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What's more enjoyable - a runaway, or a close race?

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I have to say, in many ways I am enjoying this pennant race more than the 2014 runaway. This year, every game is important and meaningful. In 2014, September was frankly kind of just a boring wait for the playoffs to begin. Yeah, there wasn't as much anxiety, but the anxiety makes the joy associated with the wins that much greater.

I'm sure if we lose I'd say I would rather have had a runaway division title, but for now, I'm really enjoying the ride.

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I have to say, in many ways I am enjoying this pennant race more than the 2014 runaway. This year, every game is important and meaningful. In 2014, September was frankly kind of just a boring wait for the playoffs to begin. Yeah, there wasn't as much anxiety, but the anxiety makes the joy associated with the wins that much greater.

I'm sure if we lose I'd say I would rather have had a runaway division title, but for now, I'm really enjoying the ride.

I think now I would take a runaway.

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I have to say, in many ways I am enjoying this pennant race more than the 2014 runaway. This year, every game is important and meaningful. In 2014, September was frankly kind of just a boring wait for the playoffs to begin. Yeah, there wasn't as much anxiety, but the anxiety makes the joy associated with the wins that much greater.

I'm sure if we lose I'd say I would rather have had a runaway division title, but for now, I'm really enjoying the ride.

A close race...as long as I know we end up on top...

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A close race where we come out on top is more fun, no doubt. That's only happened once during my fandom--1974, and that was really cool. If you count the wild card, then we also won close races in 96 and 2012. They were fun, too.

On the other hand, we lost close races in 77, 80, 82, and 89, and they were pretty painful.

So give me the runaway. We're worse than 50/50 in the close ones. I hope we even that up this year.

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A close race where we come out on top is more fun, no doubt. That's only happened once during my fandom--1974, and that was really cool. If you count the wild card, then we also won close races in 96 and 2012. They were fun, too.

On the other hand, we lost close races in 77, 80, 82, and 89, and they were pretty painful.

So give me the runaway. We're worse than 50/50 in the close ones. I hope we even that up this year.

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1983 was relatively close.

It wasn't the nail-biter that 1974 was, but it wasn't a runaway like the 1979 and 2014 seasons were, either.

The Orioles were up by 3 games on September 1st, and were up by only 4 games on September 9th before they pulled away from the Yankees, the Tigers, the Brewers, and the Blue Jays after that.

The AL. East was stacked in those days. The Brewers came in 5th place in the division, and their record was 87-75. ) :eektf:

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I have to say, in many ways I am enjoying this pennant race more than the 2014 runaway. This year, every game is important and meaningful. In 2014, September was frankly kind of just a boring wait for the playoffs to begin. Yeah, there wasn't as much anxiety, but the anxiety makes the joy associated with the wins that much greater.

I'm sure if we lose I'd say I would rather have had a runaway division title, but for now, I'm really enjoying the ride.

My Dad and I agree. Our favorite Orioles games are 15-0 blow outs. So give me the crushing runaway.

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1983 was relatively close.

It wasn't the nail-biter that 1974 was, but it wasn't a runaway like the 1979 and 2014 seasons were, either.

The Orioles were up by 3 games on September 1st, and were up by only 4 games on September 9th before they pulled away from the Yankees, the Tigers, the Brewers, and the Blue Jays after that.

The AL. East was stacked in those days. The Brewers came in 5th place in the division, and their record was 87-75. ) :eektf:

1982 was the heart stopping year for me. Last day, Earl retiring, taking all the games from the Brewers except the last one.

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