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I'm going to bookmark this thread so I can bring it back up several years from now if we do go back to the dark ages. All the "experts" on here who are so certain that things will go well in life and being so sure that history won't repeat it self are usually the ones who get caught off guard. I personally don't know if we're headed back to the dark ages (nobody does), but I always have a hope for the best plan for the worst attitude.

While you're at it, why don't you bookmark this thread, as well:

The 4-32 Meltdown / Final 40-Game Predictions

http://forum.orioleshangout.com/forums/showthread.php/149772-The-4-32-meltdown-Final-40-game-predictions

Here is the OP (I'm sure that you two would get along great with each other.)

It was many years ago on this exact date, Aug 22, that the Orioles got to .500 and then embarked on the infamous late season 4-32 meltdown, which became a symbol of the "dark years."

So what is your prediction for the next 40 games?

The Orioles were 63-63 at the 126-game mark this season.

In order to finish up the final 36 games at 4-32, the Orioles would have to finish with a final record of 67-95.

The Orioles' current record is 72-74.

I think that it will be difficult to finish up at 4-32 (as the OP suggests as a very real possibility), considering that they are already 9-11 from that starting point (the 126th game of the season) with 16 games left to play.

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What are you talking about Hazewood ???

I was born in Baltimore.

I've been rooting for the Orioles since Christopher Columbus came to the West Indies more than 500 years ago.

I've had season tickets since the Battle of Gettysburg.

How dare you question my fandom just because I'm not a blind homer, and don't kiss up to Angelos and his cronies, and call out the front office for them dropping the ball, and ..........

You were the one who said you would bookmark this thread in order to hold it against other fans in the future.

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I'm going to bookmark this thread so I can bring it back up several years from now if we do go back to the dark ages. All the "experts" on here who are so certain that things will go well in life and being so sure that history won't repeat it self are usually the ones who get caught off guard. I personally don't know if we're headed back to the dark ages (nobody does), but I always have a hope for the best plan for the worst attitude.

Pretty much every GM gets fired. Teams inevitably go into downturns. It is not easy to build a consistently competitive team without spending enormous amounts of cash. Saying a .500 team with a poor farm system might have some bad years ahead isn't really adding to what could be an interesting conversation in this thread.

Frankly, I don't care if we lose in the next few years as long as our GM takes the steps to develop our next winning team. I am not expecting our GM to fashion a winning team next year with the $ available after our pending free agent losses, but it could really be something to lose the production of Chen, O'Day and Davis and have our GM craft a better next year.

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It's baseball.

Who the heck knows.

That is the only correct answer.

I remember prior to the 2012 season many posters saying this team was AT MINIMUM 5 years away from competing seriously.

Who predicted the Astros or Rangers to be challenging for the AL West crown this year? Who predicted the Mets to be coasting over the Nationals? It's nearly impossible to predict.

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Any given year is difficult to predict, but the current/future success of the Astros and Rangers is not difficult to predict. IMO, the teams that have accumulated the most under 25, pre-FA talent are in for some pretty good years. The teams lacking that talent are likely in for some lean years.

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It's baseball.

Who the heck knows.

That is the only correct answer.

I remember prior to the 2012 season many posters saying this team was AT MINIMUM 5 years away from competing seriously.

Who predicted the Astros or Rangers to be challenging for the AL West crown this year? Who predicted the Mets to be coasting over the Nationals? It's nearly impossible to predict.

Don't forget the collapse of the Tigers too.

But, you are very right, it's baseball.

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From 1961 to 1983 this team won 90 games or more 17 times. 6 Pennants. 3 Championships. Renaissance Age

From 1984 to 2011 this team won 90 games or more 2 times. 0 Pennants. 0 Championships. Dark Age

2012-? The awakening?

We are still closer to the dark ages than the renaissance age, but moving in the right direction. During the Renaissance I had no doubt that the team was built from the bottom up to win. That was priority #1. I want to believe that is the priority now. And if it is, this team will consistently win 90 or more games a year and compete for a pennant. Personally the wild card game is a play-in game. Technically the playoffs, but come on, be serious.

Not to be too petty, but by definition the Dark Age has to precede the Renaissance. Like history analogies, but...

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