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vs. ROYALS, 10/11 (A.L.C.S., Game Two)


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I had to leave the thread last night, but I never stopped watching, yelling at, or wishing good things for our Orioles, and it almost happened. Today is another day, Bud Norris will emulate Mike Boddicker, and the series will go to Kansas City tied at one game apiece. We will all be as emotional as heck in the game thread anyway, because that's what game threads are, snapshots of time- happy at one point, down at another, happy again, down again...

And eighth inning start by Norris from which he leaves with a lead would really be nice.

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