When did you turn the TV off?

[tntoriole]

I had it on mute the whole game.

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[Babkins]

I, too, turned it off before it cleared the fence. As others have noted, most any fly ball would have won it.

How absurd, really. It couldn't have been just a single or a sac fly. It just had to be a godforsaken first-pitch three-run home run.

[Chavez Ravine]

By the eleventh I decided only Yoga would prevent me me having a massive heart attack....and not watching.

So I followed along on Game Day, no audio. I now fear that whenever I try to find my inner calm place all I will see is:

In play, run(s)

[thezeroes]

For me, the instant I realized that ball was headed for the stands, I turned my TV off. Didn't even wait for Encarnacion to get to 3B. The last thing I needed was to watch the Blue Jays celebrate or the announcers doing their interviews and post-mortem. I hate it when the Orioles' season ends, whether it's after Game 162 or Game 7 of the World Series, and losing that way to that team is something I did not want to wallow in.

I had my Thumb on the OFF BUTTON when Ubaldo entered the game. I pressed it when I saw the swing by Encarnacion.

[scOtt]

Seconds afterwards. Didn't watch any postgame. Actually put in my new copy of Get Shorty. Got my mind off it at least.

[scOtt]

Found this avatar and THEN put in Get Shorty.

[Old#5fan]

Seconds afterwards. Didn't watch any postgame. Actually put in my new copy of Get Shorty. Got my mind off it at least.

I was still in disbelief that when Buck went to the mound and didn't pull Ubaldo for Britton so it took me about a second longerti turn off the tv after he swung. I was like in a daze.

[OFFNY]

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I didn't turn off the TV. I turned the channel a few seconds after the game-winning home run landed in the seats.

[allquixotic]

I turned off the radio the second I heard that Ubaldo was going to face Encarnacion and there'd be no Britton appearance.

[sandman0838]

When I saw the ball go over the fence, I didn't even see him get to second.

[oriolediehard]

Right after the blast of broken heart

[crissfan172]

I changed the channel after watching them celebrate for a little. In 2012, I turned it off as soon as the Ibanez's ball cleared the stands.

Some things have changed in the last four years. It still hurts...but it doesn't kill or haunt me like it used to. I'd like to say I've matured, but I know that's not it. I've just had to learn how to let things like this go or else everything collapses upon me.

[mdbdotcom]

I turned it off after the top of the 11th, with the heart of the Blue Jays lineup coming up and Duensing and Ubaldo warming. I just couldn't watch.

[Fuzzball22]

As soon as he hit it. He didnt even start running. Have not watched a replay and may never watch it.