Was it bad form to celebrate the way we did?

[ChaosLex]

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

"Sweet Caroline..."

[Dipper9]

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.

I could do without Andino's behavior. As for the team celebrating the win...you are WAY off base. Its not like we ran over to the Sox dugout and mooned them. We celebrated a walk-off win to end the season. I'm sorry that YOU can't get past that the 2011 season was a disaster, but for one night we were the better team, and we celebrated!

I celebrated the night my first marriage was officially and legally divorced. Guess that ain't right either huh?

And as for the Red Sox collapse...they can remember that it was the awful, lousy Orioles that whipped their ass 5 times in the last 10 games of the season.

[Austin]

I don't really see how last night's celebration was much different than any other walk off celebration we've had recently. We've been a bad team for fourteen years, you have to celebrate once in a while.

[allstar1579]

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.

Not a competitive bone in your body is there? It's professional sports, this is what you do. When your team wins, you cheer. When your rival loses, you cheer. When your losing team knocks your rival out of the playoffs you REALLY cheer.

You know what the difference is between the O's 2011 and the Red Sox 2011?

About 18 draft picks.

[csgordos]

Not a competitive bone in your body is there? It's professional sports, this is what you do. When your team wins, you cheer. When your rival loses, you cheer. When your losing team knocks your rival out of the playoffs you REALLY cheer.

You know what the difference is between the O's 2011 and the Red Sox 2011?

About 18 draft picks.

You know what is sad about forgetting one word in the above sentence is that it is probably true for this past draft and next years also. We will sign 10 players and they will sign 28 players with multiple first and second round picks. But I know what you meant and it is completely correct.

[Sparkwinder]

Not a competitive bone in your body is there? It's professional sports, this is what you do. When your team wins, you cheer. When your rival loses, you cheer. When your losing team knocks your rival out of the playoffs you REALLY cheer.

You know what the difference is between the O's 2011 and the Red Sox 2011?

About 18 draft picks.

The difference between the O's and Red Sox 2011 is the pleasure of watching a contending team throughout the season vs. the ongoing reality that Baltimore's season is typically over by June 1. As if this win somehow absolves the last 4 months. The last 14 years.

[Austin]

The difference between the O's and Red Sox 2011 is the pleasure of watching a contending team throughout the season vs. the ongoing reality that Baltimore's season is typically over by June 1. As if this win somehow absolves the last 4 months. The last 14 years.

I don't think anyone thinks this absolves the last fourteen years. We still suck, we get that. It's just fun to take pleasure in a night of awesome baseball that we played a part in, and I'm sure the players feel the same.

[Dipper9]

The difference between the O's and Red Sox 2011 is the pleasure of watching a contending team throughout the season vs. the ongoing reality that Baltimore's season is typically over by June 1. As if this win somehow absolves the last 4 months. The last 14 years.

The one win obviously does not absolve the past 14 years. But why its so difficult for you to overlook that and just celebrate the victory on this one day confuses me. Are you an Orioles fan or not? And if not...wtf are you doing here?

[allstar1579]

"Sweet Caroline..."

Would that have been over the line to play as the O's were celebrating?

All I know is it comes back to the Buck/Theo feud a couple months ago and I guess you see who got the last laugh.

Sox spent $160,257,456 this year. The O's spent $85,304,038. Almost DOUBLE the payroll to be in the same position we are in today. They spent $71,225,536 on losses this year, even though we lost more games we only spent $48,970,836 on losses.

Who get the best bang for the buck?

[SammyBirdland]

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.

I think it might be that you just don't like the Orioles. It's okay to admit it. It's not easy to love this team.

[ccbird]

Yes, just walk out and give each other handshakes. That's what should have happened. That's the most retarded thing I've ever heard on this site and that's saying a lot.

[Eddie_Ripken]

Maybe we should ask the Red Sox what they think of the celebration. They should have time to answer, they aren't doing anything today!!

[allstar1579]

The difference between the O's and Red Sox 2011 is the pleasure of watching a contending team throughout the season vs. the ongoing reality that Baltimore's season is typically over by June 1. As if this win somehow absolves the last 4 months. The last 14 years.

And that pleasure from the last 4 months means ABSOLUTELY nothing today. It's like 4 months of preseason games, because the Sox are sitting at home on their couch watching the games like the O's are, and we spent way less to get there.

We are an awful team, we weren't supposed to contend. We are failures because we didn't put a better team together, the Sox are failures because they didn't want it enough.

This win means nothing, just like the entire season for the Sox. But in the big picture, the O's still come out ahead this year because they spent less, and have a better draft pick to show for the SAME result the Sox have.

[Goop]

Because I'm sure the Red Sox wouldn't have done the EXACT SAME THING had the shoe been on the other foot.

[allstar1579]

Because I'm sure the Red Sox wouldn't have done the EXACT SAME THING had the shoe been on the other foot.

No, they would have gloated and said that they SHOULD have beat us, they didn't do anything special. So it's kinda funny that they should have, but they didn't. It's not like it was a one game thing, they went 2-5 against the 4th worst team in MLB in the final week of the season. They absolutely deserved to get knocked out of the playoffs.