lough comes up (he had been a defensive replacement). I said to my self, "this will be an out and this game will go onto the 17th." Again, David Lough had other ideas. He blasted a pitch into the left field seats. Walk off HR!! David Lough, of all people??!!! I guess I have to eat a bit of crow, after posting that David Lough needs to be DFAed. I'm still not sure about Lough, but I'm happy that he won the game for us. :rofl:

I hate to break up this vastness of good cheer. But I moved to the Baltimore area from Chicago in the late 1980s. I remember tuning into the radio sports talk shows shortly after I arrived. At that time, I remember many fans wanting to run Eddie out of town. Of course, being an outsider, I wasn't yet familiar with all of the issues. I suspect that it had something to do with contract negotiations. I also remember that, when Cal broke the "Ironman" record, he invited Eddie to the celebration, and this was considered somewhat controversial. Is my memory correct? Was there a time when Eddie was less than welcome in our town? I know now that Eddie is regarded as a hero, one of the greatest players that ever played for the Orioles.