They did it! They did it! The Baltimore Orioles are in the playoffs

[The Rick]

Thanks to the Hangout and everyone on here for helping me keep the passion over the years. What an amazing feeling for all of us. Go O's!

[BillD]

It's been a long time coming and it feels so good!

[OStrohNattyBoh]

@danconnollysun: Last time Os were in the playoffs, Matt Wieters was 11, Manny Machado was 5, Dylan Bundy was 4 and Jim Thome was 27 and a 2-time all star

[tennOsfan]

This is great. I'm glad I spent the last two days in Baltimore soaking it in. There's a definite vibe in town - lines at the souvenier stands, people seeing your Os hat and saying they hope so-and-so loses so we get in. So cool. That city and we fans have been starving for a reason to be proud of this team. And boy, are we!

[Orioles0615]

@danconnollysun: Last time Os were in the playoffs, Matt Wieters was 11, Manny Machado was 5, Dylan Bundy was 4 and Jim Thome was 27 and a 2-time all star

And he beat us in the playoffs lol

[notyourbuddy]

[wiosfan]

I can't believe this!!! Actually, still don't.

[Wish]

Not going to get too excited yet. I knew we would at least make the playoffs.

I will celebrate when we clinch the division or at least the first WC spot. We MUST have a home playoff game at OPACY. Otherwise I will be devastated.

[Moose Milligan]

Amazing. Never thought I'd ever see a season like this.

[Malike]

Not going to get too excited yet. I knew we would at least make the playoffs.

I will celebrate when we clinch the division or at least the first WC spot. We MUST have a home playoff game at OPACY. Otherwise I will be devastated.

There's a shocker.

[ADAMWD_OsRavens]

The table shows the Rays with a 1% chance of making the playoffs?? I mean I wish they were eliminated but they have more than a 1% chance of sweeping the Os while the A's lost 3 straight I would think.

That's actually correct. The Rays have a Win % of 0.553 on the year. That means the probability of them winning their next three games is (0.553)*(0.553)*(0.553), or 0.169. The A's have a Win % of 0.572 which means the probability of them losing is 0.428. That means the probability of them losing their next three is (0.428)*(0.428)*(0.428), or 0.078. The probability of both events happening is equal to 0.078*0.169, which is 0.013, or about 1%.

I don't know why I did that, I guess because I just finished my Stats homework.

On topic: What a season, I was about to enter Elementary school the last time the O's were in the playoffs. Now, I'm a Junior in college.

[gilligan]

I cried. Not sorry about it. This is only the beginning, but that doesn't take away from this feeling.

[El_Duderino]

Signing in, for posterity.

[brooks1083]

Just cracked open my first ever Natty Boh in celebration. We don't get it down my way. I hate the rangers couldn't get it done in game 1 to enjoy the moment at the Yard, but I'll take it.

[howboutthoseos]

All the suffering and sticking with them all these years makes it that much sweeter. I can still picture myself walking around like a zombie after the Mother's Day Meltdown. Now we're headed to the postseason. I'm so happy.