Was it bad form to celebrate the way we did?

[PrivateO]

Honestly, I thought the celebration was similar to any other walk-off win throughout the year. Totally fine with that, and I would have been fine with more.

And I LOVED Bob Dino's comments about ending the Sox season. You could tell the O's wanted to end their season short. After the Francona-Showalter comments before the season and the brawl in the summer, you knew this was big.

[Snutchy]

I have supported Ms Royle throughout her tenure here in Baltimore, but if she seriously questioned this, she can kiss my ....

Ass.

Letters.

[Sparkwinder]

I haven't read the whole thread, but I'll voice my dissent here. Of course it was bad form. The O's finished with the 4th worst record in baseball. Celebrating like they'd just won the world series shows that they don't have much depth to their character and that they have no concept of perspective.

That said, it was a fun moment and I enjoyed watching the excitement, even if it was misguided. THEY JUST WON THEIR 69TH GAME OF THE SEASON. woo. hoo.

Just because we've been losers for 14 years doesn't mean we ought to lower our expectations. This year was a disaster. A round of handshakes would have been appropriate.

[Goop]

you guys are all idiots, nobody (except for o's fans) considers the Orioles a rival anywhere in the league. Yea the Sox blew it in September, but the O's have sucked since the mid-to-late 90s. I mean over the past decade the O's haven't finished less than 21 games back in the AL east. I guess as a fan of the Orioles you have to capitalize on the chance to celebrate a win that means nothing to the outcome of your team's season. Either way, the Sox lost in a historic landslide September to the worst team in the AL East (4TH WORST IN ALL MLB), which hurts and sucks, but at least we know we won't suck as much as the O's in 2012!!! The Sox will go back to the drawing board in the off season, trim some fat and come back next year and still be a better team than the O's.

As a reminder - here is how your precious O's have finished (AL East) over the past decade:

28 games back this year

30 games back in 2010

39 games back in 2009

28 games back in 2008

27 games back in 2007 (last time they weren't last in AL East)

27 games back in 2006

21 games back in 2005

23 games back in 2004

30 games back in 2003

36 games back in 2002

32 games back in 2001

How was your drive back to DC last night?

[LookitsPuck]

I haven't read the whole thread, but I'll voice my dissent here. Of course it was bad form. The O's finished with the 4th worst record in baseball. Celebrating like they'd just won the world series shows that they don't have much depth to their character and that they have no concept of perspective.

That said, it was a fun moment and I enjoyed watching the excitement, even if it was misguided. THEY JUST WON THEIR 69TH GAME OF THE SEASON. woo. hoo.

Just because we've been losers for 14 years doesn't mean we ought to lower our expectations. This year was a disaster. A round of handshakes would have been appropriate.

It's a walk off. The last game of the season.

They could have set dynamite to the Red Sox clubhouse and it wouldn't have been enough, IMHO.

Andino, you can say whatever you want. The Red Sox themselves are a trashy team. The organization is top notch, but when you have admitted steroid users in Ortiz, suspected steroid users (in the minors) in Pedroia, Papelbon, AND Youkilis, and you wrap it all in a nice package of entitlement...then they deserve no better. Not to mention how their fans are.

The Orioles are aware of this. And they can cheer until the cows come home. I hope they're still cheering, actually.

[Dr. FLK]

I haven't read the whole thread, but I'll voice my dissent here. Of course it was bad form. The O's finished with the 4th worst record in baseball. Celebrating like they'd just won the world series shows that they don't have much depth to their character and that they have no concept of perspective.

That said, it was a fun moment and I enjoyed watching the excitement, even if it was misguided. THEY JUST WON THEIR 69TH GAME OF THE SEASON. woo. hoo.

Just because we've been losers for 14 years doesn't mean we ought to lower our expectations. This year was a disaster. A round of handshakes would have been appropriate.

Big Papi, is that you?

[csgordos]

you guys are all idiots, nobody (except for o's fans) considers the Orioles a rival anywhere in the league. Yea the Sox blew it in September, but the O's have sucked since the mid-to-late 90s. I mean over the past decade the O's haven't finished less than 21 games back in the AL east. I guess as a fan of the Orioles you have to capitalize on the chance to celebrate a win that means nothing to the outcome of your team's season. Either way, the Sox lost in a historic landslide September to the worst team in the AL East (4TH WORST IN ALL MLB), which hurts and sucks, but at least we know we won't suck as much as the O's in 2012!!! The Sox will go back to the drawing board in the off season, trim some fat and come back next year and still be a better team than the O's.

As a reminder - here is how your precious O's have finished (AL East) over the past decade:

28 games back this year

30 games back in 2010

39 games back in 2009

28 games back in 2008

27 games back in 2007 (last time they weren't last in AL East)

27 games back in 2006

21 games back in 2005

23 games back in 2004

30 games back in 2003

36 games back in 2002

32 games back in 2001

I have to give this guy credit picking the name he did coming on our website:

ECOFER is an acronym for

E: Epic

C: Collapse (as)

O: Orioles

F: Forever

E: Eliminate (the)

R: Redsoxs

Thanks for being a good sport!!!:laughlol::mwahaha::beerchug1::2yay-thumb:

[Sparkwinder]

It's 12:30 the following day. How can everyone still be drunk?

[Dipper9]

I haven't read the whole thread, but I'll voice my dissent here. Of course it was bad form. The O's finished with the 4th worst record in baseball. Celebrating like they'd just won the world series shows that they don't have much depth to their character and that they have no concept of perspective.

That said, it was a fun moment and I enjoyed watching the excitement, even if it was misguided. THEY JUST WON THEIR 69TH GAME OF THE SEASON. woo. hoo.

Just because we've been losers for 14 years doesn't mean we ought to lower our expectations. This year was a disaster. A round of handshakes would have been appropriate.

If you don't want to see the celebration, keep em out of the endzone!

That celebration was not just for a win, not just for knocking Boston out of the playoffs, but it was for all the smug comments from the players, all the a-holes who wear their pink Sox hats to the Yard, all the times we have been mistreated. The Orioles were rubbing it into the Sox, and I loved every minute of it! As Andino said...get the (heck) outta here!

[Goop]

Exactly!!!! I was there for Manny's 500th and a complete takeover of OPACY by the Pink Hatted Bandwagoners, and anything they get is more than appropriate. If anything the O's should have gone more over-the-top.

I was there too...worst game ever.

[Goop]

I haven't read the whole thread, but I'll voice my dissent here. Of course it was bad form. The O's finished with the 4th worst record in baseball. Celebrating like they'd just won the world series shows that they don't have much depth to their character and that they have no concept of perspective.

That said, it was a fun moment and I enjoyed watching the excitement, even if it was misguided. THEY JUST WON THEIR 69TH GAME OF THE SEASON. woo. hoo.

Just because we've been losers for 14 years doesn't mean we ought to lower our expectations. This year was a disaster. A round of handshakes would have been appropriate.

Have you ever been to a Sox game at OPACY? Every time an out is made those Masshole wannabes cheer like they just won the Series, so no, I don't think it was overdone last night.

[Dipper9]

you guys are all idiots, nobody (except for o's fans) considers the Orioles a rival anywhere in the league. Yea the Sox blew it in September, but the O's have sucked since the mid-to-late 90s. I mean over the past decade the O's haven't finished less than 21 games back in the AL east. I guess as a fan of the Orioles you have to capitalize on the chance to celebrate a win that means nothing to the outcome of your team's season. Either way, the Sox lost in a historic landslide September to the worst team in the AL East (4TH WORST IN ALL MLB), which hurts and sucks, but at least we know we won't suck as much as the O's in 2012!!! The Sox will go back to the drawing board in the off season, trim some fat and come back next year and still be a better team than the O's.

As a reminder - here is how your precious O's have finished (AL East) over the past decade:

28 games back this year

30 games back in 2010

39 games back in 2009

28 games back in 2008

27 games back in 2007 (last time they weren't last in AL East)

27 games back in 2006

21 games back in 2005

23 games back in 2004

30 games back in 2003

36 games back in 2002

32 games back in 2001

Your facts are all accurate, but here's one you're missing that you can think about as you drive back to Bahstan....

The Orioles AND the Red Sox are not in the playoffs this season, even though the Sox have nearly a 200 million dollar payroll and were picked by EVERYONE to be the AL World Series representative.

I'll leave my final comment to you to Robbie Andino..."Get the (heck) outta here!"

[Goop]

Your facts are all accurate, but here's one you're missing that you can think about as you drive back to Northern Virginia...

The Orioles AND the Red Sox are not in the playoffs this season, even though the Sox have nearly a 200 million dollar payroll and were picked by EVERYONE to be the AL World Series representative.

I'll leave my final comment to you to Robbie Andino..."Get the (heck) outta here!"

Fixed that for ya...

[Sparkwinder]

If you don't want to see the celebration, keep em out of the endzone!

That celebration was not just for a win, not just for knocking Boston out of the playoffs, but it was for all the smug comments from the players, all the a-holes who wear their pink Sox hats to the Yard, all the times we have been mistreated. The Orioles were rubbing it into the Sox, and I loved every minute of it! As Andino said...get the (heck) outta here!

Why would we want our team to sink to their level? And again, reality check: We were a pathetic team this year. I read a bunch of threads on the Red Sox messageboards last night, and while everyone here might like to think the Sox hate the O's now, you'd be wrong. The Sox fans hate the Sox. The Orioles are completely incidental to their downfall.

I want to watch a classy team. Andino walking off the field last night looking like he wanted to tear someone to shreds and shouting vulgarities isn't classy. Celebrating with the same magnitude as the Rays celebrated last night wasn't classy. Classy is understanding that the Red Sox just got punted from the playoffs, that they are probably pretty dejected about it, and that us running around like a bunch of kids who just won a coupon to dairy queen after the t-ball game was borderline disgraceful.

Rise above it. Be the better person. Etc. Etc. The O's weren't. And again, it shocks me to see how many people on this board are okay with it.

[Lucky Jim]

Why would we want our team to sink to their level? And again, reality check: We were a pathetic team this year. I read a bunch of threads on the Red Sox messageboards last night, and while everyone here might like to think the Sox hate the O's now, you'd be wrong. The Sox fans hate the Sox. The Orioles are completely incidental to their downfall.

I want to watch a classy team. Andino walking off the field last night looking like he wanted to tear someone to shreds and shouting vulgarities isn't classy. Celebrating with the same magnitude as the Rays celebrated last night wasn't classy. Classy is understanding that the Red Sox just got punted from the playoffs, that they are probably pretty dejected about it, and that us running around like a bunch of kids who just won a coupon to dairy queen after the t-ball game was borderline disgraceful.

Rise above it. Be the better person. Etc. Etc. The O's weren't. And again, it shocks me to see how many people on this board are okay with it.

How's the weather in Mudville?